Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Casino and Resort hosted 10 WSOP events there were 9 No-Limit Hold’em events and 1 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Event #1 No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $300 + $40
A total of 484 players entered, this made a prize pool $140,844 that went to the top 45 finishers.
1. Huang "Johnny" To - $35,634
2. Elmer Fulgencio - $21,832
3. Bob Medlyn Jr. - $14,508
4. Chris Lambert - $9,719
5. Ronald Matsuura - $7,184
6. "Brazilian Dan" Araujo - $5,635
7. Rich Orchid - $4,225
8. Bryan Powers - $3,098
9. Jake Thomas - $2,253
Event #2 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $500 + $50
There were 352 entrants made the prize pool $170,720 it was split up amongst the top 36 finishers.
1. Merwick J. Black - $44,477
2. Baron Weller - $26,888
3. Tom Maser - $18,011
4. Thomas Anderson - $12,121
5. Steve Saatout - $9,048
6. Jim Verdi - $7,170
7. Joey Odem - $5,378
8. Mason White - $4,012
9. Kirk Ray - $2,902
Event #3 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
A total of 114 players helped to build a $110,580 prize pool that went to the top 18 in the field.
1. Sinh Nguyen - $33,228
2. Thomas Hover - $19,462
3. J.T. Anderson - $13,380
4. Renea Mahaffey - $9,289
5. Ron Matsuura - $7,022
6. Stuart Spears - $5,418
7. Bob Bone - $4,313
8. Joshua Roberts - $3,207
9. Dan Stephens - $2,322
Event #4 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship Buy-In: $200 + $30
A record crowd of 156 women turned out for the Ladies Poker Championship this resulted in a prize pool of $30,264 to be split between the top 18 finishers.
1. Barbara Brown - $9,094
2. Terri Solis - $5,326
3. Nancy Campos - $3,662
4. Sally Royce - $2,542
5. Karie Nelson - $1,922
6. Ronda Cook - $1,483
7. Julie Parker - $1,180
8. Lori Fields - $877
9. Yvette Mongkolvares - $635
Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $300 + $40
A total of 365 players entered to make a prize pool of $106,215. The winner was Todd Williamson. Here is the result of the final table:
1. Todd Williamson - $27,666
2. Stephen Dodson - $16,729
3. Marc Mestrovich - $11,206
4. Craig Dixon - $7,541
5. Kathy Fowler - $5,629
6. Jason Baldwin - $4,461
7. Matthew R. Simpson - $3,346
8. Ken Daniels - $2,496
9. Drew Farrar - $1,221
Event #6 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $500 + $50
A total of 163 players entered to make a prize pool of $79,055. Dan Webster won his first WSOP Circuit event and took $23,752 for his victory too. Here is the result of the final table:
1. Dan Webster - $23,752
2. Jeremy Joseph - $13,914
3. Jason Reed - $9,566
4. Becky Billeci - $6,641
5. Michael Klayer - $5,020
6. Darin Honorof - $3,874
7. Dan Chung - $3,083
8. Tony Barchetti - $2,293
9. Jared Frank - $1,660
Event #7 H.O.R.S.E. Buy-In: $500 + $50
A total of 91players entered to make a prize pool of $44,135. The winner of Lake Tahoe’s 2007 H.O.R.S.E. championship was Marc "Myst" Karam. Here is the result of the final table:
1. Marc "Myst" Karam - $11,916
2. Jeff Welch - $6,804
3. Heath Powers - $4,413
4. Paul "Eskimo" Clark - $3,641
5. David Bockhold - $2,979
6. David Hurley - $2,427
7. Travis Atkins - $1,986
8. Mary Melton - $1,545
9. Doug Englekirk - $1,214
Event #8 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
A total 62 Players entered to make a prize pool of $50,140. The winner was John Murphy. Here is the result of the final table:
1. John Murphy - $21,379
2. Paul L. Kobel - $11,429
3. Michael Kinney - $7,998
4. Rick "Duff" Defer - $5,654
5. Joel Monteith - $4,330
6. Chris Braun - $3,428
7. Dan Alspach - $2,647
8. Mark Pritchett - $1,924
9. David Rudolph - $1,354
Event #9 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $500 + $50
A total 135 Players entered to make a prize pool of $65,475. The winner was Evan Schwartz. Here is the result of the final table:
1. Evan Schwartz - $19,675
2. Steve Dodson - $11,523
3. Jason Stern - $7,922
4. Jason Southwell - $5,499
5. Rob Schubert - $4,157
6. Hai Leu - $3,208
7. Steve "Chuck" Lamar - $2,553
8. Brandon Burnsed - $1,898
9. Darren K. Bortmas - $1,375
Event #10 No-Limit Hold’em Championship Event Buy-In: $5,000 + $150
A total 142 Players entered to make a prize pool of $677,700.
Top Players with chip counts for Day 1:
1. Kevin Vanderbeek - 88,000
2. Aaron Kanter - 77,000
3. Vic Campana - 76,500
4. Dustin Fox - 75,100
5. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - 63,300
6. Matthew Beisner - 61,800
7. Dennis A. Lane - 60,000
8. NA - 56,300
9. Sinh Nguyen - 46,700
Event #10 No-Limit Hold’em Championship Event Buy-In: $5,000 + $150 Final Table
There were many firsts at the Harvey’s Lake Tahoe World Series of Poker championship, which concluded on November 18th. First and foremost, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, one of the world’s most electrifying poker personalities and accomplished tournament players became the first person ever to win three WSOP Circuit championship events. He now owns three gold rings, each symbolizing a Circuit triumph, to go with his five gold bracelets won at the World Series of Poker.
1. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - $203,649
2. Dustin Fox - $119,276
3. Mark Bonsack - $82,002
4. "Vesty" Geoghegan Mulligar - $56,928
5. Gabriel Testa - $43,035
6. Michael Banducci - $33,208
7. George Saca - $26,431
8. Frank Lee - $19,653
9. Travis Erdman - $14,231