WSOPC: Victory of Christopher Bonn at Harrah's Casino Philadelphia
Harrah's Casino Philadelphia was the witness of the coronation of Christopher Bonn when this place received the World Series of Poker Circuit. The event gathered a field of 312 players who paid the buy-in of $ 1,600. It was only a year that Harrah's Casino Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was inscribed in the program of the WSOPC and this year, the field increased by nearly 11% over last year with the participation of players already followers of the circuit as Andy Frankenberger, Ari Engel, Dennis Phillips or Todd Terry. After the Day 3, which was attended by 11 survivors of the previous days, the nine players of the final table were known when John Nelson and Rex Clinckscales was eliminated at the 11th and 10th place.
It remained after that only nine players who were Pete Kaemmerlen, Christopher Bonn, Mike Linster, Georgia Robinson, Tuan Phan, Cory Mascagni, Ken Silverstein, John Mitchell and Eugene Fouksman. But after a few hours, elimination succeeded and there were only two players, Christopher Bonn and Ken Silverstein, for the head's up of the final of this tournament. Christopher Bonn pocketed $ 109,760 for his first placen a WSOP bracelet and a place for the WSOP National Championship in next July. Ken Silverstein left the final table with a gain of $ 67,863 for his runner-up spot. Eliminated players at the final table were all in the money because the tournament included 33 paid places: Georgia Robinson (9th-$ 10,130), Tuan Phan (8th-$ 12,695), Mike Linster (7th-$ 16,146), Eugene Fouksman (6th-$ 20,845), John Mitchell (5th-$ 27,332), Cory Mascagni (4th-$ 36,407) and Pete Kaemmerlen (3rd-$ 49,288).
Source: Jack SMITH
Friday, 11 May 2012
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