2007 World Series of Poker results
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The 2007 World Series of Poker
was the 38th annual World Series of Poker
(WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada
at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
, the series featured 55 poker
championships in several variants. As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners receive a championship bracelet
in addition to that event's prize money. The series culminates with the $10,000 No-Limit hold'em "Main Event", which has attracted thousands of entrants since 2004. The winner of the WSOP Main Event, who wins a multi-million dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.
Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas hold'em, a game where each player may use a combination of the five community cards and two hole cards to make the best hand. Another poker variant with community cards is Omaha, in which each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two of them in conjunction with three of the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. In contrast to games with community cards, some variants, such as stud
or draw
, deal each player separate hands with no common cards. Seven-card stud
deals each player two hole cards, followed by four face-up cards one at a time, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Other games played at the 2007 tournament included Razz
, H.O.R.S.E., and Deuce-to-Seven
. Prior to 2000, seven-card stud was the most common game in U.S. casinos, but today hold'em has almost totally eclipsed the once popular game.
Within each of these poker variants, a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no-limit, limit, or pot-limit. Games may include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout, eight or better, or heads up.
With 54,288 total entries and a combined prize pool of $159,796,918, the 2007 WSOP was the largest poker tournament ever. For many, winning a share of the prize pool was all that mattered, while others sought the glory associated with winning a bracelet. This dichotomy could not have been illustrated better than a deal negotiated at the Senior Championship event. Tony Korfman wanted the money while Ernest Bennett wanted the glory. Rather than leave their fates to chance, the two of them ensured they got what they wanted. In exchange for splitting the prize money, Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the bracelet. After winning $8.25 million in the Main Event, Jerry Yang
and his wife retired. "My winning today also means a lot to me, because I know that I can use this money to do a lot of good for other people out there," Yang said before donating over a million dollars to charity. Upon winning his record eleventh bracelet, Phil Hellmuth
said, "the bracelets have always been a really huge deal, to me more than the other guys, because I knew that they represented history."
Age and disability was another story line of the 2007 WSOP. At 21 years and 10 days old, Steve Billirakis
became the youngest person to ever win a WSOP bracelet. At the other end of the spectrum, 94 year old Jack Ury was the oldest person to ever participate in the Main Event. Hal Lubarsky
, a blind man, finished in 197th place at the Main Event.
Texas Hold'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada
.
Event 3 was the largest non-Main Event live tournament in history. This record, however, would be short lived as event 49 would break that record.
Ninth-place finisher Richard Ashby was eliminated simultaneously along with Ron Ware (10th place) on the final hand of day, 2 by Jordan Morgan. Therefore he never appeared at the official final table.
Phil Hellmuth won his eleventh WSOP bracelet, the most of any player. He was previously one of three players with ten bracelets the others being Johnny Chan
and Doyle Brunson
.
Razz is a form of stud poker
that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker). The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against you for low, and the ace always plays low. The best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as "the wheel" or "the bicycle". Deuce-to-seven Razz is also sometimes played.
The 1,286 entrants made this the largest ladies only tournament ever.
Like David Williams
, Gabriel Nassif was first known for competing Magic: The Gathering
Pro Tour
.
"SF" denotes players who lost in the semifinal round of the tournament and "QF" denotes players who lost in the quarterfinal round.
The $7.1 million prize pool and $2.2 million prize were the largest prizes in poker history for a non-Main WSOP event.
Bennett and Korfman made a deal before heads-up play began. Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the title uncontested if Bennett agreed to split the prize money. They split the cash evenly with each taking home roughly $293,000. With 1,882 entrants over the age of 55, this was the largest Senior's event ever.
This event set a World Series of Poker non-main event and live poker attendance record with 3,151 entries breaking the previous record of 2,998 set earlier in the third event of the 2007 WSOP. At the time it was also the third-highest entry total in all live Poker events behind just the 2006 and 2005 main events which had 8,773 and 5,619 entrants respectively.
As the final event, in which the "World Champion of Poker" is crowned, this is considered the "Main Event".
2007 World Series of Poker
The 2007 World Series of Poker began on June 1, 2007. The $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6 and was completed on the morning of July 18...
was the 38th annual World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...
(WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
The Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino is located off the Las Vegas Strip in the unincorporated area of Paradise, Nevada, USA. It is better known as The Rio and is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Inc. The Rio was the first all suite resort in the Las Vegas area...
, the series featured 55 poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
championships in several variants. As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners receive a championship bracelet
World Series of Poker bracelet
The World Series of Poker bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as "bracelets". ...
in addition to that event's prize money. The series culminates with the $10,000 No-Limit hold'em "Main Event", which has attracted thousands of entrants since 2004. The winner of the WSOP Main Event, who wins a multi-million dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.
Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas hold'em, a game where each player may use a combination of the five community cards and two hole cards to make the best hand. Another poker variant with community cards is Omaha, in which each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two of them in conjunction with three of the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. In contrast to games with community cards, some variants, such as stud
Stud poker
Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Stud games are also typically non-positional games, meaning that the player who bets first on each round may change from round to round...
or draw
Draw poker
Draw poker is any poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round, and then develops the hand for later rounds by replacing, or "drawing", cards....
, deal each player separate hands with no common cards. Seven-card stud
Seven-card stud
Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country. Two to eight players is common, though eight may...
deals each player two hole cards, followed by four face-up cards one at a time, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Other games played at the 2007 tournament included Razz
Razz (poker)
Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low . The object of Razz is to make the lowest possible five-card hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against the player for low, and the ace usually plays low...
, H.O.R.S.E., and Deuce-to-Seven
Lowball (poker)
Some forms of poker, often called lowball, sometimes called low poker, reward poor poker hands . There are four common variations on this idea, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and whether or not straights and flushes are used. The methods are:* Ace-to-five low:...
. Prior to 2000, seven-card stud was the most common game in U.S. casinos, but today hold'em has almost totally eclipsed the once popular game.
Within each of these poker variants, a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no-limit, limit, or pot-limit. Games may include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout, eight or better, or heads up.
With 54,288 total entries and a combined prize pool of $159,796,918, the 2007 WSOP was the largest poker tournament ever. For many, winning a share of the prize pool was all that mattered, while others sought the glory associated with winning a bracelet. This dichotomy could not have been illustrated better than a deal negotiated at the Senior Championship event. Tony Korfman wanted the money while Ernest Bennett wanted the glory. Rather than leave their fates to chance, the two of them ensured they got what they wanted. In exchange for splitting the prize money, Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the bracelet. After winning $8.25 million in the Main Event, Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang (poker player)
Xao "Jerry" Yang is an ethnic Hmong poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.Yang started playing poker in 2005. An amateur player at the time, Yang entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort...
and his wife retired. "My winning today also means a lot to me, because I know that I can use this money to do a lot of good for other people out there," Yang said before donating over a million dollars to charity. Upon winning his record eleventh bracelet, Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality...
said, "the bracelets have always been a really huge deal, to me more than the other guys, because I knew that they represented history."
Age and disability was another story line of the 2007 WSOP. At 21 years and 10 days old, Steve Billirakis
Steve Billirakis
Steve Billirakis is an American professional poker player.Billirakis won the first tournament of the 2007 World Series of Poker winning the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit event after beating Canadian poker player and former professional hockey player Greg Mueller heads-up...
became the youngest person to ever win a WSOP bracelet. At the other end of the spectrum, 94 year old Jack Ury was the oldest person to ever participate in the Main Event. Hal Lubarsky
Hal Lubarsky
Hal Lubarsky became the first blind poker player to ever cash in a World Series of Poker Event.Hal Lubarsky was 29 when he moved to Las Vegas with the dream of becoming a professional poker player. For over 15 years he routinely competed in the $150-300 H.O.R.S.E. games, where he played with many...
, a blind man, finished in 197th place at the Main Event.
Key
| * | Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame Poker Hall of Fame The Poker Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional poker playing in the United States. Founded and located in Las Vegas, Nevada, it was created in 1979 by Benny Binion, the owner of the Horseshoe Casino, to preserve the names and legacies of the world's greatest poker players and to serve... |
| (#/#) | This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in 2007. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament. |
| Place | The place in which the player finished. |
| Name | The player who made it to the final table |
| Prize ($) | The amount of money, in U.S. Dollars ($), awarded for each finish at the event's final table |
Event 1: $5,000 World Championship Mixed hold'em Limit/No-Limit
This event kicked off the 2007 WSOP. It was a $5,000 buy-in Mixed (alternating between limit and no-limit) Texas Hold'em tournament.- 3-day event: Friday, June 1, 2007 to Sunday, June 3, 2007
- Number of entries: 451
- Total prize pool: $2,119,700
- Number of payouts: 45
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steve Billirakis Steve Billirakis Steve Billirakis is an American professional poker player.Billirakis won the first tournament of the 2007 World Series of Poker winning the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit event after beating Canadian poker player and former professional hockey player Greg Mueller heads-up... (1/1) |
$536,287 |
| 2nd | Greg Mueller Greg Mueller Greg Mueller is a professional poker player from Vancouver, British ColumbiaMueller, a former professional hockey player, was drawn to poker after one of many long road trips during his hockey career... |
$328,554 |
| 3rd | Tony George | $218,329 |
| 4th | Steve Paul-Ambrose Steve Paul-Ambrose Steve Paul-Ambrose is a poker player from Ontario, Canada who won the 2006 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure ,earning $1,388,600... |
$146,259 |
| 5th | Fred Berger | $108,105 |
| 6th | Roger McDow | $84,788 |
| 7th | Kirk Morrison Kirk Morrison (poker player) Kirk Morrison is a professional poker player originally from Wichita, Kansas, United States, but who has lived in New Zealand for a part of his life between 1999 and 2006.... (0/1) |
$63,591 |
| 8th | Jon Turner | $46,633 |
| 9th | John Younger | $33,915 |
Event 2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
This was a $500 buy-in no-limitBetting (poker)
In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing...
Texas Hold'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
.
- 2-day event: Friday, June 1, 2007 to Saturday, June 2, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,039
- Total prize pool: $467,500
- Number of payouts: 100
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Frederick Narciso Frederick Narciso Frederick "Eric" Narciso is a dealer at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2007, he entered a $90 satellite held by his employer to gain entry into the 2007 World Series of Poker $500 Casino Employees World Poker Championship. It was in this event that he won $104,701 and a WSOP bracelet... (1/1) |
$104,701 |
| 2nd | Charles Fisher | $66,392 |
| 3rd | Gene Lang | $42,547 |
| 4th | Chris Chau | $28,053 |
| 5th | Kevin Kalthoff | $19,637 |
| 6th | David Dietrich | $14,962 |
| 7th | Meaghan Larivee | $11,221 |
| 8th | John Konich | $8,182 |
| 9th | Eric Schutzberg | $5,844 |
Event 3: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
- 3-day event: Saturday, June 2, 2007 to Monday, June 4, 2007
- Number of entries: 2,998
- Total Prizepool: $4,497,000
- Number of payouts: 270
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ciarán O'Leary Ciaran O'Leary Ciarán O'Leary is an Irish professional poker player who resides in Seattle, Washington, USA.-Early life:O'Leary grew up in modest conditions in the single street village of Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland. Son of greyhound trainer Terry O'Leary and mother Sheila, Ciarán was one of three children... (1/1) |
$727,012 |
| 2nd | Paul Evans | $450,150 |
| 3rd | Alex Jacob Alex Jacob Alex Jacob is an American professional poker player.Among his biggest poker accomplishments are winning the Peter A. Fabrizio Memorial Poker Classic in 2003 and finishing runner-up at the 2006 World Poker Tour tournament in Foxwoods Resort Casino on April 9 2006, winning $655,507... |
$282,367 |
| 4th | Jeffrey Yoak | $184,152 |
| 5th | Craig Crivello | $128,907 |
| 6th | Andreas Krause | $94,122 |
| 7th | Thad Smith | $73,661 |
| 8th | Bart Hanson | $55,246 |
| 9th | Matthew Vengrin | $43,378 |
Event 3 was the largest non-Main Event live tournament in history. This record, however, would be short lived as event 49 would break that record.
Event 4: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Sunday, June 3, 2007 to Tuesday, June 5, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 781
- Total prize pool: $1,066,065
- Number of payouts: 72
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Spegal Mike Spegal Mike Spegal is a former Marine and currently owns a UPS store. In 2006, he won his entry into the World Series of Poker Main event in an Online Satellite... (1/1) |
$252,290 |
| 2nd | Gavin Smith | $155,645 |
| 3rd | Jon Friedberg Jon Friedberg Jon Friedberg is an American professional poker player and business owner. In his World Series of Poker career he has finished in the money 14 times including two Final Tables and one WSOP bracelet. As of 2010, his lifetime career tournament earnings total $1,031,447. His 14 WSOP cashes... |
$101,276 |
| 4th | William Hill | $67,162 |
| 5th | Tom Savitsky | $47,973 |
| 6th | Bruce Van Horn Bruce Van Horn Dr Bruce Van Horn, M.D. is a pathologist from Ada, Oklahoma with extensive poker tournament experience and success.Bruce is most noted for his 2nd place finish to Huck Seed in the $10,000 main event at the 1996 World Series of Poker, for which he won $580,000.... |
$36,779 |
| 7th | Eric Lynch Eric Lynch Eric Lynch is a professional poker player.Lynch resides in Olathe, Kansas. In 2006, he won a PokerStars $1 million guaranteed tournament and finished 24th at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, earning $494,000. He placed 3rd in a pot limit Hold'em WSOP event that same year... |
$27,718 |
| 8th | Jeff Langdon | $20,255 |
| 9th | Marco Traniello Marco Traniello Marco Traniello is an Italian professional hairdresser and is sponsored professional poker player on Full Tilt Poker.-Poker:... |
$14,925 |
Event 5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better
- 3-day event: Sunday, June 3, 2007 to Tuesday, June 5, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 327
- Total prize pool: $752,100
- Number of payouts: 32
- Winning hand: See note
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tom Schneider Tom Schneider Tom Schneider is a professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona. Schneider was a certified public accountant and former president and chief financial officer for three Arizona companies before beginning his poker career in 2002... (1/1) |
$214,347 |
| 2nd | Ed Tonnellier | $118,456 |
| 3rd | Annie Duke Annie Duke Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author who won a bracelet in the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, where she earned the Winner-Take-All prize of $2,000,000... (0/1) |
$75,210 |
| 4th | Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. He has won five World Series of Poker events, including the 2000 WSOP Main Event, and the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. On September 20, 2011, the U.S... (0/5) |
$50,391 |
| 5th | Chris Bell Chris Bell (poker player) Christopher Bell is an American professional poker player from Raleigh, North Carolina who won the 2010 World Series of Poker $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event. He has also made three final tables at the World Poker Tour... |
$39,109 |
| 6th | David Benyamine David Benyamine David Benyamine is a French professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title. Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retire because of shoulder pain. He was also a successful top ten billiards player in France. He learned poker at the age of 12 and plays... |
$29,708 |
| 7th | Joe Bolnick | $22,939 |
| 8th | John Phan | $16,922 |
- Note: While seven cards were dealt, only five cards are used to determine the Winning hand. The five cards used to determine the Winning hand were the three aces and two fours, one of the cards not used was not recorded.
Event 6: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Monday, June 4, 2007 to Wednesday, June 6, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 910
- Total prize pool: $1,365,000
- Number of payouts: 90
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gary Styczynski Gary Styczynski Gary Styczynski is a professional poker player of Polish American descent who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Limit Poker Hold'em event in 2007. He is married and has two children... (1/1) |
$280,715 |
| 2nd | Varouzhan Gumroyan | $177,627 |
| 3rd | Hansu Chu | $114,278 |
| 4th | Soheil Shamseddin | $75,771 |
| 5th | James Gorham | $53,412 |
| 6th | James Holland | $40,991 |
| 7th | Michael Banks | $30,433 |
| 8th | Peter O'Donnell | $22,359 |
| 9th | Dariush Imani | $16,148 |
Event 7: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys
- 3-day event: Monday, June 4, 2007 to Wednesday, June 7, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 145
- Number of rebuys: 450
- Total prize pool: $2,891,000
- Number of payouts: 18
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burt Boutin Burt Boutin Burton A. Boutin is a professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. He also finished in second place at the 2006 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship winning $604,765. Boutin is known for drinking "Red Bull" at the poker table and acting a little hyper... (1/2) |
$868,745 |
| 2nd | Erik Cajelais | $508,816 |
| 3rd | Dave Ulliott Dave Ulliott David A. Ulliott , known by the nickname Devilfish, is an English professional gambler and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Hull underworld, but went on to become a World Series of Poker bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of televised poker... (0/1) |
$349,811 |
| 4th | Sirous Jamshidi | $242,844 |
| 5th | Minh Ly Minh Ly Minh Hoang Ly is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Temple City, California. He is a regular in "The Big Game" and is married to Lu Binh.... |
$183,579 |
| 6th | Larry Jonsson | $141,659 |
| 7th | John Juanda John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda is a Chinese Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles.-Personal life:... (0/3) |
$112,749 |
| 8th | Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes Humberto Brenes is a professional poker player. Brenes currently resides in Miami Lakes, Florida with his wife and three children .... (0/2) |
$83,839 |
| 9th | Robin Keston | $60,711 |
Event 8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys
- 3-day event: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 to Thursday, June 7, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 814
- Number of rebuys: 1814
- Total prize pool: $2,533,062
- Number of payouts: 81
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Chu Michael Chu Michael Chu is a stock trader who earned a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2007 $1,000 WSOP No Limit Hold'em with rebuys event . Chu won the event with the minimum investment, having never made a single re-buy in the event. Chu majored in political science at the University of California,... (1/1) |
$585,774 |
| 2nd | Tommy Vu Tom Vu Tuan "Tommy" Vu is a Vietnamese-American poker player, real estate investor and speaker best remembered as an infomercial personality in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Infomercial career:... |
$364,761 |
| 3rd | Barry Cales | $235,575 |
| 4th | Dolph Arnold | $157,050 |
| 5th | Shane Schleger Shane Schleger Shane J. Schleger is a professional poker player. Known for online poker tournament success under the name shaniac, he has made two World Series of Poker final tables as well as a World Poker Tour final Table.Schleger finished fifth place on two separate occasions in the WSOP $1K w/ Rebuys... |
$111,455 |
| 6th | Michael Gracz Michael Gracz Maciek Gracz is a Polish professional poker player, based in Raleigh, North Carolina.Gracz learned poker from his father and played regularly whilst studying at North Carolina State University.... (0/1) |
$84,858 |
| 7th | Amir Vahedi Amir Vahedi Amir Vahedi was an Iranian professional poker player born in Tehran, Iran. who won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2003 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event.... (0/1) |
$63,327 |
| 8th | Robert Aron | $46,862 |
| 9th | Jan Von Halle | $34,196 |
Event 9: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-day event: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 to Thursday, June 7, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 690
- Total prize pool: $941,850
- Number of payouts: 63
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alex Kravchenko Alex Kravchenko Alexander Kravchenko is a professional poker player based in Moscow, Russia. He started playing poker in 1997. In the 2007 World Series of Poker, he cashed six times, including finishing fourth at the Main Event and the $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event where he won a WSOP bracelet... (1/1) |
$228,446 |
| 2nd | Bryan Devonshire | $140,336 |
| 3rd | John Varner | $92,301 |
| 4th | J.R. Reiss | $60,749 |
| 5th | Bryan Andrews | $43,796 |
| 6th | Yueqi "Rich" Zhu | $33,907 |
| 7th | Jordan Morgan | $25,430 |
| 8th | Jeffrey Calkins | $18,837 |
| 9th | Richard Ashby | $13,657 |
Ninth-place finisher Richard Ashby was eliminated simultaneously along with Ron Ware (10th place) on the final hand of day, 2 by Jordan Morgan. Therefore he never appeared at the official final table.
Event 10: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,531
- Total prize pool: $2,786,420
- Number of payouts: 153
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Will Durkee Will Durkee William Durkee is a graduate student at the Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois . He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with a degree in economics... (1/1) |
$566,916 |
| 2nd | Todd Terry | $353,875 |
| 3rd | Hunter Frey | $231,273 |
| 4th | Justin Bonomo Justin Bonomo Justin Bonomo is an American professional poker player who was a sponsored member of Team Bodog until January 2010. -Poker:... |
$156,040 |
| 5th | Michael Banducci Michael Banducci Michael Banducci is an American professional poker player who won a 2008 World Series of Poker bracelet event., his total live tournament winnings exceed $959,000... |
$105,884 |
| 6th | Stanley Weiss Stanley Weiss Stanley Weiss is an American professional poker player residing in Nashville, Tennessee.In May 2006, Weiss won the World Poker Tour fifth season Mirage Poker Showdown and earned $1,084,037. On the final hand he held K♠ 5♦ and outdrew Harry Demetriou's K♥ 6♣ on the river... |
$78,020 |
| 7th | Walter Browne | $58,515 |
| 8th | Gil George | $43,190 |
| 9th | Ronnie Hofman | $32,880 |
Event 11: $5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud
- 3-day event: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 180
- Total prize pool: $846,000
- Number of payouts: 24
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chris Reslock Chris Reslock Chris J. Reslock is a professional poker player from Valley City, North Dakota, who now lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Reslock was a semi-retired cab owner and operator before he began playing poker professionally, he was a highly ranked Scrabble player but went into poker because the money... (1/1) |
$258,453 |
| 2nd | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... (0/5) |
$143,820 |
| 3rd | David Oppenheim David Oppenheim David Oppenheim is an American professional poker player. Duringthe second season of the World Poker Tour, he placed third in the No-Limit Hold 'em Championship at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, earning $117,500 and third at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $50,000 The Players... |
$93,060 |
| 4th | Pat Pezzin | $61,335 |
| 5th | Theo Jørgensen Theo Jørgensen Theo Jørgensen is a Danish professional poker player, based in Copenhagen who has made two European Poker Tour final tables.Jørgensen began playing poker in the early 1990s... |
$46,350 |
| 6th | Ted Lawson (0/1) | $35,532 |
| 7th | Oriane Teysseire | $27,072 |
| 8th | Marco Traniello | $19,458 |
Event 12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
This event was played in a shorthanded format, no more than six players per table, with no more than six players occupying a table at any time during the tournament.- 3-day event: Thursday, June 7, 2007 to Saturday, June 9, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,427
- Total prize pool: $1,947,855
- Number of payouts: 120
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jason Warner Jason Warner Jason Warner is a 22 year old hardware store worker who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2007 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em short handed. Warner does not like playing poker online, preferring to play at the River Rock Casino near Vancouver. Prior to winning his bracelet he participated in one... (1/1) |
$481,698 |
| 2nd | David Zeitlin | $269,778 |
| 3rd | Steve Olek | $186,020 |
| 4th | David Mitchell-Lolis | $123,689 |
| 5th | Matt Brady | $92,523 |
| 6th | Brian Miller | $61,357 |
Event 13: $5,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Friday, June 8, 2007 to Sunday, June 10, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 398
- Total prize pool: $1,870,600
- Number of payouts: 36
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an American professional poker player.Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally. At the age of 18, he began playing at in Indian casinos... (1/5) |
$487,287 |
| 2nd | Jeffrey Lisandro Jeff Lisandro Jeffrey Lisandro is an Australian professional poker player, now residing in Salerno, Italy. Lisandro is known by many to be a cash game specialist, but is a well-known face on the poker tournament circuit and is regarded as one of the premier Seven Card Stud players in the world... |
$294,260 |
| 3rd | Humberto Brenes (0/2) | $197,348 |
| 4th | Jason Lester Jason Lester Jason Lester is a professional poker player who has lived in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami. He is also an exceptional backgammon player and has won many tournaments in the past, but now he focuses on poker. He came in 4th at the 2003 World Series of Poker , the year Chris Moneymaker won the... (0/1) |
$132,813 |
| 5th | Joe Patrick | $99,142 |
| 6th | Travis Rice | $78,565 |
| 7th | Gavin Griffin Gavin Griffin Gavin Griffin is an American professional poker player. He attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.... (0/1) |
$58,924 |
| 8th | Keith Lehr (0/1) | $43,959 |
| 9th | Alan Jaffray | $31,800 |
Event 14: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
- 2-day event: Friday, June 8, 2007 to Saturday, June 9, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 395
- Total prize pool: $539,175
- Number of payouts: 40
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Keiner Michael Keiner Michael Keiner is a German poker player best known for winning a Seven-card stud WSOP bracelet in 2007.Keiner, who used to be a plastic surgeon, started playing poker in 1993.... (1/1) |
$146,987 |
| 2nd | Nesbitt Coburn | $80,876 |
| 3rd | Steve Sung Steve Sung Suk-Min "Steve" Sung is a Korean professional poker player residing in Torrance, California who is a three time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships.... |
$51,222 |
| 4th | Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. Greenstein donates his profit from tournament winnings to charities, primarily Children, Incorporated, earning him the nickname "the... (0/2) |
$33,698 |
| 5th | Dale Phillips | $26,150 |
| 6th | Greg Raymer Greg Raymer Gregory Raymer nicknamed "Fossilman," is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event.-Early life:... (0/1) |
$19,680 |
| 7th | John Robertson | $15,097 |
| 8th | Larry Eubanks | $11,053 |
Event 15: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Saturday, June 9, 2007 to Monday, June 11, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 2,628
- Total prize pool: $3,587,220
- Number of payouts: 270
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth is an American professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his temperamental, "poker brat" personality... * (1/11) |
$637,254 |
| 2nd | Andy Philachack | $394,594 |
| 3rd | Rick Fuller | $247,518 |
| 4th | Morgan Machina | $161,425 |
| 5th | Scott Clements Scott Clements Scott Clements is a professional poker player from Mount Vernon, Washington, United States, who has won titles in both World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker events.... (0/1) |
$112,997 |
| 6th | David Simon | $82,506 |
| 7th | Fabrice Soulier Fabrice Soulier Fabrice Soulier is a professional poker player with over $3.2 Million in live poker tournament winnings and won his first bracelet in the 2011 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E... |
$64,570 |
| 8th | Ut Nguyen | $48,427 |
| 9th | Taylor Douglas | $38,025 |
Phil Hellmuth won his eleventh WSOP bracelet, the most of any player. He was previously one of three players with ten bracelets the others being Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan (poker player)
Johnny Chan rather than his Chinese birth name. born in Guangzhou, China in 1957) is a Chinese American professional poker player. He has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, including 1987 and 1988 World Series of Poker main events consecutively....
and Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson
Doyle F. Brunson is an American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.Brunson is the first player to...
.
Event 16: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
- 3-day event: Saturday, June 9, 2007 to Monday, June 11, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 382
- Total prize pool: $878,600
- Number of payouts: 40
- Winning hand: 6-4-3-2-A-(4-3) (Razz) (card suits do not matter in Razz)
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Richburg James Richburg James Richburg is an American professional poker player from Long Beach, California.Richburg has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. The first came in the razz championship in 2006. He won his second in the $2500 HORSE event in 2007.... (1/2) |
$239,503 |
| 2nd | Walter Browne | $131,790 |
| 3rd | Chris Björin Chris Bjorin Christer "Chris" Björin is a Swedish professional poker player, now based in London, England. Throughout his career, Björin has kept a relatively low profile and avoided many televised poker tournaments and interviews.-Poker:... (0/2) |
$83,467 |
| 4th | Tom Schneider (1/1) | $54,913 |
| 5th | Ali Eslami Ali Eslami Ali Eslami is a professional poker player currently residing in Los Angeles area. He was one of two people, who first won the man-machine poker championship.... |
$42,612 |
| 6th | Robert Mizrachi Robert Mizrachi Robert Mizrachi is an American professional poker player.Robert Mizrachi was a former poker dealer at a South Miami casino... |
$32,069 |
| 7th | Herb Van Dyke | $24,601 |
| 8th | Harry Kazazian | $18,011 |
Razz is a form of stud poker
Stud poker
Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Stud games are also typically non-positional games, meaning that the player who bets first on each round may change from round to round...
that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker). The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against you for low, and the ace always plays low. The best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as "the wheel" or "the bicycle". Deuce-to-seven Razz is also sometimes played.
Event 17: $1,000 World Championship Ladies No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Sunday, June 10, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,286
- Total prize pool: $1,755,000
- Number of payouts: 99
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sally Boyer Sally Boyer Sally Anne Boyer is the 2007 World Series of Poker bracelet winner in the $1,000 World Championship Ladies Event No Limit Hold'em event.She is from Park City, Utah.Prior to the 2007 event, Boyer had only been playing poker for less than a year... (1/1) |
$262,077 |
| 2nd | Anne Heft | $166,177 |
| 3rd | Randi Calabro | $106,494 |
| 4th | Kathleen Gliva | $70,216 |
| 5th | Katja Thater Katja Thater Katja Thater is a professional poker player and horse breeder. She is married to another poker professional, Jan von Halle.Her popularity in Germany comes from the wide coverage on local television of her participation in the Poker Nations Cup and Women's Poker Open.Before becoming a professional... |
$49,151 |
| 6th | Frauke Sporschill | $37,448 |
| 7th | Mindy Trinidad | $28,086 |
| 8th | Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst is an American professional poker player who has made five final tables, including two heads-up semi-finals, at the World Series of Poker and won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Selbst also won the main event of the 2010 and 2011 PokerStars.net North... |
$20,480 |
| 9th | Julie Dang | $14,628 |
The 1,286 entrants made this the largest ladies only tournament ever.
Event 18: $5,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Sunday, June 10, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 257
- Total prize pool: $1,207,900
- Number of payouts: 27
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saro Getzoyan Saro Getzoyan Saro Getzoyan is an American software engineer from Lexington, Massachusetts who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2007 $ 5,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em. Getzoyan, of Armenian descent, earned an undergraduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters Degree... (1/1) |
$333,379 |
| 2nd | Geoff Sanford | $200,511 |
| 3rd | William Thorson William Thorson William Thorson is a Swedish professional poker player from Varberg, Sweden and a three time European Poker Tour final table participant who, in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, finished in 13th place.... |
$136,493 |
| 4th | Thor Hansen Thor Hansen Thor Harald Hansen is a professional poker player. He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas in the mid 1990s. He has two WSOP braclets, one from the 1988 WSOP in Seven-card stud, and then later in Deuce to Seven Lowball in the 2002 WSOP... (0/2) |
$93,008 |
| 5th | David Gee | $68,850 |
| 6th | Tom Koral | $54,356 |
| 7th | Ray Dehkharghani | $41,069 |
| 8th | Don Todd | $30,198 |
| 9th | Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years... |
$21,742 |
Like David Williams
David Williams (card player)
David Anthony Williams is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player.-Personal life:Williams was born in Arlington, Texas. He briefly attended Princeton University before switching to study economics at Southern Methodist University...
, Gabriel Nassif was first known for competing Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
Pro Tour
Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)
The Pro Tour is the highest form of competitive play for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. It consists of a series of payout tournaments held throughout the world, each requiring an invitation to participate. Every PT awards a total of $230,000 in cash prizes, with $40,000 going to...
.
Event 19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Monday, June 11, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,013
- Total prize pool: $2,329,900
- Number of payouts: 99
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Francois Safieddine Francois Safieddine Francois Safieddine is a nightclub owner in Denver, Colorado who won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2007 World Series of Poker's $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. Safieddine, 33, is married and has four children. He was born in Lebanon and moved to the U.S. during the 1980s.As of 2008,... (1/1) |
$521,785 |
| 2nd | John Phan | $330,846 |
| 3rd | Marcus Obser | $212,021 |
| 4th | Devin Porter | $139,794 |
| 5th | Shawn Hattem | $97,856 |
| 6th | Lars Bonding | $74,557 |
| 7th | Humberto Brenes (0/2) | $55,918 |
| 8th | Alex Bolotin | $40,773 |
| 9th | Bertrand Grospellier Bertrand Grospellier Bertrand Grospellier , also known as ElkY is a poker player and former pro gamer from France who has won a World Poker Tour , a World Series of Poker bracelet and a European Poker Tour title... |
$29,124 |
Event 20: $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-day event: Monday, June 11, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 340
- Total prize pool: $618,000
- Number of payouts: 32
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ryan Hughes (1/1) | $176,358 |
| 2nd | Min Lee | $97,461 |
| 3rd | Douglas Carli | $61,880 |
| 4th | Greg Raymer (0/1) | $41,460 |
| 5th | Steve Graboski | $32,178 |
| 6th | Jim Weir | $24,443 |
| 7th | Ron Ware | $18,873 |
| 8th | Adam Spiegelberg | $13,923 |
Event 21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
- 2-day event: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 900
- Total prize pool: $1,228,500
- Number of payouts: 90
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Don Baruch Don Baruch Donald Baruch is a 42 year old owner of an investment and management services company. In 2007, he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 NLHE Shootout event... (1/1) |
$264,106 |
| 2nd | Jared Davis | $149,263 |
| 3rd | Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles. He is currently ranked second in the all-time career earnings list and is the star of poker game show Million Dollar Challenge. He plays a big... (0/3) |
$101,351 |
| 4th | Thomas Fuller | $68,796 |
| 5th | Michael Wehner | $36,855 |
| 6th | Brendan Lee | $22,113 |
| 7th | Doug Baughman | $15,971 |
| 8th | Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick A. Lindgren is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.-Poker career:He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and... |
$12,899 |
| 9th | Fred Goldberg Fred Goldberg Fred Goldberg is a professional poker player from Hollywood, FloridaGoldberg's first major success in poker came in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event, where he finished in 10th place winning $1,154,527. He also became known for bearing a strong resemblance to Chris Moneymaker, the 2003... |
$9,828 |
Event 22: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 to Friday, June 15, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 640
- Total prize pool: $3,012,700
- Number of payouts: 63
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Mackey James Mackey For the former Toronto Chief of Police see James Page MackeyJames Mackey attended the University of Missouri before dropping out of a pre-med program to pursue a career in professional poker... (1/1) |
$730,740 |
| 2nd | Stuart Fox | $448,892 |
| 3rd | Michael Binger Michael Binger Michael W. Binger is a part-time professional poker player, based in Atherton, California. He has a brother, Nick Binger, who also has several high-profile tournament cashes.... |
$295,245 |
| 4th | William McMahon | $194,319 |
| 5th | Karga Holt | $140,091 |
| 6th | Nick Schulman Nick Schulman Nick Schulman is an American professional poker player from Manhattan, New York. Nick Schulman is also a professional-calibre pocket billiards player. He grew up playing pool at Amsterdam Billiards, in New York City... |
$108,457 |
| 7th | Jan Sørensen (0/2) | $81,343 |
| 8th | Tex Barch | $60,254 |
| 9th | Michael Gracz | $43,684 |
Event 23: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
- 2-day event: Thursday, June 14, 2007 to Friday, June 15, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 576
- Total prize pool: $786,240
- Number of payouts: 54
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scott Clements Scott Clements Scott Clements is a professional poker player from Mount Vernon, Washington, United States, who has won titles in both World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker events.... (1/2) |
$194,206 |
| 2nd | Eric Lynch | $119,508 |
| 3rd | Dau "Tommy" Ly | $78,624 |
| 4th | Will Durkee (1/1) | $52,285 |
| 5th | Jason Newburger | $38,133 |
| 6th | Mark Davis | $29,877 |
| 7th | Andrew Black | $22,408 |
| 8th | Anthony MacCanello | $16,511 |
| 9th | K.U. Davis | $11,794 |
Event 24: $3,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better
- 3-day event: Thursday, June 14, 2007 to Saturday, June 16, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 236
- Total prize pool: $651,360
- Number of payouts: 24
- Winning hand: K-Q-10-7-3-J-A
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eli Elezra Eli Elezra Eliahu Ilan Elezra is an Israeli professional poker player and a businessman, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.While he was in Israel, Elezra was a lieutenant in the Golani Brigade. He was bedridden by a leg injury; during this time he began playing poker... (1/1) |
$198,984 |
| 2nd | Scotty Nguyen Scotty Nguyen Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship... (0/4) |
$110,731 |
| 3rd | Dutch Boyd (0/1) | $71,650 |
| 4th | John Harkness | $47,224 |
| 5th | David Sklansky David Sklansky -Life and career:Sklansky was born and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he graduated from Teaneck High School in 1966. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, but left before graduation. He returned to Teaneck and passed multiple Society of Actuaries exams by the time he was 20, and worked... (0/3) |
$35,825 |
| 6th | Thor Hansen (0/2) | $27,357 |
| 7th | George Hardie | $20,844 |
| 8th | Marshall Ragir | $14,981 |
Event 25: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Friday, June 15, 2007 to Sunday, June 17, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,619
- Total prize pool: $2,946,580
- Number of payouts: 153
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ben Ponzio Ben Ponzio Ben Ponzio is a 35 year old General Sales Manager for Chicago's WBBM-FM radio. In 2007, he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em. “Sure, I’m going back to work,” Ponzio said in a post-tournament interview. “Six-hundred thousand is a lot of money... (1/1) |
$599,467 |
| 2nd | David Hewitt | $374,216 |
| 3rd | Justin Rollo | $244,566 |
| 4th | Evan Schwartz | $165,008 |
| 5th | Travis Rice | $111,970 |
| 6th | Danny Noam | $82,504 |
| 7th | Adam Ross | $61,878 |
| 8th | Ken Einiger | $45,672 |
| 9th | Darryl Ronconi | $34,770 |
Event 26: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E.
- 3-day event: Friday, June 15, 2007 to Sunday, June 17, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 192
- Total prize pool: $902,400
- Number of payouts: 24
- Winning hand: (Omaha Hi/Lo)
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ralph Schwartz Ralph Schwartz Ralph Schwartz is a 28 year old money manager on Wall Street. In 2007, he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. H.O.R.S.E... (1/1) |
$275,683 |
| 2nd | Bill Gazes Bill Gazes William G. "Bill" Gazes is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who in his career has made over $2.2 Million in live tournament earnings and is a sponsored player on Full Tilt Poker known as a Full Tilt Pro.... |
$153,408 |
| 3rd | Yuebin Guo | $99,264 |
| 4th | Phil Ivey (0/5) | $65,424 |
| 5th | Robert Mizrachi | $49,632 |
| 6th | Alexander Jung | $37,901 |
| 7th | Thom Schultz | $28,877 |
| 8th | Jeff Campbell | $20,755 |
Event 27: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Saturday, June 16, 2007 to Monday, June 18, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 2,315
- Total prize pool: $3,159,975
- Number of payouts: 198
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Stucke David Stucke David Stucke is a physics professor and poker player.He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, and received advanced degrees from Iowa State University and Pennsylvania State University... (1/1) |
$603,069 |
| 2nd | Young Cho | $382,357 |
| 3rd | Seth Weinger | $246,478 |
| 4th | Michael Ium | $164,319 |
| 5th | David Woo | $115,339 |
| 6th | Noam Freedman | $83,739 |
| 7th | Tom Dobrilovic | $63,200 |
| 8th | Luis Sanchez | $47,400 |
| 9th | Thai Ton | $36,340 |
Event 28: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Sunday, June 17, 2007 to Tuesday, June 19, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 827
- Total prize pool: $2,282,520
- Number of payouts: 81
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shankar Pillai Shankar Pillai Shankar Pillai is an American poker player from Commack, New York.In the 2007 World Series of Poker, Pillai won a World Series of Poker bracelet in his first ever World Series of Poker event, the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event.... (1/1) |
$527,829 |
| 2nd | Beth Shak | $328,683 |
| 3rd | Jason Song | $212,274 |
| 4th | Dustin Holmes | $141,516 |
| 5th | Ben Fineman | $100,431 |
| 6th | Phil Hellmuth* (1/11) | $76,464 |
| 7th | Perry Friedman Perry Friedman Perry Friedman is an American professional poker player who won the 2002 World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event, a founding member of the Tiltboys and is a Full Tilt Professional.- World Series of Poker :... (0/1) |
$57,063 |
| 8th | Brett Richey | $42,227 |
| 9th | Daniel Corbin | $30,814 |
Event 29: $1,500 Razz
- 3-day event: Sunday, June 17, 2007 to Tuesday, June 19, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 341
- Total prize pool: $465,465
- Number of payouts: 32
- Winning hand: 8-2-9-3-5-3-4 (card suits do not matter in Razz)
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Katja Thater (1/1) | $132,653 |
| 2nd | Larry St. Jean | $73,311 |
| 3rd | O'Neil Longson O'Neil Longson O'Neil Longson is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker.-Poker career:... (0/3) |
$46,547 |
| 4th | Paul Clark Paul Clark (poker player) Paul "Eskimo" Clark is an American professional poker player, living in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Life and career:Before turning to poker, Paul Clark was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he worked as a medic.... (0/3) |
$31,186 |
| 5th | Denny Axel | $24,204 |
| 6th | Mark Vos Mark Vos Mark Vos , also known as 'pokerbok', is a professional poker player from Australia. Vos was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and attended Waldorf High School in Constantia. He excelled at mathematics olympiads while in high school, and represented his province in the interprovincial olympiad... (0/1) |
$18,836 |
| 7th | Men Nguyen Men Nguyen Men "The Master" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.-Early years:In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with... (0/6) |
$14,197 |
| 8th | Thomas Daubert | $10,473 |
Event 30: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
- 3-day event: Monday, June 18, 2007 to Wednesday, June 20, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 847
- Total prize pool: $1,948,100
- Number of payouts: 78
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Bricken Corkins is an American professional poker player.He also has three children in Chelsei Corkins, Brittney Corkins, and Ashley Roundtre... (1/2) |
$515,065 |
| 2nd | Terrence Chan | $287,345 |
| 3rd | William Lin | $196,758 |
| 4th | Alan Sass | $132,471 |
| 5th | Kelly Vande-Mheen | $96,431 |
| 6th | James Pittman | $63,118 |
Event 31: $5,000 World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 to Thursday, June 21, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 392
- Total prize pool: $1,842,400
- Number of payouts: 64
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dan Schreiber Dan Schreiber Dan Schreiber is a pro gamer and poker player from Troy, OH. He currently resides in South Korea.In the 2007 WSOP Heads-Up Event, Schreiber swept Las Vegas poker pro Mark Muchnik in the best two out of three matches at the final table. The first match lasted 79 hands while the second lasted only... (1/1) |
$425,594 |
| 2nd | Mark Muchnik | $230,300 |
| SF | Keith Block | $128,968 |
| SF | Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst is an American professional poker player who has made five final tables, including two heads-up semi-finals, at the World Series of Poker and won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Selbst also won the main event of the 2010 and 2011 PokerStars.net North... |
$128,968 |
| QF | Steve Sarrafzadeh | $46,060 |
| QF | Jared Davis | $46,060 |
| QF | Shannon Shorr Shannon Shorr Shannon Shorr is a professional poker player from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Shorr grew up in Birmingham, where he was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School.... |
$46,060 |
| QF | Toto Leonidas Toto Leonidas Alfredo C. "Toto" Leonidas is an American Poker player with over $3,200,000 in live tournament lifetime winnings. His 24 cashes as the WSOP account for $812,218 of those winnings.... (0/1) |
$46,060 |
"SF" denotes players who lost in the semifinal round of the tournament and "QF" denotes players who lost in the quarterfinal round.
Event 32: $2,000 Seven-Card Stud
- 3-day event: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 to Thursday, June 21, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 213
- Total prize pool: $387,660
- Number of payouts: 24
- Winning hand: A-A-
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeffrey Lisandro Jeff Lisandro Jeffrey Lisandro is an Australian professional poker player, now residing in Salerno, Italy. Lisandro is known by many to be a cash game specialist, but is a well-known face on the poker tournament circuit and is regarded as one of the premier Seven Card Stud players in the world... (1/1) |
$118,426 |
| 2nd | Nick Frangos Nick Frangos Nick Frangos is a professional poker player who plays out of Atlantic City, NJ.- Biography :Nick Frangos is a successful limit cash game specialist who also plays in occasional tournaments... |
$65,902 |
| 3rd | Nesbitt Coburn | $42,643 |
| 4th | Severin Walser | $28,105 |
| 5th | Daniel Negreanu (0/3) | $21,321 |
| 6th | Greg Pappas | $16,282 |
| 7th | David Brody | $12,405 |
| 8th | Farshad "Ben" Cohen | $8,916 |
Event 33: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys
- 3-day event: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 to Friday, June 22, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 293
- Number of rebuys/addons: 880
- Total prize pool: $1,684,305
- Number of payouts: 27
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alan Smurfit Alan Smurfit Alan Smurfit is an Irish retiree who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in his first ever World Series of Poker event, the 2007 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event.... (1/1) |
$464,867 |
| 2nd | Qushqar Morad | $279,595 |
| 3rd | Van Marcus | $190,326 |
| 4th | Chris Bjorin | $129,691 |
| 5th | Chau Giang Chau Giang Chau Tu Giang is an American professional poker player of Chinese descent, who is a three time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a three time final tablist of the World Poker Tour with over $3 million in live tournament winnings alone.- Biography :Giang fled Vietnam in a small boat in the... (0/3) |
$96,005 |
| 6th | Brandon Adams | $75,794 |
| 7th | Robert Fellner | $57,266 |
| 8th | Sunny Nijran | $42,108 |
| 9th | Hilbert Shirey Hilbert Shirey Hilbert Shirey is an American professional poker player.Shirey has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker and has also cashed in more than 20 other WSOP events.Shirey won his first WSOP bracelet in 1987 in a No Limit Hold'em event... (0/3) |
$30,317 |
Event 34: $3,000 Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 to Friday, June 22, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 296
- Total prize pool: $816,960
- Number of payouts: 27
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alexander Borteh Alexander Borteh Alex Borteh is a professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in a World Series of Poker event, the $3,000 Limit Hold'em event. Borteh has cashed in 4 WSOP events and made two final tables. In 2005, he finished in 3rd place in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event... (1/1) |
$225,483 |
| 2nd | Brandon Wong | $135,615 |
| 3rd | Shawn Keller | $92,316 |
| 4th | David Pham David Pham David Pham , is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Bell Gardens, California with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour.- Early life :... (0/2) |
$62,906 |
| 5th | Matthew Kelly | $46,567 |
| 6th | Vivek Rajkumar | $36,763 |
| 7th | Michael Byrne | $27,777 |
| 8th | Marco Johnson | $20,424 |
| 9th | Petri Pollanen | $14,705 |
Event 35: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Thursday, June 21, 2007 to Saturday, June 23, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 2,541
- Total prize pool: $3,468,465
- Number of payouts: 271
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ryan Young (1/1) | $615,955 |
| 2nd | Dustin Dirksen | $381,381 |
| 3rd | Nam Le | $239,230 |
| 4th | John Esposito | $156,020 |
| 5th | Michael Trimby | $109,214 |
| 6th | Paul Cheung | $79,743 |
| 7th | Raj Jain | $62,048 |
| 8th | Darren Glenn | $46,806 |
| 9th | Joe Holmes | $36,751 |
Event 36: $5,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-day event: Thursday, June 21, 2007 to Saturday, June 23, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 280
- Total prize pool: $1,316,000
- Number of payouts: 27
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Guth John Guth John Guth is a professional poker player from Vancouver, Washington who won a bracelet at the World Championship Limit Omaha-8 event at the 2007 World Series of Poker.... (1/1) |
$363,216 |
| 2nd | Robert Stevanovski | $218,456 |
| 3rd | David Flores | $148,708 |
| 4th | Max Reynard | $101,332 |
| 5th | Greg Jameson | $75,012 |
| 6th | Randy Jensen | $59,220 |
| 7th | Michael Pollowitz | $44,744 |
| 8th | Bart Hanson | $32,900 |
| 9th | Jim Grove | $23,688 |
Event 37: $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Friday, June 22, 2007 to Sunday, June 24, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 599
- Total prize pool: $1,090,180
- Number of payouts: 54
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greg Hopkins | $269,274 |
| 2nd | Jason Newburger | $165,707 |
| 3rd | Yuval Bronshtein | $109,018 |
| 4th | Pete Lawson | $72,497 |
| 5th | David Zarrin | $52,874 |
| 6th | Robert Collison | $41,427 |
| 7th | Gioi Luong | $31,070 |
| 8th | Ray Coburn | $22,894 |
| 9th | Bryan O'Connell | $16,353 |
Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Saturday, June 23, 2007 to Monday, June 25, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 2,778
- Total prize pool: $3,791,970
- Number of payouts: 270
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Cheung Robert Cheung Robert Cheung is a 46 year old businessman, originally from Hong Kong, China who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker. He tied the record for shortest heads-up match by defeating his opponent Richard Murnick in one hand.As of... (1/1) |
$673,628 |
| 2nd | Richard Murnick | $417,117 |
| 3rd | Erica Schoenberg Erica Schoenberg Erica Schoenberg is an American professional blackjack and poker player. She is a former model, personal trainer, and professional volleyball player. Schoenberg received professional blackjack training from a member of the MIT Blackjack Team... |
$261,646 |
| 4th | John Kranyak | $170,639 |
| 5th | Andrew Lee | $119,447 |
| 6th | Chris Bjorin | $87,215 |
| 7th | Suey Wong | $68,255 |
| 8th | Ernie Crespo | $51,192 |
| 9th | Nick Goodall | $40,195 |
Event 39: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
- 5-day event: Sunday, June 24, 2007 to Thursday, June 28, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 148
- Total prize pool: $7,104,000
- Number of payouts: 16
- Winning hand: (Seven Card Stud 8 or better)
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Freddy Deeb Freddy Deeb Kassem Ibrahim "Freddy" Deeb is a professional poker player who emigrated from Lebanon to the United States at the age of 19.-Before poker:... (1/2) |
$2,276,832 |
| 2nd | Bruno Fitoussi Bruno Fitoussi Bruno Fitoussi is a French professional poker player from Paris.Fitoussi's first televised poker outing was on the original poker show Late Night Poker... |
$1,278,720 |
| 3rd | John Hanson | $852,480 |
| 4th | Amnon Filippi Amnon Filippi Amnon Eric Filippi is a professional poker player based in New York City.Filippi's significant achievement to date was his first place finish in the 2005 $10,000 No Limit Texas hold 'em Bellagio Challenge Cup poker tournament held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 18, 2005 through... |
$586,080 |
| 5th | Kenny Tran Kenny Tran Phuong "Kenny" Tran is a Vietnamese American professional poker player from Arcadia, California who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship. Tran was born in Vietnam and gives 10% of his winnings to his extended family there. He is married and has 3... |
$444,000 |
| 6th | David Singer David Singer (poker player) David Singer is an American professional poker player and former attorney.-Law career:Singer is a former environmental lawyer who worked on issues and lawsuits related to cleaning up the Long Island Sound for a non-profit organization.-Poker career:He has been playing poker professionally since... |
$337,440 |
| 7th | Barry Greenstein (0/2) | $259,296 |
| 8th | Thor Hansen Thor Hansen Thor Harald Hansen is a professional poker player. He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas in the mid 1990s. He has two WSOP braclets, one from the 1988 WSOP in Seven-card stud, and then later in Deuce to Seven Lowball in the 2002 WSOP... (0/2) |
$188,256 |
The $7.1 million prize pool and $2.2 million prize were the largest prizes in poker history for a non-Main WSOP event.
Event 40: $1,500 Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit
- 3-day event: Sunday, June 24, 2007 to Tuesday, June 26, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 620
- Total prize pool: $846,300
- Number of payouts: 63
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fred Goldberg Fred Goldberg Fred Goldberg is a professional poker player from Hollywood, FloridaGoldberg's first major success in poker came in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event, where he finished in 10th place winning $1,154,527. He also became known for bearing a strong resemblance to Chris Moneymaker, the 2003... (1/1) |
$204,935 |
| 2nd | Rene Mouritsen | $125,895 |
| 3rd | Christoph Niesert | $82,804 |
| 4th | Scott Bohlman | $54,498 |
| 5th | Kevin Marcotte | $39,289 |
| 6th | Joe Brandenburg | $30,418 |
| 7th | Michael Craig | $22,813 |
| 8th | Reza Zand | $16,899 |
| 9th | Karlo López | $12,252 |
Event 41: $1,000 World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Monday, June 25, 2007 to Wednesday, June 27, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,882
- Total prize pool: $1,721,620
- Number of payouts: 153
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ernest Bennett (1/1) | $348,423 |
| 2nd | Tony Korfman | $217,503 |
| 3rd | Rod Clarida | $142,147 |
| 4th | Ed Smith | $95,907 |
| 5th | Thomas Catanzaro | $65,080 |
| 6th | Leon Lewis | $47,953 |
| 7th | Jack Deutsch | $35,965 |
| 8th | Ray Abels | $26,546 |
| 9th | Charles Anderson | $20,209 |
Bennett and Korfman made a deal before heads-up play began. Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the title uncontested if Bennett agreed to split the prize money. They split the cash evenly with each taking home roughly $293,000. With 1,882 entrants over the age of 55, this was the largest Senior's event ever.
Event 42: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-day event: Monday, June 25, 2007 to Wednesday, June 27, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 687
- Total prize pool: $937,755
- Number of payouts: 63
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lukasz Dumanski Lukasz Dumanski Łukasz Dumanski , born 20 April 1983, is an Ivory Coast-born Polish-Canadian professional poker player who now resides in Canada. In 2007, he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better... (1/1) |
$227,454 |
| 2nd | David Bach David Bach (poker player) David Bach is a professional poker player from Athens, Georgia, and the winner of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Bach defeated John Hanson heads-up after a marathon final table that lasted 20 hours and 492 hands.In total, Bach has 11 career WSOP... |
$139,725 |
| 3rd | James Tolley | $91,900 |
| 4th | Gene Timberlake | $60,485 |
| 5th | Chad Brown Chad Brown (poker player) Chad Lewis Brown is an American actor, poker player and color commentator, based in Los Angeles, California.-Early life & acting career:... |
$43,606 |
| 6th | Dario Alioto Dario Alioto Dario Alioto is a professional poker player from Palermo, Italy. Alioto's first major success in poker came at the European Poker Tour 2005 Barcellona main event, where he finished in 7th place and earned €52,000. Right after this score, he started grinding PLO cash games that became his best... |
$33,759 |
| 7th | Thomas Hant | $25,319 |
| 8th | Mark Wilds | $18,755 |
| 9th | George Danzer | $13,597 |
Event 43: $2,000 Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 to Thursday, June 28, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 472
- Total prize pool: $859,040
- Number of payouts: 45
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saif Ahmad Saif Ahmad Saifuddin "Saif" Ahmad is a Bangladeshi-American restaurateur and World Series of Poker champion. Ahmad is the owner of several Tony Roma's restaurants in Los Angeles, California, and won the 2007 World Series of Poker bracelet in the $2,000 Limit Hold'em.... (1/1) |
$217,329 |
| 2nd | William Jensen | $133,151 |
| 3rd | Michael Graffeo | $88,481 |
| 4th | Justin Pechie | $59,274 |
| 5th | Tommy Rounds | $43,811 |
| 6th | Hal Havlisch | $34,362 |
| 7th | Robert Pacleb | $25,771 |
| 8th | Joe Mandia | $18,899 |
| 9th | Gerald Kane | $13,745 |
Event 44: $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-day event: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 to Friday, June 29, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 534
- Total prize pool: $971,880
- Number of payouts: 54
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Frankie O'Dell Frankie O'Dell Frankie O'Dell is an American professional poker player residing in Long Beach, California. He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets in Omaha Hi/Lo Split. His first win came in the 2003 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 event and his second in the $2,000 event in 2007... (1/2) |
$240,057 |
| 2nd | Thang Luu Thang Luu Thang Luu is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event and repeated as champion in the same event at the 2009 World Series of Poker... |
$147,726 |
| 3rd | Martin "Dick" Corpuz | $97,188 |
| 4th | Marcel Lüske Marcel Lüske Marcel Lüske is a Dutch professional poker player. He finished 10th in the 2004 WSOP main event and as of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,700,000 USD... |
$64,630 |
| 5th | Marvin Ryan | $47,136 |
| 6th | Jess Robinson | $36,931 |
| 7th | Ming Lee | $27,699 |
| 8th | Stuart Paterson | $20,409 |
| 9th | Mitch Maples | $14,578 |
Event 45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
- 3-day event: Thursday, June 28, 2007 to Saturday, June 30, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 728
- Total prize pool: $3,421,600
- Number of payouts: 78
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Edler Bill Edler William Edler is a professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.... (1/1) |
$904,672 |
| 2nd | Alex Bolotin | $504,686 |
| 3rd | Erik Friberg | $345,582 |
| 4th | Greg Pohler | $232,669 |
| 5th | Dutch Boyd (0/1) | $169,369 |
| 6th | Gioi Luong | $110,860 |
Event 46: $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-day event: Thursday, June 28, 2007 to Saturday, June 30, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 668
- Total prize pool: $607,880
- Number of payouts: 64
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
Final table Place Name Prize 1st Tom Schneider Tom SchneiderTom Schneider is a professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona. Schneider was a certified public accountant and former president and chief financial officer for three Arizona companies before beginning his poker career in 2002...
(2/2)$147,713 2nd Hoyt Verner $82,064 3rd Miguel de la Cruz $51,670 4th Scotty Nguyen Scotty NguyenThuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship...
(0/4)$31,610 5th Saundra Taylor $24,619 6th Tony Ma Tony MaTony Ma is an American professional poker player.Born Hieu Ngoc Ma, he moved to Southern California in 1985 and became a regular fixture on the poker circuit....
(0/2)$19,270 7th Tommy Hang $14,711 8th Woody Deck Woody DeckWoody Deck is an American professional poker player residing in Vilnius, Lithuania.A former student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Deck pledged Alpha Epsilon Pi, the Jewish Fraternity, where he has been seen ironing $100 bills in his dorm room. Deck has also played poker in casinos since...
$11,063
Event 47: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Friday, June 29, 2007 to Sunday, July 1, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 2,038
- Total prize pool: $3,709,160
- Number of payouts: 198
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Blair Rodman Blair Rodman Blair Rodman is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.Rodman has been playing poker professionally since 1985, when he quit his job dealing craps.... (1/1) |
$707,898 |
| 2nd | Amato Galasso | $448,808 |
| 3rd | Klein Kim Bach | $289,314 |
| 4th | Anna Wroblewski Anna Wroblewski Anna Wroblewski is an American professional poker player, with multiple live tournament results that add up to over $1 million in career earnings.- Early years :... |
$192,876 |
| 5th | Steve Crawford | $135,384 |
| 6th | Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe is an English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.After winning first prize in an event at the 2004 Gutshot Poker Festival, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 No Limit event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.In July 2005, he... |
$98,293 |
| 7th | Joe Pelton Joe Pelton Joe Pelton is an American business analyst and poker tournament player, who is based in Newport Beach, California. He attended Harvey Mudd College and graduated in 1999... |
$74,183 |
| 8th | David Schnettler | $55,637 |
| 9th | Mark McKibben | $42,655 |
Event 48: $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball with rebuys
- 3-day event: Friday, June 29, 2007 to Sunday, July 1, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 209
- Number of rebuys/addons: 546
- Total prize pool: $721,804
- Number of payouts: 24
- Winning hand: 7-6-4-3-2
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rafi Amit Rafi Amit Rafi Amit , is an Israeli professional poker player, from Holon.Amit has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker, the first in the 2005 Pot limit Omaha and the second in 2007 in the $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball with rebuys event.... (1/2) |
$227,005 |
| 2nd | Lenny Martin | $128,120 |
| 3rd | Anthony Lellouche | $84,812 |
| 4th | Jon Shoreman | $57,383 |
| 5th | Eugene Ji | $41,504 |
| 6th | Mark Bartlog | $27,068 |
Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
- 3-day event: Saturday, June 30, 2007 to Monday, July 2, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 3,151
- Total prize pool: $4,301,115
- Number of payouts: 324
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chandrasekhar Billavara Chandrasekhar Billavara Chandrasekhar Billavara is a poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event.Billavara competes in a weekly home game with friends... (1/1) |
$722,914 |
| 2nd | Taylor Douglas | $467,101 |
| 3rd | John Hunt | $292,476 |
| 4th | Leandro Pimentel | $189,249 |
| 5th | Duane Felix | $131,184 |
| 6th | Cort Kibler-Melby | $96,775 |
| 7th | Ray Spencer | $75,270 |
| 8th | Greg Mueller | $55,914 |
| 9th | Lewis Titterton | $45,162 |
This event set a World Series of Poker non-main event and live poker attendance record with 3,151 entries breaking the previous record of 2,998 set earlier in the third event of the 2007 WSOP. At the time it was also the third-highest entry total in all live Poker events behind just the 2006 and 2005 main events which had 8,773 and 5,619 entrants respectively.
Event 50: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha
- 3-day event: Sunday, July 1, 2007 to Tuesday, July 3, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 314
- Total prize pool: $2,857,400
- Number of payouts: 36
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Mizrachi Robert Mizrachi Robert Mizrachi is an American professional poker player.Robert Mizrachi was a former poker dealer at a South Miami casino... (1/1) |
$768,889 |
| 2nd | Rene Mouritsen | $464,877 |
| 3rd | Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo... |
$311,394 |
| 4th | Dau "Tommy" Ly | $209,564 |
| 5th | Marco Traniello | $156,435 |
| 6th | Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.Brunson is the first player to... * (0/10) |
$123,967 |
| 7th | Stephen Ladowsky | $92,975 |
| 8th | Jonas Flug-Entin | $69,363 |
| 9th | Steve Sung Steve Sung Suk-Min "Steve" Sung is a Korean professional poker player residing in Torrance, California who is a three time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships.... |
$50,177 |
Event 51: $1,000 S.H.O.E.
- 3-day event: Sunday, July 1, 2007 to Tuesday, July 3, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 730
- Total prize pool: $664,300
- Number of payouts: 72
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dao Bac Dao Bac Dao Bac is a 51 year old professional poker player from Garden Grove, California. In 2007, Dao won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 S.H.O.E. event. S.H.O.E... (1/1) |
$157,975 |
| 2nd | Adam Geyer | $86,691 |
| 3rd | Chip Jett Chip Jett Charles McRae "Chip" Jett is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is one of the most popular players on the World Poker Tour.... |
$55,801 |
| 4th | Raymond Davis | $34,012 |
| 5th | Imre Leibold | $26,572 |
| 6th | Vladimir Shchemelev | $20,793 |
| 7th | Michael Craig | $15,943 |
| 8th | Pat Poels Pat Poels Patrick Poels is an American professional poker player from Mesa, Arizona and a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner.... (0/2) |
$11,957 |
Event 52: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys
- 3-day event: Monday, July 2, 2007 to Wednesday, July 4, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 1,048
- Number of rebuys/addons: 2,336
- Total prize pool: $3,226,609
- Number of payouts: 100
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Graves Michael Graves (poker player) Michael Graves is a medical student at the University of Texas-Southwestern. In 2007, he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 no limit Texas hold'em with rebuys... (1/1) |
$742,121 |
| 2nd | Theo Tran Theo Tran Theo Tran is an Vietnamese American professional poker player.- Biography :Theo Tran was born on November 4, 1981 and grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Tran loved gambling from a young age and started playing poker at age 13... |
$387,193 |
| 3rd | Shawn Luman | $224,249 |
| 4th | Shawn Hattem | $161,330 |
| 5th | Chad Batista | $129,064 |
| 6th | Kris Tate | $112,931 |
| 7th | Isaac Haxton | $96,798 |
| 8th | Arnold Spee | $80,665 |
| 9th | Thierry Cazals | $72,599 |
Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
- 2-day event: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 to Wednesday, July 4, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 720
- Total prize pool: $982,800
- Number of payouts: 72
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ram Vaswani Ram Vaswani Ram Vaswani is an English professional snooker player, turned professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob... (1/1) |
$217,438 |
| 2nd | Andy Ward | $124,816 |
| 3rd | Anh Van Nguyen | $83,538 |
| 4th | David Mosca | $58,968 |
| 5th | Ishak Noyan | $31,450 |
| 6th | Sondre Sagstuen | $19,656 |
| 7th | David Baker | $12,776 |
| 8th | Rayvenia Puckett | $9,582 |
Event 54: $5,000 World Championship No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball with rebuys
- 2-day event: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 to Thursday, July 5, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 78
- Number of rebuys/addons: 226
- Total prize pool: $1,476,000
- Number of payouts: 7
- Winning hand: 8-7-6-5-3
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.In 2010, he was inducted as a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early life:... (1/8) |
$538,835 |
| 2nd | Chad Brown Chad Brown (poker player) Chad Lewis Brown is an American actor, poker player and color commentator, based in Los Angeles, California.-Early life & acting career:... |
$324,777 |
| 3rd | Shawn Sheikhan | $206,676 |
| 4th | Lamar Wilkinson | $162,389 |
| 5th | Andrew Black | $118,101 |
| 6th | Freddy Deeb (1/2) | $73,813 |
| 7th | Todd Brunson Todd Brunson Todd Alan Brunson is an American professional poker player and the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson.Although Brunson's father Doyle is a poker player, Brunson did not learn the game when he was young. It was not until he was studying law at Texas Tech University that he learned on his own how to... (0/1) |
$51,669 |
Event 55: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
- 12-day event: Friday, July 6, 2007 to Tuesday, July 17, 2007
- Number of buy-ins: 6,358
- Total prize pool: $59,784,954
- Number of payouts: 621
- Winning hand:
- Reference:
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jerry Yang Jerry Yang (poker player) Xao "Jerry" Yang is an ethnic Hmong poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.Yang started playing poker in 2005. An amateur player at the time, Yang entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort... (1/1) |
$8,250,000 |
| 2nd | Tuan Lam | $4,840,981 |
| 3rd | Raymond Rahme Raymond Rahme Raymond Rahme is a South African professional poker player. He was the first African to reach a final table at a World Series of Poker Main Event, finishing third and earning $3,048,025, equating to some R21,000,000 in his own country." He took his seat at the 2007 Main Event by finishing fourth... |
$3,048,025 |
| 4th | Alex Kravchenko Alex Kravchenko Alexander Kravchenko is a professional poker player based in Moscow, Russia. He started playing poker in 1997. In the 2007 World Series of Poker, he cashed six times, including finishing fourth at the Main Event and the $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event where he won a WSOP bracelet... (1/1) |
$1,852,721 |
| 5th | Jon Kalmar | $1,255,069 |
| 6th | Hevad Khan Hevad Khan Hevad Khan is a professional poker player, best known for making the final table at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, finishing in sixth place.-Competitive Gaming:... |
$956,243 |
| 7th | Lee Childs | $705,229 |
| 8th | Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson is an American professional poker player, originally from Longbranch, Washington.At the 2004 World Series of Poker , Watkinson finished 2nd in the $5,000 pot limit Omaha event... (0/1) |
$585,699 |
| 9th | Philip Hilm | $525,934 |