Poker Tournament Results

38th Annual World Series of Poker

Event #49 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em

June 30, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$1,500
Prize Pool	$4,310,655
Entries	3151
Report Available

Chandrasekhar Billavara

Place	Name	Prize
1	Chandrasekhar Billavara (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$722,914
2	Taylor Douglas (Athens, GA, USA)	$467,101
3	John Hunt (Franklin, NY, USA)	$292,476
4	Leandro Pimentel AKA "Brasa" (Balneario Camboriu, Brazil)	$189,249
5	Duane Felix (New Rochelle, NY, USA)	$131,184
6	Cort Kilber-Melby (Berlin, Germany)	$96,775
7	Ray Spencer (Sammamish, WA, USA)	$79,270
8	Greg Mueller AKA "FBT" (Vancouver, BC, Canada)	$55,914
9	Lewis Titterton (Washington, DC, NY, USA)	$45,162
10	Thomas Aleksander Middleton (Norway)	$37,635
11	Todd Lundwall (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$37,635
12	Marc Phan	$37,635
13	Francis Mahiout (Paris, France)	$33,334
14	Kyu Cho (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$33,334
15	James Ray AKA "jay ray" (Daphne, AL, USA)	$33,334
16	Duy Le (Davis, CA, USA)	$29,033
17	Michael Dollins (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$29,033
18	Kai Danilo Paulsen AKA "KingKai84" (Trondheim, Norway)	$29,033
19	Joshua Prinsky (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$24,731
20	James Routos (Seattle, WA, USA)	$24,731
21	Jason Dousharm AKA "Jaydoo" (Victorville, CA, USA)	$24,731
22	James Mell (Cottage Grove, WI, USA)	$24,731
23	Jesse Martin (Shrewsbury, MA, USA)	$24,731
24	Steven Moore (Naples, FL, USA)	$24,731
25	Mikhail Ustinov (Russia)	$24,731
26	James Kilarjian (Moneta, VA, USA)	$24,731
27	Shaun Deer (Troy, NY, USA)	$24,731
28	Joseph Anthony (Durham, NC, USA)	$20,860
29	William Jordan (Delray Beach, FL, USA)	$20,860
30	Jeff Gibralter (Rockwall, TX, USA)	$20,860
31	Jonathan Stamm (Glenview, IL, USA)	$20,860
32	Tommy Chaney (Marble Falls, TX, USA)	$20,860
33	Arnold Spee (Agoura Hills, CA, USA)	$20,860
34	Paul Curtis (Caerphilly,Wales, UK)	$20,860
35	Kia Mohajeri (Coco Beach, FL, USA)	$20,860
36	Peter Herbst (Laveen, AZ, USA)	$20,860
37	Michael Kalfa (Marlboro, NJ, USA)	$18,420
38	Adam Beck (Cottonwood, AZ, USA)	$18,420
39	Michael Ciaravino (Rock Ledge, FL, USA)	$18,420
40	Thomas Hover (Blue Diamond, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$18,420
41	Ron Darling (Auburn, WA, USA)	$18,420
42	Steve Olek (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA)	$18,420
43	Nico Behling (Germany)	$18,420
44	Raymond Avery (Round Rock, TX, USA)	$18,420
45	Brian Senie (Westport, CT, USA)	$18,420
46	Chris Birchby (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$14,409
47	Dominik Kulicki (Amsterdam, Netherlands)	$14,409
48	Keith Brookes (Stafford, VA, USA)	$14,409
49	Tracy Smith AKA "The Dawg" (Snellville, GA, USA)	$14,409
50	Quinn Do (El Monte, CA, USA)	$14,409
51	Trevor Ray (Ankeny, IA, USA)	$14,409
52	Kao Saehern (Portland, OR, USA)	$14,409
53	Alvan Silverberg (Orange, CA, USA)	$14,409
54	Carl Merkling (Eagle, CO, USA)	$14,409
55	Constantine Karrys (Glendale, AZ, USA)	$11,828
56	Michael Mizrachi AKA "The Grinder" (Hollywood, FL, USA)	$11,828
57	Robert Pfeifer (Herhand, WI, USA)	$11,828
58	Bradley Berman (Minnetonka, MN, USA)	$11,828
59	Eric Vargo (Playa Del Rey, CA, USA)	$11,828
60	Chase Michaels (Oxnard, CA, USA)	$11,828
61	Tung Pham (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$11,828
62	John Parks (Burke, VA, USA)	$11,828
63	Sverre Sundho (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$11,828
64	Brandon Nagle (Clovis, CA, USA)	$9,678
65	Steve Adams (Woodburn, OR, USA)	$9,678
66	Jim Jakobson (Norway)	$9,678
67	Jarry Van Hoot (Netherlands)	$9,678
68	Rayan Nathan (Beaumont, TX, USA)	$9,678
69	Frans Claessco (Sweden)	$9,678
70	Martin Berchenko (Woodland Hills, CA, USA)	$9,678
71	Charalampos Tsaoussis AKA "KingGr" (Glyfada, Greece)	$9,678
72	Steven Simmons (Mesa, AZ, USA)	$9,678
73	Shannon Shorr (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$7,957
74	David Tran (El Monte, CA, USA)	$7,957
75	Kelsey Hendricks (Chico, CA, USA)	$7,957
76	Anthony D Vlahos (Boxford, MA, USA)	$7,957
77	Sam Yono (Bloombell Hills, MI, USA)	$7,957
78	Jeremy Wien (Mount Kisco, NY, USA)	$7,957
79	Anahi Galaii (Glendale, CA, USA)	$7,957
80	Gary Haglund AKA "G-Pirate" (Colorado Springs, CO, USA)	$7,957
81	Walter Martin (Ireland)	$7,957
82	Scott Milkez	$6,667
83	Paul Arsenis (Australia)	$6,667
84	John Orr (Madison, WI, USA)	$6,667
85	Jesse Menarde (Yardley, PA, USA)	$6,667
86	Jesus Fuentes (Mount Vernon, WA, USA)	$6,667
87	James Campbell (Pegram, IN, USA)	$6,667
88	Vernon Harness (Omaha, NE, USA)	$6,667
89	Joseph Trindle (Snellville, GA, USA)	$6,667
90	Michael Stewart (Palm Desert, CA, USA)	$6,667
91	Mads Anderson (Copenhagen, Denmark)	$5,807
92	Ritchie Wong (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$5,807
93	Goitom Gebrehiwet (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,807
94	Howard Andrew AKA "Tahoe" (Walnut Creek, CA, USA)	$5,807
95	William Ihrie (Newton, NC, USA)	$5,807
96	Jonathan Mann (Portland, OR, USA)	$5,807
97	Patrice Boudet (Le Raincy, France)	$5,807
98	Lamont Dixon (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,807
99	Marc Friedman (Zurich, Switzerland)	$5,807
100	Todd Martio (San Diego, CA, USA)	$5,161
101	Steven Demers (Goffstown, NH, USA)	$5,161
102	Mark Tehscher (UK)	$5,161
103	Chul Kim (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$5,161
104	Josh Walker (Greenville, NC, USA)	$5,161
105	Michael Menaker (St Petersburg, Russia)	$5,161
106	Rick Ribble (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$5,161
107	William McKinney (Princeton, WV, USA)	$5,161
108	John Ziebarth (Eden Praire, MN, USA)	$5,161
109	Francisco Palacios (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$5,161
110	Maciek Gracz (Raleigh, NC, USA)	$5,161
111	Scott O'Reily (UK)	$5,161
112	Serge Rautch (Astoria, NY, USA)	$5,161
113	Robert Ronk (Tempe, AZ, USA)	$5,161
114	Chih-Hao Lin (Houston, TX, USA)	$5,161
115	Keiko Lim AKA "K-1" (Bronx, NY, USA)	$5,161
116	Robin Wheat (Springdale, AR, USA)	$5,161
117	Matthew Cherakal (Storrs, CT, USA)	$5,161
118	Bryan Hyden (San Jose, CA, USA)	$5,161
119	Michael Whittingham (Los Gatos, CA, USA)	$5,161
120	Ian Keiser (Highwood, IL, USA)	$5,161
121	Michael Gloning (Germany)	$5,161
122	Solomon Cohen (Caracus, Venezuela)	$5,161
123	Glenn Hughes (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$5,161
124	Adam Katz (Delray Beach, FL, USA)	$5,161
125	John Ewen (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$5,161
126	David Oare (Belmont, CA, USA)	$5,161
127	Jacob Daniel (Pelham, AL, USA)	$4,731
128	Jonathan Little AKA "FieryJustice" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,731
129	Ian Fieldhouse (UK)	$4,731
130	David Pott (Ellisville, MO, USA)	$4,731
131	John Bingham AKA "Poker Playboy" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,731
132	Daniel Hamm (Canada)	$4,731
133	Kathleen King (North Canton, OH, USA)	$4,731
134	Arthur Molloy (La Jolla, CA, USA)	$4,731
135	Mark Rubin (Jacksonville, FL, USA)	$4,731
136	Andrew Sardella (Cliffton Park, NY, USA)	$4,731
137	Todd Bryson (Bolton, ON, Canada)	$4,731
138	Enrique Rivera (Idaho Falls, ID, USA)	$4,731
139	Lee Rzentkowski (Madison, WI, USA)	$4,731
140	Chad Brown AKA "Downtown" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,731
141	Hien Tran (Sacramento, CA, USA)	$4,731
142	James Marrone (Arcadia, CA, USA)	$4,731
143	Jon Mazursky (Austin, TX, USA)	$4,731
144	Kalyan Venkataraman (South Pasadena, CA, USA)	$4,731
145	John Chadwick (Kemmerer, WY, USA)	$4,731
146	Adam Reren (Plainview, NY, USA)	$4,731
147	Robert McDougall AKA "Mack" (Gig Harbor, WA, USA)	$4,731
148	Sami Rustom (Diamond Bar, CA, USA)	$4,731
149	Louis Tomassi (Buffalo, NY, USA)	$4,731
150	Kenneth Ashton (Paradise Valley, AZ, USA)	$4,731
151	Raymond Mulligan (Goodyear, AZ, USA)	$4,731
152	Dmitry Shilnikov (Katy, TX, USA)	$4,731
153	Alex Melnikow (Syracuse, NY, USA)	$4,731
154	Charles Burris (Austin, TX, USA)	$4,301
155	Shelley Rubenstein (London, UK)	$4,301
156	Andrew Dean (Houston, TX, USA)	$4,301
157	Eric Renz (Hollister, CA, USA)	$4,301
158	Ross Myers (Ston, OH, USA)	$4,301
159	Daniel Woodward (Denver, CO, USA)	$4,301
160	Howard Wolper (Atlantic City, NJ, USA)	$4,301
161	Darren Cleveland (Boca Raton, FL, USA)	$4,301
162	Rolando Lozano (Channelview, TX, USA)	$4,301
163	Warren Fund (Virginia Beach, VA, USA)	$4,301
164	Joseph Patrick (Seattle, WA, USA)	$4,301
165	Mike Crocchiola (Venice, FL, USA)	$4,301
166	Laurence Hughes (Seattle, WA, USA)	$4,301
167	Chris Ragavanis (Old Saybrook, CT, USA)	$4,301
168	Mark Mulloy (Humble, TX, USA)	$4,301
169	Brenda Jacobus (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,301
170	Unknown	$4,301
171	Steve Cohn (Chandler, AZ, USA)	$4,301
172	Jason Hackett (UK)	$4,301
173	Felipe Quijano (Freemont, CA, USA)	$4,301
174	Eric Henrichsen AKA "Dadeo" (Omaha, NE, USA)	$4,301
175	Mark Broers (Netherlands)	$4,301
176	Richard Adam Geyer (Austin, TX, USA)	$4,301
177	Jeffrey Slayton (Pembroke Pines, FL, USA)	$4,301
178	Kenneth Burman (Somerville, MA, USA)	$4,301
179	Eduardo Pimentel (Unknown)	$4,301
180	Michael Bynum (Murrieta, CA, USA)	$4,301
181	Robert Moretti (Canada)	$3,871
182	Leo Whitt AKA "Leon Phelps" (Jefferson/Louisville, KY, USA)	$3,871
183	Karen Black (Whittier, CA, USA)	$3,871
184	Moolir Spoor (Kenmore, WA, USA)	$3,871
185	Tim Adams (Burlington, ON, Canada)	$3,871
186	Rob Tepper AKA "The T-Man" (Kirkland, WA, USA)	$3,871
187	James Whitehead (Canton, GA, USA)	$3,871
188	John Womack (Lauderhill, FL, USA)	$3,871
189	Luke Ratelle (Unknown)	$3,871
190	Peter Dalhuijsen (Utrecht, Netherlands)	$3,871
191	James Scheppele (Fountain Valley, CA, USA)	$3,871
192	Michael Johanson (Sweden)	$3,871
193	Michael Sheehan (Princeton, NJ, USA)	$3,871
194	keith Bram (Canada)	$3,871
195	Paul Saharsky AKA "Green Bay" (Green Bay, WI, USA)	$3,871
196	Kelly Jacobs (Oakland, CA, USA)	$3,871
197	Joshua Robins (Gainsville, FL, USA)	$3,871
198	Frederick Christenson (Fairfield, CT, USA)	$3,871
199	John Myung (Vienna, VA, USA)	$3,871
200	Robert Green (Round Rock, TX, USA)	$3,871
201	Lee Newman (Pittsburg, PA, USA)	$3,078
202	Cameron Wiley AKA "The Teacher" (Plainfield, IL, USA)	$3,871
203	Gary Friedlander (Bellaire, TX, USA)	$3,871
204	Lander Aleman Valdez (Lima, Peru)	$3,871
205	David Oppedisano (Latham, NY, USA)	$3,871
206	Marc Lome (St. Louis Park, MN, USA)	$3,871
207	Bruno Mellambro (Canada)	$3,871
208	Dan Heimiller (Henderson, NV, USA)	$3,871
209	James Pinpin (Carlsbad, CA, USA)	$3,871
210	Grett Steel (Novi, MI, USA)	$3,871
211	Michael Pietrzak (Henderson, NV, USA)	$3,871
212	Terry Tsang (Vancouver, BC, Canada)	$3,871
213	Frank Arsena (Bentleyville, OH, USA)	$3,871
214	Robert Cook (Lees Summit, MO, USA)	$3,871
215	Michael Sly (West Hills, CA, USA)	$3,871
216	Michael Clark (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,871
217	Francisco Lopez AKA "Pakito" (Madrid, Spain)	$3,441
218	Robert Rodgers (Hanson, MA, USA)	$3,441
219	Richard Lewis (Lorain, OH, USA)	$3,441
220	Jason Beasley (Salem, OR, USA)	$3,441
221	Charles Lunn AKA "Spanky" (Toccoa, GA, USA)	$3,441
222	Joshua Prager (Yuba City, CA, USA)	$3,441
223	Kevin Kalthoff (Bozeman, MT, USA)	$3,441
224	Mark Wilds (Biloxi, MS, USA)	$3,441
225	Albes Daniel (Germany)	$3,441
226	Garen Reshdooni (Monterey Park, CA, USA)	$3,441
227	Jason Rich (Carmel, IN, USA)	$3,441
228	Alexander Coric (Winter Springs, FL, USA)	$3,441
229	Rocky Rochford (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,441
230	Donald Fryer (Unknown)	$3,441
231	Philip Lindhorn (Sweden)	$3,441
232	Aresh Binaford (Unknown)	$3,441
233	Joseph Mignano (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,441
234	Matthew Rizzo (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,441
235	Virgil Threlkekd (Alamo, CA, USA)	$3,441
236	Bob Pacleb (Vallejo, CA, USA)	$3,441
237	Jay Sites (Grayson, KY, USA)	$3,441
238	Rudy Wong (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$3,441
239	Gary Gibbs (Hot Springs, AR, USA)	$3,441
240	Robert Boop (Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA)	$3,441
241	Stephan Kenna (Heath, Ireland)	$3,441
242	Adam Schiffer (Laguna Niguel, CA, USA)	$3,441
243	Scott Seiver (Cold Springs Harbor, NY, USA)	$3,441
244	Unknown	$3,441
245	Cliff Pappas (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$3,441
246	Ray Celements (Unknown)	$3,441
247	Derek Scott (Canada)	$3,441
248	Brian Darmanin AKA "ObeyTheDog" (Redwood City, CA, USA)	$3,441
249	Christopher Togsveld (Unknown)	$3,441
250	Karsten Honnefeller (Germany)	$3,441
251	Darren Munday (Unknown)	$3,441
252	Christopher Abruscato (Marysville, CA, USA)	$3,441
253	James Richards (Arvada, CO, USA)	$3,011
254	Wesley Brown (Unknown)	$3,011
255	Askana Akopyan (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$3,011
256	Jeffrey Gray (Rochester, PA, USA)	$3,011
257	Ryan Miller (ON, Canada)	$3,011
258	Christopher Holuka (Virginia Beach, CA, USA)	$3,011
259	Todd Draper (South Bend, IN, USA)	$3,011
260	Casper Toft (Middelfart, Denmark)	$3,011
261	Kyle Murray (Davis, CA, USA)	$3,011
262	Matthew Nelson (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$3,011
263	Vicenti Chan (Unknown)	$3,011
264	Michael Stroh (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$3,011
265	Daniel Lumbera (Unknown)	$3,011
266	Jordan Smith AKA "scarface_79" (Tool, TX, USA)	$3,011
267	Jack Damsky (Unknown)	$3,011
268	Michale Lan (Unknown)	$3,011
269	John Saini (Sylmar, CA, USA)	$3,011
270	Thomas Woolen (Pacific Palisades, CA, USA)	$3,011
271	Melton Little (Bradenton, FL, USA)	$3,011
272	Richard Turner (Redlands, CA, USA)	$3,011
273	David Cline (Durham, NC, USA)	$3,011
274	Romeo Pueblo AKA "Romy" (Corona, CA, USA)	$3,011
275	Jason Newburger AKA "Chicago Kid" (Vernon Hills, IL, USA)	$3,011
276	Michael Propas (ON, Canada)	$3,011
277	Ryan Preus (Lake St. Lous, MD, USA)	$3,011
278	Lars Lousjo (Filistad, Sweden)	$3,011
279	Michael Johnson (Vancouver, BC, Canada)	$3,011
280	Peter Feldman (Harper Woods, MI, USA)	$3,011
281	Michael Wehner (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA)	$3,011
282	Peter Skaj (Stockholm, Sweden)	$3,011
283	Waylon Frey (New Braunfels, TX, USA)	$3,011
284	Timothy Simes (Tulare, CA, USA)	$3,011
285	David Cohen-Taisne (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$3,011
286	Daniel McGuire (Chicago, IL, USA)	$3,011
287	Alexander Dunphy (Seattle, WA, USA)	$3,011
288	Gregory Wynn (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$3,011
289	Idan Keren (Plainview, NY, USA)	$2,667
290	Dustin Vinas (Friendswood, TX, USA)	$2,667
291	James Hall (Lynchburg, VA, USA)	$2,667
292	Patricia Lee (Alhambra, CA, USA)	$2,667
293	Kevin O'Sullivan (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$2,667
294	Michael Hury (Stevenson Ranch, CA, USA)	$2,667
295	Matthew Manos (Danville, CA, USA)	$2,667
296	Sean Deaton (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$2,667
297	Peter Dumdeang (Portland, OR, USA)	$2,667
298	Robert Edwards (Lomita, CA, USA)	$2,667
299	Gregory Hall (Unknown)	$2,667
300	Justin Wallace (Bethel, OH, USA)	$2,667
301	Jeffrey Ross (Atkinson, NH, USA)	$2,667
302	Anthony Breslin (University Place, WA, USA)	$2,667
303	Johannes Vogel (Germany)	$2,667
304	Gerald Watterson (Jacksonville, FL, USA)	$2,667
305	James Price (Chattanooga, TN, USA)	$2,667
306	Jamie Eisner (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,667
307	Dhruu Doshi (London, UK)	$2,667
308	Alex Dederer (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,667
309	Bradley Smithson (Windsor, WI, USA)	$2,667
310	Binh Ly (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$2,667
312	Jason "J.D." Newitt (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,667
313	Charles Chitty (Savannah, GA, USA)	$2,667
314	Michael Lewis (Indianapolis, IN, USA)	$2,667
315	Jun Gao (Westlake Village, CA, USA)	$2,667
316	Brian Lee (Overland Park, KS, USA)	$2,667
317	Adam Musser (Fair Oaks, CA, USA)	$2,667
318	Sung Lee (Springfield, VA, USA)	$2,667
319	David Heine (Turlock, CA, USA)	$2,667
320	James Barber (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$2,667
321	John Nikolaou (Charlotte, NC, USA)	$2,667
322	Benjamin J Schomer (Ferndale, MI, USA)	$2,667
323	Anthony Barret (Midlothian, TX, USA)	$2,667
324	Alexander Elsik (Houston, TX, USA)	$2,667

Tournament Report

The winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship was Ghandrasekhar Billavara. He is a 38-year-old businessman from San Francisco, CA. This was only the second World Series of Poker tournament Billavara had ever entered. It was his first tournament victory.
-- Billvara was born in India. He earned a B.A. in computer science. He now owns a coffee shop in San Francisco.
-- In Billavara's first WSOP poker event last week, he busted out on the third hand of play. Frustrated, he almost passed on entering this event. However, Billavara had previously won $3,200 playing craps inside the casino. He decided that if he entered one more $1,500 buy-in tournament, even a bust-out guaranteed a net win of $200 for the Las Vegas trip. So, Billavara entered this tournament along with over 3,000 other aspiring champions. He ended up cashing for $722,914.
-- Billavara needed some luck at one point, and got it at the perfect time. He arrived at the final table lowest in chips of the final nine players. "I said to myself the night before, if I could just double up once I might have a chance," Billavara said in a post-tournament interview. "I looked down and saw pocket aces on my first hand! It's a hand everybody dreams about." Billavara won the hand and was the champion five hours later.
-- "I plan to pay off some of my mortgage," Billavara answered when queried about his plans for nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in winnings. "Now, I might take $10,000 and enter the main event, too."
-- Billavara started playing poker only about two years ago. He was invited to a home game where he plays for modest stakes in a weekly game. Now, he admits that his friends in the home game in San Francisco might view him a bit differently. "Now, I will look at them and say - are you trying to bluff me? Are you crazy?" Billavara said jokingly. "Look at this gold bracelet on my wrist! You want to try and bluff me?"
-- The runner up was Taylor Douglas of Athens, GA. He enjoyed a nice payday totaling $467,101.
-- Fourth-place finisher Leandro "Brasa" Pimentel (Sao Paulo, Brazil) brought a rowdy cheering section with him. The Brazilian national was backed by several vocal supporters. In fact, fans at a popular Brazilian poker website were so excited that a fellow-countryman had made it to a WSOP final table, that the site's message board attracted thousands of visitors extending best wishes. Poker is growing throughout South America and is about to experience a boom in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and other nations -- according to observers in the region.
-- "Brasa" is also the Brazilian Poker Champion (2006) in what is called the BSOP - or Brazilian Series of Poker.
-- If any player is snake bitten at the WSOP it is Greg "FBT" Mueller. The Canadian has been the chip leader after Day One in four events this year. He had cashed five times. He has made two final table appearances. However, Mueller went out a disappointing eighth in this event.
-- Lewis Titterton, from Washington, DC, took 9th place at what was his first WSOP final table. Titterton, a graduate of prestigious Tufts University, wants the world to know he is a "die-hard Libertarian," an appealing philosophy to many poker players during this time.
-- This was the sixth (and last) $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event on this year's schedule. These tournaments attracted over 15,000 entrants, combined. This is greater than the total number of players who entered the entire 2003 World Series of Poker, which totaled 36 events.
-- Predictably, the record turnout meant that many new names found their way to the money list. Of the top 324 finishers - all of whom made it into the money - only two players had previously won a WSOP gold bracelet. This was only the second final table at this year's WSOP (in an open event) that did not have at least one former gold bracelet winner as a finalist.
-- This was the largest non-main event tournament in World Series of Poker history. The turnout of 3,151 players broke the old record set three weeks ago, which was 2,998. This was also the busiest day in WSOP history in terms of total number of tournament entries within a 24-hour period.
-- The tournament ranks as the third-largest live poker tournament of all-time. Only the WSOP main events of 2005 and 2006 attracted more players.
-- by Nolan Dalla

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