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Event #1
Mixed Hold’em
Buy-In: $5,000
Number of Entries: 451
Total Prize Money: $2,119,700
Date of Tournament: June 1-3, 2007

End of Day Two Results

The Final Table:

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Player	Hometown	Chips	Seat
John Younger	San Antonio, TX	94,000	1
Jon Turner	Henderson, NV	88,000	2
Fred Berger	Slidell, LA	942,000	3
Roger McDow	Las Vegas, NV	320,000	4
Greg "FBT" Mueller	Vancouver, BC	683,000	5
Kirk Morrison	Wichita, KS	512,000	6
Steve Billirakis	Chicago, IL	562,000	7
Steve Ambrose	Waterloo, ON	771,000	8
Tony George	Mesquite, NV	546,000	9

In the Money Finishers:

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Position	Name	Hometown	Prize Money
10	Phyong Tran	Arcadia, CA	$22,257
11	Stephen Buchanan	Fullerton, CA	$22,257
12	Michael Martin	Washington Crossing, PA	$22,257
13	Brett Richey	Pittsburgh, PA	$20,137
14	Paul Snead	Hines Pk, NY	$20,137
15	Joseph Tehan	Las Vegas, NV	$20,137
16	Thong Tran	Las Vegas, NV	$18,017
17	John Kroshus	Calgary, ON	$18,017
18	Louis Werman	Agoura, CA	$18,017
19	Matthew Gianetti	Austin, TX	$15,898
20	Artemus Duncan	Lake Zurich, IL	$15,898
21	Patrick Pezzin	Venzano, IT	$15,898
22	Jason Mann	Hermitage, AK	$15,898
23	Jorge Arian	Caracas, VZ	$15,898
24	Hieu Tony Ma	Selmonte, CA	$15,898
25	Todd Keikoan	Las Vegas, NV	$15,898
26	Jason Strasser	New York, NY	$15,898
27	David Grey	Henderson, NV	$15,898
28	Ali Esiami	Los Angeles, CA	$13,778
29	Mark Telitscher	Britain, UK	$13,778
30	Lonnie Heimowitz	Monticello, NY	$13,778
31	Johnny Chan	Las Vegas, NV	$13,778
32	Aaron Kanter	Lodi, CA	$13,778
33	Frank Sassey	El Paso, TX	$13,778
34	Van Hung	Manhattan Beach, CA	$13,778
35	Andreas Walnum	Bodo, Norway	$13,778
36	Joseph Brandenburg	Portland, OR	$13,778
37	Alex Bolotin	Brooklyn, NY	$11,658
38	Todd Brunson	Las Vegas, NV	$11,658
39	Emad Bastwards	Northridge, CA	$11,658
40	Sirous Baghchehsaraie	Long Beach, CA	$11,658
41	Millie Shio	Las Vegas, NV	$11,658
42	Mark Gregorich	Las Vegas, NV	$11,658
43	Thomas Koral	Skokie, IL	$11,658
44	Stuart Rutter	Birmingham, England	$11,658
45	Cyntdy Violette	Las Vegas, NV	$11,658

Tournament Notes:

A star-studded field of 451 players entered the first event of the 2007 World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light. However, eight of the nine finalists will be playing for a first-ever WSOP gold bracelet.

The current chip leader is Fred Berger, from the New Orleans area. His starting chip count is 942,000. He is the only prior WSOP event winner of the final nine. He won a pot-limit hold’em championship back in 2002.

Two Canadian players are ranked 2 and 3 in the starting chip count. Currently ranked second, Steve Paul Ambrose won $1.3 million at a January 2006 poker tournament held in The Bahamas.

Greg Mueller, aka “FBT” was the chip leader at end of Day One. He arrives at the final table ranked third in chips. The Canadian poker player has cashed seven times at the WSOP. His best showing was seventh-place in 2005.

Johnny Chan’s bid for a record 11th WSOP gold bracelet fell short. Despite some movement up the chip leader on Day Two, Chan ultimately busted out in 31st place. He remains tied with Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth, Jr. on the all-time wins list – with ten each.

All of the six women from Day One busted out on the second day, including Sabyl Cohen, the highest female finisher in the 2006 main event, last year. She finished just out of the money in this event. Two ladies did cash – Cyndy Violette (45th) and Millie Shio (41st).

This is one of the few times that a mixed hold’em tournament has been held at the WSOP. Interestingly, play tended to be more aggressive during the “limit” segments of the tournament. Although “no-limit” is generally considered a more volatile game, the escalating levels and multi-way action of “limit” play tended to crate larger pots and more chip movement than the “no-limit” rounds.

Play resumes on Sunday, June 3rd at 3 pm PST. ESPN will tape play at the final table for later broadcast.