Matt Keikoan-who won his first gold bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker-won Harvey's Lake Tahoe 2009 WSOP circuit championship, collecting $106,435 for his victory, and now has nearly $1.2 in career winnings in WSOP related tournaments.
When final table play began, the chip leader was poker pro and fellow former WSOP Gold bracelet winner David Woo. The top two finishers, including Keikoan, began as short stacks, starting off in sixth and seventh places, respectively. Woo did not fare well, ultimately finishing in seventh place.
It took more than eight hours to play down to the final two: Matt Keikoan and Justin Hallstrom. Keikoan, from San Rafael, CA, enjoyed about a 5-to-1 chip advantage and the action lasted an hour before the final hand was dealt out at about 3 a.m.
Hallstrom, a 33-year-old Lodi, CA police officer, sensing he had to make a bold move and try to double up, moved all-in with A-5. Keikoan looked down at A-K and snap-called. A king on the flop all but ended Hallstrom's shot of a comeback, and Keikoan took the tournament's final pot with a pair of kings.
Finishing third was John Goodger, an English-born author and residential developer now living in Montreal, Quebec (Canada).
This was the third stop of the 2009-2010 WSOP Circuit season-following those in Chicago and Southern Indiana. The next WSOP circuit stop takes place at Harrah's Atlantic City and runs December 4 - 20.
HARVEY'S LAKE TAHOE WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT
EVENT #18 11/19/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $5,000 + $150
PLAYERS 64
PRIZE POOL $299,400
1. Matt Keikoan . . . . $106,435
2. Justin Hallstrom . . . $56,886
3. John Goodger . . . . . $39,820
4. Ari Engel . . . . . . . . . $28,144
5. Tommy Vedes . . . . . $21,557
6. Roger Sippl . . . . . . . $17,066
7. David Woo . . . . . . . . $13,174
8. Tim Davey . . . . . . . . . $9,581
9. John McNeilly . . . . . . $6,737
EVENT #13 11/11/09
CRAZY PINEAPPLE HI-LO SPLIT
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 34
PRIZE POOL $9,894
1. Jack Larson . . . . . . . . $4,947
2. Preston Derden . . . . . $2,968
3. Garrett Levrini . . . . . $1,979
EVENT #11 11/10/09
OMAHA HI-LO
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 65
PRIZE POOL $18,915
1. Ron Ware . . . . . . . . . . $6,724
2. Bruce Kapsack . . . . . . $3,594
3. Scott Dixon . . . . . . . . . $2,516
4. Mark Lamb . . . . . . . . $1,778
5. Frankie O'Dell . . . . . . $1,362
6. Pete Donnelly . . . . . . . $1,078
7. Gary Neese . . . . . . . . . . .$832
8. Miles Hathaway . . . . . . .$605
9. Anthony Rollins . . . . . . .$426
EVENT #10 11/10/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $0
PLAYERS 161
PRIZE POOL $46,851
1. Brock Sawyer . . . . . . $14,079
2. Scott Moskalik . . . . . . $8,246
3. Floyd Clemann . . . . . $5,669
4. Don Smith . . . . . . . . . $3,935
5. Jesse Dean . . . . . . . . . $2,975
6. Steve Scicchitano . . . . $2,296
7. Robert Kosten . . . . . . $1,827
8. Jong O . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,359
9. Monte Gilley . . . . . . . . .$984
EVENT #9 11/10/09
POT LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 52
PRIZE POOL $15,132
1. Danny Hinkle . . . . . . . $5,379
2. Darryl Dauenhauer . . $2,875
3. Joe Mathes . . . . . . . . . $2,013
4. David Dubnick . . . . . . $1,422
EVENT #8 11/10/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $0
PLAYERS 157
PRIZE POOL $45,687
1. Ivan Holmes . . . . . . . $13,728
2. Freddy Murphy . . . . . $8,041
3. Richard Thousand . . . $5,528
4. Patricia Tequida . . . . $3,838
5. Craig Stackert . . . . . . $2,901
6. Chris Bioletto . . . . . . . $2,239
EVENT #7 11/10/09
H.O.R.S.E.
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 87
PRIZE POOL $25,317
1. Michael Arents . . . . . . $9,243
2. Jason Stern . . . . . . . . . $4,987
3. Miles Hathaway . . . . . $3,392
4. William Schrader . . . $2,405
5. Marie Gabert . . . . . . . $1,848
6. Gregg Wilkinson . . . . $1,468
