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38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #26 - WSOP H.O.R.S.E

June 15, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$5,000
Prize Pool	$902,400
Entries	192
Report Available

Ralph Schwartz

Place	Name	Prize
1	Ralph Schwartz (USA)	$275,683
2	Bill Gazes (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$153,408
3	Yuebin Guo (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$99,264
4	Phil Ivey (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$65,424
5	Robert Mizrachi (Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA)	$49,632
6	Alexander Jung AKA "derdings" (Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany)	$37,901
7	Thomas Schultz (Littleton, CO, USA)	$28,877
8	Jeff Campbell (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$14,438
9	Alex Kravchenko (Moscow, Russia)	$13,085
10	Greg Mascio (Fullerton, CA, USA)	$13,085
11	Rick Schwartz (Calabasas, CA, USA)	$11,731
12	Jeff King (UK)	$11,731
13	Michael Lemkin AKA "Doctor Doom, MikieMike" (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$11,731
14	David Benyamine (Paris, France)	$11,731
15	Jesse Jones (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$10,378
16	Luke Neely (Austin, TX, USA)	$10,378
17	Sam Grizzle (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,024
18	Randall Skaggs (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,024
19	Daniel Alael (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,024
20	Billy "The Crock" Argyros (Melbourne, Australia)	$9,024
21	Gavin Smith (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,024
22	Doyle Brunson (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,024
23	Stephen Landrum (Pahrump, NV, USA)	$9,024
24	Linda Ryke-Drucker (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,512
25	John Kabbaj (London, UK)	$4,512

Tournament Report

The winner of the $5,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship was Ralph Schwartz from New York City. He is a 28-year-old money manager who works on Wall Street. He specializes in managing hedge funds.
Schwartz is a graduate of Northwestern University. He is currently single.
Schwartz has been playing poker seriously for about four years. Prior to this win, Schwartz' one and only in-the-money finish occurred a few weeks ago in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em competition (Event #3) in which he finished 100th. He collected $3,500. This time, his cash prize was significantly higher $275,683 for first place.
Bill Gazes was the runner up. He has a storied tournament record over the past decade, but he has yet to win a World Series gold bracelet. Gazes played remarkably well, overcoming a nearly impossible chip disadvantage at one point when play was at five-handed. He managed to survive and move up the money ladder but failed to catch the rush of cards necessary to go the distance. Gazes collected $153,408.
This was poker superstar Phil Ivey's second final table appearance at this year's World Series. He was the runner up in the Seven-Card Stud World Championship (Event #11) last week. His quest for a sixth WSOP gold bracelet fell short yet gain, as he ended up going out in fourth place.
Robert Mizrachi has already made it to two final tables this year. Remarkably, both have been in HORSE competitions. He was sixth in the $2,500 event (#16) and did a little better this time, taking fifth place.
Phillip Campbell went out in 8th place. He is a former tennis pro.
Alex Kravchenko, from Russia, was eliminated in 10th place. He won Event #9 at this year's WSOP, which was the Omaha High-Low championship. He now has combined for over half-a-million in winnings at this year's World Series.
There are three H.O.R.S.E. events on this year's schedule (and also a S.H.O.E. event). The $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship begins June 24th.
Day Two played long, as 12 players were forced to return for Day Three. The final table of eight players was set after three hours. It then took seven more hours to determine the winner.
This was the second-shortest field of this year's WSOP, to date. The 192 entries were slightly more than the 180 sign-ups for the $5,000 buy-in Seven-Card Stud championship. This is the first time such an event with a $5,000 buy-in has ever been featured at the World Series.