The World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit event at Caesar's Palace wrapped tonight, and John Spadavecchia took down the championship. The total prize pool was $1,964,600, of which he earned $648,320 for his efforts after beating a field of 209 players. Spadavecchia has been playing on the poker circuit for years, but this is by far his largest reported cash to date in a major tournament.
Top nine finishers and their prize money is as follows:
1 - John Spadavecchia $648,320
2 - Sean McCabe $357,557
3 - Ralph Perry $196,460
4 - Danny Fuhs $157,168
5 - Billy Baxter $117,876
6 - Bob Bright $98,230
7 - Tom Schneider $78,584
8 - Tony Cousineau $58,937
9 - Blair Rodman $39,292
For a complete rundown of the event, go visit Jason 'Spaceman' Kirk's reports at Bluff Magazine.
1. We're now up to 8K-16K blinds with a 2K ante.
Posted at 4:39AM on May 12th 2006 by Bob