NEWS FLASH: Mike Linn Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet in Event 49
San Diego Student Tops 2,543 Player Field Michael Linn was the winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker. This marked his first career WSOP gold bracelet victory. Linn collected $609,493 in prize money in what was his third time to cash at the WSOP. Linn’s most notable previous achievement was cashing in last year’s WSOP Main Event championship, where he finished 191st. Linn is a 22-year-old student from La Jolla, CA. His uncle is poker star Barry Greenstein.The runner up was Taylor Larkin, from Siloam Springs, AR.The top 270 finishers collected prize money. Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Roland de Wolfe (60th), Marc Naalden (134th), Robert Cheung (183rd), Matt Matros (194th), David Daneshgar (201st), and J.P. Kelly (208th). Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler (191st place) became the first player at this year’s WSOP to cash eight times. The record for most cashes in a single year is ten, held by Nikolay Evdakov in 2008. Kessler is now in serious contention to match or break the record with seven WSOP events remaining, plus five more tournaments to be held at WSOP Europe in September.A full report of this event will be posted shortly.For official tournament results and additional details, please CLICK HERE.