Wild
Bill's reflections on poker, sports, and
issues facing the Gulf Coast. Wild Bill
is one half of GCP. Poker player, poker
coach, and Gulf Coast Poker Tour
operator.
Will
Souther is the Poker Monkey. Take a look
at his always entertaining views on the
tournament poker circuit, gambling and
life in general. The founder of
the Monkey Minions never sugarcoats it.
Nolan
Dalla.com is where you find the wit and
wisdom of one of the most well known
poker writers in the industry.
His home blog covers a wide range of
topics written with that singular Dalla
conviction.
Jonathan
Little an all time top tournament poker
earners, is from Pensacola and currently
operates a coaching site, which includes
his blogs and videos you can find it
here.
BEN
SAXTON is writing a poker book based on
the Gulf Coast scene. Here is an
archive of interviews and features of
poker players from all over but with a
spotlight mostly on our locals.
September 22 -
October 2nd we are back in Harrahs, NOLA for Poker
Gras. Don't forget GCP AWARDS: Player of the Year, Female Player of
the Year, Senior of the Year, Love of Poker Award,
Content Provider of the Year, and Industry
Professional of the Year will be awarded at Poker
Gras.
It's official we will be
partnering with Southern Poker Dec. 8 - 18th at
Bally's Shreveport tentative name Holiday 500k!
FRESH
PODCAST:
-WPT WINNER MARK DAVIS
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Please listen, like and subscribe to Podcast. Also
check out our archives.
Donovan Dean now posseses four Gulf Coast Poker
trophies and more importantly pocketed his biggest
GCP score with the win at the Milly in Philly. He
withstood an epic heads up match with Jacob Perkins
to earn over $85k. Perkins made over $50k for second
place.
Two time circuit ring winner Elliot Howze made just
under 40k for third. The loquacious
Youssef Aly made $28.6k for fourth. Dylan Lemery who
seems to be a staple deep in these tournaments won
$21.7k for fifth. Rob Georato of Naples, Florida
visited to pick up almost $16.5k for sixth.
Nathan Willis, Larry Barger, and the beloved Carl
Masters rounded out the final table.
Tiffany Keathley placed 10th and earned the honor
last woman standing. She gave a good run in this
event. The second to last table included Kenny
Schatten, Danny Doucet, Alexius Gooch, Irene Carey,
Charles Brady and two of our Canadian friends Stuart
Kerridge and Alex Close. Just short of that Judge
Leo Boothe, Chad Marsh, Freddie Ardoin, Andrew
Brinkley and Maurice Hawkins.
1
Donovan Dean
Rainsville, AL
85497
31
Matthew Blanchard
Houma, LA
1953
61
David Moses
Asheville, NC
1302
2
Jacob Perkins
AL
51559
32
Peter Gurney
Fort Walton Beach,
FL
1953
62
Timothy Swinford
Ardmore, TN
1302
3
Elliot Howze
LA
38192
33
Michael Olasin
High Point, NC
1953
63
Mitchell McCaleb
Canton, MS
1302
4
Youssef Aly
Pine Grove, LA
28644
34
Hamid Izadi
Marietta, GA
1693
64
Trace Henderson
Laurel, MS
1215
5
Dylan Lemery
Ootelwah,TN
21700
35
Wyatt Boothe
Ferriday, LA
1693
65
Ricky Sherrill
Calico Rock, AR
1215
6
Robert Georato
Naples, FL
16492
36
Derek Normand
Lake Charles, LA
1693
66
Jacob Long
Greenwood, MS
1215
7
Nathan Willis
Florence, AL
12586
37
Grant Ellis
Canada
1519
67
Brian Walsingham
Atlanta, GA
1215
8
Larry Barger
Ohatchee, AL
9982
38
Raymond Walton
Cartersville, GA
1519
68
Nicholas Shanks
1215
9
Carl Masters
Clarksville, TN
8029
39
Gregory Rabalais
Lafayette, LA
1519
69
Anthony Askey
Manassas, VA
1215
10
Tiffany Keathley
Conway, AR
6467
40
Thomas Franklin
Gulfport, MS
1519
70
Terry Simpson
Meridian, MS
1215
11
Kenneth Schatten
Atlanta, GA
6467
41
Walker Miskelly
Tupelo, MS
1519
71
Levi Carden
Flomaton, AL
1215
12
Daniel Doucet
Lafayette, LA
6467
42
Robert Barca
Montgomery, AL
1519
72
Christoper Barger
Tuscaloosa, AL
1215
13
Stuart Kerridge
Canada
5251
43
Robert Heard
Truman, AR
1519
73
Sanh Vuong
Memphis, TN
1128
14
Chad Hamilton
Whitsett, NC
5251
44
Derrick Cutler
Marietta, GA
1519
74
Kimberly Kilroy
Canda
1128
15
Alan Close
Canada
5251
45
Jay Bishop
Jackson, MS
1519
75
Roy Henry
Many, LA
1128
16
Alexius Gooch
Nashville, TN
4123
46
Dustin Stewart
Biloxi, MS
1389
76
Robert Ostler
San Diego, CA
1128
17
Irene Carey
Vallejo, CA
4123
47
Victor Adams
Canada
1389
77
Joe Hebert
Metairie, LA
1128
18
Charles Brady
Norwood, LA
4123
48
Christopher Holske
Mansfield, MA
1389
78
Lucas Tae
St. Charles, MO
1128
19
Thurmand Boothe
Ferriday, LA
3602
49
David Peterson
Maryville, TN
1389
79
Nathan Proctor
Atlanta, GA
1128
20
Matthew Yates
Poplarville, MS
3602
50
Cody Stanford
Tupelo, MS
1389
80
Donald Colleti
Poplarville, MS
1128
21
Chad Marsh
Starkville, MS
3602
51
Clifford Matthews
Odenville, AL
1389
81
Michael Wommack
Eatonton, GA
1128
22
Freddie Ardoin
Lafayette, LA
3038
52
Chris Davis
Birmingham, AL
1389
82
John Gorsuch
Woodbridge, VA
1042
23
Andrew Brinkley
Atlanta, GA
3038
53
Jay Hyman Freidman
Memphis, TN
1389
83
Richard Ammerman
1042
24
Maurice Hawkins
West Palm Beach,
FL
3038
54
Stanislav Angelov
Chicago, IL
1389
84
Allen Kessler
Las Vegas, NV
1,042
25
James Stampley
Richland, MS
2604
55
Alan Downey
Birmingham, AL
1302
85
Jake Henderson
1042
26
Russell Boyette
Brandon, MS
2604
56
James Craft
Brandon, MS
1302
86
BJ McBrayer
Tuscaloosa, AL
1,042
27
Ronald Sharp
Hohenwald, TN
2604
57
Matthew Higgins
Rossville, GA
1302
87
Cody Pritchard
1042
28
Jonathan Huston
Corbin, KY
2257
58
Jonathan Jackson
Fort Payne, AL
1302
88
James Schaeffer
Birmingham, AL
1,042
29
Hyunsuk Hong
Montgomery, AL
2257
59
Nicholas Prejeant
Covington, LA
1302
89
Michael Mestey
Lawrenceville, GA
1042
30
Preston McEwen
Earth
2257
60
Richard Connart
1302
90
David Hayes
Clinton, MS
1,042
NEXT EVENT:
POKER GRAS!
See you Thursday for Poker Gras at Harrahs, New
Orleans. Event will be in their brand new Poker Room
next to the equally brand new and impressive Sports
Book. It's going to be another fun one and you will
have the chance to win a Mardi Gras colored GCP
trophy.
In December 8 - 18th we will be in Shreveport at
Bally's for our Holiday event. Win a green and red
GCP logo trophy!
Possibly we might squeeze in one more event in the
region in November. Look for this space for more
details.
Also, don't forget to visit our friends at the
Tunica Horseshoe for their series with RunGood after
Poker Gras finishes.
FREEZEOUT:
Sean Sinclair has been visiting Pearl River and
playing in tournaments since almost the very
beginning. He had yet to win but that changed on
Monday as he won one of our more prestigious events.
The $1100 Old School Freezeout presented you only
one opportunity to compile chips and he made the
most of it.
1
Sean Sinclair
Mobile, AL
20010
2
Russell Boyette
Brandon, MS
17160
3
Bradley Gardner
Jackson, MS
8850
4
Derrick Cutler
Marietta, GA
5900
5
BJ McBrayer
Tuscaloosa, AL
4130
6
William Stanford
Tupelo, MS
2950
Russell Boyette, a two time trophy winner, placed
second after a deal was struck. Sinclair won over
$20k and Boyette over $17k. Bradley Gardner placed
third winning just under $9k. Derrick Cutler won one
our social media contests to freeroll the seat and
pocketed $5900. We don't have a running count but
feels like people have turned our social media
contests into something like $100k in winnings so
far.
We got some Poker Gras contests going right now (see
our Facebook page) so don't pass them up. The last
two paid places included BJ McBrayer and Cody
Stanford. Walker Miskelly took a bad one on the
bubble to just miss cashing.
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
SUPERSTACK:
John Rogers of Gadsden, Alabama ran pure on the
final table to win over $33k. Another record number
of entrants for this event. Alan Close of Canada
(they are cashing everything) won 20k for second.
Jonathan Jackson of Fort Payne, AL finished third
for $14.5k. Alec Wilson (fourth $10.6k) and Irene
Carey (fifth 8k) also went deep. Alan Downey, Grant
Ellis, William Toliver, and Michael Womack rounded
out the final table.
Super
1
John Rogers
Gadsden, AL
33,337
18
Ronald Sharp
Hohenwald, TN
1498
35
Robert Veazey
Lafayette, LA
749
2
Alan Close
Canada
20,601
19
Brian Henry
Pearl, MS
1348
36
Nick Young
Brandon, MS
749
3
Jonathan Jackson
Fort Payne, AL
14,533
20
Christopher
Cochran
Ringold, GA
1348
37
Billy Baxley
FL
674
4
Alec Wilson
Pensacola, FL
10,638
21
Guang Cui
Atlanta, GA
1348
38
Richard Clayton
Chattanooga, TN
674
5
Irene Carey
Vallejo, CA
8,091
22
Stephen Hastings
Houma, LA
1199
39
Keith Canterbury
Tuscaloosa, AL
674
6
William Toliver
6,143
23
Patrick Lacy
Canada
1199
40
Gregory Rabalais
Lafayette, LA
674
7
Grant Ellis
Canada
4645
24
Justin Barnes
Atlanta, GA
1199
41
Jonathan Huston
Corbin, KY
674
8
Alan Downey
Piedmont Springs,
AL
3746
25
Johnny Nabors
1124
42
Danny Miles
Moundville, AL
674
9
Michael Womack
Beebe, AR
2622
26
Nicholas Prejeant
Mandeville, LA
1124
43
Damon Tucker
Forest, MS
674
10
DJ McJenkin
Tuscaloosa, AL
2397
27
Thomas Franklin
Gulfport, MS
1124
44
Jonathan Wisbey
New Orleans, LA
674
11
Fred Ardoin
Lake Charles, LA
2397
28
James Robertson
Tuscaloosa, AL
974
45
Jeffrey Keppinger
Dacula, GA
674
12
Roongsak Griffeth
Columbus, GA
2397
29
Stanley Williams
Carrolton, GA
974
46
Matthew Johnson
Symrna, TN
599
13
Robert Henderson
Madison, MS
1948
30
Timothy Sanderson
New Orleans, LA
974
47
Terry Simpson
Meridian, MS
599
14
George Smith
Meridian, MS
1948
31
JW Carter
Jackson, MS
899
48
Horace Louie
AL
599
15
Cody Pritchard
1948
32
Lisa Weaver
Tuscaloosa, AL
899
49
James Dowen JR
White Hall, AR
599
16
William Stanley
Tusaloosa, AL
1498
33
Charles Brady JR
Norwood, LA
899
50
Daniel Doucet
Lafayette, LA
599
17
Walker Miskelly
Tupelo, MS
1498
34
Derek Normand
Lake Charles, LA
749
SENIORS:
Clay Henry (pictured) took the title after a deal
was made with Ralph Robinson, Roger Sheaves, David
Hamilton, Michael Miller, and bounty champion Gary
Holt.
Each player won about $5880.
Also, cashing: Greg Rabalais, Curtis Terry, VIctor
Adams, James Foster, Julie Walker, Terry Simpson,
Stephen Hastings, Anthony Ezman, Dennis Jones,
Arlene Berghold and James McCauley.
The seniors set a new record for number of entrants
(like many of the events this series).
1
Roy Henry
Many, LA
5879
8
James Bay
1454
15
James McCauley
Dumas, AR
848
2
Ralph Robinson
Stone Mountain, GA
5879
9
Victor Adams
Canada
970
16
Dennis Jones
West Monroe, LA
848
3
Roger Sheaves
Nashville, TN
5879
10
Gregory Rabalais
Lafayette, LA
848
17
Anthony Ezman
Coastesville, IN
848
4
David Hamilton
Lonsdale AR
5879
11
Julie Walker
Oklahoma City, OK
848
18
Steven Nethery
Vestavit, AL
848
5
Michael Miller
Birmingham, AL
5878
12
Curtis Terry
Metairie, LA
848
19
Stephen Hastings
Houma, LA
485
6
Gary Holt
AL
5878
13
Rickie Taylor
848
20
Robert Smith
Seminole, FL
485
7
James Foster
Calera, AL
1697
14
Terry Simpson
Meridian, MS
848
21
Stephen Coachys
243
22
Arlene Berghold
Norhtport, AL
243
ROOKIES:
Bryan Loch and Ryan Pirman chopped this event heads
up winning over $4100 each. Derek (D-Rid) Ridley's
bid to win this tournament twice ended with a fifth
place finish. Also, cashing former Milly in Philly
trophy winner Sabrathia Smith.
Rookies
1
Bryan Loch
Houston, TX
4154
7
Jeffrey Dickey
773
13
James Chapman
Ardmore, OK
338
2
Ryan Pirman
Pearl, MS
4154
8
Kenneth Williams
Birmingham, AL
580
14
Sabrathia Smith
Mabelton, GA
338
3
Byron Williams
Greer, SC
2318
9
Shelby Donald
386
15
Brian Waldrop
338
4
Matthew Smith
Nashville, TN
1691
10
Andrew Banks
Pembroke Pines, FL
338
16
William Houlk
338
5
Derek Ridley
Thibodaux, LA
1256
11
Bobby Seay
338
17
Pamela Horton
338
6
David Mitchell
Taft, TN
966
12
Leann Moore
Pelham, AL
338
18
Jason Slayton
Cave Spring, GA
338
HIGH ROLLER:
Brandon Terry tore through the final two tables on
day two on his way to a $52k first place. Terry
battled Jefferson Morrill heads up but it didn't
last long. On the final hand the lead changed hands
on every street with Terry rivering a flush to best
Morrill's straight.
Morrill earned over $32k for second. Long time Pearl
River attendee Dustin Stewart finished third for
$23k.
John Gorsuch, Andrew Barfield, Dylan Lemery, Gavin
Munroe and Anthony Askey rounded out the final
table.
The unluckiest player on the day was Preston McEwen
who stone bubbled this event only to stone bubble
the yet to be completed Super Stack later in the
day. Go to our
FACEBOOK page for updates
on that later today.
1
Brandon Terry
Las Vegas, NV
52163
6
Dylan Lemery
Chattanooga, TN
9315
11
Matthew Johnson
Smyrna, TN
3726
2
Jefferson Morrill
Nashville, TN
32603
7
Gavin Munroe
Ocean Springs, MS
7452
12
Sokchheka Pho
Memphis, TN
3726
3
Dustin Stewart
Biloxi, MS
23288
8
Anthony Askey
Tampa, FL
5589
13
Marshall White
Boone, NC
3726
4
John Gorsuch
Okechobee, FL
16767
9
Jeffrey Copeland
St. Louis, MPO
3726
14
Walker Miskelly
Tupelo, MS
3726
5
Andrew Barfield
Ocean Springs, MS
13041
10
Michael Mestey
Cumming, GA
3726
15
William Stanford
Tupelo, MS
3726
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
Humpday 50k
The event concluded with a chop between
some Pearl River regulars. Terry Simpson of Meridian
continued the trend of locals winning trophies as he
finished the chipleader. William Thomson, Dallas
Pirman, David Chocheles, Anthony Ezman and Teddy
Conner all got about $7120 in the deal.
Peter Gurney, Derrick Cutler, Danny Doucet, Nathan
Procotor, Joshua Dean, Danny Baxley, Nathan Proctor,
Matt Blanchard and Kevin Grinder all cashed as well.
HIGHROLLER:
17 bagged with 15 making the money on day two. We
posted chip counts over on our Facebook page.
Go to
FACEBOOK to view and all
the other up to the minute content from this series.
A LOOK AHEAD:
It's
a good time to play poker in the South.
The GCP Tour picks up the pace:
Now: Until September 19 Milly in Philly at Pearl
River Resorts 350k Guarantee Main Event ($600
buy-in) and $1100 Old School Freezeout still to
play.
Soon: September 22 - October 2nd Poker Gras at
Harrahs, NOLA. Also GCP Awards Ceremony (schedule
below).
In a Bit: December 8 - 18 Holiday Hold'em returns to
Shreveport at Bally's. Schedule and details coming
soon. Partnering with Southern Poker.
Next year:
GCP Tour Championship March 8 (Details to come but
money add event only players who have previously
made a GCP final table are eligible to play).
Milly in Philly March 9 - 20
More to Come?
Also, check out RunGood in October hosted by our
friends at Horseshoe Tunica.
Rumors of a tournament at the Beau Rivage in January
are exciting. Return of the Million Dollar Heater?
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
PLO:
Andrew Donabedian (right) of Las Vegas bested Chico
Pho heads up to win the PLO title. Chico keeps on
coming in second at Pearl River.
Good news is Levi Carden (who also cashed) had a
similar run of final tables and no trophies until
last series. That followed up a win at Poker Gras
for Levi.
Maybe Chico can win one of these last events and
grab a different color trophy in NOLA (Sept. 22 -
Oct. 2nd). Jaden Burns, Jason Simon, Kenneth Mason,
David McKim, and Horace Louie also made the money.
CELEB MYSTERY BOUNTY:
Gary Holt (upper left) had the most bounties and
pulled the best bounties (4k worth of prizes) after
the tournament ended with a four way chop. Holt with
the most chips earned the trophy.
Also in the deal Mickel Boren, Hiep Doan and Billy
Baxley. Each won $4418. Thuy Djedjos went out just
before the deal and won almost 2k for fifth. The
Canadians again made their presence known with three
cashing this event too.
Bounty
PLO
1
Gary Holt
$4,418
12
John Philak
Canada
501
1
Andrew Donabedian
Las Vegas, NV
7291
2
Mickel Boren
New Orleans, LA
$4,418
13
Donna Reid
Meridian, MS
501
2
Sokchheka Pho
Memphis, TN
4505
3
Hiep Doan
New Orleans, LA
$4,418
14
Roy Westover
Marietta, GA
501
3
Jaden Burns
Cottondale, AL
3003
4
Billy Baxley
FL
$4,418
15
Michael
Christopher
Chattanooga, TN
501
4
Jason Simon
Ofallon, MO
1931
5
Thuy Djedjos
Jackson, MS
$1,860
16
John Gorsuch
Woodbridge, VA
501
5
Kenneth Mason Jr
Laverge, TN
1502
6
Raymond Young
Panama City, FL
1288
17
Christopher Maxson
Fort Payne, AL
501
6
David McKIm Jr
Las Vegas, TN
1287
7
Nancy Ezman
Groveland, IN
1002
18
Joe Mahan
Huntsville, AL
501
7
Horace Louie
AL
1073
8
Stuart Kerridge
Canada
859
19
Stanley Avery
Vance, AL
286
8
Joseph Carden
Flomaton, AL
858
9
Lucas Tae
St. Charles, MO
572
20
Jonathan Kotula
Las Vegas, NV
286
10
Jack Sims
West Harrison, IN
501
21
Kevin Grinder
Linden, TN
286
11
Bill Kontaratos
Canada
501
BIG MONSTER CHOP:
Seven way ICM chop early in the morning in
the BIG MONSTER stack. Larry Barker of Alabama got
the biggest share with almost 10k in the pocket.
Joshua Dean also received over 19k. Good to see
Jesse Lott, David McJenkin, Thongla Nanthalansy,
Jeremy Moore and David Hamilton in the split.
Curtis Terry of Metairie and Karen Stutts the last
woman standing missed the chop but made the final
table.
Quite a diversity in hometowns in this tournament.
Five Canandians cashed it. Also, Alabama, Georgia,
Tennesse, Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky,
Florida, Nevada, and New Mexico--looks like our
United States of GCP T-Shirt was not inclusive
enough.
1
Larry Barker
Ohatchee, AL
19,976
21
Chester Dilday
West Monroe, LA
1344
41
George Fralic
Mobile, AL
664
2
Joshua Dean
Lawrenceville, GA
$19,083
22
Hiep Doan
New Orleans, LA
1186
42
Starr Vladez
Albuquerque, NM
664
3
Jesse Lott
Selmer, TN
$14,028
23
Carl Masters
Clarksville, TN
1186
43
Jefferson Morrill
Franklin, TN
664
4
David McJenkin
Tuscaoloosa, AL
12746
24
Nicholas Burnett
Miami Beach, FL
1186
44
Surjit Chawla
Madison, MS
664
5
Thongla
Nanthalansy
Dardanelle, AR
11896
25
Steven Synder
1028
45
Edward Smith III
Suwanee, GA
664
6
Jeremy Moore
Conway, AR
11752
26
Kenneth Schatten
Atlanta, GA
1028
46
Barry Kruger
Canada
617
7
David Hamilton
Lonsdale, AR
11519
27
David Johnson
Navarre, FL
1028
47
Patrick Lacy
Canada
617
8
Curtis Terry
Metairie, LA
3954
28
John Gorsuch
Woodbridge, VA
917
48
Jonathan Kotula
Las Vegas, NV
617
9
Karen Stutts
2768
29
Lee Thibodaux
Thibodaux, LA
917
49
Frances Ey
Miramar Beach, FL
617
10
Frederick Ryman
Auxvasse, MO
2452
30
Jerry Giroir
Lafayette, LA
917
50
Jon Clement
Mineral Bluff, GA
617
11
Tracy Allen
Louisville, KY
2452
31
Stanley Williams
Carrollton, GA
838
51
Tim Burden
Rochester, KY
617
12
Jeffrey Copeland
St. Louis, MO
2452
32
Grant Ellis
Canada
838
52
Richard Figiel
Canada
617
13
Errol Eagan
Wilmer, AL
1977
33
Jeremy Letson
Tupelo, MS
838
53
David Champion
Murfreesboro, TN
617
14
Lucas Tae
St. Charles, MO
1977
34
Sokchheka Pho
Memphis, TN
728
54
Deanna Johnson
Alpharetta, GA
617
15
Matthew Johnson
Smyrna, TN
1977
35
Judy Leblanc
New Iberia, LA
728
55
Jeremy Eyer
Gulfport, MS
601
16
Brian Henry
Pearl, MS
1503
36
Lee Craft
Athens, AL
728
56
Linda Boney
Tunica, MS
601
17
David Aker
Kennesaw, GA
1503
37
Jo Cain
Memphis, TN
664
57
Kevin Grinder
Linden, TN
601
18
William Green
GA
1503
38
Jacob Dalton
Henagar, AL
664
58
Joe Hebert
Metairie, LA
601
19
Taylor Aguillard
Eunice, LA
1344
39
Terry Simpson
Meridian, MS
664
59
Kenneth
Christopher
Irvington, AL
601
20
Bill Kontaratos
Canada
1344
40
Thomas Williams
Madison, MS
664
PEARL RIVER
RESORTS MILLY IN PHILLY OPENING WEEKEND RESULTS:
This tournament has grown and grown. This time we
had a record $88,310 to first place on a $350
buy-in. It's fitting on a record setting night in
both the opener and the Sizzler that two players who
been to Pearl River Resorts for years won first
place with no chop.
Jay Bishop (blue shirt), always fun, always engaging
won Event 1 after beating Ryan Gerstenberg in heads
up play. This was Ryan's first live tournament but
certainly wasn't Jay's first rodeo. Ryan played
great on a loaded final table winning over $51k.
Alec Wilson followed up his recent online win with a
third place for almost $40k. Multi-ring winners Rob
Georato (4th 30k) and Jery Monroe (7th 13k) couldn't
quite get to the top of the podium this time.
Russell Boyette finished 5th for 22k. The
pride of Leeds, AL Gregory Gough won over $17k for
6th. Matt Johnson and Pat Lacy rounded out the final
table.
1
Jay Bishop
Pearl, MS
$88,310
56
Robert Barca
Pike Road, AL
$1,311
111
Chris Canan
Slidell, LA
857
2
Ryan Gerstenberg
Hoover, AL
$51,199
57
Dustin Stewart
Biloxi, MS
$1,311
112
Dale Gleneck
Ft. Walton Beach,
FL
857
3
Alec Wilson
Memphis, TN
$39,250
58
Eric Little
Rome, GA
$1,311
113
Kenneth Wiliams
Birmingham, AL
857
4
Rob Georato
Naples, FL
$30,073
59
James McCauley
Dumas, AR
$1,311
114
Richard
Blankenship
Adger, AL
857
5
Russell Boyette
Brandon, MS
$22,863
60
Bradley Garner
Madison, MS
$1,311
115
James Thurman
Blevins, AR
857
6
Gregory Gough
Leeds, AL
$17,616
61
Kenneth
Christopher
Theodore, AL
$1,311
116
Robert Donald
Brandon, MS
857
7
Jerry Monroe
Columbus, GA
$13,733
62
Derek Ridley
Thibodaux, LA
$1,311
117
Terry Griffith
Magnolia, MS
857
8
Thurmand Boothe
Ferriday, LA
$10,809
63
Jesse Greer
Michie, TN
$1,311
118
Michael Sessions
Mobile, AL
807
9
Matthew Johnson
Smryna, GA
$8,641
64
Edward Smith
Suwanee, GA
$1,210
119
Danny Baxley
Cottondale, FL
807
10
Patrick Lacy
Canada
$6,958
65
Jeffrey McCarter
Smithville, TN
$1,210
120
David Hayes
Clinton, MS
807
11
Latricia Gill
Rockmart, GA
$6,958
66
Mark Brown
Hernando, MS
$1,210
121
Fredrick McLam
Jasper, GA
807
12
Charles Johnson
Atlanta, GA
$6,958
67
Cody Stanford
Tupleo, MS
$1,210
122
Johnny Ogle
Cartersville, GA
807
13
Sanh Vuong
Cordova, MS
$5,647
68
Brandon Gill
Baton Rouge, LA
$1,210
123
Jeremy McKissick
Wilmer, AL
807
14
Wesley Jones
Dardanelle, AR
$5,647
69
Thomas Williams
Madison, MS
$1,210
124
Brian Henry
Pearl, MS
807
15
David Aker
Atlanta, GA
$5,647
70
Jaymie Virtusio
Pensacola, FL
$1,210
125
John Finnan
Metairie, LA
807
16
Albert Disante
Bossier City, LA
$4,639
71
Donald Taddia
Memphis, TN
$1,210
126
John Teague
Falkville, AL
807
17
Rogen Chhabra
Madison, MS
$4,639
72
Hiep Doan
New Orleans, LA
$1,210
127
Barry Kruger
Canada
807
18
Kevin Comeens
Double Springs, AL
$4,639
73
Terry Dover
Gattman, MS
1110
128
Timothy Sanderson
New Orleans, LA
807
19
Aaron James
Waynesboro, MS
$3,883
74
Robert Heard
Truman, AR
1110
129
Richard Ward
Houma, LA
807
20
Daniel Robertshaw
Brandon, MS
$3,883
75
Nicholas Bowmen
Pensacola, FL
1110
130
Stanley Williams
Carrollton, GA
807
21
Jason Pratt
Birmingham, AL
$3,883
76
Malcolm Davenport
Birmingham, AL
1110
131
David McKim
Gordonsville, TN
807
22
Blake Whittington
Cleveland, TN
$3,278
77
Damon Tucker
Forest, MS
1110
132
Frank Wyvville
Oxford, AL
807
23
Alexius Gooch
Madison, TN
$3,278
78
Daniel Bonet
Stone Mountain, GA
1110
133
Charles Brady
Norwood, LA
807
24
Donald Webster
Birmingham, AL
$3,278
79
Joshua Turner
St. Louis, MS
1110
134
Angela Sayers
Deatsville, AL
807
25
Yousef Saleh
Meridian, MS
$2,773
80
Kevin Oakes
Childersburg, AL
1110
135
Stanislav Angelov
Chicago, IL
807
26
Clifford Matthews
Odenville, AL
$2,773
81
Larry Barger
Coaling, AL
1110
136
Jeremy Letson
Tupelo, MS
807
27
Chad Marsh
Starville, MS
$2,773
82
Luther Tran
Bayou La Batre, AL
958
137
Justin Kelly
Mathison, MS
807
28
Taylor Crutchfield
Helena, AL
$2,369
83
Wesley Pipes
Monroe, LA
958
138
James Kizer
Collierville, TN
807
29
Preston McEwen
Earth, Sol
$2,369
84
Jeremy Eyer
Gulfport, MS
958
139
David Hobson
Birmingham, AL
807
30
Jacob Perkins
Tuscaloosa AL
$2,369
85
Ronnie Pittman
Milton, FL
958
140
Jeremy Gautreaux
Baton Rouge, LA
807
31
Bryan Glasscock
Lookout Mountain,
GA
$2,067
86
Bryant Grady
Birmingham, AL
958
141
Jefferson Morrill
Nashville, TN
807
32
Walker Miskelly
Tupelo, MS
$2,067
87
Joe Saleh
Meridian, MS
958
142
Justin Hunt
Tuscaloosa AL
807
33
Stephen Dodd
Rome, GA
$2,067
88
James Craft
Brandon, MS
958
143
Gerald Stogner
Kokomo, MS
807
34
Ralph Reid
Meridian, MS
$1,815
89
Ronald Morga
Robinsonville, MS
958
144
Melissa Smith
Lake St. Louis, MO
807
35
Jason Simon
Ofallon, MO
$1,815
90
Jacob Long
Butt Pucker, MS
958
145
Chris Lawson
Greenville, TX
756
36
Larry Cochran
Hattiesburg, MS
$1,815
91
Grant Ellis
Canada
958
146
Byron Lowe
Brandon, MS
756
37
Alex Popwell
Montgomery, AL
$1,613
92
Nickolaus Young
Madison, MS
958
147
Andrew McVey
756
38
Brandon Terry
Las Vegas, NV
$1,613
93
James Dowen
White Hall, MS
958
148
William Akins
Columbia, TN
756
39
Jonathan Wisbey
New Orleans, LA
$1,613
94
Brendan Shiller
Las Vegas, NV
958
149
Thongla Nanthalasy
Russellville, AR
756
40
George Challita
Metairie, LA
$1,613
95
Frank Harrington
Manchester, NH
958
150
Gates Harris
West Poin
756
41
Robert Parnell
Florence, AL
$1,613
96
Vernon Langston
Fort Payne, AL
958
151
Joshua Warner
Memphis, TN
756
42
Michael Mestey
Cumming, GA
$1,613
97
Jeffrey Hewitt
Atlanta, GA
958
152
Brandon Sheehan
Pelhma, AL
756
43
Herman Stewart
Slocomb, AL
$1,613
98
Janet McCarter
Smithville, TN
958
153
Shirley Lews
Hollis Center, MS
756
44
Robert Warren
Shreveport, LA
$1,613
99
Chad Bell
Clearwater, FL
958
154
Eric Davis
Northport, AL
756
45
Edwin Daniel
Nashville, AR
$1,613
100
Thomas Raspberry
Dora, AL
857
155
Dennis Hatcher
Marietta, GA
756
46
Hamid Izadi
Marietta, GA
$1,462
101
Corey Harrison
Birmingham, AL
857
156
Jerry Roten
Minden, LA
756
47
Stephen Greene
Panama City, FL
$1,462
102
Sokccheka Pho
Memphis, TN
857
157
Trace Henderson
Laurel, MS
756
48
Derek Warriner
Brandon, MS
$1,462
103
Joseph Carden
Flomaton, AL
857
158
Bruce Ey
Miramar Beach, FL
756
49
Ricky Donaldson
Tuscaloosa AL
$1,462
104
Jeffry Copeland
St. Louis, MS
857
159
JW Carter
Jackson, MS
756
50
Roy C. Henry
Many, LA
$1,462
105
Lynda Howe
Bell Buckle, TN
857
160
Dylan Lemery
Chattanooga, TN
756
51
Collin Grubaugh
Sante Fe, NM
$1,462
106
Patsy Henry
Bierfeld, AL
857
161
Alison Kelly
Madison, MS
756
52
Lucas Tae
St. Charles, MO
$1,462
107
Leslie Copeland
St. Louis, MS
857
162
Robert Ash
Rome, GA
756
53
Paul Howe
Bell Buckle, TN
$1,462
108
Joshua Dean
Atlanta, GA
857
163
Anthony Brodhead
Birmingham, AL
756
54
Albert Hammer
Tuscaloosa AL
$1,462
109
Durand Bass
Aubun, AL
857
164
James Schaeffer
Birmingham, AL
756
55
Hyunsuk Hong
Montgomery, AL
$1,311
110
Simon Philip
Pensacola, FL
857
165
Lebert Grinan
Miami, FL
756
In the Sizzler, Robert Donald (pictured with Jay
Bishop above) beat David Champion Heads up to win
$17k. Champion earned over $10k for second.
Judy Leblanc (pictured upper right) battled it out
with Starr Valdez to win the ladies event.
Fittingly, the critical hand in the ladies even
involved pocket queens to help Judy overcome a large
chip disadvantage. Familiar names Jennifer Germany,
Patsy Henry, Arlene Berghold, Lanita Baxley, Chris
Read and Brenda Eskridge all cashed.
SIZZLER
WOMEN'S
1
Robert Donald
Brandon, MS
17263
16
Richard Ward
Houma, LA
888
1
Judy Leblanc
New Iberia, LA
$3,794
2
David Champion
Murfreesboro, TN
10514
17
Harvey Smith JR
Houma, LA
888
2
Starr Valdez
Albuquerque, NM
2296
3
John Gorsuch
Woodbridge, VA
7637
18
Raymond Parks
Fairhope, AL
888
3
Jennifer Germany
McDonough, GA
1498
4
Donald Colleti
Poplarville, MS
5896
19
Thomas Land
Lebanon, IN
710
4
Patsy Henry
Brierfield, AL
998
5
Hugh Fowler
Calhoun, GA
4262
20
Jaden Burns
Cottondale, AL
710
5
Arlene Berghold
Northport, AL
699
6
Jesse Lottt
Selmer, TN
3197
21
Nick Young
Madison, MS
710
6
Lanita Baxley
499
7
Walker Miskelly
Tupelo, MS
2486
22
Wayne Mathis
568
7
Chris Read
Atlanta, GA
100
8
Rebekah Crosby
Covington, LA
1954
23
Lebert Grinan
Miami, FL
568
8
Brenda Eskridge
Rome, GA
100
9
Jaymie Virtusio
Pensacola, FL
1421
24
Anthony Askey
Manassas, VA
568
10
Chester Dilday
West Monroe, LA
1243
25
Albert Booke
Oxford, AL
533
11
Donald Kelly
Hollywood, FL
1243
26
Richard Figiel
Canada
533
12
Lawrence Highfield
Atlanta, GA
1243
27
Hiep Doan
New Orleans, LA
533
13
Johnny Ogle JR
White, GA
1066
28
Jeffrey Keppinger
Dacula, GA
462
14
Jason Eskridge
Shannon, GA
1066
29
Chris Lawson
Livingston, TX
462
15
Bill Kontaratos
Canada
1066
30
Preston McEwen
Earth, Sol
462
GCPers IN THE
MONEY AROUND THE COUNTRY:
HIGGINS HITS IT:
Matt Higgins entered the final table of the $600 No
Limit Hold'em Event 1 at the WPT Hard Rock Tampa
with only 4.6m in chips. After they bagged at seven
players he had improved to 15.1m good for second in
chips.
Four player eliminations later on the next day a
chop was agreed to with Higgins earning more than
$200k for second. Adam Quinmby won $240k and the
trophy. Ashely Spring too $150k for third.
BULLDOG BRADY GOES TWO FOR TWO:
In Shreveport, the Bally's Bash brought a tournament
series to that casino for the first time. Charles
Brady took the most money in an event one chop and
then got a big share of the chop in the 100k
guarantee.
Both events smashed the guarantees. Ed Daniel
was in on both chops with Chuck Brady. But he one
upped Brady by earning a double bag bonus for both
tournaments. GCP's Bill Phillips made the chop in
event one after bagging chip lead and busted 16th in
the Main after bagging fifth in chips.
We overheard Brady talking to some industry guys
about his Grandfather "Bulldog," who taught him
poker and had a presence in Northwest Louisiana
years ago. They had heard stories about the man, and
we thought it fitting his grandson take over the
moniker. Charles aka Chuck aka Bulldog plays
poker just like a Bulldog, determined, scrappy,and
with a bite that backs up his bark. He did his
grandfateher rpoud. We hope to have complete
results soon.
TULSA TWOSOME:
We saw event 4 at the WSOP-C Tulsa featured two
players we know fairly well. Derrick Sonnier of New
Iberia won $7.4k for third place. Brandon Robinson
of Blytheville, AR finished fifth for a little over
$4k. Well done boys!
Other familiar names cashing and winning during the
series: Mike Cordell, Dan Lowery, Jared Ingles,
Thongla Nanthalansy, and Greg Jennings.
'KEE AUGUST WRAP
UP:
-Shannon Hamblen won Event #2 for $120k. Chico Pho
of Memphis third for $44k. Lakisha Slaughter won $8k
for 13th. 2,726 entrants with a prize pool just
under 900k.
-Irene Carey (pictured top) finished second to
Christopher Reaves in Event 3. Irene won $25k with
Superman earning $41k.
-Preston McEwen (pictured bottom left of JW Carter)
won $27k for fourth place in Event 9. Marsahll White
$6k for 10th. Lisa Farmer $6k for 12th. Dee Banks,
Donovan Dean, and Stanislav Angelov also in the
money on the final three tables.
-Michael Esquivel won $29k for first place in event
10. Curtis Terry of Metairie finished 15th for
$1800.
-Bobbi Bailey of Mobile won $5.9k finishing second
in the Ladies Event to Donna Phillips of NC.
-In the Main Event David Moses went out 8th for
$47k. Michael Lech 11th for $30k.
-Josh Dean of Buford, GA won $18k for second. His
heads up opponent Russell Brooks of Atlanta won over
$30k for first in Event 13. Walker Miskelly and
Lonny Weitzel finished in the money and in the top
20.
-Alexius Gooch of Madison, TN placed 7th in Event 14
winning over $5.5k. Matt Stuff secured first place
winning over $35k.
-In the High Roller, Max Young won 100k for first.
Marshall White earned $31k for fourth and Matt
Higgins over $22k for fifth. Stephen Nusrallah, Levi
Carden and BJ McBrayer also cashed making the final
two tables.
-Eric Rivkin won the final event for $28k. Jessie
Bryant place second winning over $17k. Also cashing
Matt Higgins (again, seems he's primed to snap off a
big one), Eric Salazar, Hamid Izadi, Kenneth
Schattan, and Ronnie Day also cashed.
Regular who's who of other players cashing the
series including: David Champion, Jeffrey Hewitt,
Brandon Newsome, Aaron Hernandez, Jeff Keppinger,
Donovan Dean, Robert Hankins,Ray Langston, Daniel
Calway-Fagen, Cody Stanford, Karl Chesser, Luther
Tran, Stanley Williams, and Carl Masters.
WSOP MAIN EVENT:
MADE FOR TV NAME MAIN EVENT CHAMP:
Poker misses out on Moneymaker-esque name branding
of a lifetime. With CBS Sports taking over the
coverage of the WSOP, we will not see Espen on ESPN
any time soon.
Yes, a player named Espen Jorstad won the
$10,000,000 first place prize. The Norwegian bested
Aussie Adrian Attenbourgo in heads up play.
Attenborough had to settle for six million but no
bracelet.
David Diaz of Memphis just missed the final table
winning 525k for 13th. Mack Khan of Bossier City won
262k for 28th. Andrew Barfield (seen in GCP patch
upper right) won $53k for 172. Lots of GCP
gear on the CBS telecast.
Others cashing Will Souther marked his return to the
WSOP with a 562nd place finish. Ebony Kenny, David
Marcoullier, Shannon Shorr, GCP's Bill Phillips,
Josh Payne, Gavin Munroe, and Tom Franklin also
cashed.
WSOP UPDATES:
DARIO BUBBLES STANFORD:
Cody Stanford is taking his shot in Vegas. In the
25k Highroller he took two successive beats to bust
to Dario Sammartino. Cody won his first round match
with Phil Galfond and then beat Max Kruse.
Had his hands held vs. Sammartino Cody would have
been in the Elite Eight and in the money. Sammartino
finished third winning 193k. Dan Smith won his first
bracelet and half a million dollars. Cody also
jumped in a 50k high roller too.
Phil Galfond discusses his first round matchup with
Cody around the 16:16 mark of this video.
ARIEH THIRD IN 8 HANDED HIGH ROLLER:
Josh Arieh of Alpharetta, GA won over 600k for third
place. Chad Eveslage of Indiana finished first
winning 1.4million.
HURRICANE IN THE MONEY:
Metairie's Sean Legendre back to what he does best
cashing WSOP online events. He finished 23rd in the
No Limit Hold'em Big $500 to go with a top 200
finish in the $600 buy in Event 11 Deepstack.
Those were his 31st and 32nd WSOP cashes.
BRABHAM GRABS'EM IN 11TH:
Trey Brabham formerly of Mccomb, MS won over 24k for
his 11th place finish in Event 11's Deepstack event.
DAILY DEEPSTACKERS 1K OR MORE SCORES:
David Mason of Gainesville, GA won $4,820 June 2 in
$200 buyin for 1st place. 122 players. He then won
$9,364 in the June 6 $200 Daily Deepstack again
for first place!
Gerald Stogner, Kokomo, MS won $5216 June 5 in $400
buy-in for 4th place (pictured in 9 seat). 216
entrants. Bill Akins (pictured in 7 seat) of
Columbia, TN $2,225 for 7th place. Frank Covich of
Murfreesboro (just missed the pic), TN $1,187 for
10th place.
Allan Farber, Metairie, LA won $9,841, June 3 in
$400 buyin for 1st place. 110 players. Peggy Joyner
of Brookhaven, GA third for $4,202. Don Crabtree of
Mount Juliet, TN 5th for $2,219.
Peggy Jordan 5th for $3,248 in $250 buy-in June 4th.
Jeff Godchaux, Lafayette, LA won $1,248 June 2 in
$250 buyin for 7th place. 202 players.
MINION UPDATE:
We have basically funded three players' Main Event
including the number 1 WPT ranked player Mark Davis.
If you would like to get a sweat of their main
event.
Email Wild Bill now for details.
DAVIS WINS A
MILLION AND IS A MINION:
DAVIS DOES IT... AGAIN:
Let's talk about Mark Davis' 2022. January 6th, at
our Milly in Philly, he binked a 55k score finishing
second in our opener. That was his biggest cash
ever. Then he min cashed our Main Event, min cashed
the Tunica Main Event and then hit for 8th place for
almost 19k in the $400 re-entry at Cherokee.
Followed that up with his new biggest score a 334k
for his win in the Cherokee Main Event. He min
cashed our opener in the March Milly in Philly then
won our High Roller for 26k. Video
here.
Might as well head to Seminole Hard Rock in April
and make the final table second in chips. WPT paused
for a month to film the final table in Vegas this
week. Meanwhile, Mark min cashed the next main at
Cherokee and then...
He
headed to Vegas to take on Andrew Barfield, Viet Vo,
and the WPT GOAT Darren Elias (four titles) with
over one million dollars to first. Yeah, that record
334k win didn't last long as Mark hit for seven
figures beating Darren Elias after four hours of
heads up play.
All told in 2022 Mark has won over 1.444 million
dollars. Guess, what he's fourth in the world for
GPOY points right now AND you have a chance to sweat
his WSOP Main Event. Details for that below but
first...
Congrats to Andrew Barfield (pictured left) who
"only" hit for 280k in the same WPT event. One of
the bigger scores this year in the South and Andrew
doesn't even get top billing. The 280k lick is
Andrew's biggest win ever (previously he won 110k
for first at a Beau Rivage event). Andrew also just
missed the final table in our May Main Event at
Pearl River. Viet Vo of Houston won 370k for fourth
on his third WPT final table in the last two years.
MINIONS:
So, is there a player on a bigger heater than Mark
Davis right now? Probably not. Mark has done some
very cool things
in
this rich vein of form including a very generous
topping off of David Hendrix's GoFundMe fund. So
Atom Bomb (pictured at his most recent final table)
will get to play in Las Vegas and live out his
dream. Thanks to Mark and EVERYBODY that donated.
Mark also is a big supporter of the Minions. What's
the Minions?
Will Souther created the Monkey's Minions a few
years ago. He recognized there were a lot of
deserving poker players that maybe couldn't risk 10k
off their bankroll to play the WSOP Main Event and
unlike him did not have the network to raise those
funds. So Will created the Minions as a chance to
give more poker players a shot at playing the Main
Event.
Will's network of investors raised money to put an
ever growing team of players in the Main Event.
After no Minions last year, the team is back. Shares
are $200 a piece (no limit) and investors have an
opportunity to get an a sweat of every player in the
Minions.
This year GCP's Wild Bill has taken on running the
Minions and Mark Davis reached out. Mark said he's
loved the concept and would be willing to play as a
Minion to maybe drum up investors to create more
slots for other players. Time is running short to be
a Minion but plenty of time to get a piece of Mark's
Main Event as an investor in the Minions.
Reach out to Bill via
email, Twitter or Facebook DMs (can do it
through GCP's facebook page too) to if you'd like to
invest. He will fill you in on how everything works
and link you to the profiles of the players
nominated or applying to be Minions this year.
MAY MILLY IN
PHILLY: MAIN EVENT:
In the early hours of the morning Maurice Hawkins
prevailed winning over 46k after a 5 way chop.
Stanislav Angelov and Charles Johnson both won over
41k for second and third. Luther Tran took home over
35k for fourth and Marshall White over 31k for
fifth. Clay Henry busted a good bit earlier in the
night winning over 14k for sixth. Rusell Sartin of
Slidell, Gordon Hardy of Pensacola, and Daniel
Calway-Fagen of Nashville rounded out the final
nine. A slew of big names littered the final five
tables in the event accounting for an absurd amount
of rings, bracelets, and trophies.
MAIN EVENT RESULTS:
1
Maurice Hawkins
46597
27
Adam Cotant
2002
53
Jerry Giroir
1201
2
Stanislav Angelov
41013
28
Cody Stanford
2002
54
Stephen Cleghorn
1201
3
Charles Johnson
41013
29
Terry Simpson
2002
55
Howell Cochran
1165
4
Luther Tran
35243
30
Damon Tucker
2002
56
Sley Sanchez
1165
5
Marshall White
31487
31
Prissy Giroir
1674
57
Stefan Cvetkovski
1165
6
Clay Henry
14196
32
Justin Allen
1674
58
Andrew Brinkley
1165
7
Russell Sartin
10920
33
Matthew Johnson
1674
59
Stanley Williams
1165
8
Gordon Hardy
8736
34
Clifford Matthews
1529
60
Stephen Dodd
1165
9
Daniel
Calway-Fagen
6370
35
Matthew Clarkson
1529
61
Matthew Ferguson
1165
10
Bill Atkins
5606
36
Dylan Lemery
1529
62
Irene Carey
1165
11
Derek Normand
5606
37
Levi Carden
1347
63
Lucas Hillman
1165
12
Andrew Barfield
5606
38
Richard Sinclair
1347
64
Roger McCandless
1056
13
Nabil Abdulrahman
4550
39
Mike Monaghan
1347
65
Lakisha Slaughter
1056
14
Sherwin Samuel
4550
40
Timothey Medley
1347
66
Dung Anh Tran
1056
15
David Huwe
4550
41
Shane Maxwell
1347
67
Jessica Roberts
1056
16
Jason Greeson
3458
42
Sanh Wong
1347
68
Timothy Lenox
1056
17
Walker Miskelly
3458
43
Hebert Baker
1347
69
Tai Cao
1056
18
Micahel Cordell
3458
44
Sokchheka Pho
1347
70
Kenny Schatten
1056
19
Jeremy Gaubert
3094
45
Chase Turner
1347
71
David Martin
1056
20
Cody Manning
3094
46
Jaime Strickland
1201
72
John Song
1056
21
Michael Owens JR
2657
47
Peter Gurney
1201
73
Sean Smalls
983
22
William Brock
2657
48
Leo Boothe
1201
74
Michael Price
983
23
Robert Matthews
III
2657
49
William Hendrix
1201
75
David Bradshaw
983
24
Donovan Dean
2293
50
Robert Veazey
1201
76
Cody Alan
Cunningham
983
25
Joe Hebert
2293
51
BJ McBrayer
1201
77
Derek Warriner
983
26
Leann Moore
2002
52
Bryant Grady
1201
HIGH ROLLER:
To determine who had the better series between
Donovan Dean and Stanislav Angelov is to split
hairs. Donovan beat Stanislav heads up to win his
second GCP trophy of the series (in the two biggest
buy-ins) in the High Roller. Dean won 38k and
Stanislav almost 23k. Dean also won the $1100
Freezeout and made the final few tables of the Main.
While, Stanislav chopped the Main Event, won the
opener AND triple bagged it (a first for the
re-entry winner). Either way both players had
tremendous series.
Side note Greg Urbanski got the call on his drive
home that his second best guess in the Social Media
contest earned him a free seat in the high roller.
He turned around and made over 8k. Shannon Spry, one
of our new friends from Canada, won a seat in a
drawing and made almost 6k for 7th. We should
probably add up just how much our social media
contest free seats have won people. At least two
players have won events outright and multiple have
made the final table. Lot of opportunity to win for
those that take advantage of it. Karl Chesser
the chipleader in the Survivor also pictured.
HIGH ROLLER, ROOKIES AND SURVIVOR RESULTS:
High Roller
Survivor
Rookie
1
Donovan Dean
38169
1
Karl Chesser
1280
1
Regis Jenkins
4463
2
Stanislav Angelov
22903
2
Jerry Giroir
1280
2
Cornelius Jackson
II
2678
3
Sean Small
16443
3
David Gregg
1280
3
Brandy Redder
1934
4
Adam Cotant
10571
4
Eric Stoehr
1280
4
Jessica Roberts
1339
5
Greg Urbanski
8222
5
Salvador Villaluz
1280
5
Casy Wilcher
1042
6
Justin Allen
7047
6
Kenneth Schatten
1280
6
Forrest Wofford
893
7
Shannon Spry
5873
7
John Farmer
744
8
Ralph Robinson
4698
8
Kirby Henshaw
595
9
Johnathon Price
3542
9
Derek Ridley
298
11
Alexius Gooch
298
10
June Massengale
298
12
David Gregg
298
11
Alexius Gooch
298
12
David Gregg
298
LIVE STREAMS ARCHIVED:
We were able to stream each of the 100k+ Guarantee
event final tables. Think we improved with each of
those final tables. Credit to Don Dove for his hard
work on making it happen. Hopefully, we will be able
to steam future Pearl River Events as we think
players and families enjoyed.
Go to
Blue Chip Media Productions for all those
streams.
MAY MILLY IN
PHILLY RESULTS:
SUPER STACK:
Josh Turner (pictured
above left) returned to the South to capture first
place in the live streamed final table of the
Super Stack event.Damon Tucker fought bravely
through the final table to finish second for
$16,850. Michael Cheeks of Waynesboro finished third
for over $12k. David McKim (fourth, $8,849) pipped
the last standing woman Susan Murphey (fifth,
$6667). Joe Hebert (6th, $5,091), Stanislav Angelov
(7th, $4000), and Jason Greeson (8th, $3031) were
the first three to bust on the stream. The exits of
William Akins and Prissy Giroir came too fast for
the stream going out 8th and 9th respectively.
Super Stack
1
Josh Turner
27,577
16
Dennis Self
1333
31
Nabil Abdul Rahman
727
2
Damon Tucker
16,850
17
Walter Jackson
1333
32
Carl Masters
727
3
Michael Cheeks
12,001
18
Kris Kent
1333
33
Dylan Lemery
727
4
David McKim Jr
8,849
19
Luther Tran
1091
34
Russell Boyette
606
5
Susan Murphey
6,667
20
Clifford Matthews
1091
35
Chad Melerine
606
6
Joe Hebert
5,091
21
William Thomas
1091
36
Matthew Ferguson
606
7
Stanislav Angleov
4000
22
Philip Whittington
970
37
Kenneth
Christopher
546
8
Jason Greeson
3031
23
Bryan Loch
970
38
David Huwe
546
9
William Akins
2425
24
Kenneth Steele
970
39
David Gregg
546
10
Priscilla Giroir
1940
25
Kevin Grinder
909
40
Maurice Hawkins
546
11
Raymond Parks
1940
26
James Heath III
909
41
Dana Garris
546
12
Micheal Mathis
1940
27
Nicolas Connart
909
42
Edward Staples
546
13
Charles Bounds
1576
28
Hamid Izadi
788
43
Stephen Cleghorn
546
14
Karl Chesser
1576
29
Emelita Lancaster
788
44
Huey Hulin
546
15
Kenneth Mason JR
1576
30
Konstantin
Suvorkin
788
45
Scott Mauer
546
SENIORS:
Jerry Giroir (pictured above riight) won his second
GCP trophy after coming to a deal with William
"Jeter" Brock. Both players made over $7600. James
Mitchell busted third winning $4200. John Sinnot,
Grant Hart, Ernest Wiliams, Donald Colleti, and Greg
Rabalais made up the rest of the final table.
ROOKIES:
Regis Jenkins prevailed putting him another $4463
away from not qualifying for the Rookies event. To
compete all players must have less than $25k in
Hendon Mob earnings. Cornelius Jackson made $2678
for second. Derek Ridley who has won this event
before made the final table. Brandy Redder and
Jessica Roberts were the highest placing females in
third and fourth.
FULL RESULTS:
Rookies
Seniors
1
Regis Jenkins
4463
1
Jerry Giroir
7644
9
Greg Rabalais
672
2
Cornelius Jackson
II
2678
2
William "Jeter"
Brock
7644
10
Charles Bell
672
3
Brandy Redder
1934
3
James Mitchell Jr
4200
11
Timothy Medley
672
4
Jessica Roberts
1339
4
John Sinnot II
3024
12
Eric Geller
672
5
Casy Wilcher
1042
5
Grant Hart
2352
13
Shannon Hamblen
672
6
Forrest Wofford
893
6
Ernest Wiliams
1680
14
Stanley Williams
672
7
John Farmer
744
7
Donald Colleti
1344
15
Robert Veazey
672
8
Kirby Henshaw
595
8
Ronald Womack
1008
9
Derek Ridley
298
10
June Massengale
298
11
Alexius Gooch
298
12
David Gregg
298
MAY MILLY IN
PHILLY RESULTS: FREEZEOUT:
A loaded field, as per
usual, finished with Donovan Dean beating Irene
Carey (pictured above left) in heads up play. Carey
called Dean's shove with Ace Queen only to see
Dean's Ace King. A queen high flop gave the illusion
just for a second that Carey had caught up. Nope
because a Jack and Ten came with it. Dan
Calway battled all day and finished third. Charlene
Smith won over 6k for fourth. James Heath, Dustin
Stewart, Derek Normand and Kenny Schatten rounded
out the final in the money players. Kenneth Mason
made the unofficial final table but bubbled the
money.
INDIAN WINS MONSTER STACK
Randall "Indian" Smith (pictured above
left) prevailed in the Big Monster Stack streamed
final table. After a three way chop with David Cook
and Derek Normand, Indian earned the trophy as the
chip leader but each got over 16k. Kenneth Mason who
just seems to final table everything here the last
two series finished fourth for $7615 and Richard
Porter fifth for $5737. Jerome Hall Jr. carefully
picked his spots and laddered into sixth place
winning $4381. Kenny Schatten another player going
deep in everything like Skip Gill in March won $3442
for seventh. Carl Masters and sentimental favorite
David Hendrix each got $2608 for eigth and ninth
place. Ron Hubka was unlucky to miss the stream
busted 10th. If you'd like to watch the replay go here:
https://youtu.be/y0Gv8lygUsc?t=2427
Other notables to cash: Frank Wyville, Irene Carey,
Matt Blanchard, David Dunlap, CLay Henry, Jody
Millsaps, Matt Bowen, Derek Ridley, Austin Reilly,
Marshall White and Jo Cain.
CARDEN GETS HIS TROPHY:
Few players have made as many final tables
as Levi Carden (pictured above right) at Pearl River
Resorts yet many of them with less won the one thing
that eluded Levi until Tuesday. Levi earned his
first GCP/PRR trophy and $4,522 in cash to go with
the prizes he won in the mystery bounties. Eric
Stoehr finished second but was the champion bounty
hunter winning four of the five best prizes ($1500
seat, $600 Main Event seat, and two $400 seats) as
well as slew of cash bounties. Another long term GCP
supporter Karl Chesser won just under 2k for third
dancing his way from the bounties to the cashier
cage. Also at the final table John Littich, Patrick
Lacy, Fred Ryman, Ronald Duckworth, Kenneth Mason
and Kevin Grinder. Stanley Williams, Larry Little
and James Robinson also cashed.
WILLIAMSON WINS MONSTER:
Joe Hebert fell in heads up play to Donald
Williamson (pictured above left) of Atlanta. Donald
earned over 13k and Hebert over 8k. Greg Rabalais
won $5500 for third. Robert Logan, Marshall WHite,
Joshua Heinze, Bryan Loch and CHristopher Lassinger
rouned out the final 9.
FULL RESULTS:
Big Monster Stack
1
Randall "Indian"
Smith
16,187
10
Ronald Hubka
1669
19
Edward Staples
939
2
David Cook
$16,187
11
David Dunlap
1669
20
Derek Ridley
939
3
Derek Normand
$16,187
12
Matthew Blanchard
1669
21
Austin Reilly
939
4
Kenneth Mason
7615
13
Frank Wyville
1356
22
Khua Bui
834
5
Richard Porter
5737
14
Irene Carey
1356
23
Nelson Solar
834
6
Jerome Hall Jr
4381
15
Jody Millsaps
1356
24
Joshua Fanguy
834
7
Kenneth Schatten
3442
16
Priscilla Giroir
1147
25
Bryant Grady
782
8
Carl Masters
2608
17
Clay Henry
1147
26
Marshall White
782
9
David Hendrix
2068
18
Matthew Bowen
1147
27
Jo Cain
782
28
Tyler Burger
678
Freezeout
Celeb Mystery
Bounty
Celeb Mystery
Bounty
1
Donovan Dean
22440
1
Levi Carden
$4,522
7
Ronald Duckworth
754
2
Irene Carey
13860
2
Eric Stoehr
$2,713
8
Kenneth Mason JR
603
3
Dan Calway
9240
3
Karl Chesser
$1,959
9
Kevin Grinder
301
4
Charlene Smith
6210
4
John Littich
$1,356
10
Stanely Williams
301
5
James Heath
4830
5
Patrick Lacy
$1,055
11
Larry Little
301
6
Dustin Stewart
4140
6
Frederick Ryman
904
12
James Robinson
301
7
Derek Normand
3450
8
Kenneth Schatten
2760
Monster Stack
1
Donald Williamson
13000
8
Bryan Loch
1500
15
Matthew Ferguson
875
2
Joseph Hebert
8000
9
Christopher
Lassinger
1000
16
Clinton Bordelon
875
3
Greg Rabalais
5500
10
Robert Matthews
875
17
Matt Chaney
875
4
Robert Logan
4375
11
Scott Weiss
875
18
Shannon Spry
875
5
Marshall White
3250
12
Johnathan Cain
875
19
Clinton Teal
500
6
Joshua Heinze
2250
13
Anthony Hargrove
875
20
Thurman Boothe
500
7
Hamid Izadi
1750
14
David Hendrix
875
21
Jason Greeson
500
MAY MILLY IN
PHILLY RESULTS:
STANISLAV ANGELOV HARD TO TOP:
For the first time in the history of the BagWow!
multi-flight opener a player bagged three times then
won first place. Stanislav after a chop added
$54,608 to the $1500 High Roller seat and $3,000
bonus he won for bagging three times. Only Angelov,
Kenneth Christopher and Jaymie Virtusio bagged three
times in the event.
Angelov was the only player to do it in the first
three flights. Which is interesting because a tweak
that has been discussed to the format for September
would put him in a good spot for that too. We will
have full details if any format changes are made.
David Lee, our man from Memphis, finished second
pocketing $41,500 for his weekend's efforts. John
Song won over $38k for third. Also a the final
table: Bryne Wilson, fourth, won over 20k; Yousef
Saleh, 5th, won over $15k; Lee Thibodaux, 6th, won
over $11k; Brandon Gill, 7th, won over $9k; David
Huwe, 8th, won over $7k; Karl Chesser, 9th, won
almost 6k, and David Champion finished 10th for just
under 5k.
This was the first final table we've streamed and
though we had some hiccups we are glad we got to
bring it to you.
Krista Lowery won the ladies event adding a trophy
to the Lowery's collection. Now, she and husband Dan
have matching Fleur-de-Lis trophies from Pearl River
Resorts. Magen West finished second for $1152 and
Elaine Horvath third for $768.
CORDELL WINS SIZZLER:
James Cordell bested David Digesu heads up to win
the trophy. Cordell earned $13,000 and Digesu
$8,000. In third place William Akins won $5500, and
our friend from Canada, Shannon Spry with Milo, won
over 4k for fourth. Rufus Yates, Rick Matthews,
Samuel Bowles, Levi Carden and Matt Higgins rounded
out the final table.
185 players fired in the event.
PLO CHOPPED:
Michael Esquivel and Patrick Lacy chopped for the
most in the PLO event each winning $2313 dollars.
Preston McEwen and Konstantin Suvorkin won 2k each
as well.
FULL RESULTS BELOW:
SIZZLER
SIZZLER CONT…
POP UP PLO
1
James Cordell
13000
15
Donald Kelly
875
1
Michael Esquivel
2313
2
David Digesu
8000
16
Kenneth
Christopher
875
2
Patrick Lacy
2313
3
William Akins
5500
17
Jerome Hall JR
875
3
Preston McEwen
2000
4
Shannon Spry
4375
18
James Craft
875
4
Konstantin
Suvorkin
2000
5
Rufus Yates
3250
19
Peter Gurney
500
5
DNR
454
6
Clifford Matthews
2250
20
Laurence Dilday
500
7
Samuel Bowles
1750
21
Anthony Hargrove
500
8
Levi Carden
1500
9
Matthew Higgins
1000
LADIES EVENT
10
David Moses
875
1
Krista Lowery
$1,920
11
Richard
Blankenship
875
2
Magen West
1152
12
Nelson Solar
875
3
Elaine Horvath
768
13
Kenneth Mason
875
14
Durand Bass
875
WPT SEMINOLE
HARD ROCK:
Mark Davis of Birmingham, AL (pictured left)
continued his torrid year with yet another final
table. He came into Day Four with the chip lead and
ended it second with 26.55 million. Only four time
WPT champion Darren Elias bagged more (38.825m). The
two of them have almost two thirds of the chips.
Viet Vo of Houston, TX also made the final table
duplicating his 2021 run where he finished third for
593k. Vo is third in chips wtih 11.9m. Andrew
Barfield (pictured right) from the Mississippi coast
is the short stack of the six with 5.5m but still
has 18 big blinds. Marcos Exterkotter (10.9m) and
Michael Laufer (6.75m) are the other two players.
The final table will resume May 25th in Las Vegas to
be recorded for the WPT telecast. Payouts: first
will be 1 million; second 660k; third 490k; fourth
370k; fifth 280k; and sixth 215k. We were also
pulling for Rob Georato of Florida who fell in 13th
place winning $63,000. Shannon Shorr won 24k for
37th. Harrison Gimbel, Yuval Bronshtein, Jeff
Trudeau, Michael Lech, and TK Miles all cashed too.
CONTESTS AND A
POKER DREAM:
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTESTS:
Currently on our Facebook page we have three social
media contests open. All three offer seats to the
Milly In Philly, May 5 through the 16. Guess the
number of players in the opening event and you can
win a $600 Main Event seat. Post your worst bad beat
in life or poker and win a $300 seat to the opening
event. Suggest what we should do in future Gulf
Coast Poker Tour events and win a seat to the
Wednesday Monster stack. By the way, two suggestions
streaming and maybe pulling from receipts for prizes
we might do VERY soon.
And be on the look out for our last contest for this
event. We will be giving away a $1500 high roller
seat. They bumped the guarantee in the high roller
to 100k (gulp) so there will be a lot to play for.
Last go round one of our social media contest
winners won his event and another finished in the
money in the high roller. A wise man in poker once
told us, never pass up a freeroll.
DAVID "ATOM BOMB" HENDRIX WANTS TO PLAY IN
VEGAS:
You may remember the inspirational story of David
Hendrix winning an event at Pearl River. PokerNews
covered it
here.
David has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 and is the
oldest living person with this disability after
doctors said he wouldn't make it to two.
One of his great pleasures in life is poker and his
dream is to play in Las Vegas at least once. As a
child the Make-A-Wish foundation set up his wish to
fly in a helicopter but David was hospitalized and
miss the ride. As they paid the expense to fuel it
up they said the wish was granted. He never got to
live out his wish. Now as an adult he has a new wish
we can help make happen.
His family and friends are trying to raise $20,000
to help pay for travel expenses and a week of
tournaments in Las Vegas for him. He's 20% to that
goal. If you'd like to donate please click the link
below. Nobody has a better attitude about life than
David so let's make his life's dream happen.
Bearbuck gets his ring! Jared Ingles of Dry Prong,
LA (pictured left) took down the Cherokee circuit
Main Event winning 300k in the process. The cash
game player and part time tournament player earned
the largest live score of his career. Changlong Zeng
of Greensboro, NC won 185k for second. A couple of
Atlantans, Fikret Kovac and Adam Ney finished 6th
and 7th winning 82k and 64k. Marsahll White of
Boone, NC won 31k for 9th.
LaDarren Banks of Tuscaloosa, Al won 25k for 12th.
Samuel Scheidecker of Pleasant Hill, MS won almost
14k for 20th. Also cashing in the top 50: Charles
Johnson, Carl Masters, Hasan Ibrahim, Matt Higgins,
Andrew2 Brinkley, Hank Sitton, Stanislav Angelov,
Donnie Phan, Ken Christopher and Youssef Aly.
In the money outside the top 50: David Bradshaw,
Walker Miskelly, Warren Sheaves, Nate Bandy, Eric
Salazar, BJ McBrayer, Tai Cao, Preston McEwen, Gavin
Muroe, Laskisha Slaughter, David Moses, Justin
Harvell, and Jerry Monroe.
MOSES VS MASSIMO:
Event 9 a $1100 buy-in with 435 entrants came down
to two familiar names. David Moses and Massimo
Dirienzo (pictured above right) faced off in heads
up play. Bracelet winner David got the best of
Massimo on the day and won 87k to go along witha
ciruit ring. Massimo took almost 54k back to
Atlanta. Blake Whittington finished 7th for 12.6k.
OTHER NOTABLE FINAL TABLISTS:
Irene Carey won almost 29k in Event 8 for fifth
place. Spencer Smith of Atlanta finished on top of
Event 8 winning 107k. Dylan Lemery of Ooltewah, TN
place second in Event 5 winning over 24k. Nathan
Proctor of Kings and Queens fame won 19k for 3rd
place in the first Seniors Event. Scott Mauer of
Chattanooga won 15k for third place in Event 3.
MILLY IN PHILLY
MAIN EVENT:
LOWERY AGAIN!
Daniel Lowery added to his impressive resume at
Pearl River with his second Main Event win. With
another 59k added to his total he's near the top of
all time winnings at the venue. After the three way
chop to end the tournament, Chris Barger got credit
for second place winning over 53k and local Jay
Bishop over 50k for third. The loaded final table
also featured Preston McEwen (4th, 26k), David
Chocheles (5th, 20k), and Hamid Izadi (7th, 11.8k).
David McJenkin took some tough hands to bow out
sixth for 15k. Skip Gill continues to mash this
venue finishing 8th for 9k. David Huwe and Johnny
Landreth rounded out the ten handed final table
winning almost 7k and 6k respectively.
The tournament featured 788 entrants, the second
biggest Main Event in Pearl River history, with a
prize pool just under 394k. 81 players were paid
with a min cash of 1064.
RESULTS:
1
Daniel Lowery
59345
28
Gerald Stogner
2128
55
Derrick Cutler
1221
2
Christopher Barger
53016
29
Joe Laro
2128
56
William Stanford
1221
3
Jay Bishop
50875
30
Grant Ellis
2128
57
Jason Flock
1221
4
Preston McEwen
26398
31
Douglas Roby
1812
58
Wesley Edelo
1221
5
David Chocheles
20094
32
Duane Fontentot
1812
59
Benny Morgan
1221
6
David McJenkin
15366
33
Curtis Terry
1812
60
David Knuckles
1221
7
Hamid Izadi
11820
34
Mark Barbay
1615
61
Jeffrey Hewitt
1221
8
Henry Gill
9062
35
Rene McDaniel
1615
62
Dustin Stewart
1221
9
David Huwe
6895
36
Jerry Giroir
1615
63
Timothy Maxwell
1221
10
Johnny Landreth
5949
37
David Aker
1418
64
Adam Cotant
1143
11
Clifford Matthews
5949
38
Michael Cordell
1418
65
Jerol Drane
1143
12
Jeremy Eyer
5949
39
Philip Holifield
1418
66
JW Carter
1143
13
Bradley Gardner
4846
40
Irene Carey
1418
67
David Moses
1143
14
Russell Boyette
4846
41
Joseph Carden
1418
68
Harry Short
1143
15
Gregory Cook
4846
42
Robert Parnell
1418
69
Matthew Welch
1143
16
Michael Smith
3743
43
Michael Monaghan
1418
70
Thomas Corder
1143
17
Troy Harrison
3743
44
Michael McCullough
1418
71
Charles Finley
1143
18
Mark Holmes
3743
45
Bradley Gray
1418
72
Paul Price
1143
19
Donnie Phan
3349
46
Jay Friedman
1261
73
Robert Donald
1064
20
Huey Hulin
3349
47
Carl Masters
1261
74
Ricky Sherrill
1064
21
Ralph Robinson
3349
48
Leo Booth
1261
75
Nancy Smith
1064
22
Rodney Shows
2837
49
Gregory Shivers
1261
76
David Lee
1064
23
Bryne Wilson
2837
50
Jason Greeson
1261
77
Joe Hebert
1064
24
Mitchell McCaleb
2837
51
Brandon Robinson
1261
78
Calvin Lynch
1064
25
Randall Paguio
2443
52
Shirley Lewis
1261
79
Daniel Howard
1064
26
Michael Kalmowicz
2443
53
Tara Snow
1261
80
Charles Johnson
1064
27
Morton Davis
2443
54
Dylan Lemery
1261
81
Hiep Doan
1064
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:
During the High Roller tournament, TD Paul Dutsch
made the annoucement that the High Roller event in
May will add another 100k guarantee to our schedule.
With less than 20 in the event when the announcement
was made gasps went through the room. It will be
tough to pull off but as yesterday showed with the
entrant total climbing to 40 there is demand for
this price point in our region. So tell you high
roller friends we'll see you all in May!
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
SUPER STACK:
We got lots of video of hands from the
final table of the first Super Stack tournament at
Pearl River Resorts. Check out our
FACEBOOK page for the
videos. Fittingly, one of our celebrity bounties
Dallas Pirman took it down. Watch out Tara Snow the
princess is coming for your Queen of Pearl River
crown.
Dallas Pirman got the best of Chico Pho after a
lengthy heads up battle that culminated in a level
with only 19 big blinds total. Dallas won over 28k
for first. Chico made 17k for second. Event 1 winner
Fred Ryman finished third for 12k. Ken Christopher
continued his success in this series with a fourth
place finish for 9k. Kenneth Mason Jr. who is riding
his own hot streak won 6.8k for fifth. Donnie Phan,
Gary Guilisano, Randall Paguio, and Cody Stanford
rounded out the final table.
Curtis Terry went out 10th but maybe had the best
line of the day (see videos on our Facebook page).
With 385 players there was a prize pool of $125,125.
1
Dallas Pirman
28,468
16
Richard Moats
1376
31
Andrew Brinkley
751
2
Chico Pho
17,392
17
Henry Gill
1376
32
Kevin Grinder
751
3
Fred Ryman
12,387
18
Patrick Horrigan
III
1376
33
Ron Duckworth
751
4
Ken Christopher
9,134
19
Hamid Izadi
1126
34
Lance Jones
626
5
Kenneth Mason JR
6,882
20
David Moses
1126
35
Bradley Gray
626
6
Donnie Phan
5,255
21
Jason Greeson
1126
36
Walker Miskelly
626
7
Gary Guilisano
4129
22
Frank Boswell
1001
37
Tai Cao
563
8
Randall Paguio
3128
23
Ralph Reid
1001
38
Dennis Meisinger
563
9
William Stanford
2503
24
Brandon Robinson
1001
39
Scott Weiss
563
10
Curtis Terry
2002
25
Alec Wilson
938
40
June Jenkins
563
11
Kastardo Asekou
2002
26
Daniel Lowery
938
41
Gregory James
563
12
Lisa Weaver
2002
27
George Fralic
938
42
Starr Valdez
563
13
David Champion
1627
28
Johnnnie Hughes
813
43
Justin Kelley
563
14
Robert Donald
1627
29
Jason Flock
813
44
Mark Armstrong
563
15
Roger Bice
1627
30
Robert Taylor
813
45
Roy Henry
563
SENIORS:
Johnny Landreth bested Gregory Cook in heads up
play. Landreth won almost 10k for first and cook
just under 6k for second. Roy Westover earned 4.4k
for third and Kenneth Schatten skillfully navigated
a short stack through out the final table all the
way to fourth winning 3.2k. Arlene Berhold, LeeAnn
Moore and Elaine Horvath went out fifth, sixth and
seventh. Two names familiar to Pearl River Harry
Short and David Hayes rounded out the final table.
Also in the money: Robert Veazey, Hiep Doan, Danny
Doucet, and Rick Matthews.
ROOKIES
Always great to see new faces and new names in this
event. 150 players set a Rookies record. Congrats to
Eddy Smith, David Dunlop and Brandon Stiglich for
their three way chop for $3480 each. Jessica Roberts
finished sixth as the highest placing female in the
event.
ROOKIES
SENIORS
1
Eddy Smith
3480
1
Johnny Landreth
9911
10
Christopher Moore
643
2
David Dunlop
3480
2
Gregory Cook
5875
11
George Tapia
643
3
Brandon Stiglich
3480
3
Roy Westover
4406
12
Robert Veazey
643
4
Edward Basham
1620
4
Kenneth Schatten
3213
13
Michael Miller
643
5
Candyman Gamble
1260
5
Arlene Berghold
2387
14
Hiep Doan
643
6
Jessica Roberts
900
6
Leeann Moore
1836
15
Robert Galbraith
643
7
Christopher
Canterbury
720
7
Elaine Horvath
1469
16
Kenneth
Pendergrast
643
8
Kevin Grinder
540
8
Harry Short
1102
17
Daniel Doucet
643
9
Brayden Brown
360
9
David Hayes
734
18
Clifford Matthews
643
10
James Depappa
360
11
Herman Shumaker
360
12
Wesley Edelo
360
13
David Gregg
360
14
Rodney Desselle
360
15
Ronald Duckworth
JR
360
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
FREEZEOUT:
In maybe our most prestigious event two tough
players battled it out in heads up play. Jeremy "The
Chemist" Gaubert couldn't find the winning formula
against Stanislav Angelov who won over 22k for
first. Gaubert earned almost 14k for second. Walker
Miskelly the defending champion was the very last
day 1 elimination going out third. Also, cashing the
final table: Timothy Maxwell, Andrew Brinkley, Jeff
Grimes, Grant Ellis and Christopher Young.
CELEBRITY BOUNTY:
Always one of our favorite events and this
time a pretty cool story line emanted from our
social media contest. Joshua Acker joins Jonathan
Pansano as a player who has won a GCP social media
contest then parlayed that entry into first place in
the event.
Josh's accomplishment might be even more impressive
as previously he has only played live poker on
Cruise Ship sit 'n goes. To review: he nominated a
person to be a celebrity bounty, was drawn from all
the eligible entries, took that seat won a ton of
bounties himself and $5710 for first place. If you
aren't participating in our contests you are costing
yourself money.
Chico Pho finished second for over $3.5k. June
Jenkins third. Luther Tran cashed again in fourth.
FREEZEOUT
CELEBRITY BOUNTY
1
Stanislav, Angelov
22440
1
Joshua Acker
$5,710
12
Gladys Corrin
384
2
Jeremy Gaubert
13860
2
Sokchheka Pho
$3,514
13
William McCacey
384
3
Walker Miskelly
9240
3
June Jenkins
$2,416
14
Donnie Phan
384
4
Timothy Maxwell
5940
4
Luther Tran
$1,922
15
Dale Trosclair
384
5
Andrew Brinkley
4620
5
Kevin Visentin
$1,427
16
Joanne Liu
384
6
Jeff Grimes
3960
6
Theodore Barrick
988
17
Clifford Matthews
384
7
Grant Ellis
3300
7
Trace Henderson
769
18
Clinton Bordelon
384
8
Christopher Young
2640
8
Walter Jackson JR
659
19
James Kizer
220
9
Joseph Carden
439
20
Konstatin Sovokin
220
10
Morton Davis III
384
21
Starr Vladez
220
11
Kenneth Mason
384
POP UP PLO:
David Bradshaw took first in yet another GCP event
after heads up chop with Steve Oven. Donnie Phan,
Bridget Stecker, Joseph Carden, Jason Greeson,
Prissy Giroir, and William Stanford rounded out the
final table. Bradshaw won a dollar less than
5k with over just under 4k.
MONSTER STACK:
Dennis Self earned the tophy after an even fourway
chop via his chip lead. All four pocketed $7,719
dollars. Freddie Gladney, Dylan Lemery, and Samuel
Folkins came to the agreement with Self after an
hour of play with no elimiantions. Sley Sanchez,
Curtis Terry, Levi Carden (again), Ernest Williams
and Debra Irvine also made the final table. 21
players cashed for part of the $48,000 prize pool.
PLO
MONSTER STACK
1
David Bradshaw
4999
1
Dennis Self
7719
12
Brittany Rodriquez
875
2
Steve Oven
3835
2
Freddie Gladney
7719
13
Jason Flock
875
3
Donnie Phan
2248
3
Dylan Lemery
7719
14
Lance Jones
875
4
Bridget Stecker
1445
4
Samuel Folkins
7718
15
Daniel Doucet
875
5
Joseph Carden
1124
5
Sley Sanchez
3250
16
Sai Morakonda
875
6
Jason Greeson
964
6
Curtis Terry
2250
17
Bryant Grady
875
7
Priscilla Giroir
803
7
Levi Carden
1750
18
Daniel Garner
875
8
William Stanford
642
8
Ernest Williams
1500
19
Alec Wilson
500
9
Debra Irvine
1000
20
Beverly Walker
500
10
Steven Daigle
875
21
Starr Valdez
500
11
Larry Little
875
BIG MONSTER STACK:
Dale Roesel and Rayfell Parker chopped it heads up
winning over 21k each. Andrew Brinkley unluck in
third with 11k won. Clint Bordelon, a former social
media contest winner, finished fourth for 8.3k. JJ
Lium finished fifth for 6.3k. Walker Miskelly's
strong series continued with almost 5k won for
sixth. Vernell Hoskins, Clifford Chisolm, and Jacob
Perkins rounded out the fina table. With a prize
pool of 114k, 45 players earned a trip to the
cashier's cage.
1
Dale Roesel
21,047
16
Chester Dilday
1263
31
Salvador Villaluz
689
2
Rayfell Parker
21047
17
Brian Page
1263
32
Kennthe Mason JF
689
3
Andrew Brinkely
11371
18
Dylan Lemery
1263
33
Jason Greeson
689
4
Clinton Bordelon
8384
19
Massimo Dirienzo
1034
34
Kennth Neal
574
5
Joanne Liu
6317
20
Thurmond Boothe
1034
35
Kevin Grinder
574
6
Walker Miskelly
4824
21
Chase Turner
1034
36
Samuel Folkins
574
7
Vernell Hoskins
3790
22
Kenneth Schatten
919
37
Nickolaus Young
517
8
Clifford Chisolm
2871
23
Albert Booker
919
38
James Kizer
517
9
Jacob Perkins
2297
24
Andrew Head
919
39
Greg Raymer
517
10
Kha Bui
1838
25
Tara Snow
861
40
Gregory James
517
11
Robert Henderson
1838
26
James "Mousey"
Davis
861
41
Justin Kelley
517
12
Herman Stewart
1838
27
Jody Millsaps
861
42
Robert Donald
517
13
Michael Owens JR
1493
28
Ronnie Pittman
747
43
John Demarco
517
14
Frerick McClam
1493
29
Trace Henderson
747
44
Ryan Pirman
517
15
Jon Clement
1493
30
Brandon Doherty
747
45
Priscilla Giroir
517
MILLY IN PHILLY:
LADIES:
JJ Liu took first place in the Ladies event. Pretty
loaded final table. 52 entries in the event, which
may be a record here or close to it. Thanks to
Bonnie Weitzel and the WPA and all the ladies that
have contributed to growing this tournament. JJ has
been crushing it this week. Here she is with
fellow celebrity bounties Joe Hebert and Greg
Raymer.
SIZZLER:
In the Sizzler, Chester Dilday gets the
trophy, after a final table chope was hashed out
late night. Hanhn Nguyen, Brandon Robinson, Ray
Langston, Lonny Weitzel, Sam Folkins, Janet
McCarter, David Montgomery, and Chad Marsh all got a
piece of the spoils. Chester and Hanh took home the
most with $5299 each. The others all got $4366.Chester is pictured right.
Ladies
Sizzler
1
Joanne Liu
2856
1
Chester Dilday
5299
12
James Kizer Jr
882
2
Patsy Henry
2158
2
Hanh Nguyen
5299
13
Raymond Young
882
3
Angela Carnegie
2101
3
Brandon Robinson
4336
14
David Sugg
882
4
Brittany Rodriguez
1671
4
Ray Langston
4366
15
Michael Sizemore
882
5
Kristen Deardorff
699
5
Lonny Weitzel
4366
16
Errol Eagan
882
6
Criztine Quinn
499
6
Samuel Folkins
4366
17
Nichloas Prejeant
882
7
Janet McCarter
4366
18
Joe Hebert
882
8
David Montgomery
4366
19
Paula Norwood
504
9
Chad Marsh
4366
20
Debra Irvine
504
10
Joseph Lamberta
882
21
Kenneth Green
252
11
DNR
882
22
Richard Ward
252
MILLY IN PHILLY
: BAGWOW OPENER
Frederick Ryman bested Roger Sheaves in an epic
heads up battle to win over 65k. The Missouri player
was tops out of 182 players who returned for Day Two
already in the money. 1899 total players in event 1
created a prizepool over 455k.
Ken Christopher of Theodore, AL placed third for
36k. Bradley Gardner of Natchez, MS led for much of
the day before bowing out in fourth for over 22k.
Harry Short made his return to poker after going
through a health crisis and won over 17k for fifth.
Also in the five digits Raymond Walton (13.5k) and
William Akins (10.5k). William Popwell rounded out
the final table. Robyn Kluth was our last woman
standing winning 2.1k for 25th.
Complete results:
1
Frederick Ryman
65395
62
Ralph Chambers
961
123
Randy Godwin
600
2
Roger Sheaves Jr
36049
63
Danald Marffray
961
124
David Hayes
600
3
Kenneth
Christopher
36049
64
Michael Lins
881
125
James Kizer
600
4
Bradley Gardner
22438
65
Vernon Langston
881
126
Sean Lavilette
600
5
Harry Short
17474
66
Chase Weeks
881
127
Paul Legget
600
6
Raymond Walton
13550
67
Kevin Arrowood
881
128
James Craft
600
7
William Akins
10558
68
Tara Snow
881
129
Dennis Hatcher
600
8
Kenneth Mason
8386
69
ronald Womack
881
130
Jimmy Milsaps
600
9
William Popwell
6705
70
Kevin Fazzio
881
131
Chad Marsh
600
10
Huey Hulin
5335
71
David Tanner
881
132
Stephen Bastow
600
11
Cody Cunningham
5335
72
Byron Lowe
881
133
Richard Moats
600
12
William Stanford
5335
73
Mitchell McCaleb
800
134
Clifton Collins
600
13
Wesley Edelo
4323
74
Taylor Crutchfield
800
135
Massimo Dirienzo
600
14
Alec Tull
4323
75
John Holley
800
136
Robert Heard
600
15
Wayne Neyland III
4323
76
Wyatt Boothe
800
137
Joseph Carden
600
16
Lee Craft
3603
77
John Jolly
800
138
John teague
600
17
Peace Marvel
3603
78
Kenard Bowie
800
139
Michael Hamilton
600
18
Patrick Horrigan
III
3603
79
Luke Martin
800
140
David Butler
600
19
Rabuh Ghossein
2963
80
Christian Gibbons
800
141
Forrest Wofford
600
20
Joseph Hebert
2963
81
Randy Gordon
800
142
Timothy Maxwell
600
21
Johnny Tang
2963
82
Dennis Self
721
143
Jaymie Virtusio
600
22
Chase Turner
2523
83
Toby Bell
721
144
Craig Hosch
600
23
Dennis Meisinger
2523
84
Brandon Williams
721
145
Marc Hampson
560
24
Joshua Floyd
2523
85
Charles Cowen
721
146
Jason Bergeron
560
25
Robyn Kluth
2121
86
Hal Bryan
721
147
Wade Eagan
560
26
Edward Smith
2121
87
Charles Bounds
721
148
Michael Cheeks
560
27
Matt Higgins
2121
88
Trace Henderson
721
149
Malcolm Davenport
560
28
Lonnie Weitzel
1842
89
Hiep Doan
721
150
Eric Little
560
29
Edward Allen
1842
90
Michael Vardeman
721
151
Darrell Manning
560
30
Israel Robinson
1842
91
Harvey Smith
721
152
Prissy Giroir
560
31
Jerry McCarter
1561
92
Durand Bass
721
153
Mark Holmes
560
32
Dale Roesel
1561
93
Austin Hebert
721
154
June Jenkins
560
33
Tony Brown
1561
94
Chris Read
721
155
Shane Maxwell
560
34
Clifford Matthews
1361
95
Karl Chesser
721
156
Nanthalansy
Thongla
560
35
David Richardson
1361
96
Benny Morgan
721
157
Timothy McKnight
560
36
William Simpson
1361
97
Alton Peterson
721
158
Thomas Jacobs
560
37
Billy McBrayer
1201
98
Richard Diamond
721
159
Samuel Stockwell
560
38
Elton Ford
1201
99
Greg Urbanski
721
160
William Leaver
560
39
Brandon Robinson
1201
100
Jason Walker
640
161
John Philak
560
40
Charles Johnson
1201
101
Michael Monaghan
640
162
Joshua Dean
560
41
Charles Westbrook
1201
102
James Heath III
640
163
Roy Henry
560
42
Robert Breiner
1201
103
Mark Clapham
640
164
Keith Jacobs
560
43
Jeffrey Drenner
1201
104
Desmond Adams
640
165
Bobby Bryant
560
44
James Davis
1201
105
Grant Ellis
640
166
Stephen Dodd
560
45
Scott Weiss
1201
106
Ricahrd Byrd
640
167
Dawn Smith
560
46
James McCauley
1081
107
Bonnie Weitzel
640
168
Russell Dewase
560
47
Ronnie Pittman
1081
108
Mark Brown
640
169
John Ducote
560
48
Wesley Lasher
1081
109
Edward Staples
640
170
Rufus Yates
560
49
Ron Palculict
1081
110
Laurence Dilday
640
171
Duan Fontenot
560
50
Walker Miskelly
1081
111
George Fralic
640
172
George Challite
521
51
Andrew Brinkley
1081
112
Fredrick McLam
640
173
David Hendrix
521
52
Mark Davis
1081
113
Frank Wyville
640
174
Brian Trotter
521
53
Terry Griffith
1081
114
Gary Stewart
640
175
Jacob Perkins
521
54
Sokchheka Pho
1081
115
Stephen Henson
640
176
Preston McEwen
521
55
Douglas Hunichen
961
116
Jerry Giroir
640
177
Angela Sayers
521
56
Johnny Ogle
961
117
Brian Page
640
178
Timothy McKnight
521
57
Donnie Phan
961
118
Gregory Shivers
600
179
Helen McBrearty
521
58
Morton Davis
961
119
Jeremy Gaubert
600
180
David Koontz
521
59
Clifford Chisolm
961
120
David Champion
600
181
Aaron Decord
521
60
Michael Kalmowicz
961
121
Robert Parnell
600
182
Tai Cao
521
61
Lenard Anderson
961
122
Derrick Cutler
600
FRIENDS OF GCP
WIN IN THE 'KEE: DAVIS DOES IT:
Mark Davis (pictured left from WSOP.com), who
recently won one of our events at Pearl River, added
to his trophy haul with his first Gold Ring. While
the ring is nice we are guessing the Birmingham
native is probably happier with the payday of well
over 330k. More than 1400 players played the Main
creating a prizepool greater than 2.1 million.
Mark entered Day 2 with a sizable chip lead and ran
it all the way to first place. Mark beat Adam Ney
(Atlanta) heads up winning a flip and one of the
biggest first place prizes on the circuit. Ney
pocketed over 200k for second. Chris George of
Roswell, GA won 157k for third. Scott Dobbs of
Covington, GA won 120k for fourth.
Ney and Davis both navigated the gigantic Event Two
(3334 players) to make that final table too. Ney won
15k for ninth and Mark 18.5k for eighth. Josh Dean
of Buford Georgia finished third in that event for
65k.
Also cashing the Main: Jared Ingles (29th, 9.5k);
Mike Monaghan (32nd 8.1k); Hank Sitton (40th, 6.1k);
David Lee (55th, 4.7k); Holly Meliet (61st, 4.7k);
and Donovan Dean (75th, 3.8k).
LONNY CRUSHING:
Lonny Weitzel recently took down a seniors event in
Aruba for a ring and got another W in the seniors
event in January at Pearl River. He closed out the
Cherokee stop this time with another win, earning
over 40k for first place. Lonny is pictured
(WSOP.com) with his wife Bonnie.
Austin Reilly of Gulf Shores finished third for 18k.
Derrick Cutler of Marietta fourth for 13k.
NEWSBITS: MAXIMUM RUNGOOD FOR NEW TAT:
Joe Hebert won his first ring at Pompano Park in
Florida. Excellent WSOP Circuit write up
here.
Terrific final three as Joe had to best his roomate
(8 ring and bracelet winner Michael Lech third 8k)
and two time bracelet winner Anthanasios
Polychronopoulos (2nd 11k). Our buddy Salvador
Villaluz out of Canada also had a few cashes in the
series.
MAXIMUM GIVEAWAY:
The new schedule for the Milly in Philly (March 17 -
29) is out and we are giving away a seat to the
biggest buy-in on the docket. We've added a $1500
High Roller to close the week and added a day to it.
Go to
www.facebook.com/GulfCoastPoker.NET to enter the
contest. All you gotta do is guess how many Main
Event players we'll have in March.
Other highlights on the schedule an awesome 100k
Guaranteed tournament added on Thursday. Players
tell us how much you love our 100k on a Monday so we
are giving ya'll a chance to double dip with that.
MAXIMUM PAYNE:
Tyler Payne won the maximum at the 2022 Winter Open
main Event. He left BestBet Jacksonville with over
140k in prize money for first place. Adam Wells of
Tallahassee, Florida finished third for almost 69k.
Gavin Murnore fifth for a little over 38k. Warren
Sheaves of Asheville finished 8th winning over 17k.
Austin Reilly won over 11k for 12th. Other notables
in the money: Trace Henderson, Jeffrey Trudeau, Carl
Masters, and TK Miles.
LINKAGE:
HOLMES TELLS ALL:
Don't forget to check out our podcast with George
Holmes linked above as it's a good listen. Not sure
anybody has a better ROI then George in poker. He's
cashed the WSOP Main Event twice. He's played the
Main Event twice. He's only played TWO live
tournaments--yeah, the Main Event. And, one of those
finishes was a second place. Episode
7 /2022
HIGH STAKES POKER RETURNS:
Next week High Stakes Poker will start airing on
PokerGO. Gabe Kaplan and A.J. Benza return to do
commentary. Players will include Daniel Negreanu,
Phil Ivey, Doyle Burnson, Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan,
and new(-ish) faces like Koray Aldemir, Garret
Adelstein, Bryn Kenny, James Bord, and Jennifer
Tilly. Blinds will range from $200-$400,
$500-$100 with straddles. Said to be plenty of six
figure pots and some seven figure stacks.
Cardplayer
has a ton more info including many of the old school
and new school pros almost gushing about playing
with one another.
1000s PLAYING POKER IN THE METAVERSE:
Decentraland's ICE POKER accounts for 30% of the
virtual casino's daily users.
Coindesk
gets deeper in the details on this NFT based
platform. Speaking of NFT's and poker
Yahoo
has an article on the connection between poker pros
and NFTS.
HELLMUTH EXPLORED CORNHOLE:
You may have missed the ESPN premier of Celebrity
Cornhole that featured Hellmuth on the 11th but he
did battle with the likes of ChumLee from Pawn
Stars. A step down in athleticism from NFL players
like Daniel and Mac Jones who played previously.
TUNICA WSOP
RECAP:
MAIN EVENT:
Randy Paguio of San Diego, CA came to Tunica, won a
$250 satellite and left with over 193k and a WSOP-C
Main Event ring. The final table included Adam Ross
of Roswell, GA (5th almost 50k), Donovan Dean of
Rainsville, AL (6th 37k), John Gallaher of Lebanon,
TN (8th 22k), BJ McBrayer (9th almost 18k) and Tim
Burt (14k). Kenneth Mason of Laverge, TN finished
second winning a hair under 120k.
Some notables in the money included: Eric Salazar,
Levi Carden, Carl Masters, Preston McEwen, Mo
Hawkins, James Fender, Chico Pho, Robert Hankins,
Day 1 chipleader Mark Davis, Kyle Cartwright, David
Moses, Tai Cao, Adam Cotant, David Flowers, Kevin
Grinder, Brett Apter, Jeremy Eyer, Hamid Izadi and
TK Miles.
WINNERS:
Donnie Phan (top left) won the final event for over
13k on a $400 buyin. The Nashville pro paired a ring
he won earlier in the week in Event 7.
That ring paid a little more giving him 34k for
first. His final table there included Robert Keller,
Stephen Thomas, David Delchamps, James Stampley,
Matt Chaney and Jo Cain.
Chico Pho (top right) of Memphis won 13k for first
place in the PLO tournament. Jaimie Kizer also at
the final table.
Lovell "Da Wiz" Wilkerson struck gold in the 288
player event 6. First place earned him 20k. James
Fender, Brandon Simmons, and Hamid Izadi were also
at the final table.
In a biblical battle Flapjack Jesus prevailed over
Moses. Preston came out on top of the heads up duel
with David Moses winning 18k for first with David
taking 11k for second. Preston and David with
friends pictured above left. Steve Meyers of
Mandeville third for 8k.
John Holley won his 7th(!) ring beating Michael
Sanders heads up. Holley earned over 14k and Sanders
9k. The pair pictured above right. James
Stampley finished third for 6.3k. Holley is one of
only 21 players with at least seven rings.
OTHER EVENTS:
REENTRY: Hamid Izadi came close in the massive 1585
person reentry. Hamid won over 35k for third place.
Jeremy Eyer also at the final table. Michael Zuro of
Oregon bested Lexington, TN player Joshua Blakenship
heads up. Zuro won almost 78k and Blankenship 48k.
Good to see David Frasier in the money too.
EVENT 3 THE CHARM: Dale James of Tracie City, TN won
his first ring in Event 3 and 14k. Mike Monaghan and
Carl Masters made the final table.
LADIES: Chris Read and Jaymie Virtusio (former last
women standing in Pearl River events) made the
ladies final table. Also deep Tiffany Keathley and
Kristen Deardorff. Sallie Williams of Memphis, won
first place and 4k after beating Lori Lindley of
Missouri heads up.
HARRAHS
WEEKLIES:
If you still got a poker
tournament itch to scratch
after the Milly in Philly just a reminder there is
weekly tournament action going on locally.
Harrahs NOLA 2022 schedule:
Monday Night Madness
$130 buy-in $10,000
starting stack Registration opens at
5:15pm Tournament starts at
6:15pm
Wednesday Bounty $200 buy-in (includes
$50 Bounty) $12,000 starting stack Registration opens at
5:15pm Tournament starts at
6:15pm
Saturday Morning $200 buy-in $12,000
starting stack Registration opens at
10:15am Tournament starts at
11:15am
MILLY IN PHILLY:
MAIN EVENT:
Trace Henderson and
Hamid Izadi chopped early in the morning after
outlasting the other 988 players in the biggest Main
Event ever at Pearl River. After registration
wrapped the prizepool swelled to almost 500k. They
both got north of $75k.
Trace, with the chiplead, got the trophy and credit
for the win. Our last woman standing came close to
duplicating Tara Snow's feat of being the last woman
AND last player standing. Dallas Pirman of Pearl, MS
busted in third place winning over $42k. Rebekah
Crosby gave her a run for her money for the PLON
prize package bowing out in 15th.
Trace, Hamid and Dallas survived a loaded
final table including: Brandon Robinson who has been
there before (4th just under $32k), Joe Hebert (5th
$24k), Matthew Yates (6th almost $19k), David
Bradshaw (7th $14k), Luther Tran (8th $11k), and
Gavin Munroe (9th ~$9k).
RESULTS:
1
Trace Henderson
75566
34
Blake Whittington
1931
67
Robert Parnell
1386
2
Hamid Izadi
75566
35
James Craft
1931
68
Bonnie Weitzel
1386
3
Dallas Pirman
42570
36
Greg Urbanski
1683
69
Youssef Aly
1386
4
Brandon Robinson
31878
37
Raymond Walton
1683
70
Randy Gordon
1386
5
Joseph Hebert
24107
38
Stephen Klein
1683
71
Justin Grider
1386
6
Matthew Yates
18662
39
Priscilla Giroir
1683
72
Joseph Carden
1386
7
David Bradshaw
14355
40
Gregory Orlick
1683
73
Chester Dilday
1287
8
Luther Tran
11385
41
Joanne Cain
1683
74
Kevin Grinder
1287
9
Gavin Munroe
8910
42
Timothy Sanderson
1683
75
Jonathan Kotula
1287
10
Jesse Greer
7277
43
Ty Watson
1683
76
Starr Valdez
1287
11
Jason Greeson
7277
44
Kyle Cartwright
1683
77
Stephen Schorr
1287
12
Sokchheka Pho
7277
45
Davon Hayes
1683
78
Mike Monaghan
1287
13
Jeremy Eyer
5940
46
Joanne Liu
1584
79
David Moses
1287
14
Chan Pelton
5940
47
Randall Paguio
1584
80
Douglas Gore
1287
15
Rebekah Crosby
5940
48
Jason Flock
1584
81
Yekaterina Lukina
1188
16
Walker Miskelly
4604
49
Kris Kent
1584
82
John Ducote
1188
17
Aaron James
4604
50
Matthew Clarksen
1584
83
Ralph Robinson
1188
18
John Cressend
4604
51
Leo Booth
1584
84
Sarah Smith
1188
19
Forrest Raleigh
4109
52
Preston McEwen
1584
85
Gerald Stogner
1188
20
Daniel Bonet
4109
53
Ken Christopher
1584
86
Alex Pines
1188
21
Michael Lane
4109
54
David Champion
1584
87
David Sugg
1188
22
Massimo Dirienzo
3416
55
Peace Marvel
1485
88
David Huwe
1188
23
Jason Desha
3416
56
Austin Reilly
1485
89
Derrick Cutler
1188
24
Derek Normand
3416
57
Mark Davis
1485
90
Thuy Djedios
1188
25
Daniel Doucet
2921
58
Dylan Lemery
1485
91
Yousef Saleh
1,089
26
Greg Raymer
2921
59
Robert Logan
1485
92
Charles Bartlett
1089
27
Keith Canterbury
2921
60
Tommy Bishop
1485
93
Kenneth Jones
1,089
28
Jeffrey Hewit
2525
61
Tai Cao
1485
94
Matt South
1089
29
Christopher Miles
2525
62
Taylor Bridges
1485
95
Larry Cochran
1,089
30
David Gregg
2525
63
Curtis Terry
1485
96
Derek Bradley
1089
31
William Olivera
2178
64
Byron Love
1386
97
Dennis Self
1,089
32
John Gibbons
2178
65
Robert Moreno
1386
98
William Martello
1089
33
Marshall White
1931
66
William Brock
1386
99
Andrew Moon
SPLIT 1089
100
Justin McNeil
SPLIT 1089
MILLY IN PHILLY: SURVIVOR:
Peace.. again. A deal was struck to chop
with 8 players. Peace Marvel got a little more as
the chip leader. The group including Randy Gordon,
David Aker, Curtis Teryy, Kenneth Schatten, Derrick
Cutler, Bonnie Weitzel and JJ Liu. If it weren't a
survivor tournament that would have been one of the
better final tables of the week.
ROOKIES:
After an "unique" deal
Justin McNeil got credit for first and the trophy.
Nine other players chopped up the money with Mark
Holmes the chipleader.
RESULTS:
SURVIVOR:
ROOKIES:
1
Peace Marvel
2600
1
Justin McNeil
150
9
Thomas Corder
1645
2
Randy Gordon
2235
2
Mark Holmes
1652
10
Jimmy Bunn
1644
3
David Aker
2235
3
Bobby Walls
1651
11
Anthony Brown
334
4
Curtis Terry
2234
4
Broc Peden
1650
12
Gerald Upton
334
5
Kenneth Schatten
2234
5
Michael Kalypwicz
1649
13
Richard Morgigno
334
6
Derrick Cutler
2234
6
Leeann Moore
1648
14
Peter Gurney
334
7
Bonnie Weitzel
2234
7
Vick Ashusa
1647
15
Kevin Grinder
334
8
Joanne Liu
2234
8
Herman Shoemaker
1646
MILLY IN PHILLY:
HIGH ROLLER FREEZEOUT:
Walker Miskelly (left)
won over 35k after overcoming a chip disadvangte
against the most well dressed man in the room and
now the official all time money winner at Pearl
River Resorts Matt Higgins (right). Matt won over
21k for second. Once again the final table was
loaded including Donnie Phan, Ken Christopher, JW
Carter, Chris McDaniel., Peter Gurney, Michael Casey
and last woman standing Yakaterina Lukina. Full
payouts and results below.
Freezeout
1
Walker Miskelly
35425
2
Matt Higgins
21255
3
Donnie Phan
15260
4
Kenneth
Christopher
9810
5
JW Carter
7630
6
Christopher
McDaniel
6540
7
Peter B. Gurney
5450
8
Michael Casey
4360
9
Yekaterina Lukina
3270
SENIORS:
Lonny Weitzel took down his second senior tournament
in a row (WSOP-C Aruba) after a chop was agreed to
by the remaining 8 players.
Each player got $3804 a piece including: Michael
Miller, Alvin Harris, Michael Benton, Carl Masters,
Randy Gordon, Huey Hulin, and Stephen Nusrallah.
Herman Stewart was the unlucky 9th place player who
missed the chop winning $768. The last woman
standing was Joanne Liu. Complete results below:
Seniors
1
Lonny Weitzel
3804
8
Stephen Nusrallah
3804
15
Howard Hankins
672
2
Michael Miller
3804
9
Herman Stewart
768
16
Vernon Langston
672
3
Alvin Harris
3804
10
Brian Mapes
672
17
Stranley Williams
672
4
Michael Benton
3804
11
Charles Temple
672
18
Carver Griffin
672
5
Carl Masters
3804
12
Robbie Matthews
672
19
Joanne Liu
384
6
Randy Gordon
3804
13
William Truett
672
20
Jerry Giroir
384
7
Huey Hulin
3804
14
Forrest Wofford
672
21
Patrick Kennedy
384
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
MONSTER:
Peace reigns! After a long battle with 267 entrants
wrapped up it was one of our favorite fishermen
holding the trophy at the end. A threeway chop was
brokered between Peace Marvel, Henry "Skip" Gill
(who seems to final table everything here this
week), and Preston Croft. Peace earned the trophy.
His son once asked if you play poker why don't you
have any trophies. Now he does.
Again, a loaded final table included James Craft,
Jeremy Eyer, David Davis, Stanley Williams, Hamid
Izadi and Prissy Giroir.
Pictured L to R: Skip Gill, Peace Marvel, and Prissy
Giroir
Results:
1
Peace Marvel
10872
10
Russell Vaughn
1121
19
Jeffrey Hearn
641
2
Henry Gill
10872
11
James Hall
1121
20
Matthew Aycock
641
3
Preston Croft
10871
12
Aaron James
1121
21
Marco Hodges
641
4
James Craft
5607
13
Mark Holmes
961
22
Trace Henderson
513
5
Jeremy Eyer
4005
14
Joseph Boutwell
961
23
Terry Meece
513
6
David Davis
2884
15
Joanne Cain
961
24
Alec Wilson
513
7
Stanley Williams
2243
16
Scott Lyons
801
25
Randall Albritton
513
8
Hamid Izadi
1794
17
John Ducote JR
801
26
Alvin Harris
513
9
Priscilla Giroir
1282
18
Collin Dimitroff
801
27
William Brock
513
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
50K LAST LONGER:
Judge Leo Boothe won the event earning just under
15k. He rallied from an incredibly short stack in
the money to first place. The players chopped up the
last longer when they reached the final table.
Chico Pho finished second for $9150. Brandon
Robinson exited in third place winning $6540.
Also at the final table were James Craft, Marshall
White, Henry "Skip" Gill, Clifford Mills, Sean Small
and Jeff Martin.
Rebekah Crosby was the last woman standing once
again placing 10th.
Others in the money included Luther Tran, Derek
Normand, John Cressend, Dominic Carollo, Frank
Wyville, JJ Liu, Duane Fontenot, Joseph Carden, and
Walter Jackson Jr.
Complete Results:
1
Thurmond Boothe
14850
15
Christopher
McDaniel
900
2
Sokchheka Pho
9150
16
John Cressend
750
3
Brandon Robinson
6540
17
Dominic Carollo
750
4
James Craft
5250
18
Frank Wyville
750
5
Marshall White
3750
19
Kevin Oakes
600
6
Henry Gill
2700
20
Joanne Liu
600
7
Clifford Mills
2100
21
Kenneth Schwab
600
8
Sean Small
1680
22
Duane Fontenot
480
9
Jeff Martin
1200
23
Joseph Carden
480
10
Rebekah Crosby
1050
24
Christopher
Cochran
480
11
David Davis
1050
25
James Meloni
480
12
Luther Tran
1050
26
Horace Louie
480
13
Tim McCaffrey
900
27
Walter Jackson Jr.
480
14
Derek Normand
900
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS:
CELEBRITY BOUNTY:
Congratulations to Carl Masters who won the
tournament for over 6k and ended up with one of the
biggest bounty stacks. Matt Higgins finished as the
sole celebrity at the final table. Greg Raymer,
David Moses, Susan Murphey, June Jenkins, and Chad
Disante all had to part with their money bling
earlier in the tournament.
While they might not have had as much fun as the
players and staff at music night in town those in
the celebrity bounty tournament created a great
environment. Greg Raymer gave out his fossil to the
player that sent him to the rail and David Moses
added a Grinch hat to the bling and the $ bounty.
Rebekah Crosby finished as the last woman standing
placing fourth and bagged Raymer's fossil.
Complete results below:
1
Carl Masters
$6,306
2
Damon Tucker
$3,878
3
Rebekah Crosby
$2,666
4
Salvador Villaluz
$2,121
5
Michael Cheeks
$1,576
6
Matthew Higgins
1091
7
Ron Gilliam
848
8
Karl Chesser
727
9
Justin McNeil
485
10
Robert Ray
424
11
Terry Breaux
424
12
Stanley Williams
424
13
Robert Logan
424
14
Peter Gurney
424
15
Herman Shumaker
424
16
Giner Kitchen
Master
424
17
Mark Dempsey
424
18
Don Willis
424
19
Matthew South
242
20
Michael McCullough
242
21
Brandon Robinson
242
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS: 100K ON A
MONDAY?
Another day, another
smashed guarantee, another record. John Cressend
(pictured left), of Metairie, LA, took down event 4
building up a big stack before they made it to the
money and riding it all the way to the 35k payday.
He's also a great accountant so with tax season
around the corner... if you need a new guy he's the
man to talk to. Doesn't hurt that he knows poker.
Yousseff Aly finished
second for $21,644. Jonathan Hrachoby third for
$15,623. It was a tough final table with Derek
Normand in fourth, Samuel Folkins fifth, Dustin
Stewart 6th, Robert Taylor 7th, Phil Whittington
8th, and Brandon Johnson 9th.
Joanne Cain ended up the
last woman standing bowing out in 10th. She had run
up a very healthy stack early. Also, notables
cashing included: Kennii Nguyen, Jerry
Giroir, Albert Booke, Cliff Chisolm, John Finnan,
Charles Brady, Matt Higgins, Hedge Carter, Mark
Dempsey, Blake Whittington, Karl Chesser, William
Anderson, Justin Kelley, Starr Valdez, and Wayne
Neyland.
Pic of our Sunday
Sizzler winner Kevin Comeens to the right above.
Complete 100k results below:
1
John Cressend
35,073
21
Albert Booke
1383
41
Blake Whittington
683
2
Youssef Aly
21644
22
Clifford Chisolm
1221
42
James Joiner
683
3
Jonathan Hrachovy
15623
23
Carl Hardy
1221
43
Karl Chesser
683
4
Derek Normand
11391
24
David Naquin
1221
44
William Anderson
683
5
Samuel Folkins
8625
25
James Willis
1058
45
Robert Henderson
683
6
Dustin Stewart
6509
26
Christopher
McDaniel
1058
46
Justin Kelley
635
7
Robert Taylor Jr.
5045
27
John Finnan
1058
47
Herman Stewart
635
8
Phil Whittington
4068
28
Joshua Reeves
944
48
Karen Stutts
635
9
Brandon Johnson
2848
29
Thomas Williams
944
49
Massimo Dirienzo
635
10
Joanne Cain
2522
30
Robert Matt Chaney
944
50
Matthew Mortiz
635
11
Stephen Bastow
2522
31
Jeanne Millsaps
862
51
David Hines
635
12
Justin Grider
2522
32
Charles Brady Jr
862
52
Austin Reilly
635
13
Norman Mckeldin
III
2034
33
Matthew Higgins
862
53
Jason Goodall
635
14
Monika Ray
2034
34
John Chandler
749
54
Daniel Howard
635
15
Stanley Williams
2034
35
Ginger Yaster
749
55
Chad Tucker
618
16
Billy Banks
1546
36
Justin Bracy
749
56
Todd Urbina
618
17
Kurt Scheer
1546
37
Hedgemann Carter
683
57
Harold Johnson
618
18
Kennii Nguyen
1546
38
Paul Price
683
58
Starr Valdez
618
19
Alex Pines
1383
39
Mark Dempsey
683
59
Wayne Neyland III
618
20
Jerry Giroir
1383
40
James Craft
683
MILLY IN PHILLY
RESULTS: Benny Morgan (right), a
regular at Pearl River, chopped heads up with Mark
Davis for 55k each and got the trophy as the
chipleader. With 2341 runners event one set records
with every flight of the event. Frank Wyville
rode a big stack all day to third place and a 32k
payday. Also, at the final table Dylan Lemery (4th
25k), David Adker (5th 20k), James Fender (6th,
almost 16k), Duane Fontenot, former event 1 winner
(7th 12k), Mark Barbay (8th 9.9k) and David Champion
(9th 8k). We had a slew of double and triple
baggers who won 1k and 3k respectively.
Jaymie Virtusio, of Pensacola, was the last woman
standing and won the prize donated by PLON
ambassador Prissy Giroir.
In the WPA sponsored ladies event, June Jenkins, who
traveled from Canada to play, got the trophy after a
heads up chop with Branda Rogers. In the Sizzler,
Kevin Comeens, Jenna Amacher and Dennis Self agreed
to a three way chop. In our record setting PLO event
Larry Barker and Michael Reese chopped heads up.
DEAN
OF PEARL RIVER:
It's
a good time to play poker in the South. 
PLO:
He
headed to Vegas to take on Andrew Barfield, Viet Vo,
and the WPT GOAT Darren Elias (four titles) with
over one million dollars to first. Yeah, that record
334k win didn't last long as Mark hit for seven
figures beating Darren Elias after four hours of
heads up play.
in
this rich vein of form including a very generous
topping off of David Hendrix's GoFundMe fund. So
Atom Bomb (pictured at his most recent final table)
will get to play in Las Vegas and live out his
dream. Thanks to Mark and EVERYBODY that donated.
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