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Legends of Poker / WPT Event Season 6

WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship
Final Day

August 30, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Bicycle Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$10,000 + $200
Prize Pool	$4,850,000
Entries	485
Report Available Live Coverage

Dan Harrington

Place	Name	Prize
1	Dan Harrington (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$1,600,365
2	David "Dragon" Pham (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)	$800,185
3	Thu Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)	$388,660
4	Tom Schneider (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$228,625
5	Mike Mclain (USA)	$182,900
6	Shi Jia Liu (San Diego, CA, USA)	$137,175
7	Joe Sebok (San Francisco, CA, USA)	$114,310
8	William Pilossoph AKA "Pittsburgh Billy" (Presto, PA, USA)	$91,450
9	Lee Markholt (Eatonville, WA, USA)	$68,590
10	Raymond Davis AKA "The Amazing" (Commerce, CA, USA)	$57,155
11	Brian Powell (Louisville, KY, USA)	$57,155
12	Sean McCabe (Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA)	$57,155
13	Peter Feldman (Harper Woods, MI, USA)	$43,440
14	Don Zewin (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$43,440
15	Robert Goldfarb (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$43,440
16	Franco Brunetti (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$34,295
17	Mike Jung (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$34,295
18	Wayne Chang (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$34,295
20	Gavin Griffin (Fullerton, CA, USA)	$25,150
29	Peter Neff (Oak Park, CA, USA)	$20,575
30	Dutch Boyd (Columbia, MO, USA)	$20,575
31	Barry Greenstein (Rancho Palo Verde, CA, USA)	$20,575
32	James Dowdy (Pasadena, CA, USA)	$20,575
33	Jordan Morgan AKA "iMsoLucky0" (Norman, OK, USA)	$20,575
34	Justin Peche (Thompson, CT, USA)	$20,575
35	David Chiu (Rowland Heights, CA, USA)	$20,575
36	Alon Doitch (Northridge, CA, USA)	$20,575
37	Steve Brecher AKA "brec" (Reno, NV, USA)	$16,005
38	Brandon Greulich (Del Mar, CA, USA)	$16,005
39	Ali Sarkeshik (Northampton, UK)	$16,005
40	Michael Chu (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$16,005
41	Minh Nguyen (Lake Elsinore, CA, USA)	$16,005
42	Anna Wroblewski AKA "poker pixie" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$16,005
43	Robert Nehorayan (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)	$16,005
44	Josh Arieh (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$16,005
45	David Daneshgar (Westlake Village, CA, USA)	$16,005

Tournament Report

Dan Harrington: The Next Legend!

485 players all took their own shot at becoming the next Legend of Poker. Many of today's top players were in the field including: Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein, Mark Seif, Mike Matusow, and Joe Sebok. Once the two day 1's combined, many of these players would fall by the wayside, except one. Joe Sebok came into day 3 with a small stack but managed to take the lead. But, late in the game, with only seven players remaining, joe would become the bubble boy for the t.v. table and our final 6 was set for the next day.
Once we got to the t.v. table, the action picked up quickly. Jack Liu was one of the short stacks and needed to make a move quick. Jack had the button in seat 1, David Pham raised from middle position to 120,000, Liu moved all in from the button for 360,000, Harrington reraised from the small blind to 750,000, and Pham folds. Liu held A J , but Harrington was in the lead with Q Q . The flop came J 5 5 , and Liu picked up some additional outs when he paired his jack. He needed any ace or a jack. The turn card was a 6 , the river card was a 4 , and Dan Harrington wins the pot with two pair, queens and fives. Jack Liu was quickly eliminated in 6th place earning $137,135.
David Pham was on the button in seat 5, Nguyen raised from the cutoff to 200,000, McClain reraised from the small blind to 600,000. Thu Nguyen decided to make his move all in, and McClain called all in for 1,045,000 with A-Q . Nguyen held pocket J's, and we are off to the races. The flop dropped K-J-2 , and Nguyen flopped the monstrous set. McClain picked up a gutshot straight draw, and he needed a 10. The turn came the 2, and Nguyen made a full house to take down the hand. The 4 meant nothing, and Nguyen wins the pot with jacks full of deuces. Mike McClain was eliminated in fifth place, earning $182,900.
Tom Schneider came into the day as the chipleader, but lost several key hands to put himself on the short stack. Tom was on the button and decided to make his move all-in. Thu Nguyen folded and the action was on David Pham who insta-called and tabled pocket K's. Tom held the A-9 and they were off to the flop of J-10-9. Tom would need any A or a 9 to take control of the hand, but the turn was another 10. The river was Tom's last hope, but the 6 was enough to give David the pot and Tom Schneider finished the night in 4th place earning $228,625.
David Pham raised on the button to 400k, Dan Harrington folded and the action was over to Thu Nguyen. Thu announced that he was all-in and David made the quick call with A-Q versus the A-5 of Thu. The flop was J-7-3, and the A-Q was still in the lead. The turn card was the K and the river 3 was enough to send Thu off the stage in 3rd place earning $388,660.
The heads up play lasted for 3 hours before the fireworks finally came. On a flop of 4-5-10, Dan Harrington fired out 400k and David Pham instantly called. The turn was an A and Dan fired out 1 million. Pham wasted no time in calling and turned over the 7-5 for the pair, while Harrington had David drawing stone dead with the 10-5. David Pham sank down in his chair and tossed out his chips in defeat and the river card was a meaningless J as Dan Harrington became our champion earning his $25k seat to the championship and the $1.6 million payday. Dan Harrington is the next Legend of Poker.
Bio
Dan Harrington is a jack of all trades. Not only is he an incredibly successful poker player, but he is a former U.S. backgammon champion, a chess master, and a lawyer. Dan was also part of a team of MIT students that, using mathematics, correctly calculated odds for roulette and beat the game in the process.
Harrington is still active in the stock market and in real estate, owns the Anchor Loan company which employs primarily professional poker players. Dan boasts that of all they loans the company has made, they have suffered 0% loss.
So with his success both on and off the table, what is Dan's motivation at the table? He has this to say: "I'm there for the money. You can keep the glory."