Poker Tournament Results

38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #3 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em

June 2, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$1,500
Prize Pool	$4,497,000
Entries	2998
Report Available

Ciaran O'Leary

Place	Name	Prize
1	Ciaran O'Leary AKA "Big C" (Seattle, WA, USA)	$727,012
2	Paul Evans (Mt. Shasta, CA, USA)	$450,150
3	Alex Jacob (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$282,367
4	Jeffrey Yoak (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$184,152
5	Craig Crivello (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$128,907
6	Andreas Krause (Heilbrown, Germany)	$94,122
7	Thad Smith (USA)	$73,661
8	Bart Hanson AKA "deduce bag" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$55,246
9	Matthew Vengrin (Red Hook, NY, USA)	$43,378
10	Eric Baldwin (Henderson, NV, USA)	$36,012
11	Miguel Londono	$36,012
12	Artin (Art) Panossian AKA "The Nose" (Glendale, CA, USA)	$36,012
13	Chad Davis (Greenville, TX, USA)	$31,920
14	Jason Potter (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$31,920
15	Scott Takeshita (Chino, CA, USA)	$31,920
16	Ryan Fair (Coral Springs, FL, USA)	$27,827
17	Richard DiNunzio (Highland Heights, OH, USA)	$27,827
18	Kenneth Sigel (Zephyr Cove, NV, USA)	$27,827
19	Edward Lee (Bronx, NY, USA)	$23,735
20	Mitch Garshofsky (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$23,735
21	Leon Kunkel AKA "chino325" (Miami, FL, USA)	$23,735
22	Jess Kaufman (Littleton, CO, USA)	$23,735
23	Dave Fischer (Buffalo, NY, USA)	$23,735
24	Christopher Grillo (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$23,735
25	Tristan Wade AKA "Cre8ive" (Boynton Beach, FL, USA)	$23,735
26	Derek Molnar (Chula Vista, CA, USA)	$23,735
27	Abdul Fadeyi AKA "Dapo" (Centennial, CO, USA)	$20,052
28	Douglas Carli AKA "Rico" (Alliance, OH, USA)	$20,052
29	Michael Binger (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$20,052
30	Robert Samano (Gonzales, CA, USA)	$20,052
31	Colin Dentan (Tempe, AZ, USA)	$20,052
32	Erik Haakenson (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$20,052
33	Sanjeev Bais (San Jose, CA, USA)	$20,052
34	Santo Messina (Vista, CA, USA)	$20,052
35	Ben Santoli (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$20,052
36	Sergei Veytser (Lynn, MA, USA)	$20,052
37	Patrick Blye (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$20,052
38	John Christy (El Dorado Hills, CA, USA)	$16,778
39	Joseph Pintavalle (Richmond, VA, USA)	$16,778
40	John Pearman (Glen Carbon, IL, USA)	$16,778
41	Joseph Skluzacek (Waukee, IA, USA)	$16,778
42	Scott Yu AKA "waterfish" (El Monte, CA, USA)	$16,778
43	Jose Padilla (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$16,778
44	Ryan Pittell (Windsor, ON, Canada)	$16,778
45	Long Nguyen (Portland, OR, USA)	$16,778
46	Benjamin Logan (Bristol, RI, USA)	$13,914
47	Timothy Jaxon (Sebastopol, CA, USA)	$13,914
48	Jean-Pierre Angelil (Laval, QC, Canada)	$13,914
49	Chad Wangen (Rapid City, SD, USA)	$13,914
50	Shawn Reed (Chicago, IL, USA)	$13,914
51	Todd Lundwall (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$13,914
52	Nigel Vonas (Vancouver, BC, Canada)	$13,914
53	Marc Naalden (Roosendaal, Netherlands)	$13,914
54	Bob Addison (Simi Valley, CA, USA)	$13,914
55	Gorial Yousef (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$11,458
56	Matthew Stern (Rock Island, IL, USA)	$11,458
57	Gevin Trung Diep (Gilroy, CA, USA)	$11,458
58	Chris East (Spanishburg, WV, USA)	$11,458
59	Steve Kolb AKA "Jasper" (Gilbert, AZ, USA)	$11,458
60	Don Holland (St. Augustine, FL, USA)	$11,458
61	Igor Golovin (Thiensville, WI, USA)	$11,458
62	Stephen Cook (Springfield, IL, USA)	$11,458
63	Jose Rosenkrantz (Miami, FL, USA)	$11,458
64	David "Dragon" Pham (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$9,412
65	Jeff Rodriguez (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$9,412
66	Gordon Hopkins (HI, USA)	$9,412
67	Renny Cho (Kent, WA, USA)	$9,412
68	Nan Wang (Northridge, CA, USA)	$9,412
69	Robert Marshall (Roseville, MI, USA)	$9,412
70	Frederick Brenner (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,412
71	Michael Banducci (Traverse City, MI, USA)	$9,412
72	Ronald Tourony (Fort Myers, FL, USA)	$9,412
73	Christopher Bonita (Winthrop, MA, USA)	$7,775
74	Erle Mankin (Sacramento, CA, USA)	$7,775
75	Richard Weisman (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,775
76	Robert Aron (Boca Raton, FL, USA)	$7,775
77	Richie Wong (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,775
78	Michael Stewart (Palm Desert, CA, USA)	$7,775
79	Ronald Lane (San Jose, CA, USA)	$7,775
80	Manish Parekh AKA "Mike" (Houston, TX, USA)	$7,775
81	Michael Akkashian (Royal Oak, MN, USA)	$7,775
82	Robert Morroro (Pensacola, FL, USA)	$6,548
83	Marvin Guss (Chicago, IL, USA)	$6,548
84	Darren Sprengers (UK)	$6,548
85	Blaine McGowan (Grand Pairie, TX, USA)	$6,548
86	Scott Lidji (The Woodlands, TX, USA)	$6,548
87	Brian Ichikawa (Van Nuys, CA, USA)	$6,548
88	Jesse Berger (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$6,548
89	Chris Lunder (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,548
90	Chris Collins (Columbus, OH, USA)	$6,548
91	Paul Pulcher (Waterford, NY, USA)	$5,729
92	Ryan Bulthau (Longmont, CO, USA)	$5,729
93	Alan Sass AKA "TheUsher" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,729
94	Steve Hastings (Tuscon, AZ, USA)	$5,729
95	Joseph Burgess (Alexandria, VA, USA)	$5,729
96	Lynn Franklin (Hillsboro, OR, USA)	$5,729
97	Maria Ho (Arcadia, CA, USA)	$5,729
98	Chad Brown AKA "Downtown" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,729
99	Mark Howell (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$5,729
100	John Strzemp (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,115
101	Brain Saxe (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$5,115
102	Michael Shearer (Northridge, CA, USA)	$5,115
103	Unknown	$5,115
104	Siagzar Payvar (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,115
105	Franco Brunetti (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,115
106	Young V Phan (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$5,115
107	Roland de Wolfe (London, UK)	$5,115
108	Michael Schoonover (Allen, TX, USA)	$5,115
109	Erick Lindgren (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,115
110	Trung Ly (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,115
111	Robert Searfoss (Rossford, OH, USA)	$5,115
112	Steve Wise (Curl Curl, Australia)	$5,115
113	David Cohen (Lake Forest, CA, USA)	$5,115
114	Donovan Cox (Vancouver, BC, Canada)	$5,115
115	Arnold Spee (Agoura Hills, CA, USA)	$5,115
116	Chris Demarci (Stenton, CA, USA)	$5,115
117	Ryan Kogan (St George, UT, USA)	$5,115
118	Anthony Palermo (Arlington, TX, USA)	$5,115
119	Brian Kneier (Alpine, CA, USA)	$5,115
120	Brian McPeek (Wadsworth, OH, USA)	$5,115
121	Benjamin Bond (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$5,115
122	Jarrod Anderson (Ivins, UT, USA)	$5,115
123	Anthony Maggio (Bellevue, WA, USA)	$5,115
124	Jeff Cabanillas (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,115
125	Alex Melnikow (Syracuse, NY, USA)	$5,115
126	Trinh Nguyen (Lansing, NC, USA)	$5,115
127	Wai Kei Liu (UK)	$4,706
128	Sean Lefort (Bowmanville, ON, Canada)	$4,706
129	Heidi Tomich (Cranberry Township, PA, USA)	$4,706
130	Matthew Walter (Brighton, CO, USA)	$4,706
131	Gregory P. "Fossilman" Raymer (Raleigh, NC, USA)	$4,706
132	Aaron Fleischner (Troy, NY, USA)	$4,706
133	Eric Mizrachi AKA "Poker Sniper" (Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA)	$4,706
134	Gary Germann (Gillette, WY, USA)	$4,706
135	Justin Zamarra (Tempe, AZ, USA)	$4,706
136	Mark Vail (North Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,706
137	Vincent A LePore (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,706
138	Dennis Smith (Pueblo, CO, USA)	$4,706
139	James Libretti (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$4,706
140	Nghia Tran (Corona, CA, USA)	$4,706
141	John Galbraith (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,706
142	Justin Blumenthal (Oregon, WI, USA)	$4,706
143	Jae Joon Kim (Broomfield, CO, USA)	$4,706
144	Ronald Dorval (Oakville, ON, Canada)	$4,706
145	Scott Clements (Mount Vernon, WA, USA)	$4,706
146	Frankie Havard (Moss Point, MS, USA)	$4,706
147	Tom Magnetta (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$4,706
148	William Mietz (Littleton, CO, USA)	$4,706
149	Robert Gianquitti (Lake Worth, FL, USA)	$4,706
150	Matthew Ricciardi (Renton, WA, USA)	$4,706
151	Robert Jakoby (Arvada, CO, USA)	$4,706
152	Jimmy Holland (Fayetteville, NC, USA)	$4,706
153	Ali Pabaria (Naperville, IL, USA)	$4,706
154	Scott Mumby (burbank, CA, USA)	$4,706
155	Mihail Karasoulis (New Orleans, LA, USA)	$4,706
156	Mark Swartz (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$4,706
157	Neil Blatner (Visalia, CA, USA)	$4,706
158	Ken Knight AKA "The Barracuda" (Springfield, MO, USA)	$4,706
159	Ryan Daut AKA "Daut44-BigBalls" (Basking Ridge, NJ, USA)	$4,706
160	Jose Alfaro (San Jose, Costa Rica)	$4,706
161	David Leighton (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)	$4,706
162	Ralph E Porter AKA "Rep" (Woodinville, WA, USA)	$4,706
163	Matthew Ramsey (Des Moines, IA, USA)	$4,297
164	Michael McStott (Maple Grove, MN, USA)	$4,297
165	John Hausler (Ewa Beach, HI, USA)	$4,297
166	William Argie (Londonderry, NH, USA)	$4,297
167	Forest Bronzan (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$4,297
168	Andrew Ashbey (Lafayette, LA, USA)	$4,297
169	Matthew Vahimian (Lisle, IL, USA)	$4,297
170	Dominick Cantore AKA "The Zen" (Chicago, IL, USA)	$4,297
171	Craig Handelsman (Calabasas, CA, USA)	$4,297
172	Jared Pickering (Watsonville, CA, USA)	$4,297
173	Lucio Procopio (Liverpool, NY, USA)	$4,297
174	Kevin Ho (Gainsville, FL, USA)	$4,297
175	Vernon Harness (Omaha, NE, USA)	$4,297
176	Adam Spiegelberg (Henderson, NV, USA)	$4,297
177	Michael Hirschensohn (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$4,297
178	Roger Ly (Anaheim, CA, USA)	$4,297
179	Michael Craig (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$4,297
180	Joseph Ogden (Edmonds, WA, USA)	$4,297
181	Michael Price (Broomfield, CO, USA)	$4,297
182	Graham Andrews (Nottingham, UK)	$4,297
183	Samuel Paolini (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,297
184	Kiran Patel (Daytona Beach, FL, USA)	$4,297
185	Tom Lee (Denver, CO, USA)	$4,297
186	Warren Karp (Lake Forrest, CA, USA)	$4,297
187	Matt Lefkowitz (Carmel Valley, CA, USA)	$4,297
188	Daniel McGuire (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,297
189	Thomas Sanduski (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,297
190	Christian Bates AKA "Da Bear" (San Mateo, CA, USA)	$4,297
191	Charles Zanatian (Green River, WY, USA)	$4,297
192	James Tutino (Westland Hills, CA, USA)	$4,297
193	Steven Yeager (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$4,297
194	Matthew Schwartz (San Diego, CA, USA)	$4,297
195	Richard Park (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$4,297
196	Melvin Denham (Westerville, OH, USA)	$4,297
197	Keith Rodgers (Tyler, TX, USA)	$4,297
198	Patrick O'Malley (Claremont, CA, USA)	$4,297
199	Brandon Patin (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$3,888
200	Minh Nguyen (Lake Elsinore, CA, USA)	$3,888
201	Ian Keiser (Highwood, IL, USA)	$3,888
202	Edward Balazar AKA "Troy"	$3,888
203	Donna Pena	$3,888
204	Roberto Macatangay (Arcadia, CA, USA)	$3,888
205	Andrew Schafer	$3,888
206	Brandon Wong (Fresno, CA, USA)	$3,888
207	Griffin Abel	$3,888
208	Chad Mulheron	$3,888
209	Kevin McBride (Boca Raton, FL, USA)	$3,888
210	Chris Bedowitz AKA "Louis" (Denver, CO, USA)	$3,888
211	Lance Rallls	$3,888
212	Trey Robinson (Austin, TX, USA)	$3,888
213	Raed Abdulfihat (Kyle, TX, USA)	$3,888
214	Neil Obrian (MO, USA)	$3,888
215	Daniel Tamura (Oakland, CA, USA)	$3,888
216	William Wanke (Skillman, NJ, USA)	$3,888
217	Kevin Reive (Vancouver, WA, USA)	$3,888
218	Scott Jensen (Australia)	$3,888
219	Kenny McMahan (Palmdale, CA, USA)	$3,888
220	Barbara Garrett (CA, USA)	$3,888
221	Jason Dacunha (Roseville, CA, USA)	$3,888
222	Mark Rafn (WA, USA)	$3,888
223	John Tzortzis (NV, USA)	$3,888
224	Evan Dollinger (FL, USA)	$3,888
225	Brian Poms (IL, USA)	$3,888
226	Chad Bradbury (Austin, TX, USA)	$3,888
227	Kevin Song (Diamond Bar, CA, USA)	$3,888
228	Dennis Reed (CO, USA)	$3,888
229	Leroy Polittle (TX, USA)	$3,888
230	Michael Dobrich (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$3,888
231	Matt Davis (CA, USA)	$3,888
232	John Thompson AKA "Jack" (Rochester, NY, USA)	$3,888
233	Chris Moneymaker (Spring Hill, TN, USA)	$3,888
234	William Sheffey (Stow, OH, USA)	$3,888
235	Eugene Todd (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$3,478
236	Dorothy VonSachsen (Boyoton Beach, FL, USA)	$3,478
237	Anthonie Bass (IL, USA)	$3,478
238	Lisa Brumbeloe (Auburn, CA, USA)	$3,478
239	John Young (IL, USA)	$3,478
240	K.U Davis (McKinney, TX, USA)	$3,478
241	Ernest Shephard (Uzella, GA, USA)	$3,478
242	Greg Oleson (CA, USA)	$3,478
243	Charlie Sewell (Edmond, OK, USA)	$3,478
244	Mark Popkin AKA "Kak" (Marietta, GA, USA)	$3,478
245	Mark Peterson (IL, USA)	$3,478
246	Tony "The Llama" Collier (Burbank, CA, USA)	$3,478
247	Phillip Schechter (Long Grove, IL, USA)	$3,478
248	Thomas Wahlroos (Helsinki, Finland)	$3,478
249	Dan Schmiech (Houston, TX, USA)	$3,478
250	Ruben Carter (Steilacoom, WA, USA)	$3,478
251	Keith Greer (Fort Worth, TX, USA)	$3,478
252	Joel Ming (Salado, TX, USA)	$3,478
253	Tim Buczynski (Granger, IN, USA)	$3,478
254	Ken Hampton (Raleigh, NC, USA)	$3,478
255	Richard Higgins (Richland, WA, USA)	$3,478
256	Scott Lychwick (Gilbert, AZ, USA)	$3,478
257	Joseph Sidoryk (Elmhurst, IL, USA)	$3,478
258	Mark Reiser (Woodbury, NY, USA)	$3,478
259	Huy Pham (Orange, CA, USA)	$3,478
260	Yarom Limor AKA "braveyoyo" (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$3,478
261	James Chiddy (Calgary, QC, Canada)	$3,478
262	Harold Cromwell (Austin, TX, USA)	$3,478
263	Jeffrey Wyckoff (USA)	$3,478
264	James Christopher (Mahwah, NJ, USA)	$3,478
265	Donna Varlotto (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,478
266	Michael Horowitz (WA, USA)	$3,478
267	Arthur Christman (Visalia, CA, USA)	$3,478
268	Jon Bordy (USA)	$3,478
269	Chris Riley (Lexington, NC, USA)	$3,478
270	Karl Mahrenholz AKA "Dry 'em" (London, UK)	$3,478

Tournament Report

2007 World Series of Poker Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel

Event #3 is the largest non-WSOP main event poker tournament in history. The previous record was Event #17 at the 2006 World Series of Poker. That event attracted 2,891 entries. This year's first $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold championship destroyed the previous record by 107 players. There were approximately 2600 entries and 400 alternates, for a combined field of 2,998 players. This ranks as the third-largest poker tournament of all-time, behind the 2005 and 2006 championship (main) events.
The winner was Ciaran O'Leary. The new champ is originally from Ireland. He now lives in Seattle, WA. O'Leary has played at the WSOP during six of the last ten years. However this was his first time ever to cash. What a huge payout it turned out to be -- $727,012 for first place.
Ciaran O'Leary (first name pronounced KIR-AHN) is 33 and married. His nickname is 'Big C.' O'Leary learned how to play poker from his father and friends. He has been playing since he was 9-years old. He has cashed in several other major tournaments over the last decade.
A full house of spectators packed into the Rio poker arena and was treated to an exciting show. O'Leary was clearly the crowd favorite. Each time he was all-in, he got up and walked away from the table. Several times he left the arena entirely and walked into the busy tournament area, with television cameras rolling to capture every step. It was obvious this was O'Leary's way to relieve tension. The strategy worked.
Ireland has produced several WSOP gold bracelet winners - most notably the 1999 main event champion, Noel Furlong. With this victory, O'Leary is now the second-highest WSOP winner who is originally from Ireland.
At the start of the final table, all eyes were on Alex Jacob. He arrived with a monstrous chip lead - with over 3,000,000 in chips while the average stack was about 800,000. He ended up busting out in third place. Jacob cashed four times at last year's WSOP and made two final table appearances.
O'Leary was quite humble following his victory. He paid respects to several of his opponents and made it clear he was fortunate to win. He said "There are so many great players that don't get a break at the right time. I am not a great player. I have so much still to learn. But I got the breaks today."
The runner up was Paul Evans from Mt. Shasta, CA. This was his second time to take second place in a WSOP event. He also finished second at the final table back in 2000.
2003 WSOP champion Chris Moneymaker cashed in this event. He finished in the 233rd spot.
This was ESPN's second WSOP broadcast of 2007. The ESPN telecast is expected to air some time after July 10, 2007.
-- by Nolan Dalla

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