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2008 Harrah's Atlantic City WSOP Circuit Tournament

Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'Em
A $300 buy in for the first event brought out 901 players to the tables. As this was a 2 day event, play went fast down to the final table held on Sunday December 9. A prize pool of $270,300 was created for the top 90 finishers. Here are the final table finishers:

1. Mircea Ionescu -- $ 67,575
2. Kevin Crumlish -- $ 36,720
3. Sazan (Sonny) Lusha -- $ 21,624
4. Howard Wolper -- $ 18,921
5. Eliano Mesquita -- $ 16,218
6. Carlos Chavez -- $ 13,515
7. Ashley Shuey -- $ 10,812
8. James Zinkland -- $ 8,109
9. Daniel Hayden -- $ 5,406

Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'Em
A good turnout of 701 players, each paying $300 each to get in, helped to build a prize pool of $210,300. Cash went to the top 72 players.

1. Bruce Bartfeld -- $56,781
2. Edward Sabat -- $29,757
3. Aaron Kidder -- $16,824
4. Jeffrey Perzan -- $14,721
5. Glenn Davis -- $12,618
6. Derek Dempsey -- $10,515
7. Trevor Savage -- $8,412
8. Mark Hoke -- $6,309
9. Henry Olszewski -- $4,206

Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'Em
There were 376 players who signed up for this tournament, paying $500 each for the privilige. Cash pool size reached $188,000 which went to the top 36 finishers.

1. Jeffrey Neuman -- $ 58,280
2. Peter Damato -- $ 30,080
3. Jose Borges -- $ 15,040
4. Robert Jackowski -- $ 13,160
5. Dimitri Haskaris -- $ 9,400
6. Michael Stovall -- $ 7,520
7. Jonathan Gosnell -- $ 7,520
8. Caywood Vanstratum -- $ 5,640
9. Agustin Mendez -- $ 3,760

Event #4 -- No Limit Hold'Em
We do not know the number of entrants, but money went to the top 36 players who paid $500 each to enter.

1. Tae Ho Baik -- $ 48,360
2. Massoud Nikjouian -- $ 24,960
3. Charlie Townsend -- $ 12,480
4. Anthony Stopper -- $ 10,920
5. Dean Schultz -- $ 9,360
6. David Fox -- $ 7,800
7. Robert (Bob) Vansyckle -- $ 6,240
8. Harrison Cammisso -- $ 4,680
9. Dan Lyle -- $ 3,120

Event #5 -- No Limit Hold'Em
A total of 319 players showed up, each putting in $500 for the right to play. The top 36 shared the prize pool of $159,500.

1. Steve Gill -- $ 49,445
2. Dennis Altman -- $ 25,520
3. Adam Lippert -- $ 12,760
4. Patrick Roberts -- $ 11,165
5. Piotr Kowal -- $ 9,570
6. Paul Nicholson -- $ 7,975
7. Vincent Housden -- $ 6,380
8. Robert (Lance) Newton -- $ 4,785
9. Domenico Barretta -- $ 3,190

Event #6 -- No Limit Hold'Em
This $1,000 per player tournament had 213 entrants, contributing to a $213,000 pool which went to the top 27 in the event.

1. Jeffrey Vanchiro -- $ 68,160
2. Mike Somma -- $ 37,488
3. Sal Giambrone -- $ 19,170
4. Michael Kelly -- $ 14,910
5. Charles Minter -- $ 12,780
6. Larry Nelson -- $ 10,650
7. Hung Truong -- $ 8,750
8. Bobby Wisiak -- $ 6,390
9. Terry Quinn -- $ 4,260

1. Francis Vizza -- $ 82,580
2. Joseph Brattole II -- $ 45,408
3. Mark Roland -- $ 23,220
4. Jason Quintana -- $ 18,060
5. Doug (Rico) Carli -- $ 15,480
6. Marlis Sawicki -- $ 12,900
7. Thuan Trieu -- $ 10,320
8. Robert Jackson -- $ 7,740
9. Yakov Radutman -- $ 5,160

Event #8 -- Ladies No Limit Hold'Em
There were 328 ladies at the tables, paying $200 each for the right. A total of $65,600 was the prize pool size going to the last remaining 36.

1. Anisha Shrestha $ 20,336
2. Judith Urban $ 10,496
3. Gina Saladino $ 5,248
4. Candy Vecere $ 4,592
5. Denise Ronca $ 3,936
6. Jennifer Goad $ 3,280
7. Christine Mizerak $ 2,624
8. Ebony Kenney $ 1,968
9. Yoriko Hama $ 1,312

Main Event -- Day 1
Altogether, there were 244 players who each paid $5,000 to enter the Main Event. A prize pool of $1,195,600 resulted that will be split between the top 27 finishers. Here are the chip leaders from Day 1:

1. Ben Fineman -- 135,000 chips
2. Rick Rossetti -- 117,000 chips
3. Robert Williamson III -- 91,000 chips
4. Louie Esposito -- 86,000 chips
5. Mike Sica -- 80,000 chips
6. John Racener -- 80,000 chips
7. Patrick Fee -- 80,000 chips
8. Matt Brady -- 70,000 chips
9. Matt "Allinat420" Stout -- 65,500 chips

Main Event -- Day 2
Names of final table players and chip counts:

1. John Racener -- 780,000
2. Eric Buchman -- 870,000
3. Feming Chan -- 690,000
4. Joseph Brooks -- 450,000
5. Thomas Patrick Fee -- 255,000
6. David Fox -- 535,000
7. Adrian Velez -- 755,000
8. James Nelson -- 470,000
9. Sam Skolnik -- 80,000

Main Event -- Final Table
John Racener became the winner of the Main Event held at Harrah's Atlantic City.

1. John Racener -- $ 379,392
2. Eric Buchman -- $ 208,666
3. Feming Chan -- $ 106,704
4. Joseph Brooks -- $ 82,992
5. Thomas Patrick Fee -- $ 71,136
6. David Fox -- $ 59,280
7. Adrian Velez -- $ 47,424
8. James Nelson -- $ 35,568
9. Sam Skolnik -- $ 23,712