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Poker Tournament Results
38th Annual World Series of Poker
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James Mackey |
| 1 |
James Mackey (Columbia, MO, USA) |
$730,740 |
| 2 |
Stuart Fox AKA "Foxy" (Birmingham, UK) |
$295,245 |
| 3 |
Michael Binger (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$295,245 |
| 4 |
William McMahon (Ceder Grove, NJ, USA) |
$194,319 |
| 5 |
Karga Holt (Atlanta, GA, USA) |
$140,091 |
| 6 |
Nick Schulman AKA "slick" (New York, NY, USA) |
$108,457 |
| 7 |
Jan Sorensen (Odense, Denmark) |
$81,343 |
| 8 |
John Derick Barch AKA "Tex" (McKinney, TX, USA) |
$60,254 |
| 9 |
Maciek Gracz (Raleigh, NC, USA) |
$43,684 |
| 10 |
Ross Boatman (London, UK) |
$29,073 |
| 11 |
Phil "Unabomber" Laak (San Jose, CA, USA) |
$29,073 |
| 12 |
Feming Chan (W. Windsor, NJ, USA) |
$29,073 |
| 13 |
Kathy Liebert (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$26,060 |
| 14 |
Chris Martin (Chicago, IL, USA) |
$26,060 |
| 15 |
Jason Lee (Davis, CA, USA) |
$26,060 |
| 16 |
Varahram Vardjavand (Quickborn, Germany) |
$23,047 |
| 17 |
Jose Martinez (Spain) |
$23,047 |
| 18 |
Michael Glasser (Boca Raton, FL, USA) |
$23,047 |
| 19 |
Lyle Vincent (Tampa, FL, USA) |
$20,034 |
| 20 |
Danny Fuhs (Scottsdale, AZ, USA) |
$20,034 |
| 21 |
Sirous Jamshidi (Broomall, PA, USA) |
$20,034 |
| 22 |
Dustin Dirksen (Iowa City, IA, USA) |
$20,034 |
| 23 |
T.J. Cloutier (Richardson, TX, USA) |
$20,034 |
| 24 |
Paul Zalewski |
$20,034 |
| 25 |
Joshua Weiland (Vanction, SD, USA) |
$20,034 |
| 26 |
Jan Christoph Von Halle AKA "50outs" (Hamburg, Germany) |
$20,034 |
| 27 |
Max "Italian Pirate" Pescatori (Milan, Italy) |
$20,034 |
| 28 |
Dustin Woolf AKA "Neverwin a.k.a. Warren" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$17,172 |
| 29 |
Matt Sterling AKA "Indiana" (Brownstown, IN, USA) |
$17,172 |
| 30 |
Jesse Chinni (College Park, MD, USA) |
$17,172 |
| 31 |
Mark Gregorich (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$17,172 |
| 32 |
Samuel Hapak (Budapest, Hungary) |
$17,172 |
| 33 |
Jim Sachinidis (Victoria, Australia) |
$17,172 |
| 34 |
Benjamin Hock (Milwaukee, WI, USA) |
$17,172 |
| 35 |
Vivek Rajkumar AKA "Black Magic" (Seattle, WA, USA) |
$17,172 |
| 36 |
Mike Sexton (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$17,172 |
| 37 |
Charles Pacheco (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$14,762 |
| 38 |
Sabri Alenius (Sweden) |
$14,762 |
| 39 |
Michael Martin AKA "Martine23" (Washington Crossing, PA, USA) |
$14,762 |
| 40 |
Philip Tom AKA "'chairman'" (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$14,762 |
| 41 |
Birger Sorensen |
$14,762 |
| 42 |
Maxwell Greenwood (Toronto, ON, Canada) |
$14,762 |
| 43 |
Ronald Sewell (Shelby, NC, USA) |
$14,762 |
| 44 |
Greg Baird (Hinsdale, IL, USA) |
$14,762 |
| 45 |
Ben Roberts (London, UK) |
$14,762 |
| 46 |
Cliff Josephy AKA "Johnny Bax" (Syosset, NY, USA) |
$12,653 |
| 47 |
Rory Matthews (Scotland, UK) |
$12,653 |
| 48 |
Max Reele (Fort Walton, FL, USA) |
$12,653 |
| 49 |
Kiarash Hamadani (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$12,653 |
| 50 |
Jennifer Tilly (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$12,653 |
| 51 |
Kyle Bowker (Walton, NY, USA) |
$12,653 |
| 52 |
Josh VanDuyn (San Diego, CA, USA) |
$12,653 |
| 53 |
Nick Gibson (Windsor, UK) |
$12,653 |
| 54 |
Allen Cunningham (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$12,653 |
| 55 |
William Purrant |
$10,394 |
| 56 |
Alex Balandin (New York City, NY, USA) |
$10,394 |
| 57 |
Chris McCormack (Laurel Hollow, NY, USA) |
$10,394 |
| 58 |
Alex Jacob (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$10,394 |
| 59 |
Jonathan Honig (Boca Raton, FL, USA) |
$10,394 |
| 60 |
Davidson Matthews (Bell Gardens, CA, USA) |
$10,394 |
| 61 |
Tonio Scali (New York, NY, USA) |
$10,394 |
| 62 |
William Kanowitz |
$10,394 |
| 63 |
Geoff Sanford (Halifax, NS, Canada) |
$10,394 |
Tournament Report
| The winner of the $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship was James Mackey.
He is a 21-year-old (aspiring) poker professional from Columbia, MO. Mackey is
originally from Kansas City. He attended the University of Missouri for two years.
Mackey studied medicine at UM. He took a leave of absence between his sophomore
and senior year to play poker. He has supported himself for about a year since
then, and will no doubt have a much bigger bankroll now after winning this event.
First place paid $730,740.
Mackey stated he intends to return to school at some point. However, he
has found poker to be so lucrative that he wants to concentrate on improving
as a player for a time before deciding what to pursue in terms of an education.
He plans to stay in Columbia, MO.
Mackey was supported by a core group of poker players who met online. He
is well-known in the online community.
He is the third-youngest WSOP winner in history. At 21 years and 4 months,
Mackey is a bit older than Jeff Madsen and Steve Billirakis (21 years, 11 days).
The final table included two finalists from each of the last two $10,000
buy-in main events. Tex Barch finished 3rd in 2005. He went out 8th in this
event. Michael Binger also took third, in 2006. It was deju vu again, as Binger
took 3rd place in this event. Both players continue to strive for their first
WSOP win.
Jan Sorensen is a two-time former WSOP gold bracelet winner - for Pot-Limit
Omaha (2002) and Seven-Card Stud (2006). He finished in 7th place.
Mike Gracz was one of two former WSOP gold bracelet winners at the final
table. He won over half a million dollars in a No-Limit Hold'em event in 2005.
He took 9th place in this event.
This was the fastest final table of the year and the quickest WSOP finale
since May 2003. The finale table was played in a lightening-fast 2 hours, 35
minutes.
Former WSOP gold bracelet winners Kathy Liebert and Max Pescatori finished
13 th and 27th, respectively.
T.J. Cloutier cashed for the first time at this year's World Series, coming
in 23 rd. He has now cashed 52 times (lifetime) which ranks third on the all-time
list.
For the fifth-consecutive year, Mark Gregorich has cashed in at least two
WSOP events. Gregorich is one of the top Omaha High-Low cash game players in
the world. But his last five cashes have all been in hold'em.
Poker broadcaster and ambassador Mike Sexton finished in 36th place.
Academy Award-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly finished in 50th place.
Allen Cunningham, who won his fifth WSOP gold bracelet last week, finished
in 54 th place.
ESPN play-by-play man Mike Patrick (perhaps best known as the anchor for
Sunday Night Football) played several WSOP events this week.
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