57TH ANNUAL WORLD SERIES OF POKER

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2007 WSOP - Event 55 ($10,000 NLHE Main Event) End of Day 2A

Jul 11 2007 11:20 AM EST

Event #55
World Poker Championship
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $10,000
Number of Entries: 6,358
Total Prize Money: $59,784,954
Date of Tournament: June 6-17, 2007

End Day 2-A

Players Remaining: 350 (plus players on Day 2-B)

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Player Hometown Chips Table Seat
Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart Bennington, NE 570,100 67 4
Jeff Weiss Davie, FL 550,000 210 8
Jon Monves Los Angeles, CA 549,800 2 4
Tuan Lam Canada 538,500 47 6
Bradley Ellis Midland, TX 509,400 60 2
Yuan-I Hsieh Taeipei, Taiwan 489,900 21 6
Kenny Tran Arcadia, CA 484,900 61 8
Alex Melnikow Syracuse, NY 480,100 14 4
Conor Tate Lurgan 440,000 55 2
Cory Carroll Halixfax, NS 419,900 16 4
Jerry Yang Temecula, CA 415,500 199 8
Nicolas Atlan Paris, France 410,800 14 6
Tom Peterson Las Crosse, WI 410,800 69 4
Avi Cohen Boston, MA 400,600 195 6
Amanda Baker Las Vegas, NV 398,300 209 6
Raymond Rahme South Africa 394,200 61 6
Daniel Elizondo Monterrey, Mexico 390,800 211 8
Mikkel Madsen Copenhagen, Denmark 387,000 199 2
Steven Jacobs Philadelphia, PA 365,600 6 8
Kenny Rundh Karlstad, Sweden 347,500 41 2
Hoa Nguyen Fairfax, VA 347,400 59 8
Andrew Manser Chicago, IL 347,200 31 6
Cliff Josephy Syosset, NY 346,400 7 2
Andrew Brooks Baltimore, MD 344,100 26 6
Rep Porter Woodinville, WA 338,100 30 2
Matt Shepsky Skokie, IL 321,800 36 4
Kevin Chan San Jose, CA 317,300 4 4
Jared Hamby Henderson, NV 315,100 3 4
Cyrus Farzad Los Angeles, CA 315,000 9 2
Dapo Fadeui Centennial, CO 313,400 199 6
Dagmartin Mikklesen Stavanger, Norway 313,000 36 8
Jim Kasputis Rockford, IL 310,500 68 2
Chris Overgard Naperville, IL 307,900 212 8
Christian Togsverd Denmark 306,700 27 4
Diego Cordovez Palo Alto, CA 303,300 40 2
Karga Holt Atlanta, GA 303,100 21 8
Jac Arama London, UK 302,800 35 8
Ryan Elson Canton, OH 301,400 203 2
Luis Velador Lake Elsinore, CA 301,000 56 8
Scott Epstein Las Vegas, NV 294,900 23 4
Matthew Hilger Atlanta, GA 293,000 50 4
George Dunst Madison, WI 292,500 6 2
Theodore Park  Las Vegas, NV 285,800 54 2
Huck Seed Las Vegas, NV 280,500 13 4
Willie Tann Bovingdon, UK 279,700 66 4
John Duthie London, UK 278,400 50 6
Steve Crockett Costa Mesa 277,600 1 4
Todd Phillips Los Angeles, CA 275,000 198 8
Steven Prentky Las Vegas, NV 270,800 40 8
Thomas Koo San Jose, Costa Rica 270,600 6 4
Adam Weiss Hartsdale, NY 268,800 62 6
Alex Michaels Edison, NJ 268,100 15 8
David Flusfeder London, UK 265,800 77 6
Kenneth Smith Levittown, NY 265,800 67 6
Stephen O'Dwyer Las Vegas, NV 262,000 24 8
Bart Hanson Los Angeles, CA 259,900 203 4
Karim Vegas Brookline 258,800 36 6
K. Morrizan 258,800 17 4
Minh Ly Las Vegas, NV 253,200 31 4
Randy Holland Winnetka, CA 252,600 31 8
Ken Evanowski Las Vegas, NV 252,100 19 4
Dennis Perry Williamstown, KY 251,100 209 8
Hopfner Moritz Nuernberg, Germany 247,300 205 8
Curtis VanGilder Port Byron, IL 245,800 4 6
Tony Lee Laguna Hills, CA 244,300 33 6
David Wells Kent, England 242,100 67 2
Roy Winston Brooklyn, NY 242,000 201 2
Lamar Wilkinson Pacheco, CA 239,100 55 8
Justin Rollo Boston, MA 238,500 26 2
Tinten Olivier Paris, France 238,000 196 4
Reagan Silber Las Vegas, NV 237,300 70 2
Kitai Davidi Belgium, Brussels 236,900 59 2
Rob Moore Pacific Palisades, CA 234,600 2 8
Jonathon Tare New York 232,000 197 4
Justin King Cincinnati, OH 231,200 31 2
 Daniel Snowden Arkansas City, KA 230,400 7 4
Casey Childress Dallas, TX 229,000 22 4
Paulo Loureiro New York, NY 226,900 77 4
Jason Welch Fort Collins, CO 226,800 76 2
Michael Tvreniec Sweden 226,300 204 8
Brian Miller Atlanta, GA 224,300 50 8
Eric Kurtzman Las Vegas, NV 222,800 78 2
Roger Tichenor Sarasota, FL 221,100 3 6
Berry Johnston Bethany, OK 217,900 48 2
Bob Lauria West Haven, CT 217,400 44 8
Andrew Gunderson Hoboken, NJ 216,700 27 6
Vandy Krouch Carrollton, TX 214,800 29 8
Deb Blair Tucson, AZ 214,200 35 4
Jason Heidema San Francisco, CA 212,000 66 2
Gary DeBernardi Warrenton, OR 211,800 72 8
Martin Miller Lawrence, KA 210,900 28 4
Ang Pang Leng Singapore 209,200 14 2
Louis Merola Fort Meyers, FL 209,200 23 6
Robert Topham Salt Lake City, UT 208,300 29 2
Bryan Swanson Ellensburg, WA 207,300 75 4
Sven Abelsson Runing  Gothenburg 205,800 71 8
Keith Littlewood Sheffield 204,700 38 4
Chris Viox Glen Carbon, IL 204,200 68 4
Uh Nguyen 203,300 211 2
Matt Ciezki Sherwood Park, Canada 203,000 11 4
Jason Tikijian Fowler, CA 202,000 4 2
James Williams Albuquerque, NM 201,500 16 2
Robert Ford Johnstown, PA 199,600 77 2
Pete de Best Yorba Linda, CA 198,400 60 4
Kenneth Shei Boston, MA 197,100 66 8
Daniel Quach Los Angeles, CA 197,000 212 2
Aditya Agarwal Philadelphia, PA 196,600 5 8
George Dolofan Miami, FL 195,000 45 6
Ronald Kluber Seoul, South Korea 194,600 206 2
Paul Kemp Milton Keynes, England 193,400 197 8
Chris Crilly San Clemente, CA 191,600 196 2
David Peters San Diego, CA 191,400 69 2
Julian Gardner Manchester, UK 190,600 23 2
Kristian Obbarius Harnosand, Sweden 189,100 15 2
Kevan Casey Houston, TX 189,000 40 6
Ray Henson Houston, TX 187,900 53 8
George Alex Boston, MA 187,300 41 4
Sam Abueid Chicago, IL 186,500 76 6
Peter Hill Chicago, IL 185,900 42 4
Jim Feist Las Vegas, NV 184,800 30 8
Kia Hamadani Los Angeles, CA 184,400 202 6
Mark Weitzman Las Vegas, NV 181,700 34 6
Yuri Bokkel Tilburg 181,000 67 8
Kyu Cho Los Angeles, CA 180,700 18 2
Phi Tran Stockton, CA 180,000 46 4
Randall Amiel Coconut Creek, FL 179,900 26 8
Steven Seidman San Diego, CA 176,600 4 8
Patrik Petersson Gothenburg 176,500 45 8
David Barraclough London, UK 175,700 41 8
Jerry Kane Wilbraham, MA 174,600 204 6
Rick Barabino New York, NY 173,800 61 2
Keith Gipson Las Vegas, NV 173,500 208 6
Bob Robbins Cambridge, ON 171,700 63 8
Steve Sung Torrance, CA 170,000 25 8
William Spadea South Easton, MA 167,700 202 8
Brock Parker Silver Spring, MD 167,500 49 4
Brian "Obey the Dog" Darmanin Redwood City, CA 166,700 77 8
Jason Lester Miami, FL 166,300 60 6
Samir Zondo Modesto, CA 166,200 70 6
Evan "The Sniper" Marshall Indianapolis, IN 164,000 63 6
Bennie Sizemore Naugatuck, CT 162,000 19 8
Kenneth Gacek Glastonbury, CT 161,800 16 6
Benjamin Gold Long Beach, CA 161,400 195 8
Scott Seiver Cold Spring Harber, NY 158,300 207 2
Mark Owens Chicago, IL 157,700 44 6
Randal McLoughlin Littleton, CO 157,200 200 6
Lee Kiosty Delray Beach, FL 157,000 208 4
Michael Zinna San Antonio, TX 156,900 11 8
Ken Dickenson Cypress, TX 156,800 60 6
Ralph Villela Valley Stream, NY 156,500 210 4
Guy Edri Israel 156,000 13 2
Bob Poole Rudy, AK 154,000 209 4
Tobey Maguire Los Angeles, CA 152,900 210 2
Jason Reed Topeka, KS 152,700 39 8
Mickey Seagle Marion, NC 151,900 28 8
John Spadavecchia Lighthouse Point, FL 151,500 72 4
Michael Yoshino Pasadena, CA 151,100 200 2
Richard Marshall Raleigh, NC 149,800 75 6
Alfred Megrabyan Granada Hills, CA 149,000 62 4
Brian Collins Belfast, Northern Ireland 148,600 35 2
Mark Cole Naples, FL 148,000 40 4
Mike Souza San Diego, CA 147,900 64 8
Voidim Trincher New Jersey 145,600 11 2
Ned Griffis  Pensacola, FL 145,000 60 8
Penh Lo Mankato, MN 144,700 15 4
Robert Mizrachi Miami, FL 144,500 23 8
Steve Miranda Burlingame 144,500 78 4
Nils Ersson Sweden 144,300 32 6
Alex Kravchenko Moscow, Russia 143,800 20 4
Richard Wild Manchester, England 142,900 54 4
John Eckerd Dallas, TX 141,900 61 4
Redmond Lee London, UK 141,800 36 2
Lewis Pilkington UK 141,300 210 6
Fitoussi Bruno Paris, France 141,100 44 2
Rob DeForge Venice, FL 139,900 10 4
Martino Bakri Beverly Hills, CA 139,100 49 8
Ken Lawrence Santa Rosa, CA 137,500 45 2
Matt Sterling Brownstown, IN 137,000 26 4
Nicolaou Nicholas Brisbane, Australia 135,400 33 4
Gary Avery Newcastle, UK 135,200 19 6
Al Rapoport Norwich, England 135,000 46 8
Dane Lamas San Diego, CA 134,700 208 2
John Smith La Habra Heights, CA 134,400 55 6
John Horon Andover, MN 134,100 46 6
Frank Ramsey Pikeville, KY 133,800 32 8
John Strzemp Las Vegas, NV 133,000 20 2
Sam Ditson London, UK 131,800 196 6
Doug Gehring Altamonte Springs, FL 131,200 76 8
James Griffith Colonial Heights, VA 131,000 19 2
James Lewis Washington, IN 129,400 41 6
Andre Boyer Montreal, Canada 128,400 38 8
Ian McDonald UK 128,400 25 4
Lasse Aspen Melby Nybergsund 127,800 21 4
Eugene Fouksman Manalapan, NJ 126,300 56 2
Sebag Georges France 126,000 198 6
Ken Webster Decatur, NE 124,800 17 6
Chris Lovelace Brandon, MS 124,600 18 6
Guang Pu Lu Vancouver, Canada 123,100 203 8
Patrice McLean Montreal, Canada 122,800 2 2
Robert Lipkin Buffalo Grove, IL 122,300 10 8
Carsten Jakobsen Copenhagen, Denmark 122,100 25 2
Nicholas Cunnane Ireland 121,900 7 8
 Joe Brandenburg Portland, OR 121,000 197 6
Sam Khoueis Australia 120,600 28 2
Nicholas Botta Hillsdale, NJ 120,500 15 6
Sang Kim Las Vegas, NV 120,100 34 8
Matthew Stout Atlantic City, NJ 117,300 63 2
Brandon Adams Cambridge, MA 117,000 29 6
Ming Jung St. Petersburg, FL 116,500 34 2
Derek Thorpe Kildare, Ireland 115,500 59 4
Jim McCrink Las Vegas, NV 115,200 75 2
Morten Mertner Copenhagen, Denmark 114,700 201 4
David Cowan Toronto, ON 114,400 24 2
Claude Cohen Paris, France 113,800 47 4
Jim Routos Seattle, WA 113,600 48 4
David Tran California 113,500 48 6
Lee Biddulph UK 112,500 206 6
Jan Sorensen Odense 112,100 39 4
Lauchlin McKinnon Mt. Vernon, WA 110,800 5 2
Thomas Nielsen Denmark 110,700 24 8
Daniel Tarnopol San Mateo 110,600 12 4
Daniel Germmo Las Vegas, NV 110,100 34 4
Steve Austin La Quinta, CA 110,000 27 8
Scott Mayfield Grants Pass, OR 109,700 201 6
Wing Tso Rego Park, NY 109,000 204 4
Robert Thompson Jr. Allenstown, NH 108,400 2 6
Stuart Spear Reno, NV 107,900 195 4
Bill Baxter Las Vegas, NV 107,400 53 2
Scotty Nguyen Las Vegas, NV 107,200 8 4
Randall Brueckner Acton, MA 106,500 55 4
Gary Friedlander Bellaire, TX 105,800 70 8
Hung Le Orlando, FL 105,400 50 2
William Davidson Prosperity, SC 104,800 47 2
Phil Lifschitz Livingston, NJ 103,600 64 6
Allan King San Diego, CA 103,100 5 6
Mark Ellerbe Richmond, TX 103,000 20 6
Issac Galazan Miami, FL 102,700 24 4
Steve Kuhn Bejing, China 102,700 62 2
Adam Noone UK 101,900 23 6
Cancer Outlaw Sumter, SC 101,000 56 6
Mark Bryan Irvine, CA 100,900 70 4
Veronica Dabul Buenos Aires, Argentina 99,900 65 8
Donna Blevins Inverness, FL 99,600 1 6
Brian Senie Westport, CT 99,600 13 6
Brian Hearn Los Angeles, CA 99,300 20 8
Dave Smart San Antonio, TX 99,200 75 8
Joe Shield St. Pete Beach FL 99,200 71 4
Keith Ogren Windham, NH 98,700 78 8
Richard Anthony New York, NY 98,500 32 2
Neil Chriss New York, NY 98,100 10 6
Todd Croswell Hanford, CT 97,000 33 8
Sam Simon Malibu, CA 96,400 3 2
Jeff Bryan Fort Calhoun, NE 96,300 78 6
Troy O'Brien Elizabeth, NJ 94,800 195 2
Bo Sehlstedt Sweden 94,300 28 6
Jimmy Tran Las Vegas, NV 94,000 46 2
David Names San Ramon, CA 91,100 1 2
Lance Allred Studio City, CA 90,000 71 2
Alessandro Bianchini  Ropa  88,500 205 2
Joseph Fallows Broomall, PA 87,900 53 6
Anders Solheim Bergen, Norway 87,800 32 4
A.J. Farraj Brooklyn, NY 87,700 68 3
Priyan De Mel London, UK 87,600 1 8
Roger Brooks Pembroke Pines, FL 87,300 56 4
Greg Hobson Spokane, WA 86,100 48 8
Goran Sachse  Frankfurt, Germany 85,900 30 6
David Farber Heathrow, FL 85,400 65 6
Larry Dragon New Castle, CO 85,000 30 4
Kevin Howatt Brampton, ON 84,800 42 8
Neil Channing  UK 84,800 202 4
James Dawick Ontario, Canada 84,100 72 2
Tor Helness Oslo 84,000 33 2
Tim Duckworth Melbourne, Australia 83,600 10 2
Jeremy D'Ambrosia Henderson, NV 82,600 49 6
Aaron Eckhart Lake Havash City 81,300 68 8
Paul Chakbazof Stockholm, Sweden 81,100 14 8
Terry Magill Maplewood 80,400 44 4
Francis Cagney Laguna Niguel, CA 80,000 25 6
Peter Schauka Cologne, Germany 79,800 212 4
Steve Purdom Midland, GA 79,000 204 2
Ravi Lopez Espana 78,300 207 6
Vincent Iannuzzi Naples, FL 75,800 71 6
Daniel Attie St. Petersburg, FL 72,000 209 2
Lee Markholt  Eatonville, WA 70,000 6 6
Dion Fotopoulos Melbourne, Australia 69,800 35 6
Anthony Newman Brooklyn, NY 68,600 22 2
William Arnold Dallas, TX 67,200 12 2
Ethan Steinberg Jackson Hole, WY 67,000 11 6
Dan Owen Napa, CA 65,800 65 4
Marc Friedmann Zurich, Switzerland 65,700 8 2
Wade Chow San Francisco, CA 63,800 5 4
Christiane Klecz Germany 63,200 207 8
Chris Cobb Albuquerque, NM 62,300 17 8
Danny Felix Oxnard, CA 62,300 69 6
Ronny Bergan Lier, Norway 60,100 39 2
Jeffrey Mermelstein Vestal, NY 60,000 202 2
Jeffrey Lowenhar Las Vegas, NV 59,900 16 8
Aaron Cuulthard  Waterloo, ON 59,300 42 6
Phillip Castrutta  Glendora, CA 57,500 12 6
Brian Hollywood Pasadena, MD 57,500 9 8
Michael Barclay Birmingham, AL 56,500 7 6
David Levi Las Vegas, NV 56,200 200 4
Jeffrey Nairin West Hills, CA 55,900 8 8
Steven Lynch Aberdeen, Scotland 55,100 17 2
Linu Johansson Sundsvall 54,900 205 4
Scott Yeates Onchan 54,200 8 6
Asger Boye Aarhus 53,700 62 8
Kim Snyder Vashon 52,400 42 2
Gregg Jaffy Boca Raton, FL 51,800 72 6
Ken Weinier Wellington, FL 50,300 199 4
Russell Kamer Katonah, NY 49,900 47 8
Joanne Monteavaro Bronx, NY 49,800 12 8
Hao Dong Houston, TX 48,400 68 6
Richard Crowell Scottsdale, AZ 47,800 64 4
Chris Perry Limoges, ON 47,700 21 2
Scott Ross Boca Raton, FL 46,100 18 4
Andrew Pachman Atlanta, GA 45,800 205 6
Gary Benson Sydney, Australia 44,200 65 2
Tran Loi Irvine 44,100 76 4
Kirby Laur Scheller, IL 43,200 198 2
Victor Rooney  Birmingham, UK 43,100 9 4
Michael Bakke Ashland, OR 42,900 196 8
Jostein Pettersen Sarpsborg, Norway 41,900 203 6
Oliver Maingay UK 41,300 208 8
Donnacha O'Dea Dublin 41,000 200 8
Dietrich Alexaner Voelkingen 40,200 59 6
Patric Martensson Sweden 39,800 207 4
Kurts Fraser Schaumburg, IL 39,600 24 6
Morgan Machina Mission Viejo, CA 39,200 39 6
Brian Tracy St. Louis, MD 39,200 45 4
Terry Jacobs Hindman, KY 38,100 206 4
Mike Leah Toronto, ON 38,000 211 6
Keith Hawkins England 36,400 201 8
Robert McAdam Chester 36,100 197 2
Eric Cida Miami, FL 34,900 53 4
Brandon Steven Wichita, KS 34,400 69 8
Llyod Rees Bristol 34,200 38 6
Shirley Williams Fort Worth, TX 33,900 27 2
James Davenport Corona Del Mar, CA 32,700 49 2
Shane Quigley Castlebar, Ireland 32,100 54 6
Alan Hance Bakersfield, CA 30,500 9 6
Laurence Hughes Seattle, WA 29,200 211 4
Kevin Lake  Fresno, CA 27,800 18 8
Shannon Hudson Glenwood Springs, CO 26,100 206 8
Michael Simhai Los Angeles, CA 24,900 64 2
John Dutchak Tampa, FL 21,200 63 4
Robert Stoll  San Francisco, CA 19,700 3 8
David Cai Los Angeles, CA 16,300 54 8
Andras Kovals Sweden 11,800 38 2
Ray Didoneto Laurel Springs, NJ 9,800 13 8



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