Galen Kester of Tunica, MS won the main event at the World Poker Open, which just concluded at the Gold Strike in Tunica, Mississippi. There were 158 players in this 23rd event of the WPO, posting buy-ins of $3,000 + $150. Second place (of $91,000) went to Brad Peeples of Coffeyville, MS, while 3rd place of $50,000 went to Mike Postle of Rancho Cordova, CA. With the exception of Postle, all paid places went to residents living east of the Mississippi River.
GOLD STRIKE CASINO - TUNICA
WORLD POKER OPEN
EVENT #23 8/3/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
BUY-IN $3,000 + $150
PLAYERS 158
PRIZE POOL $500,000
1. Galen Kester . . . . . $165,000
2. Brad Peeples . . . . . . $91,000
3. Mike Postle . . . . . . . . $50,000
4. Jessie Bryant . . . . . . $40,000
5. Johnny Landreth . . $30,000
6. Mark Herm . . . . . . . $25,000
7. Timothy Stull . . . . . $20,000
8. John Dolan . . . . . . . $15,000
9. Glen Biddle . . . . . . . $10,000
EVENT #22 8/1/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 104
PRIZE POOL $10,088
1. Stephen Obringer . . . $3,631
2. Loi Hoang . . . . . . . . . $1,917
3. Long Dinh . . . . . . . . . $1,211
EVENT #21 7/31/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 10
PRIZE POOL $4,656
1. Sean Drake . . . . . . . . $2,328
2. Merton Toler . . . . . . . $1,397
EVENT #20 7/31/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM RE-ENTRY
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 323
PRIZE POOL $75,000
1. James Gibson . . . . . $20,250
2. David Newman . . . . $11,250
3. Matt Roberts . . . . . . . $6,600
EVENT #18 7/30/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 87
PRIZE POOL $16,878
1. Robert Lancaster . . . $6,077
2. Luther Lewis . . . . . . . $3,207
3. Ricky Pham . . . . . . . . $2,025
EVENT #17 7/29/12
LADIES—NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 49
PRIZE POOL $9,506
1. Judy Cossey . . . . . . . $4,277
2. Anita Barrett . . . . . . $2,377
3. Rebecca Wagner . . . . $1,426
EVENT #16 7/29/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 112
PRIZE POOL $32,592
1. Terry Presley . . . . . . $11,733
2. Ismael Cabrera . . . . . $6,192
3. Richard Tenhet . . . . . $3,911
EVENT #15 7/28/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 179
PRIZE POOL $34,726
1. John Hamilton . . . . $11,459
2. Garland Thomas . . . $6,320
3. Donnie Smotherman $3,473
EVENT #14 7/27/12
7-CARD STUD HI-LO 8/B
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 42
PRIZE POOL $12,222
1. Charles Polk . . . . . . . $4,400
2. Wanda Knaffl . . . . . . $2,444
3. Kyle Hinnerichs . . . . $1,589
EVENT #13 7/270/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM RE-ENTRY
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 829
PRIZE POOL $241,239
1. Mitch Franks . . . . . $50,416
2. Bruce Ostrander . . . $28,466
3. Francis Thompson . $18,334
4. Cetric Thomas . . . . $15,922
5. Robert George . . . . $13,509
6. Michael Sanders . . . $11,097
EVENT #12 7/26/12
POT LIMIT OMAHA
BUY-IN $100 + $30
PLAYERS 94
PRIZE POOL $25,220
1. Elisa Burkett . . . . . . . $8,810
2. Alfred Giuffrida . . . . $4,792
EVENT #11 7/26/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 113
PRIZE POOL $32,883
1. James Fox . . . . . . . . $11,838
2. Justin Hunt . . . . . . . . $6,248
3. Tim Fowler . . . . . . . . $3,946
EVENT #10 7/25/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100 + $40
PLAYERS 167
PRIZE POOL $16,199
1. Robert Lancaster . . . $5,346
2. James Eckles . . . . . . . $2,948
EVENT #8 7/24/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM RE-ENTRY
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 386
PRIZE POOL $75,000
1. Barry Schultz . . . . . $20,250
2. Terry Parks . . . . . . . $11,250
3. Gary Emberton . . . . $6,600
EVENT #7 7/23/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 91
REBUYS 129
PRIZE POOL $21,340
1. Aaron Gamino . . . . . $7,682
2. Burt Madden . . . . . . $4,055
EVENT #6 7/23/12
SENIORS—NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 222
PRIZE POOL $43,068
1. David Kruger . . . . . $14,212
2. Herbert Tapscott . . . $7,838
3. Kevin Templeton . . . $4,307
EVENT #5 7/22/12
LIMIT OMAHA HI-LO 8/B
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 131
PRIZE POOL $25,414
1. Harold Woolbright . . $8,387
EVENT #19 7/30/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
6-HANDED BOUNTY
BUY-IN $360 + $40
PLAYERS 65
PRIZE POOL $18,798
1. James Lambert . . . . . $6,390
2. Andrew Grundy . . . . $4,136
2. Jim Beetz . . . . . . . . . . $4,625
3. James Bates . . . . . . . . $2,541
4. David Martin . . . . . . $2,033
5. Arthur Farmer . . . . . $1,525
6. Kirk Hendrickson . . $1,271
EVENT #3 7/21/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 200
PRIZE POOL $38,800
1. Alan Barnes . . . . . . $12,802
2. Richard Locke . . . . . $7,062
3. Emran Dossani . . . . . $3,881
EVENT #2 7/20/12
LIMIT OMAHA HI-LO 8/B
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 107
PRIZE POOL $31,137
1. David Self . . . . . . . . $11,209
2. Douglas Taylor . . . . . $5,916
3. Michael Oar . . . . . . . $3,736
4. Mark Pharo . . . . . . . $2,491
EVENT #1 7/20/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 1,105
PRIZE POOL $322,102
1. Michael McDonald . $50,799
2. Philip Walsh . . . . . . $31,834
3. Emmit Humphrey . $23,634
4. Jonathan Taylor . . . $20,419
5. Josh Huie . . . . . . . . . $17,203
6. Jessie Reynolds . . . . $13,988
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