Nevada Weekend Tournament Review for June 2, 2014

stevebrogan · June 2, 2014

In Nevada, WSOP.com kicked off its weekend with six of its seven major events including the Weekend Warm-Up $5,000 Guarantee and the Re-Entry R&A $3,000 Guarantee on Saturday and the Sunday Freezeout. WSOP.com had 283 runners vying for the 34 available prizes totaling $27,475. One of the events was a $215 buy-in with the top prize of an entry to the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event worth $10,000.

The player with the highest individual prize this weekend on WSOP.com was pongpongin the WSOP Main Event Qualifier, winning a $10,000 seat to the Main Event. This was the first time that pongpong has been at a final table in the major events this year.

The player with the highest individual cash prize this weekend was attilain the Saturday Weekend Warm-Up for $2,000. This gives attila a first, second, and third place finish in this event this year for almost $5,000 in total winnings. It is the only major event that he has cashed in.

PaulDewald (PremiumStud on PocketFives, pictured above) started the weekend off by winning the $3,000 Nightly on Friday and coming in second on the Sunday Freezeout, giving him a $1,600 bankroll boost this weekend.

This weekend saw Ultimate Poker run five major events. For the next five weeks, Chase the Dream has been added to the Sunday lineup with payouts of $5,000 for first and second place. There were 198 runners fighting for the 34 prize spots available, totaling $29,000. Due to the new event, Ultimate Poker had overlays this weekend totaling almost $16,200.

The players with the highest individual cashes were 4BETFOLDand hypnotix.lv in the Chase the Dream event on Sunday. Each player won $5,000. That event had an overlay of $13,150. The winner of the Sunday $10,000 on Ultimate was m1a1tank19kfor $2,900. That event had an overlay of $2,900, as the guarantee was not met.

The following are the tournament results for the weekend from WSOP.com and Ultimate Poker, two of the regulated online poker sites in Nevada. Visit PocketFives’ Nevada poker community for the latest news and discussion from Nevada players.

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WSOP.com – the $27.50 R&A $3,000 Guarantee for Friday, May 30 had 58 runners buying in for $25, 60 re-buys for $25, and 31 add-ons for $25, totaling $3,725. 9 spots were paid with 1st place $1,117.50 and 9th place $137.82. The nine finishers were:

1. PaulDewald $1,117.50 (PremiumStud)
2. mdpvegas1 $651.87
3. MrMayor $454.45
4. Arrant_Knave $379.95
5. Mr_Sinister $301.72
6. SuGaRaY71 $264.47
7. NioNio $227.22
8. 208Kid $189.97
9. cardprayer65 $137.82

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WSOP.com – the Weekend Warm-Up $55 R&A $5,000 Guarantee event on Saturday, May 31 had 36 runners buying in for $55($50+5), 29 rebuys and 20 add-ons creating a prize pool of $4,250 and creating an overlay of $750. There were 4 winners with 1st place $2,000 and 4th place $750. The four finishers were:

1. attila $2,000
2. Sir1_Sack_U $1,250
3. Isildur1 $1,000
4. phoenixgirl $750

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WSOP.com – the $33 Re-Entry $3,000 Guarantee event on Saturday, May 31 had 43 runners buying in for $33 ($30+3), and 19 re-entries for $30 creating a prize pool of $1,860 and creating an overlay of $1,140. There were 5 winners with 1st place $1,110 and 5th place $330. The five finishers were:

1. SinCityLover $1,110
2. tpax17 $750
3. AmazingAK47 $450
4. VgsDaveyboy $360
5. scross $330

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WSOP.com – the $215 Qualifier to the 2014 WSOP $10,000 Main Event ran on Saturday, May 31. There were 36 runners buying in for $215($200+15) creating a prize pool of $7,200 and creating an overlay of $2,800. The first place finisher won a $10,000 entry to the 2014 WSOP Main Event.

1. pongpong $10,000 2014-WSOP-ME-Seat

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WSOP.com – the $55 FreezeOut on Sunday with a $1000 Guarantee June 1 had 51 runners buying in for $55($50+5) creating a prize pool of $2,550. There were 6 winners with 1st place $892.50 and 6th place $204. The six finishers were:

1. callmemaybe $892.50
2. PaulDewald $561.00 (PremiumStud)
3. DavidStetler $382.50
4. OneEyedJax $280.50
5. Foxypete $229.50
6. BeTheLight $204.00

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WSOP.com – the $27.50 R&A $3,000 Guarantee for Sunday, June 1, had 59 runners buying in for $25, 69 re-buys for $25, and 40 add-ons for $25, totaling $4,200. 9 spots were paid with 1st place $1,260 and 9th place $155.40. The nine finishers were:

1. LVChessking $1,260.00
2. current $735.00
3. ZenSatori $512.40
4. leona $428.40
5. Acquittal $340.20
6. HEESE $298.20
7. Zapyou1 $256.20
8. scross $214.20
9. EIUCAPPER74 $155.40

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Ultimate Poker – Chase the Dream for Sunday for June 1 , had 74 runners buying in for $25 each ($24.99+.01) generating a prize pool of $1,849.26 and creating a massive overlay of $13,150.74. 18 spots were paid with 1st place 2nd place getting $5,000 and 18th place getting $50.. The top nine finishers were:

1. 4BETFold $5,000
2. hypnotix.lv $5,000
3. jacksup $1,500
4. JCastle $1,000
5. allprowi $700 (Iamtheflower)
6. JRC $550
7. @MDGPoker $400 (wholefnshow)
8. getluck2win $250
9. whaassuuppp $150

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Ultimate Poker – the $10,000 Sunday, June 1, had 86 runners buying in for $100 each ($91.00+9.00) generating a prize pool of $7,826 and creating an overlay of $2,174. 9 spots were paid with 1st place $2,900 and 9th place getting $300. The nine finishers were:

1. m1a1tank19k $2,900
2. Ranney $2,000
3. cyanever $1,500
4. Money Beets $1,000
5. Shadowman $800
6. THORDOG $600
7. aironie1 $500
8. JP $400
9. lvlioness $300

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