Bellagio final 6 and other finishers

[PokerFish]

Table Seat Name Home Town Chip Count
3 Alan Goehring Henderson, Nv $2,597,000
1 Kirill Gerasimon Moscow, Russia $784,000
6 Phil Ivey Atlantic City, NJ $637,000
4 James Hoeppner Las Vegas, Nv $568,000
Button 5 Doyle Brunson Las Vegas, Nv $522,000
2 Ted Forrest Las Vegas, Nv $445,000
Place Prize Money
7 Derek Baxter London, England $66,661
8 Bruno "King" Fitoussi Paris, France $53,329
9 Chau Giang Las Vegas, Nv $42,663
10 Layne Flack Las Vegas, Nv $31,997
11 Bob Feduniak Las Vegas, Nv $31,997
12 Jimmy Tran Houston, Tx $31,997
13 Allen Cunningham Marina Del Rey, Ca $26,664
14 Marcel Luske Amsterdam, Netherlands $26,664
15 Martin DeKnijff Stockholm, Sweden $26,664
16 Dr. Max Stern Las Vegas, Nv $21,332
17 Jeff Shulman Las Vegas, Nv $21,332
18 Will Wilkinson Pacheco, Ca $21,332
19 Meng La Los Angeles, Ca $15,999
20 Phil Hellmuth Palo Alto, Ca $15,999
21 Robin Keston London, England $15,999
22 Russell Rosenblum Bethesda, Md $15,999
23 Mark Rose Edna, Tx $15,999
24 Bruce Erickson Felton, Ca $15,999
25 Surinder Sunar Wolverhampton, England $15,999
26 Peter Costa Leicestershire, England $15,999
27 Split Steve Zolotow Las Vegas, Nv $8,000
Prize Casey Kastle Chicago, Ill $7,999

Place Prize Money
*1 $1,011,886
2 $506,625
3 $253,313
4 $159,987
5 $119,990
6 $93,326
Total $2,691,750
*Includes entry into $25,000 Buy-in World Poker Tour Championship event
April 19 - 23, 2004
First year total prize money Bellagio Poker tournaments:
$10,559,710

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Fish:

Because of some home remodeling, I wasn't able to get down to The Bellagio as much as I wanted to while the tournament was going on. But I did make it down there a few nights. Not only were the tourneys very well run, but the poker room was going great guns with games at all levels and many different forms of poker being played. For those who missed the tournament, I suspect that next year will be even better.

Thanks for the reports.

Best wishes,
Mason

[PokerFish]

Mason,
It was nice to come over and check 2+2 out....been quite a while since I have been here. I knew that your readers would enjoy the updates and I enjoyed my visit. I will be back! Also, I hope to catch you and David at the Mirage next Friday. The Bellagio did a great job hosting this event and I am headed down now for the final table. Of all of the WPT events, I am guessing that this one will have the best poker content.

Jan Fisher
Card Player Cruises
Bes

[electric2]

Mason, I don't see your name in a lot of the tournament lineups, whereas I do see Sklanksy's. I'm curious; do you have a differing opinion from Dave's about tournament's in general? Do you play in a lot of (live) tournaments? [img]/forums/images/icons/spade.gif[/img]

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi electric2:

I virtually never play a tournament. Part of the reason is that I'm the one who runs Two Plus Two on a daily basis and that takes up much of my time. Part of the reason also is that I just enjoy sitting in a regular game. However, I keep saying that some time in the future I'll start playing a few tournaments, so you never know.

One thing you need to realize is that a good tournament is also a gathering of poker players. Thus you can go to a tournament, play non-stop poker, never play in a tournament event, and it can still be a great experience. That's certainly the way The Bellagio was the last two weeks.

Best wishes,
Mason

[scalf]

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[electric2]

I was curious if there was a more central theme to you not particpiating in the tourneys themselves. Is it because you can make more money sitting in a cash game vs 6-10 hours in a tournament and potentially making zero?

Thanks for the insight, Mason.

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Scalf:

No. We had a leak inside the bathroom wall. It had already been repaired twice, but neither job solved the problem. This time we had to tear everything out, and while we're at it decided to just remodel the whole room.

Best wishes,
Mason

[BruceZ]

Did you say you had a significant leak? [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]