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38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #23 - WSOP Pot Limit Omaha

June 14, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$1,500
Prize Pool	$786,320
Entries	578
Report Available

Scott Clements

Place	Name	Prize
1	Scott Clements (Mount Vernon, WA, USA)	$194,206
2	Eric Lynch (Olathe, KS, USA)	$119,508
3	Dau Ly AKA "Tommy" (Duluth, GA, USA)	$78,624
4	Will Durkee (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)	$52,285
5	Jason Newburger AKA "Chicago Kid" (Chicago, IL, USA)	$38,133
6	Mark Davis (Dublin, Ireland)	$29,877
7	Andy Black (Dublin, Ireland)	$22,408
8	Anthony Maccanello (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$16,511
9	K.U Davis (McKinney, TX, USA)	$11,794
10	Richard Olofsson (Gavle, Sweden)	$7,862
11	Hilbert Shirley	$7,862
12	Gary Lundgren (Houston, TX, USA)	$7,862
13	Arnold Spee (Agoura Hills, CA, USA)	$7,076
14	Rami Boukai (Aliso Viejo, CA, USA)	$7,076
15	Ayaz Mahmood (Lahore, TX, Pakistan)	$7,076
16	Warren Simon (Houston, TX, USA)	$6,290
17	Suleiman Abueid (Oak Lawn, IL, USA)	$6,290
18	Martin Davis (UK)	$6,290
19	Charles Gibbs (Beaumont, TX, USA)	$5,504
20	Johnny Chan (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$5,504
21	James Dankelberger (Wichita, KS, USA)	$5,504
22	Bob Boutin	$5,584
23	Bradley Libson (Annapolis, MD, USA)	$5,504
24	Michael Jenkins (Colorado Springs, CO, USA)	$5,504
25	Thomas Schultz (Littleton, CO, USA)	$5,504
26	Michael Schneider (Covington, GA, USA)	$5,504
27	Rogelio Garcia (Tuscon, AZ, USA)	$5,504
28	John McLaughlin (West Berlin, NJ, USA)	$4,717
29	Tu Huynh (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$4,717
30	Mike Wattel (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$4,717
31	Justin Scott (Redford, MI, USA)	$4,717
32	Timothy Foley (Manhattan Beach, CA, USA)	$4,717
33	Steve Worr (Glendale Heights, IL, USA)	$4,717
34	Seth Berger (Malbern, PA, USA)	$4,717
35	Kerry Taylor (UK)	$4,717
36	Michael Martin (Long Island, NY, USA)	$4,717
37	Matt Matros (Bronxville, NY, USA)	$4,010
38	Justin Blumenthal (Oregon, WI, USA)	$4,010
39	Ryan Robinson (Madrid, Spain)	$4,010
40	Jason Potter (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$4,010
41	Manelic Minaya AKA "Manny" (Tampa, FL, USA)	$4,010
42	Mark Wilds (Biloxi, MS, USA)	$4,010
43	Sean Roy (ON, Canada)	$4,010
44	Trevor Reardon AKA "bigTR" (Birmingham, UK)	$4,010
45	James Pridgen AKA "Jimmy" (Mount Holly, NC, USA)	$4,010
46	Janne Juutilainen (Finland)	$3,459
47	Dennis Otto (Corpus Christi, TX, USA)	$3,459
48	Gregory Maynard (Houston, TX, USA)	$3,459
49	Yung Hwang	$3,459
50	Andreas Krause (Heilbrown, Germany)	$3,459
51	Bert Beatty	$3,459
52	Jeffrey Higgins (Walnut Creek, CA, USA)	$3,459
53	Jacob Elbaz (Houston, TX, USA)	$3,459
54	Brandon Cantu (Vancouver, WA, USA)	$3,459

Tournament Report

The winner of the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha championship was Scott Clements, from Mt. Vernon, WA. He is a 25-year-old poker pro who has enjoyed great tournament success in recent years. Although he dropped out of college, Clements has won over a million dollars playing poker - including more than $600,000 during the last two years at the WSOP.
This was Clements' second WSOP bracelet win in two years. He won the $3,000 buy-in Omaha High-Low championship last year. He also won a WSOP Circuit event at Harvey's Lake Tahoe in 2006.
This was the fourth time Clements has cashed at this year's WSOP. He is currently the co-leader in that category.
Clements recently got married. Before turning pro, he worked as a mortgage broker.
Will Durkee won over half-a-million dollars and his first WSOP gold bracelet in last week's No-Limit Hold'em event. He came in fourth at this final table.
Jason Newburger proved to be a quick study in the game of Pot-Limit Omaha. His first time ever to play the game, he made it to the final table at last year's WSOP. This tournament marked his second time to play the game. Once again, he made it all the way to the final table – finishing fifth.
Irishman Andy Black was fifth in the $10,000 buy-in main event in 2005. This marked the first time Black returned to a WSOP final table since, although he did make it to the finale of the 2006 Tournament of Champions. He took 7th place in this tournament.
Hilbert Shirey is a name from the past. He won his first of three WSOP gold bracelets back in 1987. An 11th place finish in this tournament was his 20th lifetime cash at the WSOP.
Poker legend Johnny Chan finished 20th.
Other former gold bracelet winners who were in-the-money include Mike Wattel, Burt Boutin, and Tom Schneider.
This was a two-day event. A whopping 553 players were eliminated on the first day. Then, 23 players returned and played down to the final nine. The finalists then took their places on the ESPN main stage. Cameras and crew were off for the day, but the championship attracted a large crowd of spectators.
Pot-Limit Omaha is most popular in the American South and in Europe, especially in England. In some cardrooms it is as popular as hold'em.
This tournament began with an announcement over the P.A. system by guest ambassador of the day " Miami John" Cernuto. The multi-WSOP event winner said a few words of appreciation to the poker dealers who have worked so hard at this year's WSOP. The remarks drew applause and appreciation.