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June 04, 2007

First 2007 WSOP Event Winner

Steve Billirakis became the youngest bracelet winner at 21 years 10 days old! He took down the Mixed Texas Holdem ( limit/no-limit ) event beating out Greg Mueller, and winning $536,287.
Here are the top ten:

1 Steve Billirakis $536,287
2 Greg Mueller $328,554
3 Tony George $218,329
4 Steve Paul-Ambrose $146,259
5 Fred Berger $108,105
6 Roger McDow$ 84,788
7 Kirk Morrison $63,591
8 Jon Turner $46,633
9 John Younger $33,915
10 Phyong Tran $22,257


In Event #3, the $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event, they are down to the final nine out of the original 2998!

Here are the final table players and chip counts by seating assignment:

1. Craig Cirvello - $495,000
2. Jeff Yoak -- $965,000
3. Alex Jacob - $3,100,000
4. Andreas Krause - $490,000
5. Paul Evans - $1,690,000
6. Thad Smith - $555,000
7. Ciaran O'Leary - $610,000
8. Matt Vengren - $930,000
9. Bart Hanson - $210,000

Event #4, the $1500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 51 players out of a starting 780. The top 70 cashed for this event.

Event #5 is a Omaha/Seven Card Stud High/Low 8/OB , where 327 entered, and they are down to 88. Some of the notables remaining in this event are: Cyndy Violette, Mel Judah, and Mike Matusow, John Phan, Huck Seed, Chau Giang, Annie Duke, Jennifer Harman, Chris Ferguson, David Benyamine, Josh Arieh, Andrew Black, and Greg Raymer.
Play will resume today....

Event #6 - $1500 Limit Hold'em gets underway today!

Posted by fatbill at June 4, 2007 10:01 AM

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