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July 24, 2007

List of 2007 WSOP Winners

Event 2 - World Championship Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
Winner: Steve Billirakis Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $536,287

Event 3 - No-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Ciaran O'Leary Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $727,012

Event 4 - Pot-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Mike Spegal Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $251,957

Event 5 - Omaha/Seven Card Stud High/Low 8/OB
Winner: Thomas Schneider Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $214,347

Event 6 - Limit Hold'em
Winner: Gary Styczynski Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $280,715

Event 7 - Pot-Limit Omaha
Winner: Burt Boutin Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $825,956

Event 8 - No-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Michael Chu Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $585,774

Event 9 - Omaha High-Low 8/OB
Winner: Alexander Kravchenko Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $228,446

Event 10 - No-Limit Hold'em
Winner: William Durkee Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $566,916

Event 11 - World Championship Seven Card Stud
Winner: Chris Reslock Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $258,453

Event 12 - No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Winner: Jason Warner Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $481,698

Event 13 - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Allen Cunningham Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $487,287

Event 14 - Seven Card Stud
Winner: Michael Keiner Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $146,987

Event 15 - No-Limit Hold'em
Phil Hellmuth Jr. Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $637,254

Event 16 - H.O.R.S.E.
James Richburg Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $238,881

Event 17 - Ladies World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Sally Boyer Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $262,077

Event 18 - World Championship Limit Hold'em
Saro Getzoyan Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $333,379

Event 19 - No-Limit Hold'em
Francois Safieddine Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $521,785

Event 20 - Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
Ryan Hughes Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $176,358

Event 21 - No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Don Baruch Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $264,107

Event 22 - No-Limit Hold'em
James Mackey Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $730,740

Event 23 - Pot-Limit Omaha
Scott Clements Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $194,206

Event 24 - World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
Eli Elezra Buy-in: $3,000 | 1st Place Prize: $198,984

Event 25 - No-Limit Hold'em
Ben Ponzio Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $599,109

Event 26 - H.O.R.S.E
Ralph Schwartz Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $275,683

Event 27 - No-Limit Hold'em
David Stucke Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $603,069

Event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em
Shankar Pillai Buy-in: $3,000 | 1st Place Prize: $527,829

Event 29 - Seven Card Razz
Katja Thater Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $132,653

Event 30 - No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed
Hoyt Corkins Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $515,065

Event 31 - World Championship Heads-Up NLH
Daniel Schreiber Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $425,594

Event 32 - Seven Card Stud
Jeffrey Lisandro Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $118,426

Event 33 - Pot-Limit Omaha
Alan Smurfit Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $464,867

Event 34 - Limit Hold'em
Alex Borteh Buy-in: $3,000 | 1st Place Prize: $225,483

Event 35 - No-Limit Hold'em
Ryan Young Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $615,955

Event 36 - No-Limit Hold'em
John Guth Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $363,216

Event 37 - No-Limit Hold'em
Greg Hopkins Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $269,274

Event 38 - No-Limit Hold'em
Robert Cheung Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $673,628

Event 39 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
Freddy Deb Buy-in: $50,000 | 1st Place Prize: $2,276,832

Event 40 - Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
Fred Goldberg Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $204,935

Event 41 - World Championship Seniors NLH
Ernest Bennett Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $204,935

Event 42 - Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low 8/OB
Lukasz Dumanski Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $227,454

Event 43 - Limit Hold'em
Saif Ahmad Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $217,329

Event 45 - No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed
Bill Edler Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $904,672

Event 46 - 7 Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
Tom Schneider Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $147,713

Event 47 - No-Limit Hold'em
Blair Rodman Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $707,898

Event 48 - 2 to 7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)
Rafi Amit Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $227,005

Event 49 - No-Limit Hold'em
Ghandrasekhar Billavara Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $722,914

Event 50 - World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha
Robert Mizrachi Buy-in: $10,000 | 1st Place Prize: $768,889

Event 51 - S.H.O.E.
Dao Bac Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $157,975

Event 52 - No-Limit Hold'em
Michael Graves Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $742,121

Event 53 - Limit Hold'em Shootout
Ram Vaswani Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $217,438

Event 54 - World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
Erikl Seidel Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $538,835

Event 55 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Jerry Yang Buy-in: $10,000 | 1st Place Prize: $8,250,000

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July 22, 2007

News from Poker Player's Alliance

The following is a reprint of an email from Alfonse D'Amato, the chairman of the PPA:

"We have accomplished so much in so little time! Our membership has grown more than 500% since the first of the year, to over 600,000 members -- thanks in no small part to you telling your fellow poker enthusiasts to join our cause. We are well on our way to our One Million Member target, and I again ask for your help by encouraging your family, friends and tablemates to join the PPA.

In Washington: Things are moving and moving fast. There are 4 bills pending in the House of Representatives that are helpful for on-line poker and our members. We are strongly supporting two of these bills: Congressman Barney Frank's H.R. 2046, the "Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act" and Congressman Robert Wexler's H.R. 2610, the "Skill Games Protection Act".

Other bills include Congresswoman Shelley Berkley's H.R. 2410, which calls for a study of Internet Gaming, and Congressman McDermott's H.R. 2607, which amends H.R. 2610 with a revenue component.

In all, we have a lot of momentum, but we still need your help. I just returned from the World Series of Poker, where PPA hosted Congressman Wexler. We saw first-hand the growth and grandeur of the sport of poker, and we asked the WSOP players for their support. They responded in droves, proving that poker enthusiasts are dedicated activists.

As you know, we are a membership-driven organization and we need your support. We lobby on Capitol Hill and in state capitols to defend poker, but these efforts are not without cost.

......."

If you are not a member yet... JOIN!

You can get more information on the PPA by CLICKING HERE!

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July 18, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Champ Crowned

The new champion crowned for the 2007 Main Event No Limit Texas Holdem $10,000 buy-in event is Jerry Yang. Yang took home the coveted bracelet, and $8,250,000. Tuan Lam won second place worth $4,840,981.

The final table took 16 hours to play down!

Raymond Rahme took thrid worth $3,048,025
Alex Kravchenko tok Fourth Place worth $1,852,721

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July 16, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 6

They are down to the FINAL TABLE!

Raymond Rahme, Alex Kravchenko, Lee Childs, Jerry Yang, Lee Watkinson, Tuan Lam, Philip Hilm, Jon Kalmar, and Hevad "RainKhan" Khan.

Scotty Nguyen was eliminated 11th shortly after his AQ ran into a set of 5s, which crippled him.

Philip Hilm is the chip leader with just over 22Million in chips.

The final table will be played tomorrow July 17th.....

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July 15, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 5

Day 5 ended with 36 players still in the hunt. Play will resume today to get down to the final table of 9.

Two top pros are still alive and well, Scotty Nguyen, and Lee Watkinson. Gus Hansen went out 61st, and Huck Seed went out 73rd. Scotty is the only former champion still left in the field.

Here are the top ten stacks:
1 David Tran 10,030,000
2 Philip Hilm 10,000,000
3 Raymond Henson 8,500,000
4 Hevad Khan 6,900,000
5 Lee Childs 6,675,000
6 Scott Freeman 6,300,000
7 William "Bill" Edler 6,000,000
8 Jerry Yang 5,800,000
9 Kenny Tran 5,045,000
10 William Spadea 4,575,000

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July 14, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 4

Day Four is officially in the books, and they are down to 114 players left in the field. Play will resume today, pairing the field down to the final 27 players.

Some of the more notable players still in the hunt are: Huck Seed, Gus Hansen, Scotty Nguyen, and Humberto Brenes. The field is led by a number of online qualifier's.....

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July 13, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event day 3

Day 3 was the first time all players were in the same room at the same time, in this Main Event. When play ended for the day, there were 337 players remaining, for day 4. Play began with 797, with the money 'bubble' set at 621 worth $20,320. Payouts now are at $39,445 when play begins today.

This is the second largest WSOP event held, with 6,358 players, behind only last years Main Event. This year, first prize is worth a whopping $8,250,000!

Starting the day, there were six former Main Event champions still in the field: Berry Johnston ('86), Huck Seed ('96), Scotty Nguyen ('98), Chris "Jesus" Ferguson ('00), Carlos Mortensen ('01) and Robert Varkonyi ('02).

There are still some notables among the leaders, among them are: Gus Hansen, Huck Seed, Lee Watkinson, Chad Brown, Robert Varkonyi, Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, and Humberto Brenes.

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July 12, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 2b

Well, Day 2b is in the books, and there are a total of 449 players left in the field, which combines today for the first time, to play Day 3. There should be about 800 players when play starts today, with the money being 621st.

Posted by fatbill at 10:18 AM | Comments (0)

July 11, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 2a

Day two a played down to 350 when play was halted for the night. Day 2B will begin today, with Day 3 looming, for the combined field for the first time.

Some of the players we will NOT be seeing on day three include: Paul Wasicka, Dan Harrington, Tony G, Mark Sief, Patrik Antonius, Barry Greenstein, Tom McEvoy.......

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July 10, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 1d

Well, finally they are done with all the 'day 1' rounds!

Day 1d had over 1700 players, and they played it down to around 650.

They offically had 6,358 total entries to this year's Main event, which is a couple thousand down from last year!

Today they start the first of two 'day 2's', with about 1300 in each day. The field will finally combine on Thursday, as they march towards the final table, which is scheduled to start on Tuesday July 17th!

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July 09, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 1c

Play ended for the night with approximately 680 remaining from Day 1C. Play began for the day with 1706.

Today, the last of the 'first' days ( day 1D ) will be played, before going into the 2 day two's.

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July 08, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event day 1b

They played day 1b down to around 610, with some notables surviving to go on to day two. Dan Harrington, Paul Wasicka, David Pham, and Rob Mizachi were among those surviving....

The chip leaders from yesterday ( day 1a ) are Tinten Olivier ($270,500), John Dutchak ($209,600) and Stephen Austin ($205,000).

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July 07, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 1

Well, althought the numbers do not match last year, a VERY healthy 1590 anted up for the first day ( of 4 ) for the WSOP $10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem Main event. That would work out to just shy of 6500 once all four day ones are completed.

Four former Main event champs were in this field: Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim, Bobby Baldwin, and Huck Seed.

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July 06, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #54 results

Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament was won by Eric Sidel, taking home his 8th bracelet, and the first prize, worth $538,835. Chad Brown took second worth $324,777. This was a star studded final, with Shawn Sheikhan taking 3rd, Lamar Wilkingson 4th, Andrew Black 5th, Freddy Deeb 6th, Todd Brunson 7th, and Barry Greenstein 8th.

Today begins the oddesy that has become the WSOP Main Event! Once again they expect over 8 THOUSAND entrants, and here is the schedule:
July 06, 200712:00 PM Day 1A
July 07, 200712:00 PM Day 1B
July 08, 200712:00 PM Day 1C
July 09, 200712:00 PM Day 1D
July 10, 200712:00 PM Day 2A
July 11, 200712:00 PM Day 2B
July 12, 200712:00 PM Day 3
July 13, 200712:00 PM Day 4
July 14, 200712:00 PM Day 5
July 15, 200712:00 PM Day 6
July 17, 200712:00 PM Final Table

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July 05, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #52 results

Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament was won by Michael Graves, taking down the bracelet and first prize money worth $742,121. Theo Tran took second worth $387,193.

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout tournament was won by Ram Vaswani, taking home the bracelet and $217,438.

Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament is down to 17 players, with some heavy names still vieing for this title, including Freddy Deeb, and Barry Greenstein.

The granddaddy of them all, the $10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship tournament begins it's first stage tomorrow!

Posted by fatbill at 07:41 AM | Comments (0)

July 04, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #50 & #51 Results

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament was won by Rob Mizrachi, taking home the bracelet and $768,889. Doyle Brunson went out 6th.

Event #51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament was taken down by Dao Bac, who won the bracelet and first price money of $157,975

Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament is down to the final table of 9. . The remaining players and their chip counts going into todays final table are:
Theo Tran-1,350,000
Michael Graves-780,000
Arnold Spee-750,000
Thierry Cazals-640,000
Shawn Luman-635,000
Isaac Haxton-600,000
Shawn Hattem-550,000
Chad Batista-480,000
Kris Tate-370,000

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout tournament ended early, as it became apparent that they would not get down to the final table. They will resume today to get to that point.

Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball ournament gets underay today.

The main event begins it's first day on Friday July 6th. There are actually FOUR day one's, in tiers, then Two day 2's before the field is narrowed enought to put everyone in one room at the same time, which is scheduled to be on July 12th.

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July 03, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #49 Results

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Chandrasekhar Billavara taking home the bracelet and $722,914.

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament is down to the final table of 9. Among those at the final table, is Doyle Brunson, looking to tie Hellmuth with his 11th Bracelet. The players remaining are:
1. Doyle Brunson
2. Patrik Antonius
3. Marco Traniello
4, Rene Mouritsen
5. Tommy Ly
6. Jonas Flug-Entin
7. Steve Sung
8. Steve Ladowsky
9. Robert Mizrachi

Event #51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament is down to the final table of 9. The remaining players are:
1 Adam Geyer 293,000
2 Dao Bac 266,000
3 Imre Leibold 250,000
4 Raymond Davis 235,000
5 Vladimir Shchemelov 168,000
6 Michael Craig 161,000
7 Patrick Poels 53,000
8 Chip Jett 40,000

Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament ended the day with 110 of the starting 1048 remaining. They have yet to reach the money bubble, but it is not far away, when play resumes today.

Today Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout tournament will get underay.

Only one other event is scheduled before Friday's World Championship Main Event gets started, and that is Tomorrows Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament.

Posted by fatbill at 08:58 AM | Comments (0)

July 02, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #47 & #48 Results

Event #47, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Blair Rodmen, taking home the bracelet and $707,898.

Event #48 a $1000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ( limit ) WITH rebuys tournament was won by Rafi Amit, who taks home the braclet and first prize of $227,005.

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament is down to the final table of 9 ( remember, they started this one with 3151 players ). The players and their chip counts are:
Seat 1: Lewis Titterton $552,000
Seat 2: Greg "FBT" Mueller $1,032,000
Seat 3: Chandrasekhar Billavara $456,000
Seat 4: Leandro Pimentel $1,134,000
Seat 5: Ray Spencer $1,128,000
Seat 6: Taylor Douglas $2,618,000
Seat 7: Duane Felix $996,000
Seat 8: John Hunt $833,000
Seat 9: Cort Kibler-Melby $694,000

Today, Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament started with 314 players, and they are down to 55. Some of the notables include: Andy Bloch, Annie Duke, Scotty Nguyen, Doyle Brunson, Roy Brindley, Robert Mizrachi, and Greg Raymer.

Event #51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament is down to 176, with play resuming today to the final table.

Today Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament will get underway....

Posted by fatbill at 12:17 PM | Comments (0)

July 01, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #45 & #46 Results

Event #45, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed tournament was won by Bill Edler, for his first bracelet, and $904,672!

Event #46, a $1000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB tournament was won by Tom Schneider, defeating Hoyt Verner to win his second bracelet, and $147,713.

Event #47, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament is down to the final table of 9. The remaining players with their chip counts are:
Seat 1 - Mark McKibben - $643,000
Seat 2 - David Schnettler - $267,000
Seat 3 - Klein Kim Bach - $1,120,000
Seat 4 - Joe Pelton - $681,000
Seat 5 - Blair Rodman - $712,000
Seat 6 - Steve 'Stan' Crawford - $1,498,000
Seat 7 - Amato Galasso - $1,165,000
Seat 8 - Anna Wroblewski - $1,137,000
Seat 9 - Roland de Wolfe - $961,000

Event #48 a $1000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ( limit ) WITH rebuys tournament is down to the final table of 6. Andy Bloch went out 7th.... those remaining, and their stacks are:
Seat 1. Anthony Lellouche - $205,000
Seat 2. Lenny Martin - $133,000
Seat 3. Eugene Ji - $192,000
Seat 4. Mark Bartlog - $98,000
Seat 5. Rafi Amit - $374,000
Seat 6. Jon Shoreman - $518,000

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament drew HUGE numbers as expected! There were 3,151 entries, making this the third largest WSOP field to date. Firse will be worth $722,914, and 324th 2,667! Play was halted with 218 still in the field, and will resume today towards the final table.

Today, Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament will get underway, as will Event $51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament.

Posted by fatbill at 08:18 AM | Comments (0)



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