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2004 World Poker Finals
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Event # Final Results
No Limit Hold'em Championship WPT Event
BUY-IN: $10,000 + $200
Players: 674
Prize Pool: $6,765,000

1 Tuan Le, Los Angeles, CA $1,549,588
2 Temp D Hutter, Charlottesville, VA $973,256
3 Humberto Brenes, S Jose, Costa Rica $636,930
4 Bradley Berman, Minnetonka, MN $470,452
5 J C Tran, Sacramento, CA $353,850
6 David D Pham, Cerritos, CA $277,014

7 Chris W McCormack, Syosset, NY $235,226
8 John W Fanning, Hingham, MA $200,178
9 Anne L Duke, Portland, OR $166,478
10 Robert "Bo" F Toft, Yardley, PA $132,778
11 Tom R Turley, Leesburg, VA $99,078
12 Erik Seidel, Las Vegas, NV $92,338
13 Stuart B Hosen, Addison, TX $85,598
14 Hilbert A Shirey, Winter Haven, FL $78,858
15 Brad L Daugherty, Las Vegas, NV $72,118
16 Peter H Giordano, Liverpool, NY $65,378
Tie-17 Scotty Nguyen, Henderson, NV $51,898
Tie-17 Thor H Hansen, El Segundo, CA $51,898
Tie-17 Mark J Montanari, Littleton, MA $51,898
20 Tonio M Scali, New York, NY $38,418
21 Mark J Gregorich, Las Vegas, NV $35,048
22 Robert Stupak, Las Vegas, NV $35,048
23 Ann McTiernan, East Falmouth, MA $35,048
24 Christopher J Stephenson, Boston, MA $35,048
25 Stephen M Leveson, Skillman, NJ $35,048
26 Todd Brunson, Las Vegas, NV $31,678
27 Gavin M Smith, Guelph, ON $31,678
28 Robert S Teahan, Brewster, MA $31,678
29 Chris K Karagulleyan, Glendale, CA $31,678
30 Mark A Seif, Incline Village, NV $31,678
31 Jim M Miller, Las Vegas, NV $28,308
32 Bon John Phan, Long Beach, CA $28,308
33 Allen B Cunningham, Marina Del Rey, CA $28,308
34 Billie R Strickland, Houston, TX $28,308
35 Dewey Tomko, Winter Haven, FL $28,308
36 Todd W Arnold, Hudson, MA $28,308
37 Jeffrey B Shulman, Las Vegas, NV $28,308
38 Richard J Rossetti, Linwood, NJ $28,308
39 Ramon Rodriguez, Elizabeth, NJ $28,308
40 Kelly Hameed, Walnut Creek, CA $28,308
41 Vinny Ai Vinh, Houston, TX $24,938
42 Jonathon B Green, Cambridge, MI $24,938
43 Donald Barton. Pahrump, NV $24,938
44 Daniel L Shak, Bryn Mawr, PA $24,938
45 Mark W Hanna, Cincinnati, OH $24,938
46 Brian L Malczewski, Depew, NY $24,938
47 David W Metz, Port Jefferson Station, NY $24,938
48 Matthew A Preston, Sturgis, MI $24,938
49 Phi D Nguyen, Santa Ana, CA $24,938
50 Jean M Gaspard, Evanston, IL $24,938
51 Jason C Porro, Haverhill, MA $21,568
52 Arnold G Spee, Agoura hills, CA $21,568
53 John D Rogers, Darien, CT $21,568
54 Stanley J Goldstein, Los Angeles, CA $21,568
55 Lee Markholt, Eatonville, WA $21,568
56 William A Donegan, Higganum, CT $21,568
57 Andrew J Zimmon, Groton, MA $21,568
58 Roy A Nelson, Covington, LA $21,568
59 Curtis Nunes, North Dartmouth, MA $21,568
60 Vassilios Maniotis, Hilton Head Island, SC $21,568


TUAN LE TAKES THE CROWN!
Hutter Second and Brenes Third

Youth was served in this year�s $10,000 No-Limit Hold�em Championship WPT event of the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Tuan Le, the 26 year old resident of Los Angeles, CA, was able overcome the challenges of 674 fellow competitors and walk away with the first place prize of $1,549,588 which includes a $25,000 seat in the WPT Championship event in Las Vegas.

Tuan and second place finisher, Temp Hutter of Charlottesville, VA, entered heads up action with virtually identical chip counts. Temp had earlier relegated Humberto Brenes of San Jose, Costa Rica, to third by virtue of catching a club flush on the river to overcome a pair of 5�s. Tuan had done much of the work on the table by eliminating David Pham, J C Tran and Bradley Berman in succession. David, the Cerritos, CA, native, was the short stack entering the day. He put up an A9 against Tuan�s A4 but Tuan saw a 4 on the flop to leave David in 6th. J C, of Sacramento, CA, took home 6th place when his 3�s could not catch up with Tuan�s 6�s. Bradley, from Minnetonka, MN, went all-in with K�s versus Tuan�s AK and was the unlucky loser when Tuan caught an A on the river.

Heads up action began with the blinds at 40000/80000. Tuan won an early pot with two pair to Temp�s Q high. With the blinds at 50000/100000, Temp was judiciously able to build his chip count back to a respectable number. Several no calls of his all-ins left him in with a better than two to one chip advantage when the blinds rose to 80000/160000. One hand turned the tide in Tuan�s favor. After a flop of 489, Temp bet $800,000, Tuan called and went all-in with 78; Temp called with K9. His top pair seemed like a winner; but a 7 on the turn and no help on the river gave the $5 million plus pot to Tuan and left him with a short stack. A few hands later, Temp was all-in with A5 after a 938 flop. Tuan had an open-ended straight draw with a 67 and he called. Temp, with the Ad and two d�s on the flop was hoping for the flush, an A or anything but a 5 or 10. It was not to be as a 10s appeared on the turn giving the victory to Tuan Le. The $973,256 second place money eased the pain somewhat for Temp.

Foxwoods Resort Casino would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who made this year�s event possible; especially the competitors in all the events leading up to and including the Championship. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!

Reported by Jeffrey A Toth for Foxwoods Resort Casino

 

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