Augusta, Georgia's Walter Worsham captured the 7-stud/8 event-the sixteenth event in the 21 event Spring Break Poker Classic, held at the Beau Rivage Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, MS. This series commenced March 28 and ran through Saturday, April 11, just long enough to prevent us from reporting on all the events in this series because of publishing deadlines.
The results from the first sixteen events are here in this issue. Next issue we'll report on the main event and all the other remaining events in this series.
Although the majority of these events were no-limit hold'em, not all of them were, and for those of us who favor a little diversity in our poker offerings, the folks at Beau Rivage get it, and are doing things right. Their Spring Break Poker Classic provided variety by offering Omaha/8, pot-limit Omaha, 7-stud/8, HOSE-in case you couldn't guess, that's HORSE without a "razz" segment-and a six-handed no-limit hold 'em event too.
Though not all of these alternatives attracted as big a field as some of the no-limit hold'em events, it is certainly nice to see a poker tournament that's not just a hold 'em tournament.
Kudos to the folks at Beau Rivage for producing a nice event, and we'll have all the results from Events 17 - 21 next issue.
BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL & CASINO SPRING BREAK POKER CLASSIC
EVENT #16 2/25/09
NO LIMIT 7-CARD STUD HI-LO 8
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 20
PRIZE POOL $5,820
1. Walter Worsham . . . $2,095
2. Kirk Flom . . . . . . . . . $1,164
3. Christopher Ware . . . . .$757
4. Hoyt Verner . . . . . . . . .$524
5. Will Souther . . . . . . . . . .$407
EVENT 15 4/6/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 105
PRIZE POOL $25,795
1. Eric Kaplan . . . . . . . . $9,285
2. Nekoda Foster . . . . . . $4,901
3. Roger Ledford . . . . . $3,095
5. Bradley Sanders . . . . $1,806
6. Jonathan Hemingway $1,548
EVENT 14 4/5/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $1,000 + $70
PLAYERS 93
PRIZE POOL $90,210
1. Mark Eddleman . . . $32,475
2. Rodney Shows . . . . . $17,140
3. john Shuler . . . . . . . $10,825
4. Edward Gilfillan . . . . $7,217
5. James Ray . . . . . . . . . $6,315
6. Mark Wilds . . . . . . . . $5,413
7. Glenn Hyde . . . . . . . . $4,511
8. Eric Potteiger . . . . . . $3,608
9. David Pleat . . . . . . . . $2,706
EVENT 13 4/5/09
LADIES-NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 46
PRIZE POOL $13,386
1. Nancy Birnbaum . . . . $5,250
2. Antionette Fiorenza . $3,347
3. Nancy Decuers . . . . . $2,008
EVENT 12 4/4/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $500 + $50
PLAYERS 218
PRIZE POOL $100,970
1. Travis Smith . . . . . . $32,332
2. Charles Ritchie . . . . $17,841
3. Brian Delatte . . . . . . . $9,809
4. Thomas Culberson . . $7,851
5. Terry Garner . . . . . . . $5,891
EVENT 11 4/3/09
POT LIMIT OMAHA REBUY UNLIMITED
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 34
PRIZE POOL $35,984
1. Rodney Settles . . . . $16,197
2. Ronald Hoover . . . . . $8,999
3. Ben Chan . . . . . . . . . . $5,399
4. Brian Jordan . . . . . . . $3,589
EVENT 10 4/3/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 170
PRIZE POOL $44,710
1. Robert Cochran . . . $14,753
2. Michael Garrett . . . . $8,137
3. Scott Standridge . . . . $4,471
EVENT 9 4/2/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM/POT LIMIT OMAHA
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 68
PRIZE POOL $19,788
1. Anthony Graphia . . . $7,123
2. Michael Besner . . . . . $3,760
EVENT 8 4/2/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 116
PRIZE POOL $28,996
1. Douglas Nobles . . . . $10,437
2. William Nitteberg . . . $5,509
3. Bryan Lanoix . . . . . . $3,480
EVENT 7 4/1/09
OMAHA HI-LO 8
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 58
PRIZE POOL $16,878
1. Soheil Pourmehr . . . . $6,077
2. Franklin Dean . . . . . . $3,207
EVENT 6 4/1/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 126
PRIZE POOL $31,906
1. Mark Wilds . . . . . . . $10,529
2. Timothy Martin . . . . $5,807
3. Nekoda Foster . . . . . . $3,191
EVENT 5 3/31/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 133
PRIZE POOL $33,943
1. Colen Beck . . . . . . . $11,204
2. Do Choung . . . . . . . . $6,178
3. Michael King . . . . . . $3,394
EVENT 4 3/30/09
LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 34
PRIZE POOL $9,894
1 Kell Bosarge . . . . . . . $4,452
2. Frank Lagattuta . . . . $2,474
3. John Womack . . . . . . $1,484
EVENT 3 3/30/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 156
PRIZE POOL $40,636
1. Ken Christopher . . . $13,409
2. Clinton Belle . . . . . . . $7,396
3. Carl Miller . . . . . . . . $4,064
4. Herbert Hatlee . . . . . $3,251
5. Allen DeVoll . . . . . . . $2,438
EVENT 2 3/29/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 219
PRIZE POOL $58,969
1. Shannon Hancock . . $19,457
2. Jacob Markowitz . . $10,732
3. Zdenek Cicala . . . . . . $5,897
4. Charles Tobaben . . . . $4,718
5. Michael Fitch . . . . . . . $3,538
EVENT 1 3/28/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $500 + $50
PLAYERS 201
PRIZE POOL $92,725
1. Clint Schafer . . . . . . $30,598
2. Brandon Gerstein . . $16,876
3. Gary Hatfield . . . . . . . $9,273
4. John Riola . . . . . . . . . $7,418
