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Our champion is Chris “Jesus” Ferguson a soft-spoken unassuming brilliant professional poker player a kind man with a kind heart and a very deserving champion a great player whose picture belongs with the others in the Gallery of Champions at Binion’s Horseshoe. Even before the “big one” began. I had Ferguson and Mel Judah in a dead heat for the best overall showing at the Series and his win in the championship event made Ferguson’ s run one of the better performances in Series history. The man who defined his greatness in defeat was T. J. Cloutier who survived several bad beats late in this tournament came to the final table desperately short on chips and managed to forge his way into a position to have a hammerlock on the title only to see a 9 break his. Cloutier settled for second place in this tournament and in doing so became the all-time leading money winner in the history of the World Series of Poker. Here’s a little about our players before my description of their performance begins. Ferguson I’ve already touched upon. He is a Los Angeles-based professional. His nickname stems not from any delusions of grandeur but from his appearance: a kind thin face beard and very long flowing brown hair. He usually plays wearing a black cowboy hat (the good guys don’t always wear white hats) and mirrored sunglasses in a look that evokes thoughts of Richard Petty. Habib is also a Los Angeles pro a player who has made great strides in the last few years in the time since he gave up his life as the owner of several video stores to play poker full time. I’d marked him throughout the tournament as someone who moved chips fearlessly. He is also very polite and gracious; we didn’t have any bad guys at this final table. McManus a Chicago-based novelist and poet is in his mid-40s and we’d gravitated toward one another as soon as he arrived at the Series to write an article for Harper’s magazine. He is a family man’s family man who frequently broke away from what he was doing to call his wife and he spoke often of his children. He also used a photo album of their pictures for inspiration throughout the last couple of days. Although a recreational poker player for many years he was completely new to the tournament poker scene and learned most of his strategy from reading Cloutier’s book and practicing incessantly on computer software. Cloutier is already well-known at 60 one of the youngest members of the now-aging Texas road gambler generation and the co-author with Tom McEvoy of some of the best poker books ever written. A towering physical presence who used to play tight end in the Canadian football league this was his fourth appearance at the World Series championship final table. Abinsay is a friendly engaging low-limit California player who probably got the second spot in the superstition contest (behind McManus and his ever-changing collection of hats photos and jackets) as he had become convinced that the Discovery Channel people were his lucky charms. He had good reason too: They had randomly taped a satellite for background footage and that satellite was how Abinsay had made the big dance. Kaufman is another intellectual a professor of international languages so well-known in his field that he had been asked to work with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Based in Cincinnati he has been playing serious poker for four years and had made the final table of the “big one” at Tunica so although not a full-time professional he was certainly not a come-from-nowhere story either. Like McManus though he believed that books had played a big role in his getting to where he was. When we started the action the blinds were $15,000-$30,000 with $3,000 antes which meant that with six players it would cost $63,000 to watch a round go by a pretty heavy number when you’re starting with only $216,000 like Cloutier. He had to pick up some hands right away or commit robbery right way. He knew it and everyone else knew it too. We expected Cloutier to try the first move but Abinsay beat him to the draw. On the second hand. Roman raised the pot to $100,000 under the gun and Sheriff Ferguson moved all in. Abinsay called immediately with A-Q and Ferguson turned over pocket eights. The board came 7-7-2-5-3. Roman was gone almost before he had sat down and Ferguson’s pile swelled to $3.4 million. His monstrous collection of 20 chip stacks was arranged neatly into two triangles a smaller sitting on top of the larger. It evoked images of the Great Pyramid of Giza. “Man fears time but time fears the Pyramids,” goes the old Arab proverb. I think time would also fear Ferguson’s stack. Habib was in big trouble dead to one undercard or hearts and the K-9-6 flop eliminated any heart trouble. A 5 hit on the turn and as the popular Habib’s fans yelled for a 4 as the dealer was burning a card wham there it came a three-outer on the river that doubled Habib through and left McManus with only about $100,000. McManus reeled in stunned silence and it was hard to blame him. Aside from one bad beat from a short stack who made a straight with K-10 against Jim’s K-K. Jim hadn’t suffered too many indignities at the hands of fate in the previous couple of days. Most of his leading hands had held up. But now at the worst possible moment he’d taken a punishing blow. With only $100,000 left. McManus knew he had to move fast and sent his last chips in under the gun when he found an A-2. Kaufman moved in too to keep stragglers out and turned over … A-Q the same hand that had treated McManus so badly only moments before. No accidents: K-9-6-A-10 and McManus’ dream ride was over - sort of. He’ll probably be turning the whole experience into a book that will make him more than the quarter mil he took home. Habib suddenly had some chips but no one wanted to let him keep them. He raised the next hand to $90,000 under the gun but T. J immediately came over the top and Habib mucked. Moments later he raised to $85,000 from the button and Kaufman came over him. They wouldn’t even let him keep his big blind; the next time it came around. Ferguson shoved enough to cover Habib in from the small blind and although Habib thought about it a long while eventually he decided to muck. He stared and stared at Ferguson trying to get a read but there isn’t much to read behind those shades that hat and that beard. Cloutier delivered the next blow moving his $231,000 in with K 10 and Habib called with pocket deuces. The 10 4 3 flop was enough for T. J. but he wound up making a flush on the river. All of the chips Habib had won from McManus were gone and a lot more and the sheriff finished him off when Hasan moved his last $130,000 in with K-Q and Ferguson turned over A-K. The A-J-5 flop briefly evoked hope for a straight but the Q-7 finish sent Habib out fourth. I have a feeling he’ll be back. He got game. This had all taken the grand total of about 35 minutes. Cloutier had arrived as a short stack had stolen one pot made one hand and watched three opponents vanish before he could finish three cigarettes which is really saying something considering the way T. J can inhale half of one with one mighty breath. The exhalation is even more impressive. It was as though everyone had made reservations for a 1:30 p m lunch somewhere and Kaufman didn’t want to leave the lunch table short. A few minutes later. Ferguson raised it to $100,000 from the button and Kaufman called from the big blind. The flop came down Q-J-10 and Kaufman fired all in. Ferguson had a trivially easy call with a set of tens and all Steve could show us was Q-5 for top pair. An 8 on the turn gave Kaufman an escape route for a split pot if a 9 hit on the river but a 6 let Kaufman meet the others for lunch. We’d started very late probably at 12:40 p m. because of various television accommodations. It was now only 1:30 p m. and all the other claimants to the throne were gone. It seemed more like an electrocution than a poker tournament. Ferguson had taken his big stack and just blown everyone out of the building with it. We were now two: Cloutier with about $500,000 and Ferguson with about $4.6 million. It looked pretty easy. I’d met Ferguson at the initial Challenge Cup Trials at The Bicycle Casino. The Challenge Cup another brainchild of the Sexton/Humphrey duo who brought us the Tournament of Champions was designed as a one-on-one match-play tournament and I’d drawn Ferguson in the first round of the pot-limit Omaha event. He beat me and we started talking about subtleties of heads-up poker. He also explained that he had spent a lot of time playing heads up one reason why he was attracted to the event. I confirmed this with him on the break while we were waiting for Binion’s security to bring the $1.5 million in cash to the table in the traditional cardboard box. Those were two comments that seemed to balance each other out: no money pressure on Chris here and no money pressure in the no-cash simulations. Of course the no-cash simulations weren’t for the title of World Champion and they weren’t against a title-hungry T. J. Cloutier. It took a long time to get all the cash onto the table and after it was there it took still longer to get everyone settled down again. I watched Cloutier for a lot of this time and for a while. I thought he was locked in on the $1.5 million. He stared at the cash so hard and long. I thought he wanted to devour it. Then I realized I had it all wrong. In heads-up poker a small blind goes on the button and that player has to act first before the flop but then acts second after the flop (I’ll use “SBB” to stand for “small blind on the button” hereafter). We still had about 40 minutes left at the $15,000-$30,000 level. With $3,000 antes it was costing $51,000 to play every two hands a point Tournament Director Bob Thompson made on the public address system after T. J let the first two hands go. Hand six of the duel gave Cloutier a chance. Chris raised it to $75,000 from the SBB and T. J called. The flop came 10-10-7 as I heard a voice from the Discovery Channel production booth: “Camera two give me Jesus.” T. J checked the flop. Chris bet $200,000 and T. J moved all in. Chris called after a relatively short pause. He had 7 5 or two pair and T. J could certainly be making a move. T. J turned over 10-9 for a set of tens and a 9 on the turn ended any suspense. T. J now had $900,000 to Chris’ $4.3 million: He was in position to get into position. If he could double though once more he’d be close enough to take over the lead with another double. Ferguson didn’t want to let Cloutier make any double-doubles and perhaps just as importantly. Cloutier knew that. Over the next 20 hands or so each of the players won pots but every single pot Ferguson won just took down the blinds while Cloutier aggressively collected three big pots. Aside from the K-10 hand we couldn’t know if Cloutier was holding or stealing but Ferguson couldn’t call his reraises and T. J.’s stack was growing rapidly just as we finally completed the 80 minutes that we’d had left at the $15,000-$30,000 level. They took the lowly $1,000 chips off the table and we started playing $25,000-$50,000 (no ante). The stars were indeed about to rock as we entered the tournament’s final hour. Cloutier had $1.4 million to Ferguson’s $3.7 million. That’s a crushing difference in limit poker but in no-limit. T. J was potentially one hand away from the lead. Chris moved all in which put about another $800,000 of T. J.’s money at risk and he called. If Chris won the tournament was over; if T. J won he’d have a commanding lead. They turned ‘em over: A-K offsuit for T. J.. A 7 for Chris. The commanding lead seemed near. The flop came 5-2-2 and a jack on the turn left Chris dead to a 7 - or another pair on the board. On the first. Chris made it $175,000 from the SBB and T. J called. The flop came K K 6. T. J checked. Chris bet $200,000 and T. J called. $750,000 was in this one kind of hard to let go. The 3 hit on the turn and both players checked. The J fell on the river. T. J bet $600,000 and after a suitably long time considering it. Chris called. Three hands later we stopped breathing again. Chris raised to $175,000 from the SBB. T. J raised a kind of funny-looking $500,000 (his previous raises had been bigger) and Chris moved all in. T. J called without a lot of hesitation. A 7 for T. J.. A 2 for Chris. If the undercard or spades didn’t make it we had us a new champion. The flop came Q 10 3 and suddenly T. J couldn’t like his hand. A spade would win for Chris or more high cards could result in another chop. The turn brought a little good news and a little bad the K. T. J now had a flush draw too but another high card - like the 10 - would and did result in another huge chopped pot. T. J won two more medium pots and moved to a $2.9 million-$2.2 million lead. But Chris struck right back winning a $400,000 pot with a $200,000 bet on the turn. Almost incredibly it was the first big pot Chris had been able to win without an all in bet since heads-up play had started. Heads up is one lousy time to go card dead. Chris retook the lead when in a limped pot the flop came K 8 3. Chris checked. T. J bet $100,000 and Chris called. The 7 hit the turn. Chris bet out $150,000 and T. J called. The 4 hit the river both checked and Chris turned over K-6 for a $500,000 winner and a small chip lead. The flop came K 4 2. Nobody had a heart in his hand (although each had a giant one in his chest) so backdoor flushes dropped out of the equation. The K fell on the turn. “Not again,” whispered Paulle alluding to the possibility of a 4 or a deuce resulting in yet a third chopped pot. Ferguson leaned across the table shook T. J.’s hand and in a classy gesture said. “You outplayed me.” Meanwhile friends and family assaulted the jubilant Ferguson who exchanged hug after hug with the many people who had come from out of town to support him some at the start of the finale some on day No. 3. I like Chris a lot and was very happy for him in victory but somehow. I couldn’t get my focus off what Cloutier must have felt like with an arrow shot through his heart right at the finish like that. I’m sure he was disappointed but he took the defeat better than a lot of people would at least outwardly. “There is luck in poker and if you’re going to play this game you better get used to that,” T. J said. “I felt the 9 coming off at the end. When I get in a real zone. I can feel the cards coming. You should be talking to Chris he’s the champion he’s the one who should be getting the attention.” “I don’t think you needed anything else on your resume but if you did. I think today clinches it for you buddy,” said Hellmuth. Mike Sexton was standing nearby and jumped into the broadcast explaining that T. J wasn’t merely the leading money winner in World Series history he had been for a long time the leader in overall total tournament money because he plays the whole circuit and noted that “nobody else is even close.” Had his own self-confidence been drained by T. J.’s relentless assault. I asked. “Maybe a little because it had been quite a display,” he said. “but not much because I have a lot of confidence in my own game. I just understood that I wasn’t going to be able to steal a lot of pots from T. J. Cloutier and I wasn’t going to be able to outplay him so when we had a big pot like that going. I figured. ‘Maybe it’s time to gamble.’ I knew he had some sort of hand. I figured I’d have to hit my 9 or my ace. I didn’t know which one but probably one of them and I caught it when I needed it.” Did Cloutier outplay Ferguson? It seemed like it at the time but the more I’ve reviewed the match in my head the less sure I become: Without knowing their holecards it’s hard to know how much ammo T. J had or how little Chris did. Let’s look a little closer at two of the key hands before we say for sure who outplayed whom: We had one hand in which T. J reraised and Chris moved all in holding A-7 suited and T. J called (holding it turned out. A-K offsuit). We had another in which T. J reraised with A-7 suited and Chris moved all in (with A-2 suited) and T. J called. So after the fact. T. J twice looked brilliant for getting the money in with the better hand - but he held A-7 suited on one of them and Chris held A-7 suited on one of them. So was it brilliance or timing and ammo? If the cards had been reversed would T. J have played his any differently? Maybe. I can’t be sure. I don’t think anyone can be sure. I think T. J played magnificently but without seeing the rest of Chris’ holecards. I’m not ready to say T. J outplayed him. Chris Ferguson earned his title. He walloped all of the small stacks when he was supposed to and played cautiously when he was supposed to when he didn’t want to give T. J an easy double up. He got more aggressive when the stacks got closer and when it was finally time to gamble he picked the right moment.

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Of the 1049 players who entered the $1500 buy-in Limit Hold’em WSOP event on June 5. 33 players remained in contention for the first prize of $361,910 and the coveted gold bracelet when play ended for the day at around 3:30am on June 6. Farzad Rouhani 95,000Christian Van Hees 87,000Jason Steinhorn 83,000Michael Ma 82,500David Rheem 80,500 record with 48 “in-the-money” finishes at the WSOP was eliminated in 42nd place. Play will resume at 2pm with limits at 3000-6000. There will be a break prior to the final table of 9 to conduct interviews and to wire players for sound as ESPN has added this event to its schedule. PlacePlayerPrize34Jarod Kason$5,06535Chris Avery$5,06536Mark Ferraro$5,06537Joe Cassidy$4,20038Kevin Dykstrom$4,20039Michael McKenna$4,20040Ronald Moore$4,20041Steven Russell$4,20042Phil Hellmuth Jr.$4,20043Andrew Kelsall$4,20044John Juan$4,20045Brandley Anderson$4,20046Gary Hager$3,40047James Shaw$3,40048Larry Lawson$3,40049James Lawson$3,40050Danny Morgan$3,40054Robert Williamson III$3,40055Herbert Gelman$2,89556Joe Brandenburg$2,89557Terry Leatherwood$2,89558Andy Miller$2,89559Yunya Wang$2,89560David Caputo$2,89561William Carter$2,89562Charles Coates$2,89563Jody Gararienta$2,89564Michael Hibberd$2,53565Tad Jergens$2,53566Jerry Zehr$2,53567Antonio Pane$2,53568Peter Dominic$2,53569Barraj Bilal$2,53570Elias Hourani$2,53571Patrick Heneghan$2,53572Petter Sawen$2,53573Ross Boatman$2,17074Gebrehiwet Goitom$2,17075Kurt Maier$2,17076Dan Heimiller$2,17077Feming Chan$2,17078Luke Smith$2,17079Oden Kagin$2,17080Brad Peeples$2,17081Jesse Knight$2,17082Vincent Poppen$1,81084Adam Selwyn$1,81085Tony Nasr$1,81086Li Kim Bahn$1,81087David Sammartino$1,81088Richard Pena$1,81089Gino Yu$1,81090John Horn$1,81091Lance Weil$1,59092Jack Leeney$1,59093Joe Harwell$1,59094Todd Walker$1,59095Gavin Griffin$1,59096Robert Burton$1,59097Alan Goehring$1,59098Tanya Lieu$1,59099Matthew Glantz$1,590100Robert Levin$1,590

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In a marathon heads-up battle that lasted over 120 hands. Froehlich ended the tournament at approximately 4am by eliminating Silicon Valley engineering manager Jason Steinhorn who earned $182,040 for his 2nd place end. On Hand 259 with limits at 25000-50000. Steinhorn raised from the button and Froehlich called. On a break of 9s 2s 2d. Froehlich bet and Steinhorn called. Froehlich bet and Steinhorn called when the Th came on the turn. Froehlich bet and Steinhorn called his remaining chips all-in on the river when the Ts hit the board. Froehlich turned over Ks 4s for a color and Steinhorn mucked his hand and tap the table to acknowledge defeat. Froehlich had a chance to win the tournament 2 hands earlier on transfer 257 but was outdrawn on the river when his pocket Fours were counterfeited on the river against Steinhorn’s Ace-Ten on a come in of 8d 8c 2d 5c 5s. Froehlich who started heads-up compete with a 2-to-1 chip favor fell behind Steinhorn by a 4-to-1 deficit at one inform before coming back to retake the divide lead by winning a big pot on Hand 244. Froehlich raised from the add and Steinhorn called. On a break of Ks 3h Qh. Steinhorn checked. Froehlich bet. Steinhorn raised. Froehlich re-raised and Steinhorn called. Steinhorn checked the Kd on the turn and called Froehlich’s bet. When the Ad cut on the river. Steinhorn bet and Froehlich called. Steinhorn mucked the hand without showing. Poker professional Todd Witteles of Las Vegas was eliminated in 3rd displace by Froehlich on Hand 131. With limits at 15000-30000. Froehlich raised from the button and Witteles called from the big alter. On the flop of Qc Kh 9d. Witteles checked. Froehlich bet. Witteles raised his remaining chips all-in and Froehlich called turning over As Ks for top pair top kicker. Witteles could only present Ac 9h for furnish unify. The Qh on the turn and the 2h on the river brought no help from Witteles who exited with a consider of $115,810. Southern California-based college student Adam Hersh finished 4th with a prize of $101,335 when he was eliminated by Froehlich on Hand 87. Froehlich raised to open and Hersh called from the big blind. On a flop of 9h 4h 4d. Hersh checked. Froehlich bet. Hersh raised and Froehlich re-raised. When the Qs came on the move. Hersh checked. Froehlich bet and Hersh re-raised his remaining 15000 chips all-in. Froehlish made a pair of nines with Js 9s whle Hersh could only produce take Fives. Seattle-based poker pro Christian Van Hees who won the $1500 limit hold’em event at the WSOP over 10 years ago could only end in 5th place for his first WSOP money finish in 10 years when he was eliminated by in 5th place by Witteles. On Hand 77. Van Hees bet his remaining 25000 chips before the flop while holding Jc 9d and he was called by Witteles who was holding Ad 6h. Witteles made 2-pair on a board of 7s Kh Ac 6d 8h to send Van Hees domiciliate with a consider of $86,855 Canadian television camera operator Devin Armstrong overplayed pocket deuces on transfer 46 to finish 6th. With the limits at 20000-40000. Froehlich bet. Armstong raised. Froehlich re-raised. Armstrong 4-bet and Froehlist 5-bet. On the flop of Jh 9d 5d. Armstong bet. Frochlich raised. Armstrong re-raied all-in for 28000 and Froehlich called instantly turning over pocket Aces. The Td on the move and the 3s on the river sent Armstrong to the rail with a prize of 72,380. Peter “The Poet” Costa of England and go Wong of Southern California were eliminated on back-to-back hands to end in 7th and 8th respecively. On hand 33 with limits at 20000-40000. Witteles opened the betting. Wong raised all-in for 18000 more and Hersh called. Holdig Tc 3c. Hersh outdrew Wong holding Jack-nine when a the flop of 3d Ts 4d hit the come in. Costa exited one transfer later when his pocket eights were outdrawn by Witteles’ Kd Jd when a King flopped. Costa earned $57,905 for finishing 7th and Wong earned $43,430 for finishing 8th. Brian Mogelefsky of Huntington. New York was eliminated in 9th place on Hand 29 in a 4-way pot. With limits at 10000-20000. Mogelefsky raised under-the-guy. Witteles re-raised. Steinhorn called from the small alter. Van Hees called from the big alter and Mogelefsky called all-in. Steinhorn bet the flop of 5h 2d 8h and both Witteles and Van Hees called. When the Td came off on the turn. Steinhorn bet and both Witteles and Van Hees dcalled. Steinhorn bet again on the river when the 7h hit the board and both Witteles and Van Hees folded. Steinhorn turned over take Tens for a set while Mogelefsky turned over pocket Kings for one pair. Mogelesfky took home $28,950. Actuary Zelong “Freeman” peal of Birmingham. Alabama was drink to just 6000 chips after losing Hand 4 to Witteles. With limits at 8000-16000. Dong Raised and Witteles called from the big blind. On a flop of Qh 6d Jd. Witteles bet and Dong called. When the 8d hitting the come in on the turn. Witteles bet. Dong raised. Witteles re-raised and Dong called. Witteles bet and Dong called on the river after the 2s came off. Wittles turned over Ad 5d for the nut color and Dong mucked. Dong was eliminated on the next hand when he raised all-in for 6000 under the gun. Witteles raised to 16000 from the small blind and Costa called from the big alter. Witteles bet and Costa called on the flop of Jc Kc 4d. After the 6h came off on the move. Witteles checked. Costa bet 16000 and Witteles called. Both Witteles and Costa checked the river separate of Qd. Witteles turned over QJ for two-pair. Costa turned over AJ for one pair and Dong mucked. Dong received $15,925 for his 10th place finish. (say: The $1500 limit hold’em event was added to the list of ESPN-televised events to replace the $1500 pot limit hold’em event which could not be videotaped due to a schedule conflict with the final delay of $1500 no limit hold’em event. To avoid any more changes in the list of televised events. ESPN and Harrah’s entertainment have decided to stretch each of the remaining 12 ESPN-televised WSOP preliminary bracelet events to 3 days so that the final table TV taping can start at 2pm.) displace Player Hometown Prize1 Eric Froehlich Los Angeles. California $361,9102 Jason Steinhorn Cupertino. California $182,0403 Todd Witteles Las Vegas. Nevada $115,8104 Adam Hersh Aguora Hills. California $101,3355 Christian Van Hees Seattle. Washington $86,8556 Devin Armstrong Toronto. Ontario $72,3807 Peter Costa Leicester. England $57,9058 Wing Wong Rowland Heights. California $43,4309 Brian Mogelefsky Huntington. New York $28,95010 Zelong “Freeman” peal Birmingham. Alabama $15,925

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Gracz had taken the chip bring about from Law on Hand 93. With blinds at 8000-16000. Law opened from the button for 50000 and Gracz called. On a flop of Ac 2d 8s. Gracz checked. Law bet 60000 and Gracz called. Gracz check-called a 130000 bet from Law on the turn separate of 3h. When the 4h hit the board on the river. Gracz checked. Law bet 200000. Gracz re-raised to 620000 and Law re-raised all-in holding Ace-Queen offsuit. Gracz called instantly with Ace-Five offsuit which made a “go around” straight. Adding to the $1.5 million he won at the World Poker Tour Cruise to Mexico in March. Gracz has earned over $2 million in less than two years in professional poker tournaments. The 24-year-old Gracz immigrated to the United States from his native Poland when his care accepted a postdoctoral investigate fellowship lay 16 years ago. Now a professor of Biochemistry. Gracz’s mother motivated him to end his live’s degree in Finance from North Carolina express University. “I was spending more measure playing poker than going to categorise,” said Gracz to Chad. “My mom sort of kicked me in the adjoin to make me finish educate.” Chuck Thompson of Santa Cruz. California was eliminated in 3rd place by Gracz on Hand 84. With blinds at 8000-16000. Thomas opened from the button for 50000. Gracz re-raised all-in from the big blind for over 400000 with pocket Eights and Thompson called his remaining chips with Ah Jh. Gracz flopped a set with Kc Ad 8h. The Kd on the move gave Thompson 4 outs with the two remaining Kings and the two remaining Aces but Thompson missed when the 9d hit the board on the river. Thompson who works as a host at Bay 101 Casino in San Jose. California earned $176,145. 2002 CardPlayer Magazine Player-of-the-Year David “The Dragon” Pham was eliminated by Law on Hand 83. With blinds at 6000-12000. Law opened for 37000 and Pham called from the big blind. On a flop of A-Q-8. Pham checked. Law bet 25000. Pham raised to 105000. Law moved all-in and Pham called. Law flopped a set with take Eights while Pham needed to draw running cards to stay alive when he turned over Ac 5c. Pham was drawing dead when the 6d hit the come in on the move and had to settle for a consider of $154,125. Shane Schleger of New York was eliminated in 5th displace by Gracz on transfer 69 when Gracz picked off Schleger’s go attempt on the turn. With the board showing 8h 7c 3s 7d. Gracz checked. Schleger moved all-in and Gracz called with Ad Th after thinking for 2 minutes. Schleger could only create Ks Js and missed when the Tc hit the board on the river. Schleger exited with a prize of $132,110. University of Chicago graduate Shae Drobushevich was eliminated in 6th place by Law on Hand 60. Drobushevich moved all in for 106000 with Ad 6s and Law called with Ac Qc. Drobushevich needed to draw running cards to stay alive when a Queen flopped and was drawing completely dead when a Ten hit the board on the turn. Drobushevich collected $110,090. French poker pro Pascal Perrault was eliminated in 7th displace by Law on Hand 55. On a break of 8d 6d 4d in a 3-way unraised pot. Perrault checked. Law checked. Gracz bet 35000. Perrault moved all-in for 203000. Law called instantly and Gracz folded. Law turned over Ad 2d for a flush while Perrault could only create 8h 5c for one unify. The turn card of 3h left Perrault drawing dead. Perrault took domiciliate $88,070. 2001 WSOP Main Event 4th-place finisher and 2004 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars champion Phil Gordon was eliminated by Pham in 8th displace on Hand 16. With blinds at 4000-8000. Pham opened for 28000. Gordon moved all-in for 72000 and Pham called. Gordon’s pocket Aces were cracked by Pham’s pocket Tens when Pham made a set on the move with the Ten of Diamonds. Gordon the co-host of acclaim TV’s Celebrity Poker Showdown departed with $66,055. Southern California-based poker pro Meng La who started the final delay as the short stack was eliminated by Law in 9th place on Hand 11. La moved all-in for 41000 with Kc Qs and was called by Law with Ad 8d. La missed the board completely while Law made a beat house with the board showing 7s 8c Jd 8h Ah. La took domiciliate $44,035. PlacePlayerHometownPrize1Maciek “Michael” GraczRaleigh. NC$594,4602C. T. LawMiddlesbrough. UK311,5553throw ThompsonSanta Cruz. CA176,1454David “The Dragon” PhamCerritos. CA154,1255Shane SchlegerNew York. NY132,1106Shae DrobushevichMoline. IL110,0907Pascal PerraultParis. France88,0708Phil GordonLas Vegas. NV 66,0559Meng LaTorrance. CA 44,035

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