Recap of the WSOP-Circuit Harrah's Chester Ring Events

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

May 10, 2011 3 min read

For the past week and a half, the World Series of Poker Circuit has been at Harrah’s Chester in Pennsylvania, the first Circuit stop in the state. In fact, until January 2010, poker wasn’t allowed in Pennsylvania, but the state’s House of Representatives, along with nearby Delaware’s, voted to allow table games in their respective states. Since then, poker has thrived, so much so, the WSOP-Circuit added a stop at its Harrah’s property in Chester, which is 23 miles southwest of Philadelphia.

Each WSOP-Circuit stop hosts ten gold-ring events. Players can earn National Leaderboard points, based upon their performance in those events, and hopefully accumulate enough to qualify for the National Championship in May. In addition, the player who earns the most points at each stop (the "Casino Champion") automatically qualifies for that event. You can find a summary of the ring events below leading up to the Harrah’s Chester Main Event, along with the current standings on the Event Leaderboard.

As always, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team is providing coverage of the Main Event, which will play out its final table on Tuesday, May 10. In the meantime, here is a look at the Harrah’s Chester ring winners thus far.

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$45	244	$71,004

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Rocco Luciano	Philadelphia, PA	$16,888
2	[Removed:321] Farah	Philadelphia, PA	$10,433
3	Anthony Flanagan	Ridgeley, WV	$7,538
4	Zemzem Mustefa	Temple Hills, MD	$5,548
5	Reggie Franklin	Park Forest, IL	$4,156
6	Paul Dolderer	Havertown, PA	$3,167
7	Thomas Patterson	Wilmington, DE	$2,454
8	Trevor Deeter	Philadelphia, PA	$1,932
9	Christopher Kusha	Staten Island, NY	$1,545

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #2 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$55	176	$83,130

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Matthew Lope	Mt. Laurel, NJ	$22,447
2	Gordon Eng	Cliffside Park, NJ	$13,871
3	Todd Shackle	Moon Township, PA	$9,985
4	Tim Bryan	Centerville, VA	$7,318
5	Larry Kolk	Levitown, PA	$5,458
6	Julius Krewina	Wilmington, DE	$4,142
7	Peter Kang	Broomall, PA	$3,197
8	Anthony Marioni	Mt. Ephraim, NJ	$2,508
9	Trevor Keller	Souderton, PA	$2,000

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #3 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$55	194	$54,522

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Izzet Burak Temel	Falls Church, VA	$14,176
2	Oliver Entine	Philadelphia, PA	$8,757
3	Joseph Liberta	Berlin, NJ	$6,323
4	Ruibing Lin	Flushing, NY	$4,644
5	Christopher Wolfe	Rolla, MO	$3,469
6	Jarrod Fulton	Washington, PA	$2,636
7	Robert Gallagher	Philadelphia, PA	$2,036
8	Trevor Deeter	Philadelphia, PA	$1,599
9	Anthony Vitale	Cantonment, FL	$1,276

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #4 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$45	110	$30,330

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Brent Keller	Horsham, PA	$9,097
2	Mark Wileczek	West Chester, PA	$5,624
3	Dale Pinchot	Trenton, NJ	$4,004
4	Marc Saia	Chesterbrook, PA	$2,909
5	William Munley	Scranton, PA	$2,155
6	Raymond Jamison	Phoenixville, PA	$1,627
7	Timothy Fiorvanti	Commack, NY	$1,251
8	Doug McFarlane	West Nyack, NY	$980
9	Paul Zelikov	South Hampton, PA	$781

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$45	185	$53,835

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Jonas Wexler	Southampton, PA	$13,505
2	John Hinds	Greenville, NC	$8,340
3	Shahriar Kashani	Marietta, GA	$6,022
4	Peter Malkoun	Brookhaven, PA	$4,423
5	Andrew Bollinger	Drexel Hill, PA	$3,304
6	Patrick McKenna	Philadelphia, PA	$2,511
7	Daniel Kotowski	Spotsylvania, VA	$1,940
8	David Clark	Dallas, TX	$1,523
9	Matthew Deluca	East Meadow, NY	$1,215

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #6 H.O.S.E.

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$45	86	$25,026

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Kenneth Fischer	Annapolis, MD	$7,494
2	Donald Jacoby	Philadelphia, PA	$4,631
3	Antonio Walker	Willingboro, NJ	$3,242
4	James Downend	Media, PA	$2,361
5	John Cernuto	Las Vegas, NV	$1,737
6	Roland Isra	Forest Hill, NY	$1,298
7	Peter Ippolito	East Meadow, NY	$1,041
8	Michael Gabarick	Easton, PA	$868

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #7 No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$300+$45	185	$51,930

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Tuan Bui Le	Newport, TN	$13,505
2	Christopher Wolfe	Rolla, MO	$8,340
3	Mike Epperson	King George, VA	$6,022
4	Phil Eustrasio	Swarthmore, PA	$4,423
5	Ari Kestler	Baltimore, MD	$3,304
6	Ricardo Franco	Philadelphia, PA	$2,511
7	Matt Iles	Atco, NJ	$1,940
8	Kenneth Moyer	Hatfield, PA	$1,523
9	Peter Ippolito	East Meadow, NY	$1,215

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #8 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$55	194	$91,520

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Steven Reese	Sewell, NJ	$23,795
2	David Rittmeyer	Baltimore, MD	$14,699
3	Daniel Wellborn	Fairfax, VA	$10,614
4	James White	Ormond Beach, FL	$7,795
5	Leo Whitt	Louisville, KY	$5,823
6	Trevor Deeter	Philadelphia, PA	$4,425
7	Samuel Renauro	Bridgeport, NJ	$3,418
8	Everett Carlton	St. Paul, MN	$2,684
9	Robert Scott	Dallas, TX	$2,142

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester Ring Event #9 No-Limit Hold'em

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$1,000+$90	230	$220,800

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Miller Dao	Maricopa, AZ	$55,202
2	Melvin Skeeles	Farmerville, LA	$34,118
3	Neal (Wallace) Jordan	Excello, MO	$24,831
4	Adam Hui	Markham, ON	$18,364
5	Sang Nguyen	San Jose, CA	$13,793
6	Barry Clapp	Calgary, AB	$10,521
7	Kasra Khadayarkhani	Dallas, TX	$8,148
8	Sonja Jurkovich	Las Vegas, NV	$6,403
9	Thomas Winters	San Angelo, TX	$5,107

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Chester “Casino Champion” Leaderboard*

Player	Points	Rings	Cashed	Earnings
Christopher Wolfe	62.5	0	2	$11,809
Matthew Lope	60	1	2	$23,125
Trevor Deeter	57.5	0	3	$7,956
Steven Reese	50	1	1	$23,795
Rocco Luciano	50	1	1	$16,888
Izzet Burak Temel	50	1	1	$14,176
Jonas Wexler	50	1	1	$13,505
Tuan Bui Le	50	1	1	$13,505
Brent Keller	50	1	1	$9,097
Kenneth Fischer	50	1	1	$7,494

*Through the first eight ring events. The ninth ring event is the Main Event while Event #10 $345 No-Limit Hold'em is the last event of the stop.

There is only one opportunity remaining on the WSOP Circuit schedule to qualify for the National Championship and your shot at the $1 million freeroll.