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38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #16 - WSOP H.O.R.S.E

June 9, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$2,500
Prize Pool	$878,600
Entries	382
Report Available

James Richburg

Place	Name	Prize
1	James Richburg (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$239,503
2	Walter Browne (Berkeley, CA, USA)	$131,790
3	Chris Bjorin (London, UK)	$83,467
4	Tom Schneider (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$54,913
5	Ali Eslami (Van Nuys, CA, USA)	$42,612
6	Robert Mizrachi (Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA)	$32,069
7	Herb Van Dyke (Virginia Beach, VA, USA)	$24,601
8	Harry Kazazian (Irwindale, CA, USA)	$18,011
9	Alexandra Vuong (Ranco Palos Verde, CA, USA)	$12,213
10	Darrell Dicken AKA "Gigabet" (Waterloo, IA, USA)	$12,213
11	Tim Fu (Cypress, CA, USA)	$11,129
12	Stephen Graboski (Harwinton, CT, USA)	$11,129
13	Jeffrey Burdsall (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$10,077
14	John Hoang (Elk Grove, CA, USA)	$10,077
15	Matt Russell (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,026
16	Thayer Rasmussen AKA "JINXY MONKEY" (Largo, FL, USA)	$9,026
17	Michael DeMichele (Poughkeepsie, NY, USA)	$7,974
18	John Gale (Bushey, UK)	$7,974
19	David Botton (Miami, FL, USA)	$7,974
20	Jason Sagle (Sudbury, ON, Canada)	$7,974
21	Blair Rodman (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,974
22	Art Adams (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,974
23	David Chiu (Rowland Heights, CA, USA)	$7,974
24	Robert Goldfarb (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$7,974
25	Cyndy Violette AKA "sweetest" (Atlantic City, NJ, USA)	$6,923
26	Tom Weideman (Fair Oaks, CA, USA)	$6,923
27	Abraham Laveaga (Palmdale, CA, USA)	$6,923
28	Prince of Docness AKA "Dr Kegal" (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)	$6,923
29	David Rheem AKA "Chino" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$6,923
30	John D'Agostino AKA "Jdags" (Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA)	$6,923
31	David Williams (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,923
32	Roger McDow (Foothill Ranch, CA, USA)	$6,923
33	Larry Birk (Ann Arbor, MI, USA)	$5,871
34	Greg Mascio (Fullerton, CA, USA)	$5,871
35	Toto Leonidas (Glendale, CA, USA)	$5,871
36	Andrew Goetsch (Canada)	$5,871
37	'Detroit' Allen Green (Weston, FL, USA)	$5,871
38	Peter Brownstein (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$5,871
39	Eugene Todd (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$5,871
40	David Grey (Henderson, NV, USA)	$5,871

Tournament Report

WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER EVENT #16 – JAMES RICHBURG

The winner of the $2,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament was James Richburg, from Henderson, NV. He is 52 years old and spends most of his time managing his investments. Richburg is originally from Alabama and has three grown children.
This was Richburg's second WSOP gold bracelet. He won the Razz championship last year. Richburg now has seven cashes in his career. He has won nearly half a million dollars at the World Series alone.
Richburg's first in-the-money finish at the WSOP was back in 1991.
First place paid $238,881. The runner up was Walter Browne from Berkley, CA. He received $131,445.
Two-time winner, Swedish born Chris Bjorin (now living in London, UK) was the third-place finisher. Bjorin's bid for a third gold bracelet fell short.
Fourth-place finisher Tom Schneider won the Event #5 last week - the Half Omaha High-Low / Half 7-Card Stud High-Low championship. His attempt to become this year's first multi-bracelet winner was unsuccessful. During the last two years at the WSOP, there has been a multi-event winner both times - Mark Seif (2005) and Bill Chen (2006).
Herb Van Dyke, the seventh-place place finisher, is widely considered one of the early pioneers who introduced Texas hold'em to Russia during the 1990s. He lived in Russia for five years and became a casino consultant and tournament host.
Robert Mizrachi, the sixth-place finisher, won the Master Classics of Poker in Europe in 2004. This was his 8th time in-the-money at the WSOP.
Former WSOP gold bracelet winners who finished in-the- money in this event include - David Chiu, David Grey, Cindy Violette, John Gale, David Williams, and Toto Leonidas.
This is believed to be the largest H.O.R.S.E. poker tournament in history (by number of entries). Sign-ups totaled 382.
This was the longest tournament of 2007 WSOP to date. After two long days, play on the third day went 13 hours and concluded at about 3:00 am.
by Nolan Dalla