Event #2 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Harveys Lake Tahoe concluded on November 9th. This was a $500 Buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament with a total of 314 players entered. The prize pool was worth $152,290.
Shoaib Makani of Palo Alto, California won the second event by defeating J.T. Anderson heads up. Makani won a total of $39,677 for his first place finish as well as a gold and diamond WSOP Circuit trophy ring. J.T. Anderson of Carthage, Texas finished in second place and received $23,986 for his runner up finish.
To view a complete listing of results for Event #2 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Circuit Events at Harveys Lake Tahoe, click on the link below:
2008 Harveys Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit – Event #2 Results
Shoaib Makani Dominates Final Table And Wins $500 No-Limit Wire to Wire
Business Development Manager, 25, Got Experience Playing in London
Stateline, NV—Everything went right tonight for Shoaib Makani, as he scored an easy victory in the second event of the WSOP Circuit tour at Harveys Lake Tahoe, $500 no-limit hold’em. He arrived at the final table with the chip lead, steadily built it and coasted to an easy victory that brought him $39,677. “It was a good situation and an ideal final table,” he said. “I got good cards, and when I was behind I got help.”
Shoaib, 25, lives in Palo Alto, California, and is a business development manager for start-up businesses in the Bay Area. He started playing poker for pennies when he was a kid, and then got serious when he was in college. He spent several years in London, attending the London School of Economics, and then working for Googol there. During that time he regularly frequented the Gutshot Poker Club where he was a regular tournament winner. Now employed full-time, he can only manage about one tournament a month, and also plays smaller no-limit cash games in casinos and at home games.
His style, he said, is initially to play tight and wait for hands, then get aggressive as bubble time approaches, and, when he has enough chips, “put on the gas but not go crazy.”
This event attracted 314 players vying for a prize pool of $152,290. Sixteen players survived day one. The final nine was reached after 90 minutes of play the next day when Sherman Ohori’s pocket 9s were crushed by Makani’s pocket aces. Action started with blinds of 3,000-6,000 and 500 antes, 16 minutes left. Makani led with 615,000 chips…
To view the complete tournament report for Event #2 of the 2008 Harveys Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit Event, click on the link below:
2008 Harveys Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit – Event #2 Tournament Report
