WSOP 2007: Memorable Moments and Records Broken

WSOP 2007: Memorable Moments and Records Broken

$4,840,981

3rd
Raymond Rahme
$3,048,025

4th
Alex Kravchenko
$1,852,721

5th
Jon Kalmar
$1,255,069

6th
Hevad Khan
$956,243

7th
Lee Childs
$705,229

8th
Lee Watkinson
$585,699

9th
Philip Hilm
$525,934

Other Notable High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize

11th Scotty Nguyen $476,926

16th Kenny Tran $381,302

23rd Bill Edler $333,490

25th Daniel Alaei $333,490

26th Roy Winston $333,490

Performance of Past World Champions

Name Year Event Champion Eliminated (day) In the Money Place Prize

Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston 1972 1 3

Doyle Brunson 1976 and 1977 1 5

Bobby Baldwin 1978 2 14th $30,000

Tom McEvoy 1983 2 10th $140,800

Berry Johnston 1986 4 113th $58,570

Johnny Chan 1987 and 1988 1 9th $80,000

Phil Hellmuth 1989 1 20th $120,000

Brad Daugherty 1991 1 2nd $360,000

Jim Bechtel 1993 2 10th $140,800

Dan Harrington 1995 2 8th $160,000

Huck Seed 1996 5 73rd $130,288

Scotty Nguyen 1998 6 11th $476,926

Chris Ferguson 2000 3 1st $1,500,000

Carlos Mortensen 2001 4 217th $51,398

Robert Varkonyi 2002 4 177th $51,398

Chris Moneymaker 2003 2 7th $356,800

Greg Raymer 2004 1 1st $2,000,000

Joe Hachem 2005 2 13th $240,000

Jamie Gold 2006 1 1st $12,000,000

Celebrities in the 2007 Main Event

Out in Day 1: Kirk Acevedo, Hank Azaria, José Canseco, Steve Davis, Shannon Elizabeth, Janet Gretzky, Norm Macdonald, AJ McLean, Nelly, Ray Romano, Teddy Sheringham, Maxime Talbot, Antonio Tarver, Jennifer Tilly
Out in Day 2: Jason Alexander, Rene Angelil, Tomas Brolin, Brad Garrett, Rick Salomon, Rick Tocchet, Montel Williams
Out in Day 3: Todd Phillips (380th place, $34,644)
Out in Day 4: Sam Simon (329th place, $39,445), Tobey Maguire (292nd place, $39,445), Sully Erna (237th place, $45,422)

World Series of Poker Europe

Under the leadership of WSOP commissioner, Jeffrey Pollack, the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion of the World Series of Poker. In September 2007, the first WSOPE championship events outside of Las Vegas took place in London. It was the first time that WSOP bracelets were awarded outside of Las Vegas.[7] Three tournaments were held, with the main event being a £10,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. The main event was won by Norwegian online prodigy Annette Obrestad, who won on the day before her 19th birthday and became the youngest person ever to win a WSOP bracelet.

2007 World Series of Poker Results

Official 2007 World Series of Poker results and schedule

^ 2007 World Series of Poker Continues to Smash Records! Accessed 7/14/07

^ 2007 World Series of Poker Draws More Than 54,000 Entrants Field is Largest in WSOP History Accessed 7/10/07

^ WSOP entrants down as play begins in Las Vegas Accessed 7/14/07

^ World Series of Poker Europe