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2009 Caesar's Indiana WSOP Circuit Event

Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'Em

The first event in the WSOP Circuit Tournaments had 562 players at the tables. Entry fee was $300 each helping to create a $168,600 prize pool with cash going to the top 29. Here are the final table players with cash amounts:

1. Justin Wallace -- $45,934
2. Patrick Peercy -- $24,234
3. Tina Kendall -- $12,671
4. Austin McCormick -- $11,087
5. Charlie Dawson -- %9,503
6. Frank Berrettoni -- $7,920
7. Darlene Johnson -- $6,335
8. Bobby Byram -- $4,752
9. Brandon Bourne -- $3,168

Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'Em

There were 540 players paying $300 + $40 to get in on the second event. And again it was the top 29 players split a $181,600 prize pool created in this event.

1. Joel Shulruf -- $52,830
2. Aaron Corson -- $27,267
3. Vince Ballinger -- $13,634
4. Michael Zeljak -- $11,920
5. Justin Kindred -- $10,225
6. Jerry Cagle -- $8,521
7. Lee Dryer -- $6,817
8. Robert Jolley -- $5,113
9. Carl Stapleton -- $3,408

Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'Em

A total of 172 entries paid $1,000 each for the right to play in the third event at Caesar's. Size of the prize pool grew to $172,000 that was divided between the top 18.

1. Christopher McMillian -- $52,388
2. Patrick Hoffman -- $27,487
3. Patrick Saap -- $16,169
4. Neal Harding -- $12,935
5. Joseph Winsett -- $9,701
6. Sam Al-Dbhany -- $8,085
7. Nick Jivkov -- $6,468
8. Franklin "Dee" Cauldwell -- $4,851
9. Nathaniel Burgard -- $3,234

Event #4 -- Ladies No Limit Hold'Em

The buyin for this event was $200 for the 189 ladies that came to play. Pool for the tournament reached $31,516 and was split among the last 18 women standing. Here are the top 9 with winnings:

1. Heather Murry -- $10,211
2. Jessica Cabiness -- $5,357
3. Leshirley Roll -- $3,151
4. Lisa Brooking -- $2,521
5. Terri Schaefer -- $1,890
6. Karen Hodge -- $1,575
7. Hyon Morrison -- $1,260
8. Patricia Clark -- $945
9. Jennifer Talley -- $830

Event #5 -- No Limit Hold'Em Turbo

Buyin for this event was $300 for the 186 players who sat at the tables. The top 18 split a pool of $55,800.

1. Paul Han -- $15,868
2. Sean Hodge -- $8,235
3. Patrick Bibb -- $4,898
4. Ted Park -- $3,918
5. Kenneth Troxler -- $2,939
6. Libby Wilson -- $2,449
7. Perry Stone -- $1,959
8. John Anstett -- $1,496
9. D. Randall Smith -- $980

Event #6 -- Pot Limit Omaha

Only 93 players showed up to compete in this one. So the $46,500 prize pool went to the last 9 at the final table.

1. Tue Phan -- $14,384
2. Christopher McMillian -- $7,991
3. Joseph Couden -- $4,395
4. Vito Casullo -- $3,196
5. Nicholas Guagenti -- $2,727
6. Adam Foster -- $2,397
7. Larry Romine -- $1,998
8. Edward Sullivan -- $1,598
9. Scott Gullet -- $1,199

Event #7 -- No Limit Hold'Em

In all, 457 players came to the tables paying $300 for the right to do so. The cash pool grew to $137,500 that was split up between the top 31 finishers. Here are the final table results:

1. Michael Ratcliff -- $38,351
2. Christopher East -- $20,852
3. James McKinney -- $10,227
4. Ian Gillespie -- $8,949
5. Beau Moore -- $7,670
6. Michael Ray - $6,392
7. Charles Williams -- $5,113
8. Randall Cox -- $3,835
9. Steven Lotshaw -- $2,557

Event #8 -- No Limit Hold'Em

A prize pool of $116,500 was created from the 250 entrants to the event. Buy in was $500 per player and only the top 27 saw a return on their investment.

1. Ray Lynn -- $37,152
2. Brian Brown -- $20,433
3. Arthur Evans -- $10,449
4. Dale Poynter -- $8,127
5. Deam Hamrick -- $6,996
6. Michael Snow -- $5,805
7. Francis Foster -- $4,644
8. Jeffrey Miller -- $3,483
9. John Bonar -- $2,322

Event #9 -- No Limit Hold'Em

In the event leading up to the Main Event, 175 players paid $1,000 each to participate in the No Limit Hold'Em tournament. The $175,000 pool was divided up between the top 18 finishers.

1. David Kopacz -- $53,330
2. Matt Shepsky -- $22,982
3. Troy Weber -- $16,460
4. Nick Blackburn -- $13,168
5. Harold Dennis -- $9,876
6. James Ruszkiewicz -- $8,230
7. Kerry Rowden -- $6,584
8. Bryan Sapp -- $4,938
9. Steven Russell -- $3,292

Event #10 -- Championship Main Event

This was a smaller Main Event with 84 players paying $5,150 for the three day event. Money was paid to the final table players only.

In the heads up between Samuel Oberlin with 230,000 chips and Jerry Martin with 1,030,000 chips, the duel only lasted for three hands. In the first hand Oberlin doubled up when he turned his pocket Queens into a set. The second hand saw Martin lose even more chips to Oberlin. And the final hand went as follows. With both players seeing a flop of 4 J 5 Oberlin raises, Martin goes all-in and is instantly called by Oberlin who produces pocket Queens once again to Martin who turns over J 7. The turn and river are 8 A and that is how Samuel Oberlin became the first Main Event champion of the 2009 WSOPC Tournament season.

1. Samuel Oberlin -- $143,064
2. Jerry Martin -- $79,480
3. David Kopacz -- $43,714
4. Len Ashby -- $32,792
5. Joseph Couden -- $27,818
6. Jamin Stokes -- $23,844
7. Derek Whelan -- $19,870
8. Dean Schultz -- $15,806
9. Ray Lynn -- $11,922