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Event #24 Entries -- 236 (-) Buy-in --
$3,000 Prize Pool -- $708,000
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Eli Elezra (Las Vegas, NV, USA) wins $198,984 and WSOP
bracelet |
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Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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Eli Elezra |
Vegas |
$198,984 |
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Scotty Nguyen |
Vegas |
$110,731 |
3 |
Dutch Boyd |
MO |
$71,650 |
4 |
John Harkness |
Canada |
$47,224 |
5 |
David Sklansky
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Vegas |
$35,825 |
6 |
Thor Hansen |
CA |
$27,357 |
7 |
George Hardie |
Vegas |
$20,844 |
8 |
Marshall Ragir
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CA |
$14,981 |
9 |
John Cutter |
SC |
$10,422 |
10 |
Miami John
Cernuto |
Vegas |
$10,422 |
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Other
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24 places paid -
13th Marcel Luske (Amsterdam, Netherlands) $8,468, 14th Bruce Atkinson
(Brighton, United Kingdom) $8,468 The winner of the Seven-Card Stud High-Low
Split World Championship was Eli Elezra. He is a 46-year-old poker player and
investor from Henderson, NV. Elezra holds duel-citizenship and also has
personal connections to his native Israel. Elezra was born in Jerusalem. He
once served as a commando in the Israeli Army. Elezra's victory was a real
crowd pleaser. He's been a regular WSOP attendee since 1999, yet had not won a
gold bracelet until now. Elezra received a standing ovation from players when
he was announced as the winner inside the expansive WSOP tournament room. The
heads-up match between Elezra and Scotty Nguyen was a poker entertainment at
its very finest. The players started drinking beer together at the table and
bantered constantly. The jovial nature of the proceedings masked what was a
phenomenal heads-up confrontation. Elezra started off the duel with a 2 to 1
chip lead. But Nguyen reversed the lead over the next half hour and appeared
primed to deliver a final knock-out punch. Elezra clawed back to even and then
went on to win the tournament. His winning hand was an ace-high straight.
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