Tournament Trail: Festa al Lago -- Nick Binger Finishes 1st then 2nd

Following Alec "traheho" Torelli and his back-to-back victories at Bellagio, Nick Binger did his best to make some noise when he won event No. 6 and then went on to finish runner-up in event No. 10. Binger has been on a mini-tear since his deep run at the World Poker Tour Championship in April. Since then, he made a final table at the World Series of Poker, and his deep finishes at Bellagio netted him more than $150,000.

Toto Leonidas made his third final table of the series with his win in event No. 9. Joining him with three was Jonathan Little, who finished runner-up to Torelli last week.

Here are the results for events 5-10 of the Festa al Lago:

Event No. 6 — $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Entrants: 119

1. Nick Binger — $78,490
2. Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson — $55,405
3. Brent "Bhanks11" Hanks — $33,475
4. Stan Fulton — $18,475
5. Ted Lawson — $15,005
6. Robert Fulford — $11,545
7. Frank Giordano — $8,080
8. Michael Peters — $5,770
9. Jonathan Ko — $4,615

Event No. 7 — $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Entrants: 90

1. Soheil Shamseddin — $74,205
2. Gabe Costner — $52,380
3. Andy "BKice" Seth — $31,645
4. Rodeen Talebi — $17,460
5. Toto Leonidas — $14,185
6. James "mig.com" Mackey — $10,915
7. Gioi Luong — $7,640
8. Justin Young — $5,455
9. Timothy Finne — $4,365

Event No. 8 — $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Entrants: 75

1. David "dpeters17" Peters — $63,295
2. Blake "bballa-13" Cahail — $63,290
3. John Regan — $31,645
4. Michael Stonehill — $17,460
5. Erik Haakenson — $14,185
6. Steven Fiorentini — $10,915
7. Nils Bardsley — $7,640
8. Jared "SmokunOkun" Okun — $5,455
9. Brian Johnson — $4,365

Event No. 9 — $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Entrants: 44

1. Toto Leonidas — $96,030
2. Ralph Perry — $53,350
3. Rodeen Talebi — $32,010
4. Rene Angelil — $21,340
5. Jonathan Little — $10,670

Event No. 10 — $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Entrants: 155

1. Paul "ComeOnPhish1" Lieu — $102,185
2. Nick Binger — $71,745
3. Justin Young — $34,400
4. Joe Parille — $19,280
5. Shannon Shorr — $15,135
6. Ted Melikian — $12,385
7. Kevin Albers — $8,255
8. Mark Kuhlmann — $5,505
9. Ben Lamb — $4,405