1st Satish Vitha Searingtown, NY $28,275.00 2nd Gary Panico Glendale, NY $14,500.00 3rd Bernard McNelis Boynton Beach, FL $7,250.00 4th Nicholas DiLeo New York, NY $4,350.00 5th John Rooney Framingham, MA $3,262.50 6th Sunny Anderson Denville, NJ $2,537.50 7th Tom Vuong Richmond, VA $1,812.50 8th Wasyl �Bill� Zaliwiciw Philadelphia, PA $1,450.00 9th Eddie Fishman Absecon, NJ $1,232.50 10th Boris Sateri Bethesda, MD $942.50 11th Robert Breiten Franklin, NJ $942.50 12th Frank Russomanno Cedar Grove, NJ $942.50 13th Jerri Thomas Hamilton, OH $870.00 14th Farzad Rouhani Lorton, VA $870.00 15th Harris Blum New York, NY $870.00 16th Russell Rush Norristown, PA $797.50 17th Allessandre Naro New York, NY $797.50 18th George Shaw Beltsville, MD $797.50 Tournament Report He enjoys tournaments and does very well at the USPC..... here he is ladies and gentlemen., Satish Vitham, the 1st place winner in today�s Limit Hold�em event. Understated elegance with simplicity, this humble businessman from New York is very content as a family man with three children. No flares or fireworks, pure and simple love of poker and love of family. Chuckie is loved. The litlle pup found on the L.I.Expressway has become Gary Panico�s little buddy and it�s photo was on the table when Gary leashed his 2nd place finish. No need for alarm, while Gary is here playing poker on vacation, the family is caring for the fuzzy little pet. Prefering tournaments over live action, Gary has made the final table in three events this year at the USPC and plans on participation in the No-Limit Hold�em Championship, where he plans to fetch himself a championship title! The next face may seem familiar to you as one of fifteen brothers and sisters, or perhaps you�ve seen him performing at one of the casinos, or maybe it was one of the fancy New York night clubs he played at for 25 years, then again, maybe you spied Bernard McNelis here at the USPC, where he placed 3rd in today�s Limit Hold�em Event. A top entertainer in the Irish field, �Bernie� is an irish/country western accordian player and uncle to a niece in River Dance. Hard to keep pace with Bernie, as he recently returned from a European vacation via QE2, visitng Paris and London and returning directly into a poker tournament. Bernie, we know how you learned to play well with others and we thank you for sharing your talent with us today. Players, thank you for providing insight into poker which others can learn from and thank you for sharing your own personal stories which give the rest of us dreams. -Paula Geletei

2002 U.S. Poker Championship