2008 Caesars Palace Classic Poker Tournament Begins

The first of 16 preliminary events at the second-annual Caesars Palace Classic begins tomorrow at noon. Every open-buy-in event at Caesars will have Card Player Player of the Year points up for grabs between Friday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 26. Caesars Palace will run mega-satellites on Monday, Oct. 27, and the three-day no-limit hold’em championship begins on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Last year was the first year for the Caesars Palace Classic, and it featured 12 preliminary events, along with a $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship that was won by David Singer. This year, four additional preliminary events have been added, including a $1,000 no-limit hold’em heads-up event, a $1,000 no-limit hold’em six-handed event, a $500 pot-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha event, and a $500 H.O.R.S.E. event.

Here is a full schedule of the events (Note: Events listed in BOLD are Card Player live-coverage events):

• Friday, Oct. 17, noon: Event No. 1 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
• Saturday, Oct. 18, noon: Event No. 2 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
• Saturday, Oct. 18, 3 p.m.: Event No. 3 ($500 pot-limit Omaha)
• Sunday, Oct. 19, noon: Event No. 4 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
• Monday, Oct. 20, noon: Event No. 5 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
• Monday, Oct. 20, 3 p.m.: Event No. 6 ($500 limit hold’em)
• Tuesday, Oct. 21, noon: Event No. 7 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
• Wednesday, Oct. 22, noon: Event No. 8 ($2,000 no-limit hold’em)
• Wednesday, Oct. 22, 3 p.m.: Event No. 9 ($500 Omaha eight-or-better)
• Thursday, Oct. 23, noon: Event No. 10 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
• Thursday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m.: Event No. 11 ($500 H.O.R.S.E.)
• Friday, Oct. 24, noon: Event No. 12 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em heads up)
• Friday, Oct. 24, 3 p.m.: Event No. 13 ($500 pot-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha)
• Saturday, Oct. 25, noon: Event No. 14 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
• Sunday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m.: Event No. 15 ($300 ladies no-limit hold’em)
• Sunday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m.: Event No. 16 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em six handed)
• Monday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m.: $500 Mega Satellite
• Monday, Oct. 27, 3 p.m.: $1,000 Mega Satellite
• $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship
  -- Tuesday, Oct. 28, noon: Day 1
  -- Wednesday, Oct. 29, noon: Day 2
  -- Thursday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m.: Final table

2007 Caesars Palace Classic no-limit hold’em championship

Buy-in: $10,000
Number of entries: 287
Prize pool: $2,728,222
First-place prize: $1 million
Places paid: 27
Amount added by Caesars to the prize pool: $126,967

Final-table results:

1: David Singer -- $1,000,000
2: Kido Pham -- $480,167
3: Scott Fischman -- $245,540
4: Tony Cousineau -- $190,976
5: Justin Bonomo -- $163,693
6: Alex Bolotin -- $136,411
7: Jose Valdes -- $109,123
8: George Unich -- $81,847
9: Vivek Rajkumar -- $54,564

Notable cashes: Tad Jurgens (13th), Michael Mizrachi (14th), Randy Gil (18th), Tom Franklin (19th), Benjamin Lin (22nd), Lee Watkinson (23rd), Jimmy Tran (25th), Shawn Chaconas (27th).

Card Player will be providing full coverage from all live coverage events, including live updates, chip counts, photos, videos, and daily recaps of all the action from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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