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38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #37 - WSOP Pot Limit Hold'em

June 22, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$2,000
Prize Pool	$1,090,943
Entries	599
Report Available

Greg Hopkins

Place	Name	Prize
1	Greg Hopkins (Redondo Beach, CA, USA)	$269,274
2	Jason Newburger AKA "Chicago Kid" (Chicago, IL, USA)	$165,707
3	Yuval Bronshtein AKA "Yuvee" (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$109,018
4	Peter Lawson (Sandy, UT, USA)	$72,497
5	David Zarrian (Torrance, CA, USA)	$52,874
6	Robert Collison (Relstertown, MD, USA)	$41,427
7	Gioi Luong (Westminster, CA, USA)	$31,070
8	Raymond Coburn (Jackson, NJ, USA)	$22,894
9	Bryan O'Connell (Ireland)	$16,353
10	Jordan Smith AKA "scarface_79" (Tool, TX, USA)	$10,902
11	T.J. Cloutier (Richardson, TX, USA)	$10,902
12	Richard Ferro (Dallas, TX, USA)	$10,902
13	Scott Pendergrast	$9,812
14	Kevin O'Donnell (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$9,812
15	Bob Binsky (Miami, FL, USA)	$9,812
16	Praz Bansi (London, UK)	$8,721
17	Eric Tomberlin (Jacksonville, FL, USA)	$8,721
18	James Henson (Lake Jackson, TX, USA)	$8,721
19	Ryan Dewbre (Dallas, TX, USA)	$7,631
20	Daniel Alaei (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,631
21	Robert McLaughlin (S E Washington, DC, USA)	$7,631
22	William Thorson (Varberg, Sweden)	$7,631
23	Devin Porter (Riverton, UT, USA)	$7,631
24	Michael Keiner (Braunfels, Germany)	$7,631
25	Mark Weitzman (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$7,631
26	Mark McPherson (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,631
27	Romuald Pycior (Henderson, NV, USA)	$7,631
28	Kelly Garrett (USA)	$6,541
29	Avi Mukherjee (San Jose, CA, USA)	$6,541
30	Ronnie Hofman (Dordrecht, Netherlands)	$6,541
31	Thayer Rasmussen AKA "JINXY MONKEY" (Largo, FL, USA)	$6,541
32	Adam Nilsson (Sweden)	$6,541
33	Brian Schwartz (USA)	$6,541
34	Wayne Harvey (Rincon, GA, USA)	$6,541
35	Richard Osborne (Martinez, CA, USA)	$6,541
36	Josh Olechnowski (Smithtown, NY, USA)	$6,541
37	Travis Rice	$5,560
38	Richard Kirsch (Pompano Beach, FL, USA)	$5,560
39	Thomas Sanduski (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,560
40	George Rahme (Burbank, CA, USA)	$5,560
41	Richard Olofsson (Gavle, Sweden)	$5,560
42	Ramon Acosta (Miami, FL, USA)	$5,560
43	Jonathan Campbell (Lincoln, UK)	$5,560
44	Ryan Fisher (USA)	$5,560
45	Clif Purkiser (USA)	$5,560
46	Anthony George (Mesquite, NV, USA)	$4,797
47	Gary Leibovitz (Chicago, IL, USA)	$5,560
48	Alan Cutler (Vernon Hills, IL, USA)	$4,797
49	Dave Colclough (Birmingham, UK)	$4,797
50	Paul Wolfe (Apollo Beach, FL, USA)	$4,797
51	James Shaw (Lawton, OK, USA)	$4,797
52	David MacHowsky (Kettering, OH, USA)	$4,797
53	Armen Kara (Brea, CA, USA)	$4,797
54	Gary Wooldridge (Houston, TX, USA)	$4,797

Tournament Report

WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER EVENT # 36 - GREG HOPKINS

The winner of the $2,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em championship was Greg Hopkins a 41-year-old poker pro from Anchorage , AK. Hopkins has paid his dues on the poker tournament trail for 13-long years. This is his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Hopkins was born in Whittier, CA. He spent most of his adult years playing in the cardrooms of suburban Los Angeles. Hopkins has suffered the most extreme swings imaginable in poker - cashing numerous times at major events, but also suffering the depths of despair when the cards did not fall his way. Perhaps more than any other player who has entered hundreds of tournaments over more than a decade, Hopkins won this gold bracelet the old fashioned way - he earned it.
This was Hopkins' third time to cash at the WSOP, and was his third final table. First place paid $269,274.
Through 37 events played thus far at this year's WSOP, Hopkins' win was the most deeply satisfying. When asked afterward how good he felt about winning over a quarter of a million dollars and his first gold bracelet, Hopkins bowed his head and said quietly, "You have no idea how good this moment feels." When asked what was his profession before becoming a professional poker player, Hopkins replied "an optimist."
by Nolan Dalla