Event #4
Pot-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1,500
Number of Entries: 781
Total Prize Money: $1,066,065
Date of Tournament: June 3-6, 2007

Tournament Notes:

  • This promises to be one of most interesting final tables of the WSOP thus far. Chip leader Gavin Smith is shooting for his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet after three phenomenal years on the poker tournament circuit. He is expected to attract a large and rowdy crowd.
  • While each finalist has an interesting story, a few players stand out: Dr. Bruce Van Horn is making his sixth WSOP final table appearance (lifetime). He was most famous for being the runner-up in the 1996 main event to Huck Seed. He won $585,000 that year.
  • Jon Freiberg is going for gold bracelet number two. He won over half a million for his win at last year’s World Series
  • Should either Van Horn or Freiberg win, they would join one of poker’s most prestigious clubs. A victory gives either player over a million-dollars in lifetime earnings at the WSOP,
  • Finalist Marco Traniello has the somewhat shadowy status of being married to one of the best poker players in the world, wife Jennifer Harman. However, it is Traniello who has outperformed just about everyone at WSOP over the past two years. Traniello cashed a whopping seven times at the 2005 World Series. He cashed four times in 2006. Now with a guaranteed cash in this event, Traniello has a combined total of 12 WSOP cashes dating back to the start of the 2005 WSOP. No other poker player has more.

    • End of Day Two Results:

    The Final Table:

    Seat Name Hometown Chip Count
    1 Eric Lynch Olatta, KS 91,000
    2 William Hill Clarksburg, MD 332,000
    3 Tom Savitsky Randolph, NJ 140,000
    4 Michael Spegal St Marys, GA 241,000
    5 Marco Traniello Las Vegas, NV 277,000
    6 Dr. Bruce Van Horn Ada, OK 315,000
    7 Jon "Pokertrip" Friedberg Las Vegas, NV 204,000
    8 Jeff Langdon Santa Fe, NM 286,000
    9 Gavin Smith Las Vegas, NV 480,000

    In the Money Finishers:

    1     $252,290
    2     $155,645
    3     $101,276
    4     $67,162
    5     $47,973
    6     $36,779
    7     $27,718
    8     $20,255
    9     $14,925
    10 John McCarthy Jersey City, NJ $10,115
    11 Nick Binger Raleigh, NC $10,115
    12 Tony Basile Toronto, ON $10,115
    13 Stephen Jones  Springfield, IL $9,050
    14 Bill McNamara Fairfield, CT $9,050
    15 Robert Gerstenzang Jamestown, NY $9,050
    16 Javad Navran CA $7,985
    17 Steve Mills UK $7,985
    18 Ken Koski Canton, MI $7,985
    19 Mark Wilds Biloxi, MS $6,921
    20 Josh Patterson Simpsonville, SC $6,921
    21 Jean Bellande Las Vegas, NV $6,921
    22 Graham Wheldon Cambridge, England $6,921
    23 Cody Slaubaugh Rugby,ND $6,921
    24 Frank Margolis Thousand Oaks, CA $6,921
    25 Robert Zipf Ravenstein, Germany $6,921
    26 Eugene Todd Brooklyn, NY $6,921
    27 Jameson Hughes Lakeland, FL $6,921
    28 Robert Thies  Debary, FL $5,962
    29 Francois Safieddine Denver, CO $5,962
    30 Bart Wetsteijn Middelburg, Netherlands $5,962
    31 David Roepke Troy, TX $5,962
    32 Robert Ellis Houston, TX $5,962
    33 NA NA
    34 Andrew Webking Seattle, WA $5,962
    35 Nhan Le Orange County, CA $5,962
    36 Shannon Puskarich Las Vegas, NV $5,962
    37 Matthew Shepsky  Illinois $5,962
    38 Shane Beckham New Zealand $5,111
    39 Zorn Venture CA $5,111
    40 Nick Andricopulos Chicago, IL $5,111
    41 Gilbert Salas NA $5,111
    42 Ed Giron Jacksonville, FL $5,111
    43 Mark Smith Georgetown, KY $5,111
    44 NA NA $5,111
    45 Freddy Deeb Las Vegas, NV $5,111
    46 Keith Tilston Austin, TX $4,365
    47 Kirke Rivkin Deerfield, IL $4,365
    48 Archibald Van Horn Ada, OR $4,365
    49 Wallace Darling Aurora, CO $4,365
    50 Colin Shattock UK $4,365
    51 Danny Ciaramella  Brays Landing, PA $4,635
    52 Scott Bohlman Homer Glen, IL $4,365
    53 Robert Firestone Santa Barbara, CA $4,365
    54 Daniel Alspach Las Vegas, NV $4,365
    55 David Hipperson St. Louis, MO $3,567
    56 Jan Christoph Von Halle Hamburg, Germany $3,567
    57 Larry Vickers Winter Garden, FL $3,567
    58 Kenneth Auker Rock Island, IL $3,567
    59 Joseph Lazaro Carson City, NV $3,567
    60 Jesse Jamison Glendale, AZ $3,567
    61 Benjamin Sarnoff San Francisco, CA $3,567
    62 Katja Thater Hamburg, Germany $3,567
    63 Ishak Noyan Sodertalje, Sweden $3,567
    64 David Plastik Las Vegas, NV $2,981
    65 Nicholas Rosenberger Orlando, FL $2,981
    66 Lee Kun Oakton, VA $2,981
    67 Nesbitt Coburn Minneapolis, MS $2,981
    68 Derek Tomimoto Redondo Beach, CA $2,981
    69 Jonathan Snyder Mt. Juliet, TN $2,981
    70 Kevin Manley Arlington Heights, IL $2,981
    71 Mark Lowe UK $2,981
    72 Arias Jorge Venezuela $2,981