Event #52
No-Limit Hold’em (with Re-Buys)
Buy-In: $1,000
Number of Entries: 1,048
Number of Re-Buys: 2,336
Total Prize Money: $ 3,226,609
Date of Tournament: July 2-4, 2007
WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER
EVENT # 52 – MICHAEL GRAVES
The winner of the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em (with re-buys) championship was Michael Graves. He is a 23-year-old college student from Dallas, TX. This was his first victory at the World Series of Poker. Prior to winning three quarters of a million dollars at the World Series, Graves had just two previous tournament cashes on his record. One was at the Reindeer Games Poker Tournament. The other was at the Ozark Poker Championship. Those two cashes were worth a combined $4,621. This payday was a bit higher -- as first place paid $742,121.Graves is originally from Austin, TX. He is a medical student at the University of Texas-Southwestern. Graves has been playing pokier seriously for about three years. This was his first time to play in the World Series of Poker.
