A Look at Bally's Main Event Mania Side Event Winners: Events #1-8

While the focus for many players who came down to Las Vegas was on the World Series of Poker Main Event, the Bally's Main Event Mania series gave players the ability to fire off in some live events in between, during and after the online fun.

Here's a look at some of the side event winners during the early portion of the Bally's series. Some notable champs included Mike Shin in a $600 no-limit hold'em event ($10,476) and Michael Hahn in a $400 pot-limit Omaha ($7,677).

Date	Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
Dec. 13	Event 1: No-Limit Hold'em $1,000	64	$56,640	Tim Mercer	$18,461
Dec. 14	Event 2: No-Limit Hold'em $800	89	$63,457	Brent Hart	$18,836
Dec. 15	Event 3: No-Limit Hold'em $600	60	$31,200	Mike Shin	$10,476
Dec. 15	Event 4: Pot-Limit Omaha $400	74	$24,790	Michael Hahn	$7,677
Dec. 16	Event 5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em $400	24	$8,040	Andrew Donabedian	$3,430
Dec. 16	Event #6: $1,000 HORSE $1,000	63	$55,755	Gary Kosakowski	$18,181
Dec. 17	Event #7: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha $600	56	$29,120	Jerod Smith	$9,780
Dec. 17	Event #8: $250 No-Limit Hold'em $250	51	$10,710	Luis Rosa	$3,728