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 multimillion-dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.[ 1]
Jerry Yang after winning the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.
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.[ 2]
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 series of poker tournaments ever.[ 3] 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.[ 4] After winning $8.25 million in the Main Event, Jerry Yang and his wife retired.[ 5] "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[ 6] before donating over a million dollars to charity.[ 7] 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."[ 8]
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.[ 9] At the other end of the spectrum, 94-year-old Jack Ury was the oldest person to ever participate in the Main Event.[ 3] Hal Lubarsky , a blind man, finished in 197th place at the Main Event.[ 10] [ 11]
Contents
1 Key
2 Results
2.1 Event 1: $5,000 World Championship Mixed hold'em Limit/No-Limit
2.2 Event 2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
2.3 Event 3: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
2.4 Event 4: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
2.5 Event 5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better
2.6 Event 6: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
2.7 Event 7: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys
2.8 Event 8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys
2.9 Event 9: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
2.10 Event 10: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
2.11 Event 11: $5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud
2.12 Event 12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
2.13 Event 13: $5,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em
2.14 Event 14: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
2.15 Event 15: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
2.16 Event 16: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
2.17 Event 17: $1,000 World Championship Ladies No-Limit Hold'em
2.18 Event 18: $5,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
2.19 Event 19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
2.20 Event 20: $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
2.21 Event 21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
2.22 Event 22: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
2.23 Event 23: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
2.24 Event 24: $3,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better
2.25 Event 25: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
2.26 Event 26: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E.
2.27 Event 27: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
2.28 Event 28: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
2.29 Event 29: $1,500 Razz
2.30 Event 30: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
2.31 Event 31: $5,000 World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em
2.32 Event 32: $2,000 Seven-Card Stud
2.33 Event 33: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys
2.34 Event 34: $3,000 Limit Hold'em
2.35 Event 35: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
2.36 Event 36: $5,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
2.37 Event 37: $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
2.38 Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
2.39 Event 39: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
2.40 Event 40: $1,500 Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit
2.41 Event 41: $1,000 World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
2.42 Event 42: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
2.43 Event 43: $2,000 Limit Hold'em
2.44 Event 44: $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
2.45 Event 45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
2.46 Event 46: $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
2.47 Event 47: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
2.48 Event 48: $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball with rebuys
2.49 Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
2.50 Event 50: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha
2.51 Event 51: $1,000 S.H.O.E.
2.52 Event 52: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys
2.53 Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
2.54 Event 54: $5,000 World Championship No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball with rebuys
2.55 Event 55: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
3 References
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Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame
(#/#)
This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in 2007. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament.
Place
The place in which the player finished.
Name
The player who made it to the final table
Prize ($)
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
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At the time of his victory, Steve Billirakis was the youngest person to have won a WSOP bracelet.
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: K ♠ 2 ♦
Reference: [ 12]
Event 2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
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This was a $500 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada .
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: 10 ♦ 4 ♠
Reference: [ 13]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Frederick Narciso (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
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Ciarán O'Leary after winning the $1,500 No-Limit Texas Hold'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker
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: K ♣ 10 ♦
Reference: [ 14]
Final table
Place
Winner
Prize
1st
Ciarán O'Leary (1/1)
$727,012
2nd
Paul Evans
$450,150
3rd
Alex Jacob
$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.[ 15]
Event 4: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
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Spegal at the 2007 World Series of Poker
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: A ♠ 10 ♠
Reference: [ 16]
Event 5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better
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Schneider at the 2006 World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
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: A ♠ Q ♥ 4 ♠ A ♣ X A ♦ 4 ♣ See note
Reference: [ 17]
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
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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: J ♣ 8 ♦
Reference: [ 18]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Gary Styczynski (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
Anthony Imani
$16,148
Event 7: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys
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Boutin after winning the $5,000 Pot big black balls w/rb event
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: A ♦ Q ♠ 8 ♠ 7 ♣
Reference: [ 19]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Burt Boutin (1/2)
$868,745
2nd
Erik Cajelais
$508,816
3rd
Dave Ulliott (0/1)
$349,811
4th
Sirous Jamshidi
$242,844
5th
Minh Ly
$183,579
6th
Larry Jonsson
$141,659
7th
John Juanda (0/3)
$112,749
8th
Humberto Brenes (0/2)
$83,839
9th
Robin Keston
$60,711
Event 8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys
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Chu, After winning the $1,000 no-limit Hold'em with rebuys event
3-day event: Tuesday, June 5, 2007, to Thursday, June 7, 2007
Number of buy-ins: 814
Number of rebuys: 1,814
Total prize pool: $2,533,062
Number of payouts: 81
Winning hand: A ♣ 3 ♥
Reference: [ 20]
Event 9: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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Kravchenko at the 2007 WSOP
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: A ♦ 10 ♠ 9 ♦ 4 ♥
Reference: [ 21]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Alex Kravchenko (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.[ 22]
Event 10: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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Durkee after winning the $2,000 no-limit Hold'em event
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: J ♠ 4 ♠
Reference: [ 23]
Event 11: $5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud
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Reslock at the 2007 WSOP
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: 10 ♣ 10 ♠ 4 ♦ 10 ♦ K ♦ 2 ♠ J ♥
Reference: [ 24]
Event 12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
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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: A ♦ 6 ♦
Reference: [ 25]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jason Warner (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
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Cunningham at the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
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: K ♣ 9 ♦
Reference: [ 26]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Allen Cunningham (1/5)
$487,287
2nd
Jeffrey Lisandro
$294,260
3rd
Humberto Brenes (0/2)
$197,348
4th
Jason Lester (0/1)
$132,813
5th
Joe Patrick
$99,142
6th
Travis Rice
$78,565
7th
Gavin Griffin (0/1)
$58,924
8th
Keith Lehr (0/1)
$43,959
9th
Alan Jaffray
$31,800
Event 14: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
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Keiner after winning the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event
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: K ♠ K ♣ 2 ♥ 4 ♠ 3 ♥ 2 ♠ Q ♦
Reference: [ 27]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Michael Keiner (1/1)
$146,987
2nd
Nesbitt Coburn
$80,876
3rd
Steve Sung
$51,222
4th
Barry Greenstein (0/2)
$33,698
5th
Dale Phillips
$26,150
6th
Greg Raymer (0/1)
$19,680
7th
John Robertson
$15,097
8th
Larry Eubanks
$11,053
Event 15: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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Hellmuth at the 2006 World Series of Poker
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: A ♠ 3 ♥
Reference: [ 28]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Phil Hellmuth * (1/11)
$637,254
2nd
Andy Philachack
$394,594
3rd
Rick Fuller
$247,518
4th
Morgan Machina
$161,425
5th
Scott Clements (0/1)
$112,997
6th
David Simon
$82,506
7th
Fabrice Soulier
$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 and Doyle Brunson .
Event 16: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
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Richburg at the 2007 WSOP
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: [ 29]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
James Richburg (1/2)
$239,503
2nd
Walter Browne
$131,790
3rd
Chris Björin (0/2)
$83,467
4th
Tom Schneider (1/1)
$54,913
5th
Ali Eslami
$42,612
6th
Robert Mizrachi
$32,069
7th
Herb Van Dyke
$24,601
8th
Harry Kazazian
$18,011
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.
Event 17: $1,000 World Championship Ladies No-Limit Hold'em
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Boyer after winning the Ladies World Championship event
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: K ♠ 10 ♠
Reference: [ 30]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Sally Boyer (1/1)
$262,077
2nd
Anne Heft
$166,177
3rd
Randi Calabro
$106,494
4th
Kathleen Gliva
$70,216
5th
Katja Thater
$49,151
6th
Frauke Sporschill
$37,448
7th
Mindy Trinidad
$28,086
8th
Vanessa Selbst
$20,480
9th
Julie Dang
$14,628
The 1,286 entrants made this the largest ladies only tournament ever.[ 15]
Event 18: $5,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
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Getzoyan at the 2007 WSOP
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: Q ♥ J ♥
Reference: [ 31]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Saro Getzoyan (1/1)
$333,379
2nd
Geoff Sanford
$200,511
3rd
William Thorson
$136,493
4th
Thor Hansen (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
$21,742
Like David Williams , Gabriel Nassif was first known for competing Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour .[ 32]
Event 19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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Safieddine at the 2007 WSOP
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: 4 ♥ 4 ♦
Reference: [ 33]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Francois Safieddine (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
$29,124
Event 20: $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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Hughes won a second bracelet in 2008.
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: J ♥ 5 ♥ 10 ♥ 10 ♦ 10 ♣ 6 ♠ 10 ♠
Reference: [ 34]
Final table
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
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Baruch at the 2007 WSOP
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: K ♣ Q ♠
Reference: [ 35]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Don Baruch (1/1)
$264,106
2nd
Jared Davis
$149,263
3rd
Daniel Negreanu (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
$12,899
9th
Fred Goldberg
$9,828
Event 22: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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Mackey at the $15,000 buy-in National Poker League's Vegas Open Championship in 2007
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: 10 ♦ 2 ♥
Reference: [ 36]
Event 23: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
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Clements at the 2007 WSOP
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: K ♥ 9 ♥ 9 ♣ 8 ♣
Reference: [ 37]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Scott Clements (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
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Elezra at the 2007 WSOP
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[ 38]
Reference: [ 39]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Eli Elezra (1/1)
$198,984
2nd
Scotty Nguyen (0/4)
$110,731
3rd
Dutch Boyd (0/1)
$71,650
4th
John Harkness
$47,224
5th
David Sklansky (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
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Ponzio at the 2007 WSOP
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: K ♥ Q ♥
Reference: [ 40]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ben Ponzio (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.
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Schwartz at the 2007 WSOP
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: 8 ♥ 5 ♦ 3 ♠ 2 ♣ (Omaha Hi/Lo)
Reference: [ 41]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ralph Schwartz (1/1)
$275,683
2nd
Bill Gazes
$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
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Stucke at the 2007 WSOP
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: 7 ♦ 7 ♠
Reference: [ 42]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
David Stucke (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
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Pillai at the 2007 WSOP
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: A ♦ 8 ♦
Reference: [ 43]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Shankar Pillai (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 (0/1)
$57,063
8th
Brett Richey
$42,227
9th
Daniel Corbin
$30,814
Event 29: $1,500 Razz
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Thater at the 2007 WSOP
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: [ 44]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Katja Thater (1/1)
$132,653
2nd
Larry St. Jean
$73,311
3rd
O'Neil Longson (0/3)
$46,547
4th
Paul Clark (0/3)
$31,186
5th
Denny Axel
$24,204
6th
Mark Vos (0/1)
$18,836
7th
Men Nguyen (0/6)
$14,197
8th
Thomas Daubert
$10,473
Event 30: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
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Corkins at the 2006 World Series of Poker
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: K ♦ 10 ♠
Reference: [ 45]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Hoyt Corkins (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
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Schreiber after winning the $5,000 Heads-Up championship
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: K ♣ 2 ♠
Reference: [ 46]
"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
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Lisandro after winning the $2,000 seven-card stud event
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-9 ♦ 8 ♠ A ♠ 5 ♠ X
Reference: [ 47]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jeffrey Lisandro (1/1)
$118,426
2nd
Nick Frangos
$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
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Smurfit at the 2007 WSOP
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: Q ♣ J ♣ 8 ♦ 2 ♦
Reference: [ 48]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Alan Smurfit (1/1)
$464,867
2nd
Qushqar Morad
$279,595
3rd
Van Marcus
$190,326
4th
Chris Bjorin
$129,691
5th
Chau Giang (0/3)
$96,005
6th
Brandon Adams
$75,794
7th
Robert Fellner
$57,266
8th
Sunny Nijran
$42,108
9th
Hilbert Shirey (0/3)
$30,317
Event 34: $3,000 Limit Hold'em
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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: K ♣ 6 ♦
Reference: [ 49]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Alexander Borteh (1/1)
$225,483
2nd
Brandon Wong
$135,615
3rd
Shawn Keller
$92,316
4th
David Pham (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
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Nam Le in the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic event
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: A ♥ 7 ♦
Reference: [ 50]
Final table
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
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Guth at the 2007 WSOP
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: 10 ♦ 9 ♦ 9 ♥ 3 ♥
Reference: [ 51]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
John Guth (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
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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: J ♥ J ♦
Reference: [ 52]
Final table
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
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Cheung at the 2007 WSOP
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: A ♣ K ♦
Reference: [ 53]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Robert Cheung (1/1)
$673,628
2nd
Richard Murnick
$417,117
3rd
Erica Schoenberg
$261,646
4th
John Kranyak
$170,639
5th
Andrew Lee
$119,447
6th
Chris Bjorin
$87,215
7th
Suey Wong
$68,255
8th
Anthony Espo
$51,192
9th
Nick Goodall
$40,195
Event 39: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
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Deeb after winning the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Event
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: A ♥ 7 ♠ 4 ♥ 5 ♦ 5 ♥ 9 ♣ 8 ♠ (Seven Card Stud 8 or better)
Reference: [ 54]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Freddy Deeb (1/2)
$2,276,832
2nd
Bruno Fitoussi
$1,278,720
3rd
John Hanson
$852,480
4th
Amnon Filippi
$586,080
5th
Kenny Tran
$444,000
6th
David Singer
$337,440
7th
Barry Greenstein (0/2)
$259,296
8th
Thor Hansen (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.[ 3]
Event 40: $1,500 Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit
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Goldberg at the 2007 WSOP
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: 10 ♥ 7 ♥
Reference: [ 55]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Fred Goldberg (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
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Bennett at the 2007 WSOP
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: [ 56]
Final table
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.[ 4] With 1,882 entrants over the age of 55, this was the largest Senior's event ever.[ 15]
Event 42: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
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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: A ♣ A ♦ 3 ♠ Q ♣
Reference: [ 57]
Event 43: $2,000 Limit Hold'em
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Ahmad at the 2007 WSOP
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: Q ♥ 4 ♥
Reference: [ 58]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Saif Ahmad (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
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O'Dell at the 2007 WSOP
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: 2 ♥ 3 ♦ 9 ♣ Q ♦
Reference: [ 59]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Frankie O'Dell (1/2)
$240,057
2nd
Thang Luu
$147,726
3rd
Martin "Dick" Corpuz
$97,188
4th
Marcel Lüske
$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)
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Edler at the 2007 WSOP
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: A ♣ 10 ♠
Reference: [ 60]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Bill Edler (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
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Schneider at the 2006 World Series of Poker
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: [ 61]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Tom Schneider (2/2)
$147,713
2nd
Hoyt Verner
$82,064
3rd
Miguel de la Cruz
$51,670
4th
Scotty Nguyen (0/4)
$31,610
5th
Saundra Taylor
$24,619
6th
Tony Ma (0/2)
$19,270
7th
Tommy Hang
$14,711
8th
Woody Deck
$11,063
Event 47: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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Rodman at the 2007 WSOP
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: A ♣ J ♦
Reference: [ 62]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Blair Rodman (1/1)
$707,898
2nd
Amato Galasso
$448,808
3rd
Klein Kim Bach
$289,314
4th
Anna Wroblewski
$192,876
5th
Steve Crawford
$135,384
6th
Roland De Wolfe
$98,293
7th
Joe Pelton
$74,183
8th
David Schnettler
$55,637
9th
Mark McKibben
$42,655
Event 48: $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball with rebuys
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Amit shows his gold WSOP bracelet after he won it in the 2005 World Series of Poker .
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: [ 63]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Rafi Amit (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
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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: A ♦ 7 ♠
Reference: [ 64]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Chandrasekhar Billavara (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.[ 15]
Event 50: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha
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Mizrachi after winning the $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: 10 ♠ 9 ♣ 9 ♥ 5 ♥
Reference: [ 65]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Robert Mizrachi (1/1)
$768,889
2nd
Rene Mouritsen
$464,877
3rd
Patrik Antonius
$311,394
4th
Dau "Tommy" Ly
$209,564
5th
Marco Traniello
$156,435
6th
Doyle Brunson * (0/10)
$123,967
7th
Stephen Ladowsky
$92,975
8th
Jonas Flug-Entin
$69,363
9th
Steve Sung
$50,177
Event 51: $1,000 S.H.O.E.
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Bac at the 2007 WSOP
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: 4 ♠ 7 ♠
Reference: [ 66]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Dao Bac (1/1)
$157,975
2nd
Adam Geyer
$86,691
3rd
Chip Jett
$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 (0/2)
$11,957
Event 52: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys
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Graves at the 2007 WSOP
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: 6 ♥ 5 ♠
Reference: [ 67]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Michael Graves (1/1)
$742,121
2nd
Theo Tran
$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
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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: K ♥ Q ♠
Reference: [ 68]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ram Vaswani (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
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Seidel at the 2007 WSOP
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: [ 69]
Event 55: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
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Yang at the 2008 WSOP
As the final event, in which the "World Champion of Poker" is crowned, this is considered the "Main Event".
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: 8 ♣ 8 ♦
Reference: [ 70]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jerry Yang (1/1)
$8,250,000
2nd
Tuan Lam
$4,840,981
3rd
Raymond Rahme
$3,048,025
4th
Alex Kravchenko (1/1)
$1,852,721
5th
Jon Kalmar
$1,255,069
6th
Hevad Khan
$956,243
7th
Lee Childs
$705,229
8th
Lee Watkinson (0/1)
$585,699
9th
Philip Hilm
$525,934