Jerry Yang after winning the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.The 2007 World Series of Poker was the 38th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino , the series featured 55 poker championships in several variants . As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners receive a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money. The series culminates with the $10,000 No-Limit hold'em "Main Event", which has attracted thousands of entrants since 2004. The winner of the WSOP Main Event, who wins a multimillion-dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.[1]
Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas hold'em, a game where each player may use a combination of the five community cards and two hole cards to make the best hand. Another poker variant with community cards is Omaha , in which each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two of them in conjunction with three of the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. In contrast to games with community cards, some variants, such as stud or draw , deal each player separate hands with no common cards. Seven-card stud deals each player two hole cards, followed by four face-up cards one at a time, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Other games played at the 2007 tournament included Razz , H.O.R.S.E. , and Deuce-to-Seven . Prior to 2000, seven-card stud was the most common game in U.S. casinos, but today hold'em has almost totally eclipsed the once popular game.[2]
Within each of these poker variants, a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no-limit , limit , or pot-limit . Games may include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout , eight or better , or heads up.
With 54,288 total entries and a combined prize pool of $159,796,918, the 2007 WSOP was the largest series of poker tournaments ever.[3] Ernest Bennett wanted the glory. Rather than leave their fates to chance, the two of them ensured they got what they wanted. In exchange for splitting the prize money, Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the bracelet.[4] Jerry Yang and his wife retired.[5] [6] [7] Phil Hellmuth said, "the bracelets have always been a really huge deal, to me more than the other guys, because I knew that they represented history."[8]
Age and disability was another story line of the 2007 WSOP. At 21 years and 10 days old, Steve Billirakis became the youngest person to ever win a WSOP bracelet.[9] [3] Hal Lubarsky , a blind man, finished in 197th place at the Main Event.[10] [11]
*
Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame
(#/#)
This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in 2007. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament.
Place
The place in which the player finished.
Name
The player who made it to the final table
Prize ($)
The amount of money, in U.S. Dollars ($), awarded for each finish at the event's final table
Results [ edit ] [ edit ] At the time of his victory, Steve Billirakis was the youngest person to have won a WSOP bracelet. This event kicked off the 2007 WSOP. It was a $5,000 buy-in Mixed (alternating between limit and no-limit) Texas Hold'em tournament.
3-day event: Friday, June 1, 2007 to Sunday, June 3, 2007Number of entries: 451Total prize pool: $2,119,700 Number of payouts: 45Winning hand: K ♠ 2 ♦ Reference: [12] [ edit ] This was a $500 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada .
2-day event: Friday, June 1, 2007 to Saturday, June 2, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,039Total prize pool: $467,500 Number of payouts: 100Winning hand: 10 ♦ 4 ♠ Reference: [13]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Frederick Narciso (1/1)$104,701
2nd
Charles Fisher
$66,392
3rd
Gene Lang
$42,547
4th
Chris Chau
$28,053
5th
Kevin Kalthoff
$19,637
6th
David Dietrich
$14,962
7th
Meaghan Larivee
$11,221
8th
John Konich
$8,182
9th
Eric Schutzberg
$5,844
[ edit ] Ciarán O'Leary after winning the $1,500 No-Limit Texas Hold'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker 3-day event: Saturday, June 2, 2007 to Monday, June 4, 2007Number of entries: 2,998Total Prizepool: $4,497,000 Number of payouts: 270Winning hand: K ♣ 10 ♦ Reference: [14]
Final table
Place
Winner
Prize
1st
Ciarán O'Leary (1/1)$727,012
2nd
Paul Evans
$450,150
3rd
Alex Jacob $282,367
4th
Jeffrey Yoak
$184,152
5th
Craig Crivello
$128,907
6th
Andreas Krause
$94,122
7th
Thad Smith
$73,661
8th
Bart Hanson
$55,246
9th
Matthew Vengrin
$43,378
Event 3 was the largest non-Main Event live tournament in history. This record, however, would be short lived as event 49 would break that record.[15]
[ edit ] Spegal at the 2007 World Series of Poker 3-day event: Sunday, June 3, 2007 to Tuesday, June 5, 2007Number of buy-ins: 781Total prize pool: $1,066,065 Number of payouts: 72Winning hand: A ♠ 10 ♠ Reference: [16] [ edit ] Schneider at the 2006 World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout 3-day event: Sunday, June 3, 2007 to Tuesday, June 5, 2007Number of buy-ins: 327Total prize pool: $752,100 Number of payouts: 32Winning hand: A ♠ Q ♥ 4 ♠ A ♣ X A ♦ 4 ♣ See note Reference: [17] Note: While seven cards were dealt, only five cards are used to determine the Winning hand. The five cards used to determine the Winning hand were the three aces and two fours, one of the cards not used was not recorded. [ edit ] 3-day event: Monday, June 4, 2007 to Wednesday, June 6, 2007Number of buy-ins: 910Total prize pool: $1,365,000 Number of payouts: 90Winning hand: J ♣ 8 ♦ Reference: [18]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Gary Styczynski (1/1)$280,715
2nd
Varouzhan Gumroyan
$177,627
3rd
Hansu Chu
$114,278
4th
Soheil Shamseddin
$75,771
5th
James Gorham
$53,412
6th
James Holland
$40,991
7th
Michael Banks
$30,433
8th
Peter O'Donnell
$22,359
9th
Anthony Imani
$16,148
[ edit ] Boutin after winning the $5,000 Pot big black balls w/rb event 3-day event: Monday, June 4, 2007 to Wednesday, June 7, 2007Number of buy-ins: 145Number of rebuys: 450Total prize pool: $2,891,000 Number of payouts: 18Winning hand: A ♦ Q ♠ 8 ♠ 7 ♣ Reference: [19]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Burt Boutin (1/2)$868,745
2nd
Erik Cajelais
$508,816
3rd
Dave Ulliott (0/1)$349,811
4th
Sirous Jamshidi
$242,844
5th
Minh Ly $183,579
6th
Larry Jonsson
$141,659
7th
John Juanda (0/3)$112,749
8th
Humberto Brenes (0/2)$83,839
9th
Robin Keston
$60,711
[ edit ] Chu, After winning the $1,000 no-limit Hold'em with rebuys event 3-day event: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 to Thursday, June 7, 2007Number of buy-ins: 814Number of rebuys: 1,814Total prize pool: $2,533,062 Number of payouts: 81Winning hand: A ♣ 3 ♥ Reference: [20] [ edit ] Kravchenko at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 to Thursday, June 7, 2007Number of buy-ins: 690Total prize pool: $941,850 Number of payouts: 63Winning hand: A ♦ 10 ♠ 9 ♦ 4 ♥ Reference: [21]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Alex Kravchenko (1/1)$228,446
2nd
Bryan Devonshire
$140,336
3rd
John Varner
$92,301
4th
J.R. Reiss
$60,749
5th
Bryan Andrews
$43,796
6th
Yueqi "Rich" Zhu
$33,907
7th
Jordan Morgan
$25,430
8th
Jeffrey Calkins
$18,837
9th
Richard Ashby
$13,657
Ninth-place finisher Richard Ashby was eliminated simultaneously along with Ron Ware (10th place) on the final hand of day, 2 by Jordan Morgan. Therefore, he never appeared at the official final table.[22]
[ edit ] Durkee after winning the $2,000 no-limit Hold'em event 3-day event: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,531Total prize pool: $2,786,420 Number of payouts: 153Winning hand: J ♠ 4 ♠ Reference: [23] [ edit ] Reslock at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007Number of buy-ins: 180Total prize pool: $846,000 Number of payouts: 24Winning hand: 10 ♣ 10 ♠ 4 ♦ 10 ♦ K ♦ 2 ♠ J ♥ Reference: [24] [ edit ] This event was played in a shorthanded format, no more than six players per table, with no more than six players occupying a table at any time during the tournament.
3-day event: Thursday, June 7, 2007 to Saturday, June 9, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,427Total prize pool: $1,947,855 Number of payouts: 120Winning hand: A ♦ 6 ♦ Reference: [25]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jason Warner (1/1)$481,698
2nd
David Zeitlin
$269,778
3rd
Steve Olek
$186,020
4th
David Mitchell-Lolis
$123,689
5th
Matt Brady
$92,523
6th
Brian Miller
$61,357
[ edit ] Cunningham at the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship 3-day event: Friday, June 8, 2007 to Sunday, June 10, 2007Number of buy-ins: 398Total prize pool: $1,870,600 Number of payouts: 36Winning hand: K ♣ 9 ♦ Reference: [26]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Allen Cunningham (1/5)$487,287
2nd
Jeffrey Lisandro $294,260
3rd
Humberto Brenes (0/2)
$197,348
4th
Jason Lester (0/1)$132,813
5th
Joe Patrick
$99,142
6th
Travis Rice
$78,565
7th
Gavin Griffin (0/1)$58,924
8th
Keith Lehr (0/1)
$43,959
9th
Alan Jaffray
$31,800
[ edit ] Keiner after winning the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event 2-day event: Friday, June 8, 2007 to Saturday, June 9, 2007Number of buy-ins: 395Total prize pool: $539,175 Number of payouts: 40Winning hand: K ♠ K ♣ 2 ♥ 4 ♠ 3 ♥ 2 ♠ Q ♦ Reference: [27]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Michael Keiner (1/1)$146,987
2nd
Nesbitt Coburn
$80,876
3rd
Steve Sung $51,222
4th
Barry Greenstein (0/2)$33,698
5th
Dale Phillips
$26,150
6th
Greg Raymer (0/1)$19,680
7th
John Robertson
$15,097
8th
Larry Eubanks
$11,053
[ edit ] Hellmuth at the 2006 World Series of Poker 3-day event: Saturday, June 9, 2007 to Monday, June 11, 2007Number of buy-ins: 2,628Total prize pool: $3,587,220 Number of payouts: 270Winning hand: A ♠ 3 ♥ Reference: [28]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Phil Hellmuth * (1/11)$637,254
2nd
Andy Philachack
$394,594
3rd
Rick Fuller
$247,518
4th
Morgan Machina
$161,425
5th
Scott Clements (0/1)$112,997
6th
David Simon
$82,506
7th
Fabrice Soulier $64,570
8th
Ut Nguyen
$48,427
9th
Taylor Douglas
$38,025
Phil Hellmuth won his eleventh WSOP bracelet, the most of any player. He was previously one of three players with ten bracelets the others being Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson .
[ edit ] Richburg at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Saturday, June 9, 2007 to Monday, June 11, 2007Number of buy-ins: 382Total prize pool: $878,600 Number of payouts: 40Winning hand: 6-4-3-2-A-(4-3) (Razz) (card suits do not matter in Razz)Reference: [29]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
James Richburg (1/2)$239,503
2nd
Walter Browne
$131,790
3rd
Chris Björin (0/2)$83,467
4th
Tom Schneider (1/1)
$54,913
5th
Ali Eslami $42,612
6th
Robert Mizrachi $32,069
7th
Herb Van Dyke
$24,601
8th
Harry Kazazian
$18,011
Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker). The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against you for low, and the ace always plays low. The best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as "the wheel" or "the bicycle". Deuce-to-seven Razz is also sometimes played.
[ edit ] Boyer after winning the Ladies World Championship event 3-day event: Sunday, June 10, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,286Total prize pool: $1,755,000 Number of payouts: 99Winning hand: K ♠ 10 ♠ Reference: [30]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Sally Boyer (1/1)$262,077
2nd
Anne Heft
$166,177
3rd
Randi Calabro
$106,494
4th
Kathleen Gliva
$70,216
5th
Katja Thater $49,151
6th
Frauke Sporschill
$37,448
7th
Mindy Trinidad
$28,086
8th
Vanessa Selbst $20,480
9th
Julie Dang
$14,628
The 1,286 entrants made this the largest ladies only tournament ever.[15]
[ edit ] Getzoyan at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Sunday, June 10, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12, 2007Number of buy-ins: 257Total prize pool: $1,207,900 Number of payouts: 27Winning hand: Q ♥ J ♥ Reference: [31]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Saro Getzoyan (1/1)$333,379
2nd
Geoff Sanford
$200,511
3rd
William Thorson $136,493
4th
Thor Hansen (0/2)$93,008
5th
David Gee
$68,850
6th
Tom Koral
$54,356
7th
Ray Dehkharghani
$41,069
8th
Don Todd
$30,198
9th
Gabriel Nassif $21,742
Like David Williams , Gabriel Nassif was first known for competing Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour .[32]
[ edit ] Safieddine at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Monday, June 11, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,013Total prize pool: $2,329,900 Number of payouts: 99Winning hand: 4 ♥ 4 ♦ Reference: [33]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Francois Safieddine (1/1)$521,785
2nd
John Phan
$330,846
3rd
Marcus Obser
$212,021
4th
Devin Porter
$139,794
5th
Shawn Hattem
$97,856
6th
Lars Bonding
$74,557
7th
Humberto Brenes (0/2)
$55,918
8th
Alex Bolotin
$40,773
9th
Bertrand Grospellier $29,124
[ edit ] Hughes won a second bracelet in 2008. 3-day event: Monday, June 11, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007Number of buy-ins: 340Total prize pool: $618,000 Number of payouts: 32Winning hand: J ♥ 5 ♥ 10 ♥ 10 ♦ 10 ♣ 6 ♠ 10 ♠ Reference: [34]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ryan Hughes (1/1)$176,358
2nd
Min Lee
$97,461
3rd
Douglas Carli
$61,880
4th
Greg Raymer (0/1)
$41,460
5th
Steve Graboski
$32,178
6th
Jim Weir
$24,443
7th
Ron Ware
$18,873
8th
Adam Spiegelberg
$13,923
[ edit ] Baruch at the 2007 WSOP 2-day event: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007Number of buy-ins: 900Total prize pool: $1,228,500 Number of payouts: 90Winning hand: K ♣ Q ♠ Reference: [35]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Don Baruch (1/1)$264,106
2nd
Jared Davis
$149,263
3rd
Daniel Negreanu (0/3)$101,351
4th
Thomas Fuller
$68,796
5th
Michael Wehner
$36,855
6th
Brendan Lee
$22,113
7th
Doug Baughman
$15,971
8th
Erick Lindgren $12,899
9th
Fred Goldberg $9,828
[ edit ] Mackey at the $15,000 buy-in National Poker League's Vegas Open Championship in 2007 3-day event: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 to Friday, June 15, 2007Number of buy-ins: 640Total prize pool: $3,012,700 Number of payouts: 63Winning hand: 10 ♦ 2 ♥ Reference: [36] [ edit ] Clements at the 2007 WSOP 2-day event: Thursday, June 14, 2007 to Friday, June 15, 2007Number of buy-ins: 576Total prize pool: $786,240 Number of payouts: 54Winning hand: K ♥ 9 ♥ 9 ♣ 8 ♣ Reference: [37]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Scott Clements (1/2)$194,206
2nd
Eric Lynch
$119,508
3rd
Dau "Tommy" Ly
$78,624
4th
Will Durkee (1/1)
$52,285
5th
Jason Newburger
$38,133
6th
Mark Davis
$29,877
7th
Andrew Black $22,408
8th
Anthony MacCanello
$16,511
9th
K.U. Davis
$11,794
[ edit ] Elezra at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Thursday, June 14, 2007 to Saturday, June 16, 2007Number of buy-ins: 236Total prize pool: $651,360 Number of payouts: 24Winning hand: K-Q-10-7-3-J-A[38] Reference: [39]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Eli Elezra (1/1)$198,984
2nd
Scotty Nguyen (0/4)$110,731
3rd
Dutch Boyd (0/1)$71,650
4th
John Harkness
$47,224
5th
David Sklansky (0/3)$35,825
6th
Thor Hansen (0/2)
$27,357
7th
George Hardie
$20,844
8th
Marshall Ragir
$14,981
[ edit ] Ponzio at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Friday, June 15, 2007 to Sunday, June 17, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,619Total prize pool: $2,946,580 Number of payouts: 153Winning hand: K ♥ Q ♥ Reference: [40]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ben Ponzio (1/1)$599,467
2nd
David Hewitt
$374,216
3rd
Justin Rollo
$244,566
4th
Evan Schwartz
$165,008
5th
Travis Rice
$111,970
6th
Danny Noam
$82,504
7th
Adam Ross
$61,878
8th
Ken Einiger
$45,672
9th
Darryl Ronconi
$34,770
[ edit ] Schwartz at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Friday, June 15, 2007 to Sunday, June 17, 2007Number of buy-ins: 192Total prize pool: $902,400 Number of payouts: 24Winning hand: 8 ♥ 5 ♦ 3 ♠ 2 ♣ Reference: [41]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ralph Schwartz (1/1)$275,683
2nd
Bill Gazes $153,408
3rd
Yuebin Guo
$99,264
4th
Phil Ivey (0/5)
$65,424
5th
Robert Mizrachi
$49,632
6th
Alexander Jung
$37,901
7th
Thom Schultz
$28,877
8th
Jeff Campbell
$20,755
[ edit ] Stucke at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Saturday, June 16, 2007 to Monday, June 18, 2007Number of buy-ins: 2,315Total prize pool: $3,159,975 Number of payouts: 198Winning hand: 7 ♦ 7 ♠ Reference: [42]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
David Stucke (1/1)$603,069
2nd
Young Cho
$382,357
3rd
Seth Weinger
$246,478
4th
Michael Ium
$164,319
5th
David Woo
$115,339
6th
Noam Freedman
$83,739
7th
Tom Dobrilovic
$63,200
8th
Luis Sanchez
$47,400
9th
Thai Ton
$36,340
[ edit ] Pillai at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Sunday, June 17, 2007 to Tuesday, June 19, 2007Number of buy-ins: 827Total prize pool: $2,282,520 Number of payouts: 81Winning hand: A ♦ 8 ♦ Reference: [43]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Shankar Pillai (1/1)$527,829
2nd
Beth Shak
$328,683
3rd
Jason Song
$212,274
4th
Dustin Holmes
$141,516
5th
Ben Fineman
$100,431
6th
Phil Hellmuth* (1/11)
$76,464
7th
Perry Friedman (0/1)$57,063
8th
Brett Richey
$42,227
9th
Daniel Corbin
$30,814
[ edit ] Thater at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Sunday, June 17, 2007 to Tuesday, June 19, 2007Number of buy-ins: 341Total prize pool: $465,465 Number of payouts: 32Winning hand: 8-2-9-3-5-3-4 (card suits do not matter in Razz)Reference: [44]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Katja Thater (1/1)
$132,653
2nd
Larry St. Jean
$73,311
3rd
O'Neil Longson (0/3)$46,547
4th
Paul Clark (0/3)$31,186
5th
Denny Axel
$24,204
6th
Mark Vos (0/1)$18,836
7th
Men Nguyen (0/6)$14,197
8th
Thomas Daubert
$10,473
[ edit ] Corkins at the 2006 World Series of Poker 3-day event: Monday, June 18, 2007 to Wednesday, June 20, 2007Number of buy-ins: 847Total prize pool: $1,948,100 Number of payouts: 78Winning hand: K ♦ 10 ♠ Reference: [45]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Hoyt Corkins (1/2)$515,065
2nd
Terrence Chan
$287,345
3rd
William Lin
$196,758
4th
Alan Sass
$132,471
5th
Kelly Vande-Mheen
$96,431
6th
James Pittman
$63,118
[ edit ] Schreiber after winning the $5,000 Heads-Up championship 3-day event: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 to Thursday, June 21, 2007Number of buy-ins: 392Total prize pool: $1,842,400 Number of payouts: 64Winning hand: K ♣ 2 ♠ Reference: [46] "SF" denotes players who lost in the semifinal round of the tournament and "QF" denotes players who lost in the quarterfinal round.
[ edit ] Lisandro after winning the $2,000 seven-card stud event 3-day event: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 to Thursday, June 21, 2007Number of buy-ins: 213Total prize pool: $387,660 Number of payouts: 24Winning hand: A-A-9 ♦ 8 ♠ A ♠ 5 ♠ X Reference: [47]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jeffrey Lisandro (1/1)$118,426
2nd
Nick Frangos $65,902
3rd
Nesbitt Coburn
$42,643
4th
Severin Walser
$28,105
5th
Daniel Negreanu (0/3)
$21,321
6th
Greg Pappas
$16,282
7th
David Brody
$12,405
8th
Farshad "Ben" Cohen
$8,916
[ edit ] Smurfit at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 to Friday, June 22, 2007Number of buy-ins: 293Number of rebuys /addons : 880Total prize pool: $1,684,305 Number of payouts: 27Winning hand: Q ♣ J ♣ 8 ♦ 2 ♦ Reference: [48]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Alan Smurfit (1/1)$464,867
2nd
Qushqar Morad
$279,595
3rd
Van Marcus
$190,326
4th
Chris Bjorin
$129,691
5th
Chau Giang (0/3)$96,005
6th
Brandon Adams
$75,794
7th
Robert Fellner
$57,266
8th
Sunny Nijran
$42,108
9th
Hilbert Shirey (0/3)$30,317
[ edit ] 3-day event: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 to Friday, June 22, 2007Number of buy-ins: 296Total prize pool: $816,960 Number of payouts: 27Winning hand: K ♣ 6 ♦ Reference: [49]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Alexander Borteh (1/1)$225,483
2nd
Brandon Wong
$135,615
3rd
Shawn Keller
$92,316
4th
David Pham (0/2)$62,906
5th
Matthew Kelly
$46,567
6th
Vivek Rajkumar
$36,763
7th
Michael Byrne
$27,777
8th
Marco Johnson $20,424
9th
Petri Pollanen
$14,705
[ edit ] Nam Le in the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic event 3-day event: Thursday, June 21, 2007 to Saturday, June 23, 2007Number of buy-ins: 2,541Total prize pool: $3,468,465 Number of payouts: 271Winning hand: A ♥ 7 ♦ Reference: [50]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ryan Young (1/1)
$615,955
2nd
Dustin Dirksen
$381,381
3rd
Nam Le $239,230
4th
John Esposito
$156,020
5th
Michael Trimby
$109,214
6th
Paul Cheung
$79,743
7th
Raj Jain
$62,048
8th
Darren Glenn
$46,806
9th
Joe Holmes
$36,751
[ edit ] Guth at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Thursday, June 21, 2007 to Saturday, June 23, 2007Number of buy-ins: 280Total prize pool: $1,316,000 Number of payouts: 27Winning hand: 10 ♦ 9 ♦ 9 ♥ 3 ♥ Reference: [51]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
John Guth (1/1)$363,216
2nd
Robert Stevanovski
$218,456
3rd
David Flores
$148,708
4th
Max Reynard
$101,332
5th
Greg Jameson
$75,012
6th
Randy Jensen
$59,220
7th
Michael Pollowitz
$44,744
8th
Bart Hanson
$32,900
9th
Jim Grove
$23,688
[ edit ] 3-day event: Friday, June 22, 2007 to Sunday, June 24, 2007Number of buy-ins: 599Total prize pool: $1,090,180 Number of payouts: 54Winning hand: J ♥ J ♦ Reference: [52]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Greg Hopkins
$269,274
2nd
Jason Newburger
$165,707
3rd
Yuval Bronshtein
$109,018
4th
Pete Lawson
$72,497
5th
David Zarrin
$52,874
6th
Robert Collison
$41,427
7th
Gioi Luong
$31,070
8th
Ray Coburn
$22,894
9th
Bryan O'Connell
$16,353
[ edit ] Cheung at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Saturday, June 23, 2007 to Monday, June 25, 2007Number of buy-ins: 2,778Total prize pool: $3,791,970 Number of payouts: 270Winning hand: A ♣ K ♦ Reference: [53]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Robert Cheung (1/1)$673,628
2nd
Richard Murnick
$417,117
3rd
Erica Schoenberg
$261,646
4th
John Kranyak
$170,639
5th
Andrew Lee
$119,447
6th
Chris Bjorin
$87,215
7th
Suey Wong
$68,255
8th
Anthony Espo
$51,192
9th
Nick Goodall
$40,195
[ edit ] Deeb after winning the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Event 5-day event: Sunday, June 24, 2007 to Thursday, June 28, 2007Number of buy-ins: 148Total prize pool: $7,104,000 Number of payouts: 16Winning hand: A ♥ 7 ♠ 4 ♥ 5 ♦ 5 ♥ 9 ♣ 8 ♠ Reference: [54]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Freddy Deeb (1/2)$2,276,832
2nd
Bruno Fitoussi $1,278,720
3rd
John Hanson
$852,480
4th
Amnon Filippi $586,080
5th
Kenny Tran $444,000
6th
David Singer $337,440
7th
Barry Greenstein (0/2)
$259,296
8th
Thor Hansen (0/2)$188,256
The $7.1 million prize pool and $2.2 million prize were the largest prizes in poker history for a non-Main WSOP event.[3]
[ edit ] Goldberg at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Sunday, June 24, 2007 to Tuesday, June 26, 2007Number of buy-ins: 620Total prize pool: $846,300 Number of payouts: 63Winning hand: 10 ♥ 7 ♥ Reference: [55]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Fred Goldberg (1/1)$204,935
2nd
Rene Mouritsen
$125,895
3rd
Christoph Niesert
$82,804
4th
Scott Bohlman
$54,498
5th
Kevin Marcotte
$39,289
6th
Joe Brandenburg
$30,418
7th
Michael Craig $22,813
8th
Reza Zand
$16,899
9th
Karlo López
$12,252
[ edit ] Bennett at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Monday, June 25, 2007 to Wednesday, June 27, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,882Total prize pool: $1,721,620 Number of payouts: 153Reference: [56]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ernest Bennett (1/1)$348,423
2nd
Tony Korfman
$217,503
3rd
Rod Clarida
$142,147
4th
Ed Smith
$95,907
5th
Thomas Catanzaro
$65,080
6th
Leon Lewis
$47,953
7th
Jack Deutsch
$35,965
8th
Ray Abels
$26,546
9th
Charles Anderson
$20,209
Bennett and Korfman made a deal before heads-up play began. Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the title uncontested if Bennett agreed to split the prize money. They split the cash evenly with each taking home roughly $293,000.[4] [15]
[ edit ] 3-day event: Monday, June 25, 2007 to Wednesday, June 27, 2007Number of buy-ins: 687Total prize pool: $937,755 Number of payouts: 63Winning hand: A ♣ A ♦ 3 ♠ Q ♣ Reference: [57] [ edit ] Ahmad at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 to Thursday, June 28, 2007Number of buy-ins: 472Total prize pool: $859,040 Number of payouts: 45Winning hand: Q ♥ 4 ♥ Reference: [58]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Saif Ahmad (1/1)$217,329
2nd
William Jensen
$133,151
3rd
Michael Graffeo
$88,481
4th
Justin Pechie
$59,274
5th
Tommy Rounds
$43,811
6th
Hal Havlisch
$34,362
7th
Robert Pacleb
$25,771
8th
Joe Mandia
$18,899
9th
Gerald Kane
$13,745
[ edit ] O'Dell at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 to Friday, June 29, 2007Number of buy-ins: 534Total prize pool: $971,880 Number of payouts: 54Winning hand: 2 ♥ 3 ♦ 9 ♣ Q ♦ Reference: [59]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Frankie O'Dell (1/2)$240,057
2nd
Thang Luu $147,726
3rd
Martin "Dick" Corpuz
$97,188
4th
Marcel Lüske $64,630
5th
Marvin Ryan
$47,136
6th
Jess Robinson
$36,931
7th
Ming Lee
$27,699
8th
Stuart Paterson
$20,409
9th
Mitch Maples
$14,578
[ edit ] Edler at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Thursday, June 28, 2007 to Saturday, June 30, 2007Number of buy-ins: 728Total prize pool: $3,421,600 Number of payouts: 78Winning hand: A ♣ 10 ♠ Reference: [60]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Bill Edler (1/1)$904,672
2nd
Alex Bolotin
$504,686
3rd
Erik Friberg $345,582
4th
Greg Pohler
$232,669
5th
Dutch Boyd (0/1)
$169,369
6th
Gioi Luong
$110,860
[ edit ] Schneider at the 2006 World Series of Poker 3-day event: Thursday, June 28, 2007 to Saturday, June 30, 2007Number of buy-ins: 668Total prize pool: $607,880 Number of payouts: 64Winning hand: Reference: [61]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Tom Schneider (2/2)$147,713
2nd
Hoyt Verner
$82,064
3rd
Miguel de la Cruz
$51,670
4th
Scotty Nguyen (0/4)$31,610
5th
Saundra Taylor
$24,619
6th
Tony Ma (0/2)$19,270
7th
Tommy Hang
$14,711
8th
Woody Deck $11,063
[ edit ] Rodman at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Friday, June 29, 2007 to Sunday, July 1, 2007Number of buy-ins: 2,038Total prize pool: $3,709,160 Number of payouts: 198Winning hand: A ♣ J ♦ Reference: [62]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Blair Rodman (1/1)$707,898
2nd
Amato Galasso
$448,808
3rd
Klein Kim Bach
$289,314
4th
Anna Wroblewski $192,876
5th
Steve Crawford
$135,384
6th
Roland De Wolfe $98,293
7th
Joe Pelton $74,183
8th
David Schnettler
$55,637
9th
Mark McKibben
$42,655
[ edit ] Amit shows his gold WSOP bracelet after he won it in the 2005 World Series of Poker . 3-day event: Friday, June 29, 2007 to Sunday, July 1, 2007Number of buy-ins: 209Number of rebuys/addons: 546Total prize pool: $721,804 Number of payouts: 24Winning hand: 7-6-4-3-2Reference: [63]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Rafi Amit (1/2)$227,005
2nd
Lenny Martin
$128,120
3rd
Anthony Lellouche
$84,812
4th
Jon Shoreman
$57,383
5th
Eugene Ji
$41,504
6th
Mark Bartlog
$27,068
[ edit ] 3-day event: Saturday, June 30, 2007 to Monday, July 2, 2007Number of buy-ins: 3,151Total prize pool: $4,301,115 Number of payouts: 324Winning hand: A ♦ 7 ♠ Reference: [64]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Chandrasekhar Billavara (1/1)$722,914
2nd
Taylor Douglas
$467,101
3rd
John Hunt
$292,476
4th
Leandro Pimentel
$189,249
5th
Duane Felix
$131,184
6th
Cort Kibler-Melby
$96,775
7th
Ray Spencer
$75,270
8th
Greg Mueller
$55,914
9th
Lewis Titterton
$45,162
This event set a World Series of Poker non-main event and live poker attendance record with 3,151 entries breaking the previous record of 2,998 set earlier in the third event of the 2007 WSOP. At the time it was also the third-highest entry total in all live Poker events behind just the 2006 and 2005 main events which had 8,773 and 5,619 entrants respectively.[15]
[ edit ] Mizrachi after winning the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha 3-day event: Sunday, July 1, 2007 to Tuesday, July 3, 2007Number of buy-ins: 314Total prize pool: $2,857,400 Number of payouts: 36Winning hand: 10 ♠ 9 ♣ 9 ♥ 5 ♥ Reference: [65]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Robert Mizrachi (1/1)$768,889
2nd
Rene Mouritsen
$464,877
3rd
Patrik Antonius $311,394
4th
Dau "Tommy" Ly
$209,564
5th
Marco Traniello
$156,435
6th
Doyle Brunson * (0/10)$123,967
7th
Stephen Ladowsky
$92,975
8th
Jonas Flug-Entin
$69,363
9th
Steve Sung $50,177
[ edit ] Bac at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Sunday, July 1, 2007 to Tuesday, July 3, 2007Number of buy-ins: 730Total prize pool: $664,300 Number of payouts: 72Winning hand: 4 ♠ 7 ♠ Reference: [66]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Dao Bac (1/1)$157,975
2nd
Adam Geyer
$86,691
3rd
Chip Jett $55,801
4th
Raymond Davis
$34,012
5th
Imre Leibold
$26,572
6th
Vladimir Shchemelev $20,793
7th
Michael Craig
$15,943
8th
Pat Poels (0/2)$11,957
[ edit ] Graves at the 2007 WSOP 3-day event: Monday, July 2, 2007 to Wednesday, July 4, 2007Number of buy-ins: 1,048Number of rebuys/addons: 2,336Total prize pool: $3,226,609 Number of payouts: 100Winning hand: 6 ♥ 5 ♠ Reference: [67]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Michael Graves (1/1)$742,121
2nd
Theo Tran $387,193
3rd
Shawn Luman
$224,249
4th
Shawn Hattem
$161,330
5th
Chad Batista
$129,064
6th
Kris Tate
$112,931
7th
Isaac Haxton $96,798
8th
Arnold Spee
$80,665
9th
Thierry Cazals
$72,599
[ edit ] 2-day event: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 to Wednesday, July 4, 2007Number of buy-ins: 720Total prize pool: $982,800 Number of payouts: 72Winning hand: K ♥ Q ♠ Reference: [68]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ram Vaswani (1/1)$217,438
2nd
Andy Ward
$124,816
3rd
Anh Van Nguyen
$83,538
4th
David Mosca
$58,968
5th
Ishak Noyan
$31,450
6th
Sondre Sagstuen
$19,656
7th
David Baker $12,776
8th
Rayvenia Puckett
$9,582
[ edit ] Seidel at the 2007 WSOP 2-day event: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 to Thursday, July 5, 2007Number of buy-ins: 78Number of rebuys/addons: 226Total prize pool: $1,476,000 Number of payouts: 7Winning hand: 8-7-6-5-3Reference: [69] [ edit ] Yang at the 2008 WSOP As the final event, in which the "World Champion of Poker" is crowned, this is considered the "Main Event".
12-day event: Friday, July 6, 2007 to Tuesday, July 17, 2007Number of buy-ins: 6,358Total prize pool: $59,784,954 Number of payouts: 621Winning hand: 8 ♣ 8 ♦ Reference: [70]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jerry Yang (1/1)$8,250,000
2nd
Tuan Lam $4,840,981
3rd
Raymond Rahme $3,048,025
4th
Alex Kravchenko (1/1)$1,852,721
5th
Jon Kalmar
$1,255,069
6th
Hevad Khan $956,243
7th
Lee Childs
$705,229
8th
Lee Watkinson (0/1)$585,699
9th
Philip Hilm
$525,934
References [ edit ]
