By Kevin Castora
Travis Williams of Reading, PA triumphs at the main event of the Delaware Park Winter Poker Classic. The $1,090 buy in event attracted 213 participants and generated a prize pool over $200,000. The tournament field was loaded with professionals from all across the Mid Atlantic, including the 2011 and 2012 Delaware Park main event champions Alexander McQueen and Adam Cook.
McQueen, who was also the runner up in the 2012 survived until day 2 but like Cook could never get much traction and wound up on the rail, paving the way for a new champion to be crowned. Williams, who is a familiar face around Delaware Park, had the look of a champion throughout the event. Travis’ signature checkered patterned arrangement of chips seemed to only get taller as the final table played out. Williams wasn’t afraid to take some risk. With 6 players remaining in the event, Travis who was 2nd in chips at the time went to war with then chip leader Wesley Ismay. With a flush and straight draw Travis got all of his chips in the middle. When the river card completed Travis’ flush draw, he all but solidified his position as the dominant force at the final table. When the heads up battle between Williams and Kyle Bowker of Walton, NY began, Williams had a 3:1 chip lead. Williams took advantage of his overwhelming advantage, whittling Bowker to less than 1million in chips. Kyle chose to make his stand with Kh 6h. Unfortunately, Travis looked down and saw 2 black aces. Kyle’s hand never improved and Travis Williams was crowned the 2013 Delaware Park Winter Poker Classic Main Event Champion taking home $49,581.
DELAWARE PARK CASINO
WINTER POKER CLASSIC
EVENT 13 1/12/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $1090
PLAYERS 213
PRIZE POOL $206,610
1. Travis Williams . . . . $49,581
2. Kyle Bowker . . . . . . $30,578
3. Larry Paden . . . . . . . $20,661
4. Allie Prescott . . . . . . $14,669
5. Art Geesaman . . . . . $11,364
6. Wesley Ismay . . . . . . . $9,297
7. Mike Sica . . . . . . . . . . $7,748
8. Tam Nguyen . . . . . . . . $6,508
9. Robert Fad . . . . . . . . . $5,372
EVENT 18 1/15/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200
PLAYERS 135
PRIZE POOL $27,275
1. Donald Proctor . . . . . $8,180
2. James Burnett . . . . . . $4,910
3. Jonathan Herold . . . . $3,273
EVENT 17 1/14/13
OMAHA 8/B
BUY-IN $150
PLAYERS 88
PRIZE POOL $10,472
1. Julius Schmidt . . . . . . $3,351
2. Charles Quental . . . . . $2,094
EVENT 16 1/14/13
DOUBLESTACK
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100
PLAYERS 151
PRIZE POOL $11,476
1. Rico Ashab . . . . . . . . . $3,098
2. Anthony Hayden . . . . $1,928
EVENT 15 1/13/13
LADIES NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $150
PLAYERS 85
PRIZE POOL $10,115
1. Jodi Schreck . . . . . . . . $3,237
2. Temidayo Jemibewon $2,023
EVENT 14 1/13/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $250
PLAYERS 122
PRIZE POOL $25,498
1. Daniel Cohen . . . . . . . $7,649
2. John Liberto . . . . . . . $4,590
3. Francis Caputo . . . . . $3,060
EVENT 12 1/10/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200
PLAYERS 295
PRIZE POOL $50,000
1. Stewart Gill . . . . . . . $4,400
2. Timothy Hutchinson $4,400
3. Ryan Arnold . . . . . . $4,400
4. John Delio . . . . . . . . $3,646
EVENT 11 1/9/13
H.O.R.S.E
BUY-IN $150
PLAYERS 109
PRIZE POOL $12,971
1. Brendan Norton . . . . . $3,891
2. Fred Cohen . . . . . . . . $2,335
EVENT 10 1/9/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$100 BOUNTY
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 91
PRIZE POOL $20,000
1. Braden Kulley . . . . . . $6,400
2. Mark Rebuck . . . . . . . $4,000
3. Timothy Little . . . . . . $2,620
4. Daniel Drechsler . . . . $1,900
EVENT 9 1/8/13
6-MAX NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200
PLAYERS 120
PRIZE POOL $19,800
1. Justin Liberto . . . . . . $5,939
2. Eric Eisgrau . . . . . . . . $3,564
3. Craig Klockars . . . . . $2,376
4. Aaron Pinson . . . . . . . $1,752
EVENT 8 1/7/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM/
POT LIMIT OMAHA
BUY-IN $150
PLAYERS 102
PRIZE POOL $12,138
1. Britt Heath . . . . . . . . . $3,640
2. Brian Woods . . . . . . . $2,185
EVENT 7 1/7/13
DOUBLESTACK
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100
PLAYERS 182
PRIZE POOL $13,832
1. Braden Kulley . . . . . . $3,735
2. James Burnett . . . . . . $2,324
EVENT 6 1/6/13
OMAHA 8
BUY-IN $150
PLAYERS 122
PRIZE POOL $14,518
1. Randy Garner . . . . . . $4,358
2. Steven Solomon . . . . . $2,613
EVENT 5 1/6/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200
PLAYERS 139
PRIZE POOL $22,935
1. Shiraz Hasan . . . . . . . $6,880
2. Kenneth Muntz . . . . . $4,128
3. William Monahan . . . $2,752
EVENT 4 1/5/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 217
PRIZE POOL $105,245
1. Craig Guthery . . . . . $25,254
2. Patrick Halter . . . . . $15,576
3. Chris DelGrande . . . $10,525
4. Frank Ficadenti . . . . . $7,472
5. Mike Harmeson . . . . . $5,788
6. Dominic Colonna . . . . $4,736
EVENT 3 1/4/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $200
PLAYERS 155
PRIZE POOL $25,575
1. Kyle Wallace . . . . . . . $6,905
2. James Hulka . . . . . . . $4,297
EVENT 2 1/3/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $150
PLAYERS 289
PRIZE POOL $35,000
1. Daniel Drechsler . . . . $8,396
2. Richard Lipson . . . . . $5,180
3. Ravi Patel . . . . . . . . . . $3,500
EVENT 1 1/2/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $400
PLAYERS 406
PRIZE POOL $138,040
1. Eric Sagnor . . . . . . . $32,445
2. Tam Nguyen . . . . . . . $20,016
3. Matthew Gerycz . . . $13,114
4. Thomas Ennis . . . . . . $9,111
5. Cullen Hopman . . . . . $6,764
6. Robert Merritt . . . . . . $5,246
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