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2008 Harrah’s New Orleans Circuit Tournament
November 26th - December 5th, 2007
Harrah's New Orleans Casino

Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $300

The first tournament event at Harrah's New Orleans brought 380 players to the tables. A prize pool of $110,580 was created as a result. Here are the results of the final table which had 10 players:

1. Matthew Terral -- $34,280
2. Wendall Welch -- $17,693
3. Bradley Soshes -- $8,846
4. Tuan Tran -- $7,741
5. Michael Nadeau -- $6,635
6. Craig Andras -- $5,529
7. Eric DeSoto -- $4,423
8. Chean Chin -- $3,317
9. Gabriel Costner -- $2,212
10. Scott Ryals -- $1,327

Event #2 No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $500 (+50)

A prize pool of $108,640 was split between the top 27 finishers. In total there were 224 players in this tournament.

1. Philip Sparta -- $34,765
2. Ryan Farrell -- $19,121
3. Billy McBrayer -- $9,778
4. (Smokey) Charlie Oliver -- $7,605
5. Caywood Vanstratum -- $6,518
6. Tony Barchetti -- $5,432
7. Jeffrey Purpera -- $4,346
8. Birol Lermi -- $3,259
9. Anthony Taormina -- $2,173

Event #3 No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $500

Russ Floyd came out on top of a 187 player field to take the most of a $90,695 prize pool that was built up for the tournament. Money went to the top 18 finishers.

1. Russ Floyd -- $ 29,385
2. Lam Luu -- $ 15,418
3. Michael Prestenback -- $ 9,070
4. Andrew Becker -- $ 7,256
5. Johnnie Short -- $ 5,442
6. Richard Becker -- $ 4,535
7. Matt Brady -- $ 3,628
8. Samuel Zurik -- $ 2,721
9. Howard (Tahoe) Andrew -- $ 1,814

Event #4 No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $300

A prize pool of $60,528 came from the 208 players that entered event 4. When the tournament finished, money only went to the top 27.

1. Eddie Rayl -- $ 19,269
2. Bradley Oubre -- $ 10,653
3. Mark Eastman -- $ 5,448
4. Dana Murse -- $ 4,237
5. Joseph Stokes -- $ 3,632
6. Richard Cannette -- $ 3,026
7. Curtis Terry -- $ 2,421
8. Jeffrey Quin -- $ 1,816
9. Alan Scott Hunter -- $ 1,211

Event #5 No Limit Hold'Em Buy-In: $500

At the tables for this event were 221 players, each fighting for a slice of a $107,185 prize pool. The top 27 were paid.

1. Shane Turner -- $ 34,299
2. Carl Giesse -- $ 18,865
3. Jason Barnes -- $ 9,647
4. Gregory Aumann -- $ 7,503
5. Scott Beck -- $ 6,431
6. Mark Ellerbe -- $ 5,359
7. Don Todd -- $ 4,287
8. James Russ -- $ 3,216
9. James Digaetano -- $ 2,144

Event #6 No Limit Hold'Em Buy-In: $300

Size of the prize pool hit $81,771 for 281 players at the tables for Event 6. Cash again went only to the top 27 finishers.

1. Timothy Martin $ 26,167
2. Khalid Dghaim $ 14,392
3. Dominic Tramonte $ 7,359
4. Freddie Burnsed $ 5,724
5. Ronnie Bardah $ 4,906
6. Andrew Hoechstetter $ 4,089
7. Charles Miller $ 3,271
8. Jim Bullard $ 2,453
9. Ryan Halsrud $ 1,635

Event # 7 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $1,000 (+80)

The seventh event had 260 player sign up for it to compete for a slice of a $252,200 prize pool. Cash went to the top 27.

1. John Sarver -- $75,734
2. Terry Lade -- 41,654
3. Bruce F. McGregor -- $21,300
4. Timothy Pughsley -- $16,567
5. David Compton -- $14,200
6. James McBride -- $11,833
7. Gabriel Tender -- $9,467
8. Brian Cospolich -- $7,100
9. Donald Vance -- $4,733

Event #8 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $1,000 (+80)

1. Timothy Miles -- $80,704
2. Shaun Johnson -- $44,387
3. John Conroy -- $22,698
4. Brett Kimes -- $17,654
5. Ronald Nacol -- $15,132
6. Chris Savage -- $12,610
7. Nicolas Gellepis -- $10,088
8. Rogelio Salinas -- $7,566
9. Gary Burks -- $5,044

Event #9 Ladies Championship -- No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $200 (+30)

There were 170 ladies at the tables for this event. But only the top 18 finishers saw a piece of the $32,980 prize pool with Wendy Michel taking home $10,686 for winning the tournament.

1. Wendy Michel -- $10,686
2. Nancy Decuers -- $5,607
3. Abbe Garfinkel -- $3,298
4. BJ Orsack -- $2,638
5. Theresa Gex -- $1,979
6. Derra Perumean -- $1,649
7. Lynn "All In" Howard -- $1,319
8. Sheila Semander -- $989
9. Elizabeth Bishop -- $660

Event #10 Circuit Championship Buy-In: $5,000

A total of 160 player hit the tables for the big one, being rewarded with a $765,000 prize pool for the event. Money went to the top 18 finishers.

1. Andy Philachack -- $ 247,860
2. Josh Arieh -- $ 130,050
3. Theodore (Ted) McCollom -- $ 76,500
4. David Fox -- $ 61,200
5. Nic (Nick The Greek) Gellepis -- $ 42,075
6. Leonard Pruzansky -- $ 42,075
7. Bruce MacGregor -- $ 30,600
8. Philip Sparta -- $ 22,950
9. Lou Esposito -- $ 15,300