Everything came up roses as Orlando, Florida’s Mark Rose dominated the Beau Rivage’s 2010 Gulf Coast Poker Championship in the $5,000 main event.
In addition to the trophy, bracelet, and the $177,386 he won for finishing first, Rose also won a seat to the WPT Southern Poker Championship in January 2011. Last year’s champion, Chad Brown, made the final table again this year, but could only muster a fourth-place finish— good for $39,419—behind second place finisher Kai Landry, who won $93,621, and Will “Poker Monkey” Souther who won $59,129 for his third-place finish.
On the final hand, Mark Rose raised to 40,000 from the button and Kai Landry moved all-in with pocket sevens. Rose called with A-J, and it was a coin flip.
The flop was 9-J-Q, putting Rose in the lead. A 10 on the turn and a six on the river sealed the deal for Mark Rose.
BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL & CASINO GULF COAST POKER CHAMPIONSHIP
EVENT #14 9/4/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
CHAMPIONSHIP BUY-IN $4,800 + $200
PLAYERS 109
PRIZE POOL $492,710
1. Mark Rose . . . . . . . $177,386
2. Kai Landry . . . . . . . $93,621
3. Will Souther . . . . . . . $59,129
4. Chad Brown . . . . . . . $39,419
5. Jonathan Stanton . . $34,492
6. Mike Bradford . . . . $29,534
7. Ricky Bennett . . . . . $24,637
8. Ben Chan . . . . . . . . . $19,710
9. Ronald Romano . . . $14,782
EVENT #15 9/6/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM TURBO
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 69
PRIZE POOL $13,386
Chris Cornell 1. Chris Cornell . . . . . . $4,820
2. Tommy McCullom . . $2,543
3. Mong Ngo . . . . . . . . . $1,606
4. Sam Alshurieki . . . . . $1,071
EVENT #13 9/3/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM TURBO
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 201 PRIZE
POOL $58,491
1. Barry Washington . $19,301
2. Norwood Chesnutt . $10,645
3. Michael Nasserazad . $5,849
4. Ankush Mandavia . . $4,679
5. Mohammad Moeini . $3,509
EVENT #12 9/2/10
POT LIMIT OMAHA REBUY
BUY-IN $500 + $50
PLAYERS 22
REBUYS 19
PRIZE POOL $19,885
1. William Bryant . . . . . $9,942
2. Matthew Landson . . $5,966
3. Galen Kester . . . . . . . $3,977
BEVENT #11 9/2/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 242
PRIZE POOL $70,442
1. Gary Bland . . . . . . . $23,240
2. James Reed . . . . . . . $12,817
3. Philip Starner . . . . . . $7,042
4. Henry Gill . . . . . . . . . $5,634
5. Kenneth Williams . . . $4,225
EVENT #10 9/1/10
7-CARD STUD MIXED EVENT
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 30
PRIZE POOL $8,730
Grady Yeager 1. Grady Yeager . . . . . . . $3,928
2. Daniel Prejean . . . . . $2,619
3. Kai Landry . . . . . . . . $1,310
4. Kirk Flom . . . . . . . . . . .$873
EVENT #9 9/1/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 250
PRIZE POOL $72,750
1. James Quick . . . . . . . $21,820
2. Barry Washington . $11,640
3. Mark Kehrees . . . . . . $6,548
4. John Riola . . . . . . . . . $5,093
5. Mike Gilbert . . . . . . . $4,365
EVENT #8 8/31/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM SURVIVOR
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 207
PRIZE POOL $40,158
1. Will Souther . . . . . . . . $2,008
2. Mohammad Moeini . $2,008
3. Gary Bland . . . . . . . . $2,008
4. Edward Corrado . . . $2,008
5. Gerald Bergeron . . . . $2,008
EVENT #7 8/31/10
OMAHA HI-LO 8/B
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 89
PRIZE POOL $25,900
1. Jacob Viccellio . . . . . $9,324
2. Daniel Walsh . . . . . . . $4,921
3. Joshua Palmer . . . . . $3,108
4. Mark Wilds . . . . . . . . $2,072
5. Allan Barrie . . . . . . . $1,813
BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL & CASINO GULF COAST POKER CHAMPIONSHIP
EVENT #6 8/30/10
LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 43
PRIZE POOL $12,513
1. Walter Chambers . . . $5,631
2. Kevin Kaylor . . . . . . $3,128
3. Joe Carlson . . . . . . . . $1,877
4. Doug Saab . . . . . . . . . $1,251
EVENT #5 8/30/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 257
PRIZE POOL $74,787
1. Steven Marshall . . . $22,440
2. Allan Barne . . . . . . . $11,966
3. Herbie Crook . . . . . . $6,731
4. Johnny Poole . . . . . . . $5,235
5. Robert Habisreitinger $4,487
EVENT #4 8/29/10 CHARITY—NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 179
PRIZE POOL $34,726
1. John Robinson . . . . $11,459
2. Farid Nasserazad . . . $6,320
3. Robert Ray . . . . . . . . $3,473
4. Eric Kaplan . . . . . . . . $2,778
EVENT #3 8/28/10
LADIES—NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 439
PRIZE POOL $85,166
1. Ramona Szmurlo . . . $6,845
2. Michelle Russo . . . . . $3,612
3. Chantale Cote . . . . . . $2,281
4. Mary Haught . . . . . . $1,521
5. Kimberlee Simpson . $1,331
EVENT #2 8/28/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 459 PRIZE
POOL $133,569
1. Timothy Morgan . . . $34,659
2. Blake Pool . . . . . . . . $18,700
3. Cameron Ainsworth $10,686
4. Jason Bain . . . . . . . . . $8,816
5. Denis Devenport . . . . $7,480
6. Scott Hammer . . . . . . $6,144
7. Donald Norman . . . . $4,808
EVENT #1 8/27/10
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 439
PRIZE POOL $85,166
1. Thomas Hicks . . . . . $22,997
2. Todd Skinner . . . . . $12,775
3. Harold Mahaffey . . . . $7,495
4. Dana Murse . . . . . . . $5,791
5. Jay James . . . . . . . . . $4,940









