WSOP Events #49 to #54 - Final Events summary
Friday, July 6, 2007 | Adrian Milewski
The whole of the Rio is a buzz at the minute as everyone is awaiting the start of the 2007 WSOP Main Event. But before we get to that lets take a look at the final 6 Events which have completed over the past few days.
These bring this year’s 54 events to a close with a massive schedule at the WSOP and over a month of poker nearing completion.
Event #49 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
With 3,151 entrants and a total prize pool of $4.3m this event was the largest ever field other than the WSOP Main Event in history.
At the start of the final table it was Greg Mueller who was favourite to pick up the bracelet after several other close misses at this years WSOP.
But Mueller was one of the early exits when Taylor Douglas knocked him out in a disappointing 8th place.
In the end it was Chandrasekhar Billavara who took down the bracelet beating Taylor Douglas heads up to collect the $722,914 1st place prize.
The final standings for Event #49 of WSOP 2007 were:
- $ 722,914 Chandrasekhar Billavara
- $ 467,101 Taylor Douglas
- $ 292,476 John Hunt
- $ 189,249 Leandro Pimentel
- $ 131,184 Duane Felix
- $ 96,775 Cort Kibler-Melby
- $ 75,270 Ray Spencer
- $ 55,914 Greg Mueller
- $ 45,162 Lewis Titterton
Event #50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
With a star studded line up to this big buyin Omaha event the final table was no let down with a number of big names fighting it out for the bracelet.
Included in this line up was Doyle Brunson who was attempting to win his 11th Bracelet and equal the record set by Phil Helmuth earlier in this years WSOP for the record number of bracelets.
It wasn’t to be for the most famous poker player in the world as Brunson was knocked out in 6th place as was other well known poker pro Patrik Antonius who finished 3rd.
It was Robert Mizrachi who topped off a great 2007 WSOP for himself by picking up the bracelet and the 1st place prize of $768,889.
The final standings for Event #50 of WSOP 2007 were:
- $ 768,889 Robert Mizrachi
- $ 464,877 Rene Mouritsen
- $ 311,394 Patrik Antonius
- $ 209,564 Tommy Ly
- $ 156,435 Marco Traniello
- $ 123,967 Doyle Brunson
- $ 92,975 Stephen Ladowsky
- $ 69,363 Jonas Flug-Entin
- $ 50,177 Steve Sung
Event #51 - $1,000 S.H.O.E
The small buyin S.H.O.E event comprises of rounds of Stud, Holdem, Omaha and Stud eight or better (H.O.R.S.E without the Razz).
Due to the cheaper buyin for the event a number of no specialists tried their hand at other varieties attracting a field of 730 players.
In the end it was Dao Bac beat Adam Geyer heads up to claim the bracelet and the prize money of $157,975.
The final standings for Event #51 of WSOP 2007 were:
- $ 157,975 Dao Bac
- $ 86,691 Adam Geyer
- $ 55,801 Chip Jett
- $ 34,012 Raymond Davis
- $ 26,572 Imre Leibold
- $ 20,793 Vladimir Shchemelev
- $ 15,943 Michael Craig
- $ 11,957 Patrick Poels
Event #52 - $1,000 No Limit Holdem with rebuys
The rebuy NLHE event didn’t attract as many as earlier NLHE events probably due to is close proximity to the Main Event and the many other things going on in the lead up to the Main Event. Even so there was still a field of 1,048 who took part creating a prize pool of $3.2m.
Once all the madness of the rebuy period was over and the proper poker could start the field took it’s time to slowly whittle down to the final table of 9 players.
Although there were no A-List poker celebrities at the final table it was still a tough table and it was Michael Graves who came out victorious picking up his first WSOP bracelet and along with it a 1st place prize of $742,121.
The final standings for Event #52 of WSOP 2007 were:
- $ 742,121 Michael Graves
- $ 387,193 Theo Tran
- $ 224,249 Shawn Luman
- $ 161,330 Shawn Hattem
- $ 129,064 Chad Batista
- $ 112,931 Kris Tate
- $ 96,798 Isaac Haxton
- $ 80,665 Arnold Spee
- $ 72,599 Thierry Cazals
Event #53 - $1,500 Limit Holdem Shootout
The shootout format is popular with it being something different from the norm. With this format you play out in your own table. With just one player progressing to the next round from each table. It’s basically like a series of final tables.
It was top European poker pro, and member of the Hendon Mob who came out victorious in all three of his ‘final tables’ this format to claim his second WSOP bracelet and a first place prize of $217,438.
The final standings for Event #53 of WSOP 2007 were:
- $ 217,438 Ram Vaswani
- $ 124,816 Andrew Ward
- $ 83,538 Anh Van Nguyen
- $ 58,968 David Mosca
- $ 31,450 Ishak Noyan
- $ 19,656 Sondre Sagstuen
- $ 12,776 David Baker
- $ 9,582 Rayvenia Puckett
- $ 6,634 Victor Ramdin
Event #54 - $5,000 2-7 Single Draw (with rebuys)
The final event in the lead up to the Main Event saw another “Deuce to Seven” tournament this time in the single draw format.
With a star studded final table it was Full Tilt team member Erik Seidel who survived the likes of Todd Brunson, Andy Black and H.O.R.S.E bracelet winner Freddy Deeb to pick up his 8th WSOP bracelet with only Phil Helmuth, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Johnny Moss having ever won more bracelets.
The final standings for Event #54 of WSOP 2007 were:
- $ 538,835 Erik Seidel
- $ 324,777 Chad Brown
- $ 206,676 Shawn Sheikhan
- $ 162,389 Lamar Wilkinson
- $ 118,101 Andrew Black
- $ 73,813 Freddy Deeb
- $ 51,669 Todd Brunson
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