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Poker Tournament Results
38th Annual World Series of Poker
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Chandrasekhar Billavara |
| 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 AKA "Pledge" (New City, 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" (White Rock, 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 Paulson (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 (Nanheim, CA, USA) |
$14,409 |
| 54 |
Carl Merkling (Eagle, CO, USA) |
$14,409 |
| 55 |
Constantine Karrys (Glendale, AZ, USA) |
$11,828 |
| 56 |
Michael Mizrachi (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 (Adelaide, Australia) |
$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 (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 Tawarazako-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 (Las Vegas, NV, 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" (Pensacola, FL, 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" (Margate, FL, USA) |
$4,731 |
| 141 |
Hien Tran (Sacramento, CA, USA) |
$4,731 |
| 142 |
James Marrone (Arcadia, CA, USA) |
$4,731 |
| 143 |
John 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 |
Daneil 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 (New York, NY, 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 (Fort Lauderdale, 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 |
Landor Aleman (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 (Los Angeles, CA, 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 (Casselberry, 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 Abroscato (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" (Chicago, 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 (Houston, 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 Rose (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
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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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