Strip Poker: First Bellagio Five-Star Classic Prelim Over

In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city.

The first Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic preliminary event is on the books, and the winner of the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event was Mike Chow.

From the 237 entrants, a prize pool of just under $460,000 was generated. Chow took the lion’s share of almost $140,000 for first, as well as a $25,000 seat into the World Poker Tour Championship. Here were the final table payouts:

1. Mike Chow — $139,495
2. Justin Newton — $95,000
3. James Mackey — $95,000
4. David Baker — $26,060
5. Matt Elsby — $19,545
6. David Markosyan — $15,200
7. Michael Mizrachi — $10,855
8. Travis Pearson — $8,685
9. Bill Baxter — $6,950

Event No. 2, a $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, started yesterday and will conclude today. A number of pros are still in contention. The following are chip counts for the remaining players:

1. Eric Baldwin — 155,500
2. Thayer Rasmussen — 90,000
3. Peter Neff — 90,000
4. John Murphy — 83,000
5. Shannon Shorr — 81,500
6. Jon Kalmar — 74,000
7. Robert Herman — 70,000
8. David Levi — 58,000
9. Francois Safieddine — 40,000

For more results, or to find a complete schedule, click here. Click here for event satellite information.

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