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38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #21 - WSOP Shootout - No Limit Hold'em

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

Buy-In	$1,500
Prize Pool	$1,228,500
Entries	900
Report Available

Donald Baruch

Place	Name	Prize
1	Donald Baruch (Tampa, FL, USA)	$264,107
2	Jared Davis (Philadelphia, PA, USA)	$149,263
3	Daniel Negreanu (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$101,351
4	Thomas Fuller (Boulder, CO, USA)	$68,796
5	Michael Wehner (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA)	$36,855
6	Brandon Lee (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$22,113
7	Doug Baughman (McKinney, TX, USA)	$15,971
8	Erick Lindgren (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$12,899
9	Fred Goldberg (Hollywood, FL, USA)	$9,828
10	Amnon Filippi (New York, NY, USA)	$6,757
11	Jeffrey Vanchiro (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$6,757
12	Duane Tomko AKA "Dewey" (Winter Haven, FL, USA)	$6,757
13	Craig Rice (Iowa City, IA, USA)	$6,757
14	Andrew Garcia (Coral Gables, FL, USA)	$6,757
15	Jack Rosenfeldt (West Covin, CA, USA)	$6,757
16	Rob Hollink (Groningen, Netherlands)	$6,757
17	Joseph Cappello AKA "bobo" (New Rochelle, NY, USA)	$6,757
18	Stan Jablonski (Fort Mohave, AZ, USA)	$6,757
19	Thao Hoang (Houston, TX, USA)	$6,757
20	Brandon Schaefer AKA "Koga" (Seattle, WA, USA)	$6,757
21	Siagzar Payvar (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$6,757
22	James Matteucci (Roswell, NM, USA)	$6,757
23	John Silva (Warwick, NY, USA)	$6,757
24	Allen Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$6,757
25	Steven Levitt (Oak Park, CA, USA)	$6,757
26	Stuart Dumas (Malibu, CA, USA)	$6,757
27	Hans Winzeler (Miami, FL, USA)	$6,757
28	Oleg Makobehko (Russia)	$6,757
29	Kevin Arba (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)	$6,757
30	Rick Washinsky (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,757
31	Joe Sebok (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$6,757
32	Jim Sachinidis (Victoria, Australia)	$6,757
33	Michael Wright (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,757
34	Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,757
35	Jerrod Ankenman (Avon, CT, USA)	$6,757
36	Eugene Bauerlein (St.Petersburg, FL, USA)	$6,757
37	Gary Wright (Annandale, VA, USA)	$6,757
38	Shirley Rosario (Downey, CA, USA)	$6,757
39	Ryan Kosecki (East Lansing, MI, USA)	$6,757
40	Christopher Howard (UK)	$6,757
41	Ishak Noyan (Sodertalje, Sweden)	$6,757
42	Sam Oliverio (Bridgeport, WV, USA)	$6,757
43	Brian Jay (Weston, MA, USA)	$6,757
44	Brandon Cantu (Vancouver, WA, USA)	$6,757
45	Ken Colombo (Concord, CA, USA)	$6,757
46	Ryan Stiner (Peoria, AZ, USA)	$6,757
47	An Van Tran (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,757
48	Joshua Weiland (Vanction, SD, USA)	$6,757
49	Brian Kardos (Chicago, IL, USA)	$6,757
50	Michael Binger (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$6,757
51	Tanner Scadden (West Haven, UT, USA)	$6,757
52	James Gorham (Vista, CA, USA)	$6,757
53	Christopher W. Loveland (Hollis, NH, USA)	$6,757
54	Berney Hoover AKA "BJ" (Tracy, CA, USA)	$6,757
55	John O'Brien (Philadelphia, PA, USA)	$6,757
56	Eric Haugen (Elm Grove, WI, USA)	$6,757
57	Jeffrey Richardson (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$6,757
58	Aymay Qutami (Redwood City, CA, USA)	$6,757
59	Scott Clements (Mount Vernon, WA, USA)	$6,757
60	Brandon Adams (Pensacola, FL, USA)	$6,757
61	Barry Greenstein (Rancho Palo Verde, CA, USA)	$6,757
62	Lisa Adams (Boca Raton, FL, USA)	$6,757
63	Tonio Scali (New York, NY, USA)	$6,757
64	Johannes Strabmann (Bonn, Germany)	$6,757
65	Steve Burns (Sierra Madre, CA, USA)	$6,757
66	Thomas Schultz (Littleton, CO, USA)	$6,757
67	Timmi Derosa (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$6,757
68	Eric Hershler (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$6,757
69	Joseph Malek (Tarzana, CA, USA)	$6,757
70	Michael Banducci (Traverse City, MI, USA)	$6,757
71	Marlon Capillupo (Wheat Ridge, CO)	$6,757
72	David Hocherman (New Brunswick, NJ, USA)	$6,757
73	Kirk Morrison (Boise, ID, USA)	$6,757
74	Tony Frederick (San Mateo, CA, USA)	$6,757
75	William Chen (Lafayette Hill, PA, USA)	$6,757
76	Amy Greenspun (Henderson, NV, USA)	$6,757
77	Daryn Firicano (Woburn, MA, USA)	$6,757
78	Roger McDow (Foothill Ranch, CA, USA)	$6,757
79	Edward Hanson (Santa Ana, CA, USA)	$6,757
80	Dale Pinchot (Yardley, PA, USA)	$6,757
81	Jeffrey Lewis (New York, NY, USA)	$6,757
82	Vince Van Patten (Malibu, CA, USA)	$6,757
83	Andreas Hoivold (Kristiansand, Norway)	$6,757
84	John Dwyer (UK)	$6,757
85	Paul Deng (Portland, OR, USA)	$6,757
86	Jason Sagle (Sudbury, ON, Canada)	$6,757
87	Daniel O'Brien (Redondo Beach, CA, USA)	$6,757
88	Luke Smith AKA "The Doc" (London, UK)	$6,757
89	Miltiathis Donvas (BC, Canada)	$6,757
90	Richard Lee (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$6,757

Tournament Report

The winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Shootout at the 2007 World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee's Best Light was Don Baruch. He is 42-years-old and lives in Tampa, Florida. Baruch is the owner of an investment and management services company.
-- Baruch is married and has two girls. He holds an M.B.A. from Emory University.
-- Baruch learned to play poker from his father. He has been playing since childhood, but started to take the game more seriously about three years ago. His regular poker game is at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, Florida.
-- This was Baruch's first time to cash in any major tournament anywhere. Incredibly, it came on poker's grandest stage. First place paid $264,107.
-- Poker superstar Daniel Negreanu went out in third place. He was shooting for his fourth gold bracelet. His last WOSP win was back in 2004.
-- The tournament attracted 900 entries, a 50 percent increase over last year's figure of 600. It is the largest Shootout tournament in history. On Day One, the tournament started about 30 minutes late because of a crush of last-minute entrants. This created the Shootout's first million-dollar prize pool ever.
-- The Shootout format requires that a champion win what amounts to just three consecutive single-table (9-handed) satellites. The initial 900 players played down to 90 winners. Then, those 90 winners played down to nine players - with a winner coming from each table. Then, the winner had to top the final table full of nine players.
-- The final table was carried over the Internet at the official WSOP website - www.worldseriesofpoker.com
-- An interesting side note was Steven Levitt's entry into this tournament. The economist-turned-author penned the smash-seller called 'Freakonomics.” He won his first table, but busted-out in the second round. His wife also played in the Ladies Championship held on the previous day.
-- by Nolan Dalla