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2010 Harrah's St. Louis
Event 1 - $300 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Final Results. 2010 Harrah's St. Louis WSOP Circuit Events.

2010 Harrah's St. Louis
World Series of Poker Circuit Events
Official Results
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Results
2010 Harrah's St. Louis Event #1 Results
2009/2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Final Results: Harrah’s St. Louis
Event #1
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In:  $300 (+40)
Total Entries:  675
Total Prize Pool:  $196,425
April 2 – April 3, 2010
Dustin Grimm
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
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72
Dustin Grimm
Mark Koll
Brett Reinhart
Gregory Headrick
John Thompson
Ralph Lehman
Charles Beggs
Nick Weber
John Feigl
Timothy Vance
Jeff Tullis
Gregg Boss
Andrew Barfield
Scott Au
Kevin Manley
Austin Alridge
Andy Kazen
Pat Rowen
Michael Fong
Vadim Skakhnovich
James Silotto
Floyd Norton
Derek Clifton
Steven Hipes
Ismael Cabrera
Brian Bishop
Michael Stephens
Kimberly Bieller
Thomas Hannan
Jeffrey Boggs
Brandon Brackney
Benjamin Pope
Thomas Brett
John Rose
Craig Bernadet
Gregory Whitsitt
Timothy Fowler
John Reiss
Adam Fuchs
Charles St. Clair
Scott Hiett
Michael Urbaniak
Ross Levison
Jeffrey Fahnestock
Brian Combs
Todd Self
Jonathan Mings
Clyde Lorance
Terry Vance
Josh Von Behren
Don Jeffries
Joshua Schindler
Larry Beilfuss
Thomas Gassner
Eric Walterhouse
Raymond Lantz
Angelo Raciti
Shimiron Preis
Andrew Hale
Gary Litterest
Scott Carroll
Timothy Shipman
Darren Reasons
Stephen Morgan
Kevin Miller
Keith Murrell
Steven Heeley
Preston Derden
Brenton Rincker
Roy Riley
Jason Marsh
Gandjar Permana
Cedar Hill, MO
Chicago, IL
La Porte, IN
St. Louis, MO
Terre Haute, IN
St. Paul, MN
Fishers, IN
St. Louis, MO
Caseyville, IL
Millstadt, IL
Centralia, IL
Ballwin, MO
Mt Sterling, IL
Pekin, IL
Arlington Hights, IL
St. Peters, MO
Chesterfield, MO
Poplar Grove, IL
Overton Park, KS
Chesterfield, MO
Sherman, IL
Bowling Green, MO
Columbia, MO
St. Louis, MO
Marietta, GA
Toledo, OH
Godfrey, IL
Poplar Bluff, MO
Murphysboro, IL
Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Marceline, MO
Baxter Springs, KS
Indianapolis, IN
St. Charles, MO
Lees Summit, MO
Belleville, IL
Omaha, NE
Springfield, IL
Wayland, MO
Pegram, TN
O'Fallon, MO
Chesterfield, MO
Peoria, IL
Belleville, IL
Plymouth, IN
Columbia, MO
Saddlebrooke, MO
Dunlap, IL
Springfield, MO
Barnhart, MO
St. Louis, MO
W. Allis, MO
Hillsboro, MO
Oakland, CA
Gibson City, IL
Florissant, MO
Marthasville, MO
University City, MO
Minnith, MO
Pekin, IL
Washington, MO
Harrisburg, MO
Mason, OH
Decatur, IL
Kansas City, MO
Ballwin, MO
Houston, TX
Shelbyville, IL
Mahomet, IL
Florissant, MO
Benton, IL
$40,837
$23,203
$14,494
$11,925
$9,532
$7,159
$4,766
$3,864
$3,275
$2,883
$2,883
$2,883
$2,354
$2,354
$2,354
$1,961
$1,961
$1,961
$1,726
$1,726
$1,726
$1,530
$1,530
$1,530
$1,393
$1,393
$1,393
$1,275
$1,275
$1,275
$1,177
$1,177
$1,177
$1,098
$1,098
$1,098
$1,059
$1,059
$1,059
$1,059
$1,059
$1,059
$1,059
$1,059
$1,059
$902
$902
$902
$902
$902
$902
$902
$902
$902
$785
$785
$785
$785
$785
$785
$785
$785
$785
$686
$686
$686
$686
$686
$686
$686
$686
$686
Dustin Grimm Takes First WSOP Circuit Gold at Harrah’s
St. Louis

Inaugural Circuit Event at Harrah’s St. Louis Draws 675 players-
Largest poker tournament ever in Missouri

Event #1 of Harrah’s St. Louis first-ever WSOP Circuit is in the books.

Dustin Grimm of Cedar Hill, MO outlasted an impressive 675-player field, earning $40,837
and a coveted WSOP Circuit Event Ring, a high mark of achievement in tournament poker.

The $300 +(40) buy-in tournament was the largest ever held in the state of Missouri and
generated a total prize pool of $196,134.

WSOP Director and Vice President of International Poker Operations, Jack Effel, was on
hand to address the mass of day 1 starters. Before announcing the tournament rules, he
thanked the players for the large turnout and for representing a booming poker community
in the Midwest.

Video of Harrah’s St. Louis Circuit Event opening announcements.

Effel also thanked the staff and management of Harrah’s St. Louis, who for over a year, had
been diligent in bringing a major tournament to the Gateway City.

Local poker celebrity Paul Harris, co-host of “The Final Table” radio show, also said a few
words before making the customary announcement to shuffle up and deal.

Play began shortly after noon and ended promptly at 2:00 am with just 23 players
remaining. About an hour and a half after the Saturday 2:00 pm restart, the final ten
players racked up their chips and made their way to the final table. Blinds and antes were
at 15,000/30,000/4,000.

Name                      Hometown            Seat        Chip Count
Brett Reinhart          Laporte,                  1            827,000
Nick Weber              St. Louis, MO           2            562,000
Sam Lehman           St. Louis, MO           3            390,000
Dustin Grimm           Cedar Hill, MO         4            325,000
Charles Beggs         Fishers, IN              5            325,000
Gregory Headrick     St. Louis, MO          6            387,000
Mark Voll                 Chicago, IL              7            313,000
John Feigl                Caseyville, IL          8            981,000
John Thompson       Terre Haute, IN       9            780,000
Tim Vance                Millstadt,                10           530,000

Tim Vance Champion suffered a bad run of cards and was eliminated in 10th place. The
2008 EPT Copenhagen Champion was disappointed but still all smiles as he left the
remaining nine players to resume play.

Ninth Place
Blinds moved up to 20,000/40,000 with 5,000 antes. Despite heading to the final table with
the chip lead, Feigl saw many of his chips get divvied up among the table’s shorter stacks.

Heads-up against Gergory Headrick on a flop of 4hAcJs, Fiegl was confident enough with his
AQ to get the rest of his stack in the pot. Headrick, however was sitting on a dominating
AK. Blanks on the turn and river resulted in a disappointing finish for the self-employed 49-
year old who started playing poker a few months ago. Ninth place paid $3,275.

Eighth Place
With blinds now at 30,000/60,000 with 5,000 antes, short-stack Mark Voll’s tournament run
was all but finished after moving all-in for just under 300,000 with Ah5d and getting a call
from Charles Beggs who turned over pocket queens. The king-high flop was no help to Voll,
nor was a second king on the turn. However an As on the river doubled up the 23-year
student from Chicago and gave him new life.

Voll moved all-in again the very next hand.  This time, it was Nick Weber who made the call.
Weber expected a race at best as he turned over pocket 8’s but was left looking for a
miracle of his own after Voll tabled pocket kings.

The board did not oblige Weber who was left in a bad way after doubling up Voll to about
1.13 million. Weber was all-in for about 300,000 shortly after with QdJs, only to be called by
Gregory Headrick with pocket aces. A queen on the board was not enough for Weber and
his tournament run was over. The 25-year old student from St. Louis picked up $3,864.

Seventh Place
Still reeling from his earlier bad beat, Beggs moved all-in with ace-high and got two callers
by way of Headrick and Voll. The two live stacks checked the board down to fifth street,
which Beggs got none of, sending him to rail. Beggs is an IT specialist from Fishers, IN. He
collected $4,766 for his two-day effort.

Sixth Place
In a monster three-way hand, Grimm shoved his 355,000 stack with Ac7d. After tanking a
bit, Brett Reinhart looked to isolate the all-in player by moving all-in with Ah8h. Sam Lehman
couldn’t lay down his AdQd and made the call.

Grimm shouted “yes!” in relief after pairing his seven on a 7sQc10d flop, but was quickly
subdued after Lehman pointed out that he had top pair queens. Mania quickly returned for
Grimm after a 7h hit the turn and a king on the river.

Grimm tripled up to over a million; Reinhart took a slide down the leader board while
Lehman was left with two measly gray 5,000 chips. After anteing up the next hand, Lehman
tossed his other gray in the pot with 5s4s. He was unable to improve on the board against
Voll’s 10h7h. Reihnart is a 24-year old who teaches middle school in inner city St. Louis. He
earned $7,159 for his sixth.

Fifth Place
Shortly after blinds crept up to 40,000/80,000/10,000, John Thompson made it 200,000 to
go from the button and got a call from Grimm in the BB. After a flop of Ad2hKc, Thompson
made a move on the big blind, moving all-in with J8 off, but got called by Voll with A6. Blanks
hit the turn and river, sending Thompson to the payout table to collect $9,532. Thompson is
a 39-year old HVAC service tech from Terre Haute, IN with cashes at tournaments at the
Bellagio and Caesars.

Fourth Place
Headrick was next to bust after re-raising Voll’s 180k bet all-in from the button with Kh9c.
Voll called with QsJs, pairing his queen on the flop. The turn and river were no help to
Headrick and the 26-year old poker pro with a Masters of Accounting was eliminated. He
took home $11,925 for fourth.

Third Place
Aggressive pre-flop play from Reinhart picked him up some much needed chips but caught
up to him after the 22-year old moved his 750,000 stack all-in with J5 suited. Grimm made
the call with pocket 8’s. It appeared that the 8’s wouldn’t hold for Grimm after a 2dJs7h
flop, but a 9c turn and 10d river completed a straight for him, ending Reinhart’s tournament
run. Third place paid $14,494.

Second Place
Grimm had a marginal chip lead over Voll as heads up play began at around 6:15 pm. Grimm
strengthened his lead with a number of post-raises against his opponent, and moved to
about an 8-1 chip lead after rivering trip sixes and getting a call from Voll for much of his
stack.

Voll doubled back to over a million after flopping a flush on Grimm’s pocket aces, but would
not gain any more ground than that.

In the final hand of the evening, Voll re-raised Grimm all-in for about 900,000 with A7.
Grimm called with pocket tens and the two saw a flop of 8c9h5c. A Qc on the turn and 9s on
the river gave Grimm the win, worth $40,837 and a Circuit Event gold ring. Voll collected
$23,203 for second.

Grimm owns and operates Top Pair Poker, a startup that sets up free poker tournaments at
area bars. This was his largest tournament win.

The 34-year old hugged his parents who were watching from the rail along with a teary-
eyed wife before wiping a bit of moisture from his own.

He says that he was down to only 1,300 chips from a starting stack of 8,000 after taking a
bad beat early in the tournament, but after chipping back up felt that the tournament was
his to win.

“About eight hours into the tournament, it was weird, I felt that I was meant to be here
this time, I’ve never felt that way about any tournament that I’ve played in.”

When asked about his future plans, Grimm says that he’s looking at playing the main event,
and will take his wife on a well-deserved vacation.

Still to come are 11 more events and nightly (single-day) non-ring $230 and $340 buy-in
events which begin at 4 pm and 7pm.   The WSOP Circuit at Harrah’s St. Louis runs through
April 15th.

Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Harrah’s St. Louis

Michael St. Pierre – General Manager
Marcus Glover – Assistant General Manager
Tom Orman – Slot Performance Manager
Lindy Kirsch – Advertising and Public Relations Manager
Jimmy Sommerfeld –Tournament Director
Bill Bruce – Assistant Tournament Director
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2010 Harrah's St. Louis WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:

2010 WSOP Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Schedule and Results
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2010 Harrah's St. Louis WSOP Circuit Event #1 Winner Dustin Grimm