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Event #43
Entries -- 472 (-)
Buy-in -- $2,000
Prize
Pool -- $859,040
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Saifuddin Ahmad
(Newport Beach, CA, USA)
wins $217,329 and
WSOP bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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Saifuddin Ahmad
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CA |
$217,329 |
| 2 |
William Jensen
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MD |
$133,151 |
| 3 |
Michael Graffeo
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SC |
$88,481 |
| 4 |
Justin Pechie |
CT |
$59,274 |
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Tommy Rounds |
CA |
$43,811 |
| 6 |
Hal Havlisch |
CO |
$34,362 |
| 7 |
Bob Pacleb |
CA |
$25,771 |
| 8 |
Joe Mandia |
CA |
$18,899 |
| 9 |
Gerald Kane |
MA |
$13,475 |
| 10 |
David Ventura |
Canada |
$9,020 |
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| Other
Facts |
45 places paid -
17th Richard Redmond (London, United Kingdom) $7,302
The winner of the
$2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em championship was Saifuddin Ahmad, a 59-year-old
business owner from Newport Beach, CA. He is married and has two children. This
was his first victory at the World Series of Poker. -- Ahmad is originally from
the nation of Bangladesh. He came to the United States to attend college in his
late teens and earned a Masters Degree in chemical engineering from Cal-Tech.
-- Ahmad now owns several Tony Roma's restaurants in the Los Angeles area. --
Ahmad first learned to play bridge and competed in several tournaments. He
gravitated to poker playing in recent years. This is his third consecutive year
to play at the WSOP. |
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