Podesta, Makani win World Series of Poker tourneys at Lake Tahoe

Freddy Podesta outlasted a field of 505 to win Saturday’s $340 buy-in No

Limit Hold’em tournament at the World Series of Poker Lake Tahoe Circuit

Event at Harveys Casino Resort in Stateline, Lake Tahoe.

Podesta pocketed $36,290 for his first-place finish, while Charlie Melton

placed second and won $22,340.

Shoaib Makani won a $550 buy-in No Limit Hold’em in Sunday’s final table

event at Harveys and was awarded a first-place prize of $39,677. J.T.

Anderson was second and won $23,986.

Results were unavailable for Monday’s $550 buy-in No Limit Hold’em

tournament.

On Thursday, poker superstars Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Johnny Chan will

sign autographs and speak to the public at 8:30 p.m. near the Hard Rock

Cafe. Ferguson and Chan are expected to participate in the $5,150 buy-in

main event that starts on Friday.

The WSOP Lake Tahoe Circuit Event continues through this weekend, with daily

tournaments scheduled. For more information, visit www.worldseriesofpoker.