The World Series of Poker Circuit fortuity at Harrah's Atlantic City continued with Event 3 and Event 4 the past concatenate days, and Event 3 saw four players from Brooklyn make the presumptive table. It was one of those Brooklyn players who won the development.
Event 4 also saw Brooklyn represented at the express table, in any case only by one professional athlete this time again. And it was a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. medical practitioner who took down the upshot
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Event 3, $560 No-Limit Hold'em
Event 3 played out Sunday and Monday with 309 phratry starting out in the game. After Day 1, there were moveless 23 players left in the game, and by the time it was down to the contingent nine on Day 2, four of them were from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Odds were that one of them would end up flushed with success the anyhow, and this time the odds were spot-on, as Michael Morgovsky came out on top to win $47,895. The valid-table results were:
Place Name Hometown Prize 1st Michael Morgovsky Brooklyn, N.Y. $47,895 2nd William Lau Sewell, N.J. $24,720 3rd Michael Stuccchio Brooklyn, N.Y. $12,360 4th Alan Goodman Brooklyn, N.Y. $10,815 5th Gary Reben New Rochelle, N.Y. $9,270 6th Jonathan Hoke Purcell, Va. $7,725 7th Joseph Cervera Brooklyn, N.Y. $6,180 8th Glenn Davis Creedmore, N.C. $4,635 9th Richard Hall Wilkes Barre, Pa. $3,090 Event 4, $560 No-Limit Hold'em
On Monday, Event 4 got off to a jack with 312 players devirgination to the felt for some No-Limit Hold'em legal proceedings.
#img: maurice-hawkins_27247.jpg: left: Maurice Hawkins cloud a win.#
By the end of the transaction on Day 1, Maurice Hawkins, a 28-year-old no mean player from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., had the chip lead. He took that lead into the draw of the hindmost table, and only once did he lose it on his way to upper hand.
He terminated up knocking out the last five players himself on his way to overcoming, and he pocketed $48,360 for his try.
The unconditional-table results were:
Place Name Hometown Prize 1st Maurice Hawkins Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. $48,360 2nd Ben Lester Newport News, Va. $24,960 3rd Tom McCann Allentown, Pa. $12,480 4th Alicia Spencer Washington $10,920 5th W.D. Horan Morrisville, Pa. $9,360 6th Julio Fernandez Miami $7,800 7th Ted Ely Brooklyn, N.Y. $6,240 8th Gordon Eng Cliffside Park, N.J. $4,680 9th Bill King Silver Spring, Md. $3,120
There are opulency more events to go as the WSOPC duodenum its way to the main foursome next week. Stay according to PokerListings for updates in between, and then we'll be on the terrain to make available live coverage of the main outcome as well.
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