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38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #34 - WSOP Limit Hold'em

June 20, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$3,000
Prize Pool	$816,960
Entries	296
Report Available

Alexander Borteh

Place	Name	Prize
1	Alexander Borteh (Lewis Center, OH, USA)	$225,483
2	Brandon Wong (Fresno, CA, USA)	$135,615
3	Shawn Keller AKA "Lightning" (Chandler, AZ, USA)	$92,316
4	David "Dragon" Pham (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$62,906
5	Matthew Kelly (Fort Worth, TX, USA)	$46,567
6	Vivek Rajkumar (Seattle, WA, USA)	$36,763
7	Michael Byrne (Oak Lawn, IL, USA)	$27,777
8	Marco Johnson (Walnut Creek, CA, USA)	$20,424
9	Petri Pollanen (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$14,705
10	Jonathon Tamayo (Humble, TX, USA)	$10,212
11	Chad Brown AKA "Downtown" (Margate, FL, USA)	$10,212
12	Guy Kenworthy (UK)	$10,212
13	Gary Leibovitz (Chicago, IL, USA)	$9,395
14	Max "Italian Pirate" Pescatori (Milan, Italy)	$9,395
15	Joanne "JJ" Liu (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,395
16	Serena Liu (Fremont, CA, USA)	$8,578
17	Clifford Spiro (Naperville, IL, USA)	$8,578
18	Jeffrey Siegal (Daly City, CA, USA)	$8,578
19	Dean Tran (Columbus, OH, USA)	$7,761
20	Greg Mueller AKA "FBT" (White Rock, BC, Canada)	$7,761
21	Tommy Rounds (Paradise, CA, USA)	$7,761
22	Richard Brodie AKA "Quiet Lion" (Kirkland, WA, USA)	$7,761
23	Tom Dobrilovic (West Nyack, NY, USA)	$7,761
24	Mike Thorpe (Spokane, WA, USA)	$7,761
25	Phil Hellmuth Jr (Palo Alto, CA, USA)	$7,761
26	Joe Graziano (Tualtatin, OR, USA)	$7,761
27	Linda Ryke-Drucker (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,761

Tournament Report

WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER EVENT # 34- ALEXANDER BORTEH

The winner of the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em championship was Alexander Borteh, a 24-year-old poker pro from Columbus, OH. This is his third year to play at the WSOP. This is his first tournament victory ever.
This was Borteh's second occasion to make it to a WSOP final table. He finished third in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout in 2005. This was his fourth time to cash at the WSOP. He now has finishes of 72nd, 70th, 3rd, and 1st.
Borteh is a graduate of the Ohio State University. He earned his degree in Philosophy. Borteh chose his field of study strictly for personal reasons. 'I like to think about life,' he said in a post-tournament interview. 'When I'm alone, I enjoy thinking about the meaning of things and trying to figure it all out.'
Borteh plays poker on his home computer. He noted that Limit Hold'em is much more complex than many people realize. In his remarks following victory, Borteh explained that Limit Hold'em requires different strategies than No-Limit games and is often not given the same level of respect in some poker circles. Yet, in his view- Limit Hold'em is a more skillful game.
First place paid $225,483. Borteh, the poker champ was presented with the coveted gold bracelet by WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack.
-- by Nolan Dalla