2010 Harrah's New Orleans
Event 9 - $300 Buy-in No Limit Holdem with $100 Rebuys Final Results. 2010 Harrah's New Orleans WSOP Circuit Events.
| 2010 Harrah's New Orleans World Series of Poker Circuit Events Official Results |
2010 Harrah's New Orleans Event #9 Results
2009/2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Harrah’s New Orleans
Bayou Poker Challenge
Event #9
No Limit Hold’em with Re-Buys ($100)
Buy-In: $300 (+40)
Total Entries: 164
Total Rebuys: 656
Total Prize Pool: $106,206
May 12-13, 2010
Harrah’s New Orleans
Bayou Poker Challenge
Event #9
No Limit Hold’em with Re-Buys ($100)
Buy-In: $300 (+40)
Total Entries: 164
Total Rebuys: 656
Total Prize Pool: $106,206
May 12-13, 2010
| Lake Garner |
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Lake Garner
Carl “Spanky” Guillot
Chan Pelton
David Poleto
Mitchell Smith
Rodney Baseke
Sholom Lipszyc
Ismael “Jesus” Cabrera
Johnny Nowak
Matthew Colvin
Johnathan Westra
Larry Thomas
Larry Hirons
Jacob Naquin
Teddy Conner
Nathanael Burdette
Brian Traster
John Tolefsen
Carl “Spanky” Guillot
Chan Pelton
David Poleto
Mitchell Smith
Rodney Baseke
Sholom Lipszyc
Ismael “Jesus” Cabrera
Johnny Nowak
Matthew Colvin
Johnathan Westra
Larry Thomas
Larry Hirons
Jacob Naquin
Teddy Conner
Nathanael Burdette
Brian Traster
John Tolefsen
Hattiesburg, MS
Baton Rouge, LA
College Station, TX
New Orleans, LA
N. Miami Beach, FL
Mongomery, TX
New York, NY
Atlanta, GA
Fairview, TX
Dallas, TX
Gainesville, TX
Vacaville, CA
Arlington, TX
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA
Birmingham, AL
NA
Houston, TX
Baton Rouge, LA
College Station, TX
New Orleans, LA
N. Miami Beach, FL
Mongomery, TX
New York, NY
Atlanta, GA
Fairview, TX
Dallas, TX
Gainesville, TX
Vacaville, CA
Arlington, TX
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA
Birmingham, AL
NA
Houston, TX
$28,144
$16,992
$10,866
$8,496
$6,637
$5,310
$4,248
$3,451
$2,920
$2,389
$2,389
$2,389
$2,124
$2,124
$2,124
$1,858
$1,858
$1,858
$16,992
$10,866
$8,496
$6,637
$5,310
$4,248
$3,451
$2,920
$2,389
$2,389
$2,389
$2,124
$2,124
$2,124
$1,858
$1,858
$1,858
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“An Amazing Race” for Lake Garner
Former Television Reality Show Contestant Earns His Second Gold
Ring Victory at Harrah’s New Orleans
That’s No Misprint: 164 Players Make 656 Re-Buys
New Orleans, LA – The poker world is pretty much divided into two camps – those who like
re-buy tournaments and those who don’t. Re-buy tournaments are attractive to many
players because the prize pools are often two to three times the payout for a conventional
freeze out tournament. The larger the number of re-buys, the bigger the prize money is for
those who are fortunate enough to cash. The downside to re-buy tournaments is they can
be expensive if things go bad. Re-buy tournaments also play differently, especially during
the re-buy phase, which typically takes place during the first few levels. With the prospect
of re-buys available, many players like to gamble early, and this increases variance – which
is already part of the tournament equation.
The most recent World Series of Poker Circuit tournament held at Harrah’s New Orleans
was a No-Limit Hold’em event, with $100 re-buys during the first three levels. The
tournament attracted 164 players, which was about the expected number for the midweek
start. What blew everyone away was the number of re-buys – a whopping 656 reloads,
which amounts to an average of four re-buys per player. On average, most poker re-buy
tournaments have 1.5 to 2 re-buys per player. Indeed, to anyone who still doubts the
poker action in New Orleans is not among the best in the country, just check out the
numbers.
Note -- Video highlights of this tournament can be seen at YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJHv1X9g2JM
This was the ninth gold ring event of 19 on this year’s WSOP Circuit schedule at Harrah’s
New Orleans. The $300 (+40) buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament was played over two
consecutive days during May 13th and 14th. The top 18 finishers divided a prize pool
totaling $106,206.
The winner was Lake Garner, from Hattiesburg, MS. He won his second WSOP Circuit gold
ring, following a victory which also took place here at Harrah’s New Orleans in 2007.
Garner also won a major tournament held in Mississippi in 2005 and among his many
accomplishments has cashed at the WSOP of in Las Vegas.
Garner, accompanied by his wife Michelle who sat near the final table for the duration,
became well-known to fans of reality television when they jointly appeared on the popular
program, “The Amazing Race.” During the 2006 season, they traveled around the country
together logging 72,000 miles. The Garners ended up finishing sixth.
This time, the outcome was far better – first place. Garner pocketed $28,144 and received
his second WSOP Circuit gold ring. He also took just two re-buys, only half the tournament
average.
Also among those who cashed, was two-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner Johnathan
Westra, who ended up with an 11th place finish. After 155 players were eliminated on the
first day, final table play began on a Thursday afternoon. New Yorker Sholom Lipszyc
arrived at the Final Table with a slight chip advantage over Lake Garner. The remaining
seven players were outchipped by 2 to 1 or more. The final table was also notable for the
appearance of “Johnny Chicago” Nowak, who was making this third top ten showing and
fourth cash so far at this year’s Bayou series.
When Final Table play began at 2:00 pm, the nine finalists and their starting chip counts
were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Chan Pelton College Station, TX 182,000
2 David Poleto New Orleans, LA 202,000
3 Mitchell Smith N. Miami Beach, FL 158,500
4 “Johnny Chicago” Nowak Fairview, TX 59,500
5 Carl “Spanky” Guillot Baton Rouge, LA 108,000
6 Rodney Baseke Montgomery, TX 204,000
7 Sholom Lipszyc New York City, NY 413,000
8 Jesus Cabrera Atlanta, GA 295,000
9 Terry Lake Garner Hattiesburg, MS 350,000
Final Table play lasted about five hours and ended at 7:00 pm. Players were eliminated in
the following order:
Ninth Place: Third Final Table Appearance for “Johnny Chicago”
“Johnny Chicago” Nowak is having quite a Bayou series. This marked his fourth time to
cash, through just nine events. Unfortunately, Nowak went out quickly when he moved all
in with pocket fives, which lost to pocket tens. Nowak, who is originally from Chicago and
now lives in Fairview, TX added $2,920 to his poker winnings this week, which now totals in
excess of $14,000.
Eighth Place: Jesus Fails to Rise
Ismael “Jesus” Cabrera, who is originally from Havana, Cuba and now lives in Atlanta, went
out in eighth place. He won two major events held in Mississippi during the last six
months. This marked his fourth time to cash in a WSOP Circuit event. Eighth place paid
$3,451.
Seventh Place: Sholom Says “Shalom”
Sholom Lipszyc, from New York City endured a frustrating two-hour run at the final table.
The early chip leader gradually lost most of his stack and finally moved all in when short-
stacked holding A3. He got called by pocket kings, which ended up scooping the pot.
Lipszyc ended up collecting $4,248 in his first WSOP-related in-the-money finish.
Sixth Place: Baseke Puts on the Brakes
Rodney Baseke ran low on chips and tried to steal a round of blinds and antes. He picked a
bad time to make a move and got a call by pocket tens. Baseke ended up missing a
straight draw and lost to a full house. This was Baseke’s second time to cash at this year’s
Bayou series. He took 35th place in the first event here, which attracted 572 players. For
this finish, Baseke was paid $5,310.
Fifth Place: Mitch Smith Takes Bad Beat
Mitchell Smith liked what he saw when he picked up pocket aces, raised all-in, and got a call
by the chip leader. Unfortunately the AA hit the much when the outmatched Q9 ended up
connecting with two pair. Smith shook his head in disgust and walked away with $6,637
and a bad beat story. Smith now has 16 major cashes in various tournaments, including
the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
Fourth Place: Poleto Plucked
David Poleto, a sports promoter from New Orleans, went out badly when his KJ was bested
by K2. After the flop came K 8 2, Poleto moved all in with top pair and got an instant call
from his opponent holding two pair. Another deuce on the river added insult to injury,
giving his opponent a full house. Poleto, who owns a sporting adventure company called
Gulf Coast Adventure Racing, jetted away with $8,496 in prize money.
Third Place: Pelton Takes Third
Chan Pelton, a farmer from College Station, TX lasted about five hours but then finally ran
into trouble when he moved all in with A5, which was called by the chip leader, holding 97
offsuit. The flop brought a nine, giving the opponent a pair of nines. Pelton failed to
improve from that point forward and had to settle for a nice consolation prize amounting to
$10,866. Pelton has a number of impressive cashes at tournaments held throughout the
South. He now has nearly $150,000 in career tournament winnings.
Second Place: “Spanky” Agrees to Deal – Takes Runner Up Spot
Carl “Spanky” Guillot, an antique dealer from Baton Rouge, LA was the subject of one of the
tournament’s most interesting storylines. Spanky was down to just a round of blinds when
play was with 17 players. He managed to squeak into the money. Then, he nursed a short
stack for the better part of two days en route to a stunning second-place finish. Spanky
was all-in a number of time at the finale, and managed to survive each time. When heads-
up play began, Spanky was down by about a 7 to 1 margin and was offered a deal to take
the runner up spot, to which he agreed. Second place officially paid $16,992.
First Place: Lake Garner Wins Second Gold Ring!
Lake Garner (a.k.a. “Terry Lake Garner”), from Hattiesburg, MS collected the top prize of
$28,144 and his second WSOP Circuit gold ring. Garner’s previous win came in a $1,000
buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event held in May 2007. Garner has only three career cashes in
WSOP Circuit play, but nevertheless also has two victories.
A short interview with Garner and his wife at tableside can be seen at the link posted
above.
The WSOP Circuit at Harrah’s New Orleans continues through May 19th. This year’s
schedule includes 19 gold ring events, along with multiple second-chance tournaments,
single table and mega satellites, in addition to cash games going around the clock inside
the Harrah’s New Orleans Poker Room. This marks the sixth straight year Harrah’s New
Orleans has been a part of the WSOP Circuit. This is the 11th and final WSOP Circuit stop
of the 2009-2010 season following previous tournaments held in Chicago, Southern
Indiana, Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Atlantic City, Tunica, Council Bluffs, Caesars Atlantic City,
Harrah’s Rincon, Harrah’s St. Louis, and Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Harrah’s New Orleans
Tournament Director – Steve Frezer
General Manager of Harrah’s New Orleans -- Jim Hoskins
Vice President of Marketing – Sandie McNamara
Director of Table Games – Tosha Skipper
Shift Manager of Harrah’s New Orleans – Larry Barrett
Special Events Coordinator – Gretchen Holzhauser
Former Television Reality Show Contestant Earns His Second Gold
Ring Victory at Harrah’s New Orleans
That’s No Misprint: 164 Players Make 656 Re-Buys
New Orleans, LA – The poker world is pretty much divided into two camps – those who like
re-buy tournaments and those who don’t. Re-buy tournaments are attractive to many
players because the prize pools are often two to three times the payout for a conventional
freeze out tournament. The larger the number of re-buys, the bigger the prize money is for
those who are fortunate enough to cash. The downside to re-buy tournaments is they can
be expensive if things go bad. Re-buy tournaments also play differently, especially during
the re-buy phase, which typically takes place during the first few levels. With the prospect
of re-buys available, many players like to gamble early, and this increases variance – which
is already part of the tournament equation.
The most recent World Series of Poker Circuit tournament held at Harrah’s New Orleans
was a No-Limit Hold’em event, with $100 re-buys during the first three levels. The
tournament attracted 164 players, which was about the expected number for the midweek
start. What blew everyone away was the number of re-buys – a whopping 656 reloads,
which amounts to an average of four re-buys per player. On average, most poker re-buy
tournaments have 1.5 to 2 re-buys per player. Indeed, to anyone who still doubts the
poker action in New Orleans is not among the best in the country, just check out the
numbers.
Note -- Video highlights of this tournament can be seen at YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJHv1X9g2JM
This was the ninth gold ring event of 19 on this year’s WSOP Circuit schedule at Harrah’s
New Orleans. The $300 (+40) buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament was played over two
consecutive days during May 13th and 14th. The top 18 finishers divided a prize pool
totaling $106,206.
The winner was Lake Garner, from Hattiesburg, MS. He won his second WSOP Circuit gold
ring, following a victory which also took place here at Harrah’s New Orleans in 2007.
Garner also won a major tournament held in Mississippi in 2005 and among his many
accomplishments has cashed at the WSOP of in Las Vegas.
Garner, accompanied by his wife Michelle who sat near the final table for the duration,
became well-known to fans of reality television when they jointly appeared on the popular
program, “The Amazing Race.” During the 2006 season, they traveled around the country
together logging 72,000 miles. The Garners ended up finishing sixth.
This time, the outcome was far better – first place. Garner pocketed $28,144 and received
his second WSOP Circuit gold ring. He also took just two re-buys, only half the tournament
average.
Also among those who cashed, was two-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner Johnathan
Westra, who ended up with an 11th place finish. After 155 players were eliminated on the
first day, final table play began on a Thursday afternoon. New Yorker Sholom Lipszyc
arrived at the Final Table with a slight chip advantage over Lake Garner. The remaining
seven players were outchipped by 2 to 1 or more. The final table was also notable for the
appearance of “Johnny Chicago” Nowak, who was making this third top ten showing and
fourth cash so far at this year’s Bayou series.
When Final Table play began at 2:00 pm, the nine finalists and their starting chip counts
were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Chan Pelton College Station, TX 182,000
2 David Poleto New Orleans, LA 202,000
3 Mitchell Smith N. Miami Beach, FL 158,500
4 “Johnny Chicago” Nowak Fairview, TX 59,500
5 Carl “Spanky” Guillot Baton Rouge, LA 108,000
6 Rodney Baseke Montgomery, TX 204,000
7 Sholom Lipszyc New York City, NY 413,000
8 Jesus Cabrera Atlanta, GA 295,000
9 Terry Lake Garner Hattiesburg, MS 350,000
Final Table play lasted about five hours and ended at 7:00 pm. Players were eliminated in
the following order:
Ninth Place: Third Final Table Appearance for “Johnny Chicago”
“Johnny Chicago” Nowak is having quite a Bayou series. This marked his fourth time to
cash, through just nine events. Unfortunately, Nowak went out quickly when he moved all
in with pocket fives, which lost to pocket tens. Nowak, who is originally from Chicago and
now lives in Fairview, TX added $2,920 to his poker winnings this week, which now totals in
excess of $14,000.
Eighth Place: Jesus Fails to Rise
Ismael “Jesus” Cabrera, who is originally from Havana, Cuba and now lives in Atlanta, went
out in eighth place. He won two major events held in Mississippi during the last six
months. This marked his fourth time to cash in a WSOP Circuit event. Eighth place paid
$3,451.
Seventh Place: Sholom Says “Shalom”
Sholom Lipszyc, from New York City endured a frustrating two-hour run at the final table.
The early chip leader gradually lost most of his stack and finally moved all in when short-
stacked holding A3. He got called by pocket kings, which ended up scooping the pot.
Lipszyc ended up collecting $4,248 in his first WSOP-related in-the-money finish.
Sixth Place: Baseke Puts on the Brakes
Rodney Baseke ran low on chips and tried to steal a round of blinds and antes. He picked a
bad time to make a move and got a call by pocket tens. Baseke ended up missing a
straight draw and lost to a full house. This was Baseke’s second time to cash at this year’s
Bayou series. He took 35th place in the first event here, which attracted 572 players. For
this finish, Baseke was paid $5,310.
Fifth Place: Mitch Smith Takes Bad Beat
Mitchell Smith liked what he saw when he picked up pocket aces, raised all-in, and got a call
by the chip leader. Unfortunately the AA hit the much when the outmatched Q9 ended up
connecting with two pair. Smith shook his head in disgust and walked away with $6,637
and a bad beat story. Smith now has 16 major cashes in various tournaments, including
the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
Fourth Place: Poleto Plucked
David Poleto, a sports promoter from New Orleans, went out badly when his KJ was bested
by K2. After the flop came K 8 2, Poleto moved all in with top pair and got an instant call
from his opponent holding two pair. Another deuce on the river added insult to injury,
giving his opponent a full house. Poleto, who owns a sporting adventure company called
Gulf Coast Adventure Racing, jetted away with $8,496 in prize money.
Third Place: Pelton Takes Third
Chan Pelton, a farmer from College Station, TX lasted about five hours but then finally ran
into trouble when he moved all in with A5, which was called by the chip leader, holding 97
offsuit. The flop brought a nine, giving the opponent a pair of nines. Pelton failed to
improve from that point forward and had to settle for a nice consolation prize amounting to
$10,866. Pelton has a number of impressive cashes at tournaments held throughout the
South. He now has nearly $150,000 in career tournament winnings.
Second Place: “Spanky” Agrees to Deal – Takes Runner Up Spot
Carl “Spanky” Guillot, an antique dealer from Baton Rouge, LA was the subject of one of the
tournament’s most interesting storylines. Spanky was down to just a round of blinds when
play was with 17 players. He managed to squeak into the money. Then, he nursed a short
stack for the better part of two days en route to a stunning second-place finish. Spanky
was all-in a number of time at the finale, and managed to survive each time. When heads-
up play began, Spanky was down by about a 7 to 1 margin and was offered a deal to take
the runner up spot, to which he agreed. Second place officially paid $16,992.
First Place: Lake Garner Wins Second Gold Ring!
Lake Garner (a.k.a. “Terry Lake Garner”), from Hattiesburg, MS collected the top prize of
$28,144 and his second WSOP Circuit gold ring. Garner’s previous win came in a $1,000
buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event held in May 2007. Garner has only three career cashes in
WSOP Circuit play, but nevertheless also has two victories.
A short interview with Garner and his wife at tableside can be seen at the link posted
above.
The WSOP Circuit at Harrah’s New Orleans continues through May 19th. This year’s
schedule includes 19 gold ring events, along with multiple second-chance tournaments,
single table and mega satellites, in addition to cash games going around the clock inside
the Harrah’s New Orleans Poker Room. This marks the sixth straight year Harrah’s New
Orleans has been a part of the WSOP Circuit. This is the 11th and final WSOP Circuit stop
of the 2009-2010 season following previous tournaments held in Chicago, Southern
Indiana, Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Atlantic City, Tunica, Council Bluffs, Caesars Atlantic City,
Harrah’s Rincon, Harrah’s St. Louis, and Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Harrah’s New Orleans
Tournament Director – Steve Frezer
General Manager of Harrah’s New Orleans -- Jim Hoskins
Vice President of Marketing – Sandie McNamara
Director of Table Games – Tosha Skipper
Shift Manager of Harrah’s New Orleans – Larry Barrett
Special Events Coordinator – Gretchen Holzhauser
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2010 Harrah's New Orleans WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:
2010 WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Schedule and Results
2010 WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Schedule and Results
