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Event #19
Entries -- 1013 (1290)
Buy-in
-- $2,500
Prize Pool -- $2,329,900
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Francois Safieddine
(Denver, CO, USA)
wins $521,785 and
WSOP bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Francois
Safieddine |
CO |
$521,785 |
| 2 |
John Phan |
Vegas |
$330,846 |
| 3 |
Marcus Obser |
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$212,021 |
| 4 |
Devin Porter |
UT |
$139,794 |
| 5 |
Shawn Hattem |
Canada |
$97,856 |
| 6 |
Lars Bonding |
VA |
$74,557 |
| 7 |
Humberto Brenes
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Costa Rica |
$55,918 |
| 8 |
Alex Bolotin |
NY |
$40,773 |
| 9 |
Bertrand Grospellier
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France |
$29,124 |
| 10 |
Matt Gilsdorf |
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$21,435 |
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| Other
Facts |
99 places paid -
24th Martin Green (Brighton, United Kingdom) $14,445, 32nd John-Paul Kelly
(Aylesbury, United Kingdom) $12,348, 37th Martyn Wilson (Shropshire, United
Kingdom) $10,485, 39th John Shipley (Solihull, United Kingdom) $10,485, 69th
Neil Creighton (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
The winner of the $2,500 buy-in
No-Limit Hold'em championship was Francois Safieddine, from Denver, Colorado.
He is 33-years-old. Saffieddine is married and has four children. His last
child, a girl, was born just six months ago. He was born in Lebanon and arrived
in the U.S. during the 1980s. Safieddine is a French surname. A little-known
fact is that Lebanon has a large French-speaking community. In fact, Safieddine
is tri-lingual – fluent in English, French, and Lebanese. When he's not
playing poker, Safieddine runs a highly successful business. He owns three of
the hottest nightclubs in Denver. "Citrus" is the name of his latest restaurant
and nightclub creation, which is a vodka bar mixed with contemporary American
cuisine. He is also the part owner of clubs called "The Purple Martini" and
"Blue 67." Safieddine has only been playing poker for about four years. He
learned to play with his friends, and then improved drastically by reading
several poker strategy books. This was his fifth time to cash at the WSOP, with
15th place being his best finish up to this tournament. First place paid a
whopping $521,785. He has only been playing poker for about four years. This
was his fifth time to cash at the WSOP, with 15th place being his best finish
up to this tournament. First place paid a whopping $521,785. |
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