Tournament Results – 2006 Trump Classic

Venue: Trump Taj Mahal – Atlantic City, New Jersey
Dates: November 27 – December 17
Number of Events: 24

Hold’em Championship Event: December 16 – December 17; $5,000 + $150 buy-in
Seven Card Stud Championship Event: December 17; $1,000 + $80 buy-in


November 27 – Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 167 Players

1. Paul Laird -- $19,088
2. Charlie Brahmi -- $10,020
3. George Heath -- $5,010
4. Juan Vazquez -- $3,006
5. Sunk Sunkuru -- $2,255
6. James Victory -- $1,754
7. Joseph Shady -- $1,253
8. Al Green -- $1,003
9. Nicholas Pompo -- $852

November 27 – Seven Card Stud -- $300 + $40 – 91 Players

1. Hollis Ball -- $10,920
2. Michael Frejka -- $6,279
3. Stephen Jacobs -- $3,276
4. Tom Noyes -- $1,911
5. Mary Taylor -- $1,638
6. Richard Devine -- $1,365
7. Gertrude Schimmel -- $1,092
8. Edward Ferguson -- $819

November 28 – Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low 8/B -- $300 + $40 – 144 Players

1. Chris Reslock -- $16,458
2. Paul Parks, Jr -- $8,639
3. Rostislav Sherman -- $4,319
4. Andy Brown -- $2,592
5. Warren Sharpe -- $1,944
6. Donald Jacoby -- $1,512
7. Vincent Dimino -- $1,080
8. Richard Pilchman -- $864
9. Michael Haberle -- $734

November 29 – Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/B -- $500 + $50 – 157 Players

1. Harry Warshaw -- $18,842
2. Chris Reslock -- $9,420
3. Myron Bernstein -- $4,710
4. Lisa Treffinger -- $2,826
5. Mark Ashley -- $2,355
6. Robert Barroway -- $1,884
7. Arlin Shorr -- $1,413
8. Sandra Demaskey -- $942

December 1 – Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 94 Players

1. Arthur Bressler -- $18,800
2. Joseph Leclair -- $10,810
3. Jeremy Peters -- $5,640
4. Jack Clemento -- $3,290
5. Stergious Giannakopoula -- $2,585
6. Ioannis Tsahirides -- $2,115
7. Chun Choi -- $1,645
8. Lou Marmo -- $1,175
9. Behrooz Shahrzad -- $940

December 1 – Seven Card Stud -- $500 + $50 – 53 Players

1. Michael Huguenot -- $10,600
2. Shaalan Sabini -- $6,095
3. Gerald Klick -- $3,180
4. Michael Lanzetta -- $1,855
5. Viengkhone Vongsaly -- $1,590
6. Ferenc Molnar -- $1,325
7. Joseph Kincaid -- $1,060
8. Michael Molloy -- $795

December 2 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 342 Players

1. Barry Leventhal -- $59,337
2. Kevin Mason -- $27,360
3. Preston Heller -- $14,535
4. Heath Wolpaw -- $10,260
5. Sid Miller -- $7,695
6. Mikhail Gurevich -- $5,985
7. Michael Celi -- $4,275
8. Norman Rodriguez -- $3,420
9. Brandon Vargas -- $2,736

December 3 – Seniors No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 156 Players

1. Robert Florance -- $17,830
2. James Boyd -- $9,360
3. Jesse Totten III -- $4,680
4. Jack Dorsey -- $2,808
5. Bob Capanna -- $2,106
6. Leon Motola -- $1,638
7. Franklin Zuckerman -- $1,170
8. Barry Blufer -- $936
9. Frank Valdinoto -- $800

December 3 – Ladies No-Limit Hold’em -- $200 + $30 – 106 Players

1. Jennifer Bonney -- $8,480
2. Concetta Rinaldi -- $4,876
3. Bonnie Castillo -- $2,544
4. Jane Diep -- $1,484
5. Barbara Ann Capron -- $1,166
6. Nicole Saffayeh -- $954
7. Michelle Lordi -- $742
8. Aena Kang -- $530
9. Janet Tilger -- $424

December 4 – Tag-Team No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 140 Players

1. Charles Burnette and Robert Brooks -- $16,002
2. Edward James Py and Brian Lipman -- $8,400
3. Ronald Gruppo and Howard Wolper -- $4,200
4. Marc Brockman and Ed Kerrigan -- $2,520
5. Jack Kaplan and Arnie Koster -- $1,890
6. Aaron Hutt and Jared Hutt -- $1,470
7. Dominick Fusco and Joe Capello -- $1,050
8. Kevin Marcus and Brian Marcus -- $840
9. Stephen Surman and Jim Germann -- $714

December 5 – Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 187 Players

1. Richard Freire -- $21,394
2. Trevor Savage -- $11,220
3. Constantini Linas -- $5,610
4. Michael Preston -- $3,366
5. Scott Auerbach -- $2,524
6. Don Mercer -- $1,683
7. Manuel Correa -- $1,683
8. Jason Young -- $1,122
9. Ronald Weingard -- $958

December 6 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $40 – 317 Players

1. David Zeitlin -- $33,000
2. William McMahon -- $15,216
3. John Heaton -- $8,083
4. Alan Goodman -- $5,706
5. John Pettibone -- $4,279
6. Ylon Schwartz -- $3,328
7. Mark Roland -- $2,327
8. Asaf Adler -- $1,902
9. Carl Sciuto -- $1,526

December 7 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 185 Players

1. Richard Freire -- $35,243
2. Dean Schultz -- $18,500
3. Robert Foti -- $9,250
4. Todd Griffin -- $5,550
5. Don Mercer -- $4,163
6. Sung Chan Yu -- $3,238
7. William McMahon -- $2,313
8. Adam Elsayed -- $1,850
9. Gregg Kolaski -- $1,573

December 8 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $750 + $60 – 135 Players

1. Sal Giambrone -- $38,576
2. Joseph Patalano -- $20,250
3. Marc Aubin -- $10,125
4. Steven Gray -- $6,075
5. Fritz Stoner -- $4,556
6. David Fox -- $3,543
7. Joseph Collis -- $2,531
8. Michael Shelonchik -- $2,025
9. Gregg Kolaski -- $1,725

December 9 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,000 + $80 – 136 Players

1. Arthur Nelson -- $51,816
2. Mark Purdy -- $27,200
3. Harvey Krasner -- $13,600
4. Hossny Allam -- $8,160
5. David Fox -- $6,120
6. Ramzi Musleh -- $4,760
7. John McDermott -- $3,400
8. Thomas Hare -- $2,720
9. Mark Klein -- $2,312

December 10 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $50 – 125 Players

1. Edward Py -- $23,812
2. Paul Marzarella -- $12,500
3. Donal Nerat -- $6,250
4. Colby Stellabott -- $3,750
5. Sal Berardi -- $2,812
6. Zee Rahim -- $2,187
7. Alejandro Cruz -- $1,562
8. Neal Liptak -- $1,250
9. Michael Strauss -- $1,069


Originally published November 29, 2006
Last updated December 12, 2006