2009/2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Harrah’s New Orleans
Bayou Poker Challenge
Event #15
No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Buy-In: $500 (+50)
Total Entries: 198
Total Prize Pool: $90,880
May 14-15, 2010
Final Results:
1 Ronnie Hoover Baton Rouge, LA $23,856
2 Shimiron Preis St. Charles, LA $14,540
3 Jahson “Class” Spence Yonkers, NY $9,315
4 David “The Assassin” Dowdy Canton, GA $7,270
5 John “Skinny B.” Cleaveland Austin, TX $5,680
6 Preston R. Derden Houston, TX $4,544
7 Ed Corrado Naples, FL $3,635
8 Stanley Seelig Metairie, LA $2,953
9 Michael Raimon Bradenton, FL $2,499
10 James Jewett Meidian, LA $2,044
11 Alexandru Masek San Diego, CA $1,454
12 James Petzing Chicago, IL $1,454
13 John “Cowboy” Land Dallas, TX $1,454
14 Gary Bland Edwardsville, IL $1,454
15 Robert Mapp Waynesboro, VA $1,454
16 Charles Looper Augusta, GA $1,454
17 Jared Ingles Baton Rouge, LA $1,454
18 Lee Macalester New Orleans, LA $1,454
19 “Johnny Chicago” Nowak Fairview, TX $1,454
20 Donald Norman Marion, IL $1,454
Hoover, Damn!
Ronnie Hoover Earns First Major Tournament Victory at Harrah’s New Orleans
“Johnny Chicago” Hits Five Cashes at this Year’s Bayou Series
2010 Harrah's New Orleans WSOP Circuit Event #15 Winner Ronnie Hoover
New Orleans, LA – The top three finishers in the latest World Series of Poker Circuit tournament held at Harrah’s New Orleans agreed to a deal. Ronnie Hoover, a 59-year-old retiree from Baton Rouge, LA ended up taking first place. His official payout amounted to $23,856. Hoover was also presented with his first WSOP Circuit gold ring, marking his first tournament victory.
Hoover has a few previous cashes on his poker resume, but nothing on the scale of winning a WSOP-related tournament. The runner up was Shimiron Preis, from St. Charles, LA. He was part of the deal made with third-place finisher Jahson “Class” Spence, from Yonkers, NY. The last hand of the tournament took place when Spence lost a big race holding AQ against pocket jacks, leaving him as the shortest stack. That’s when the negotiating began, ending up with an agreement which ended the tournament much earlier than had been anticipated.
This was the 15th of 19 gold ring events on this year’s Bayou Poker Challenge schedule. The $500 (+50) buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout was played over two consecutive days during May 15th and 16th. The tournament attracted 198 entries.
The Shootout concept was simple. The “winner” was required to survive three consecutive tables. Sounds easy, but given the stiff competition, some of the matches went several hours. For instance, the second round match between third-place finisher Jahson Spence and two-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner Alexandru Masek lasted five hours – heads up! Furthermore, since rounds could not begin until all matches were complete, the Day One competition lasted about 15 hours.
Among the twenty players who cashed was “Johnny Chicago” Nowak, who is originally from Chicago but now lives near Dallas. “Johnny Chicago” tied a WSOP Circuit record by cashing in his fifth tournament at this series, the most by any player ever at one single tournament stop. With the Main Event still to be played, “Johnny Chicago” now has a shot at making history. He says he plans to play in the Main Event, just for this reason.
The top 20 finishers divided a prize pool totaling $80,510. After 188 players were eliminated on the first day, final table play with ten players commenced on a Sunday afternoon. There were two prior WSOP Circuit gold ring winners among the final ten. Mike Raimon won last year’s Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship here at Harrah’s New Orleans. Ed Corrado won a title three years ago at Harrah’s Tunica.
All final table players started play with identical stack sizes of 12,000 chips. Final Table play lasted about five hours and ended at 7 pm. Players were eliminated in the following order:
Tenth Place: Jewett Tenth
Jim Jewett, a real estate developer from Meridian, ID went out first when his A8 lost to AK. The real estate developer collected a nice commission amounting to $2,044. This marked his third WSOP Circuit cash. He also made the money at the WSOP in Las Vegas last year.
Ninth Place: Raimon Ninth
Former WSOP gold ring winner Mike Ramon went out in ninth place. The pro poker player who also won a WSOP satellite series tournament held in Mississippi last year, collected $2,499 for this finish.
Eighth Place: Seelig Eighth
Stanley Seelig, who is self-employed and lives in nearby Metairie, LA exited in eighth place. He received $2,953. This was his first WSOP Circuit cash. He did make it to a final table at last year’s Winter Bayou Poker Challenge, finishing seventh.
Seventh Place: Corrado Seventh
Ed Corrado, a 79-year-old retiree from Naples, FL was the seventh-place finisher. He has accumulated nearly $500,000 in career tournament finishes, including three major wins and numerous in-the-money finishes. Corrado won his WSOP Circuit gold ring at Harrah’s Tunica in 2006. Seventh place paid $3,635.
Sixth Place: Derden Sixth
Preston R. Derden, a 63-year-old retiree from Houston, TX cashed for the tenth time in a WSOP Circuit tournament, and fifth time here at Harrah’s New Orleans. Derden, who was the runner up in a Circuit event last year at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, ended up in sixth place, worth $4,544.
Fifth Place: “Skinny B.” Fifth
“Skinny B.” Cleaveland, a barber from Austin, TX ended up getting clipped and took fifth place. He survived a number of close shaves, but was crewcutted away from the final by Ronnie Hoover. “Skinny B.” was swept away with $5,680 in prize money.
Fourth Place: “The Assassin” Fourth
David “The Assassin” Dowdy, a poker pro from Canton, GA was himself gunned down in what was his first time to enter a WSOP Circuit tournament. It was quite a showing for the 27-year-old, making the final table in his first try. Dowdy had previously cashed three times in various tournaments held in Las Vegas. Fourth place paid $7,270.
Third Place: Spence Third
Jahson “Class” Spence, a tough talkative poker pro from Yonkers, NY was part of a three-way split for the top three places. He agreed to a third-place payout totaling $9,315. This was his best WSOP-related showing yet, following a sixth-place finish earlier this year at Caesars Atlantic City.
Second Place: Preis Second
Shimiron Preis, a poker pro from St. Charles, LA agreed to second place. He cashed four times in various WSOP Circuit events, including twice last month at Harrah’s St. Louis. The former 36-year-old manager collected a nice official payout amounting to $14,540.
First Place: Hoover First!
Ronnie Hoover, a retiree from Baton Rouge, LA was the winner of the 15th WSOP Circuit event. He officially collected $14,540 for first place, plus his first gold ring. He formally worked in sales and marketing. In his spare time, when he is not playing poker Hoover enjoys fishing and playing golf. This was Hoover’s first major tournament victory.
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.
2010 Harrah’s New Orleans WSOP Circuit – Event #15 Final Results
2010 Harrah’s New Orleans WSOP Circuit Events Schedule and Results
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
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