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Event #35 Entries -- 2541 (-) Buy-in --
$1,500 Prize Pool -- $3,468,465
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Ryan Young (Torrance, CA, USA) wins $615,955 and WSOP
bracelet |
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Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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Ryan Young |
CA |
$615,955 |
2 |
Dustin Dirksen
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CA |
$381,381 |
3 |
Nam Le |
CA |
$239,230 |
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John Esposito |
Vegas |
$156,020 |
5 |
Michael Trimby
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Belfast |
$109,214 |
6 |
Paul Cheung |
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$79,743 |
7 |
Raj Jain |
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$62,408 |
8 |
Darren Glenn |
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$46,806 |
9 |
Joe Holmes |
AZ |
$36,751 |
10 |
Ken Adams |
Vegas |
$30,510 |
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Other
Facts |
27 places paid -
118th Paul Foltyn (Doncaster, United Kingdom) $4,334, 128th Scott O'Reily
(United Kingdom) $3,987, 154th Mark Griffin (United Kingdom) $3,987 -- The
winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship was Ryan Young, a
23-year old aspiring pro poker player from Torrance, CA. Prior to winning the
$615,955 top prize in this event, Young had worked various odds jobs, including
waiting tables in a restaurant. -- Young has been playing poker for about four
years. He mostly plays on his home computer. -- Young arrived at the final
table with a significant chip lead. It took him about six hours to win his
first WSOP gold bracelet, which was presented afterward by WSOP Commissioner
Jeffrey Pollack. -- Among those Young vanquished at the final table were
tournament veteran John Esposito, a former WSOP gold bracelet winner and high
stakes poker player and sports bettor from Las Vegas. |
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