 RIO: 2005 WORLD SERIES OF POKER
Event #24 No Limit Hold'em
Buy-in: 2,500 + 0; Entries: 1056; Prizepool: $2,428,800; Date: 2005-06-25
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| 1. |
Farzad Bonyadi | Aliso Viejo, CA |
$594,960 | 24.5% |
| 2. |
Lars Bonding | Skb., |
$317,625 | 13.08% |
| 3. |
Glynn Beebe | Austin, TX |
$194,305 | 8% |
| 4. |
Robert Doyle | North Palm Beach, FL |
$170,015 | 7% |
| 5. |
Mayen Grigorian | Northridge, CA |
$145,730 | 6% |
| 6. |
Joe Zappia | Toronto, Canada |
$121,440 | 5% |
| 7. |
Jason Tate | Brentwood, TN |
$97,150 | 4% |
| 8. |
KJ Jordan | Myrtle Beach, SC |
$72,865 | 3% |
| 9. |
Larry Watson | Las Vegas, NV |
$48,575 | 2% |
| 10. |
Marvin Duartei | Miami, FL |
$26,715 | 1.1% |
| 11. |
Ryan Hughes | Phoenix, AZ |
$26,715 | 1.1% |
| 12. |
Carl Scianory | Napa, CA |
$26,715 | 1.1% |
| 13. |
Jason Palazzolo | Henderson, NV |
$21,860 | 0.9% |
| 14. |
Gary Rabin | New York, NY |
$21,860 | 0.9% |
| 15. |
John Carney | Cape Coral, FL |
$21,860 | 0.9% |
| 16. |
Ryan Dacayanan | Vallejo, CA |
$17,000 | 0.7% |
| 17. |
Ram Vaswani | London, UK |
$17,000 | 0.7% |
| 18. |
Tab | Downey, |
$17,000 | 0.7% |
| 19. |
Owen Crowe | Nova Scotia, Canada |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 20. |
Dustin Sitar | Las Vegas, NV |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 21. |
Richard Ashby | Watford, UK |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 22. |
Bundhit Intachai | Waipahu, HI |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 23. |
Ralph Perry | Las Vegas, NV |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 24. |
Paul Foster | Vista, CA |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 25. |
Huck Seed | Las Vegas, NV |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 26. |
John Juanda | Marina Del Rey, CA |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 27. |
Hutson Richard | Charlotte, NC |
$12,145 | 0.5% |
| 28. |
Kenneth Fitzgerald | , |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 29. |
Ian Kalman | San Francisco, CA |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 30. |
Gabirel Nassif | Paris, France |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 31. |
Mel Starkman | Los Angeles, CA |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 32. |
Vinod Vangimalla | Silver Spring, MD |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 33. |
John Reiss Jr. | Omaha, NE |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 34. |
Mick Wernick | England, UK |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 35. |
Daniel Hulsey | Orange, TX |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 36. |
Ralph Levine | Las Vegas, NV |
$8,500 | 0.35% |
| 37. |
Jon Friedberg | Las Vegas, NV |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 38. |
Harry Thomas Jr. | Hamiton, OH |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 39. |
Ryan Larson | Spokane, WA |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 40. |
Chris Bjorin | London, UK |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 41. |
Adam Naglich | Las Vegas, NV |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 42. |
Sean Wagmeister | Encino, CA |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 43. |
Richard Besserman | Wantagh, NY |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 44. |
Shannon Medlock | Parma, OH |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 45. |
Eli Balas | Henderson, NV |
$7,045 | 0.29% |
| 46. |
Danny Adelson | Los Angeles, CA |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 47. |
Peter Zakhary | Montverde, FL |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 48. |
Oliver Ali Nejad | Albany, CA |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 49. |
Brian Mogelefsky | Huntington, NY |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 50. |
Kenny Robbins | Las Vegas, NV |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 51. |
Roger Evans | , |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 52. |
Robert Pizzo | W Hempstead, NY |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 53. |
Mike Abecassis | Paris, France |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 54. |
Ted Leva | Houston, TX |
$5,710 | 0.24% |
| 55. |
Bill Ferrand | Las Vegas, NV |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 56. |
Jonathan Shecter | Las Vegas, NV |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 57. |
Archie Van | Ada, OK |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 58. |
Yon Schwartz | , |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 59. |
Brandon Wong | , |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 60. |
Allie Prescott | Memphis, TN |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 61. |
Tim McClintic | Albuquerque, NM |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 62. |
Nenad Medic | Niagara Falls, Canada |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 63. |
Rob Pieklo | Flanders, NJ |
$4,860 | 0.2% |
| 64. |
Robert Binelli | Levenworth, UK |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 65. |
Jim Schmdt | Spokane, WA |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 66. |
MJ Partin | Cave Creek, AZ |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 67. |
Marco Traniello | Las Vegas, NV |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 68. |
Joel Ramin | New York, NY |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 69. |
Q Knopow | Las Vegas, NV |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 70. |
Jason Lester | Aventura, FL |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 71. |
CT Law | England, UK |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 72. |
Erik Dickinson | Longhorn, PA |
$4,250 | 0.17% |
| 73. |
Wesley Huff | Berkeley, CA |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 74. |
Gary Dolenga | Northville, MI |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 75. |
Stuart Fox | Birmingham, England |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 76. |
Evgeny Kafelnikov | Russia, |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 77. |
David Pham | Cerritos, CA |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 78. |
Travis Skaggs | Sand Springs, OK |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 79. |
Len Demchak | Steetsboro, OH |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 80. |
Stanley Chao | Rancho Palos Verges, CA |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 81. |
Aleksander Cooper | Bergen, Norway |
$3,645 | 0.15% |
| 82. |
Simon Trumper | Gilford, UK |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 83. |
Marty Healy | Chicago, IL |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 84. |
Milt Meyers | Las Vegas, NV |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 85. |
Randy Lorensen | Austin, TX |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 86. |
Tony Hartmann | Richfield, MN |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 87. |
Jordan Smith | Tool, TX |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 88. |
William Wilding | Evansville, IN |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 89. |
V Eyzerovich | Staten Island, NY |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 90. |
Josef Monro | Beverly Hills, MI |
$3,035 | 0.12% |
| 91. |
Travis Green | Ervine, CA |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 92. |
Jason Newburger | Vernon Hills, IL |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 93. |
Richard Cohen | Cincinnati, OH |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 94. |
Lance Allred | Pasadena, CA |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 95. |
Howard Crash | Weston, CT |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 96. |
John Falconer | , UK |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 97. |
Scott Weisblum | New York, NY |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 98. |
David Pock | Fullerton, CA |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 99. |
Trang My Phan | Long Beach, CA |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
| 100. |
Clifford Flachsenhar | Belgrade, MT |
$2,670 | 0.11% |
 Farzad Bonyadi Wins 3rd Bracelet in $2500 NL event
Farzad Bonyadi was seeking his third WSOP bracelet when he signed up for Event #24. He had to outlast a field of 1056 tough players, who were competing for a prize pool worth over $2,428,800.
Seat 1: Joe Zappia (Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada) $247K
Seat 2: Larry Watson (Las Vegas, NV) $59K
Seat 3: Glynn Beebe (Austin, TX) $242K
Seat 4: Mayen Grigorian (Northridge, CA) $112K
Seat 5: K.J. Jordan (Myrtle Beach, SC) $368K
Seat 6: Lars Bonding (Aarhus, Denmark) $818K
Seat 7: Jason "Chip Burner" Tate (Brentwood, TN) $391K
Seat 8: Farzad Bonyadi (Los Angeles, CA) $315K
Seat 9: Robert Doyle (W. Palm Beach, FL) $87K
Here are some random facts about our final table players:
* Jason Tate is known as "Chip Burner" and he's an independent contractor in Nashville.
* Farzad Bonyadi is a professional poker player who was born in Iran. He has two WSOP bracelets.
* Mayen Grigorian was born in Montreal, Canada. He's a stockbroker and has a degree in business. This is his first WSOP event.
* Joe Zappia represents Canada. He is a caterer in Toronto and his nickname is "The Hammer." His hobbies include enjoying life to the fullest and sports gambling.
* Robert Doyle was born in Brooklyn, NY. He's currently self-employed and enjoys fishing with his four children.
* K.J. Jordan deals in Real Estate in Myrtle Beach. He's an avid golfer and is married with two kids.
* Larry Watson lists his two daughters and five grand kids as his greatest accomplishments. He retired and was born in Oklahoma. That's where he first learned to play.
* Lars Bonding is a professional gambler from Denmark. He originally started out as a backgammon player and plays a lot of online poker.
* Glynn Beebe was born in Louisiana. The father of three has an MBA and owns a business in Austin.
Larry Watson was the first player eliminated from the final table. Joe Zappia moved all in with A-10 and Larry Watson had pocket 8's. Zappia flopped a ten and his hand held up. Larry Watson was finished in 9th place and won $48,575. K.J. Jordan pushed all in with Kd-Qd. Lars Bonding called with pocket fives. On the turn, Jordan picked up a flush draw but it missed on the river. K.J. Jordan was eliminated in 8th place and won $72,865. Robert Doyle doubled up with AK against Joe Zappia's AQ. On the next hand, Mayen Grigorian doubled up against Lars Bonding.
Joe Zappia moved all in preflop against Robert Doyle. It was another classic confrontation with Zappia's Ac-Kh versus Doyle's JJ. The flop was all rags and Zappia caught an ace on the turn. In dramatic fashion, Doyle spiked a Jack on the river to make a set. He knocked out Joe Zappia in 6th place. He won $121,440.
Mayen Grigorian's short stack was eliminated by Lars Bonding's big stack when he caught a flush on the river. For fifth place, Mayen won $145,730. Robert Doyle was shortstacked and moved all in with 7-5o. Bonyadi called with Kc-10h. Doyle flopped a pair, but Bonyadi caught a King on the turn to take the lead. Doyle was knocked out when his hand did not improve on the river. He finished in fourth place and won $170,015.
Glynn Beebe was knocked out by Lars Bonding. Beebe has J-9o and Bonding had pocket tens which held up. He took home $194,305 for third. After two and a half hours of intense heads up play, Farzad Bonyadi won his third bracelet after he eliminated Lars Bonding. His K-6 was better than Lars' Q-10. Bonyadi flopped a King and his hand held up. Bonding won $156,400 for his valiant effort. Farzad Bonyadi won $303,025. Congrats to Farzad Bonyadi.
Report by: Paul McGuire |
