2007 World Series of Poker results

The 2007 World Series of Poker was the 38th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series featured 55 poker championships in several variants. As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners receive a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money. The series culminates with the $10,000 No-Limit hold'em "Main Event", which has attracted thousands of entrants since 2004. The winner of the WSOP Main Event, who wins a multimillion-dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.

Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas hold'em, a game where each player may use a combination of the five community cards and two hole cards to make the best hand. Another poker variant with community cards is Omaha, in which each player is dealt four hole cards and must use two of them in conjunction with three of the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. In contrast to games with community cards, some variants, such as stud or draw, deal each player separate hands with no common cards. Seven-card stud deals each player two hole cards, followed by four face-up cards one at a time, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Other games played at the 2007 tournament included Razz, H.O.R.S.E., and Deuce-to-Seven. Prior to 2000, seven-card stud was the most common game in U.S. casinos, but today hold'em has almost totally eclipsed the once popular game.

Within each of these poker variants, a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no-limit, limit, or pot-limit. Games may include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout, eight or better, or heads up.

With 54,288 total entries and a combined prize pool of $159,796,918, the 2007 WSOP was the largest series of poker tournaments ever. For many, winning a share of the prize pool was all that mattered, while others sought the glory associated with winning a bracelet. This dichotomy could not have been illustrated better than a deal negotiated at the Senior Championship event. Tony Korfman wanted the money while Ernest Bennett wanted the glory. Rather than leave their fates to chance, the two of them ensured they got what they wanted. In exchange for splitting the prize money, Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the bracelet. After winning $8.25 million in the Main Event, Jerry Yang and his wife retired. "My winning today also means a lot to me, because I know that I can use this money to do a lot of good for other people out there," Yang said before donating over a million dollars to charity. Upon winning his record eleventh bracelet, Phil Hellmuth said, "the bracelets have always been a really huge deal, to me more than the other guys, because I knew that they represented history."

Age and disability was another story line of the 2007 WSOP. At 21 years and 10 days old, Steve Billirakis became the youngest person to ever win a WSOP bracelet. At the other end of the spectrum, 94-year-old Jack Ury was the oldest person to ever participate in the Main Event. Hal Lubarsky, a blind man, finished in 197th place at the Main Event.

Event 1: $5,000 World Championship Mixed hold'em Limit/No-Limit
This event kicked off the 2007 WSOP. It was a $ buy-in Mixed (alternating between limit and no-limit) Texas Hold'em tournament.


 * 3-day event: Friday, June 1, 2007 to Sunday, June 3, 2007
 * Number of entries: 451
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 45
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
This was a $ buy-in no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada.


 * 2-day event: Friday, June 1, 2007 to Saturday, June 2, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,039
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 100
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 3: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em

 * 3-day event: Saturday, June 2, 2007 to Monday, June 4, 2007
 * Number of entries: 2,998
 * Total Prizepool: $
 * Number of payouts: 270
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 3 was the largest non-Main Event live tournament in history. This record, however, would be short lived as event 49 would break that record.

Event 4: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Sunday, June 3, 2007 to Tuesday, June 5, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 781
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  72
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Sunday, June 3, 2007 to Tuesday, June 5, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 327
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 32
 * Winning hand: See note
 * Reference:


 * Note: While seven cards were dealt, only five cards are used to determine the Winning hand. The five cards used to determine the Winning hand were the three aces and two fours, one of the cards not used was not recorded.

Event 6: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Monday, June 4, 2007 to Wednesday, June 6, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 910
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  90
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 7: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys

 * 3-day event: Monday, June 4, 2007 to Wednesday, June 7, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 145
 * Number of rebuys: 450
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 18
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys

 * 3-day event: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 to Thursday, June 7, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 814
 * Number of rebuys:  1,814
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 81
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 9: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 to Thursday, June 7, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 690
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 63
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Ninth-place finisher Richard Ashby was eliminated simultaneously along with Ron Ware (10th place) on the final hand of day, 2 by Jordan Morgan. Therefore, he never appeared at the official final table.

Event 10: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,531
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 153
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 11: $5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud

 * 3-day event: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 180
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 24
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)
This event was played in a shorthanded format, no more than six players per table, with no more than six players occupying a table at any time during the tournament.
 * 3-day event: Thursday, June 7, 2007 to Saturday, June 9, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,427
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 120
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 13: $5,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em



 * 3-day event: Friday, June 8, 2007 to Sunday, June 10, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 398
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 36
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 14: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud

 * 2-day event: Friday, June 8, 2007 to Saturday, June 9, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 395
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 40
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 15: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Saturday, June 9, 2007 to Monday, June 11, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 2,628
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 270
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Phil Hellmuth won his eleventh WSOP bracelet, the most of any player. He was previously one of three players with ten bracelets the others being Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson.

Event 16: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E.

 * 3-day event: Saturday, June 9, 2007 to Monday, June 11, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 382
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 40
 * Winning hand: 6-4-3-2-A-(4-3) (Razz) (card suits do not matter in Razz)
 * Reference:

Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker). The object of Razz is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards you are dealt. In Razz, straights and flushes do not count against you for low, and the ace always plays low. The best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as "the wheel" or "the bicycle". Deuce-to-seven Razz is also sometimes played.

Event 17: $1,000 World Championship Ladies No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Sunday, June 10, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,286
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  99
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

The 1,286 entrants made this the largest ladies only tournament ever.

Event 18: $5,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Sunday, June 10, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 257
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  27
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Like David Williams, Gabriel Nassif was first known for competing Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour.

Event 19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Monday, June 11, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,013
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  99
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 20: $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Monday, June 11, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 340
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  32
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

 * 2-day event: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 to Wednesday, June 13, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 900
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  90
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 22: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 to Friday, June 15, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 640
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  63
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 23: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

 * 2-day event: Thursday, June 14, 2007 to Friday, June 15, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 576
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  54
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 24: $3,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Thursday, June 14, 2007 to Saturday, June 16, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 236
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  24
 * Winning hand: K-Q-10-7-3-J-A
 * Reference:

Event 25: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Friday, June 15, 2007 to Sunday, June 17, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,619
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  153
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 26: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E.

 * 3-day event: Friday, June 15, 2007 to Sunday, June 17, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 192
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  24
 * Winning hand: (Omaha Hi/Lo)
 * Reference:

Event 27: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Saturday, June 16, 2007 to Monday, June 18, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 2,315
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  198
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 28: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Sunday, June 17, 2007 to Tuesday, June 19, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 827
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  81
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 29: $1,500 Razz

 * 3-day event: Sunday, June 17, 2007 to Tuesday, June 19, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 341
 * Total prize pool:  $
 * Number of payouts:  32
 * Winning hand: 8-2-9-3-5-3-4 (card suits do not matter in Razz)
 * Reference:

Event 30: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)

 * 3-day event: Monday, June 18, 2007 to Wednesday, June 20, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 847
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 78
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 31: $5,000 World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 to Thursday, June 21, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 392
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 64
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

"SF" denotes players who lost in the semifinal round of the tournament and "QF" denotes players who lost in the quarterfinal round.

Event 32: $2,000 Seven-Card Stud

 * 3-day event: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 to Thursday, June 21, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 213
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 24
 * Winning hand: A-A-
 * Reference:

Event 33: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys

 * 3-day event: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 to Friday, June 22, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 293
 * Number of rebuys/addons: 880
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 27
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 34: $3,000 Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 to Friday, June 22, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 296
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 27
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 35: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Thursday, June 21, 2007 to Saturday, June 23, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 2,541
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 271
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 36: $5,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Thursday, June 21, 2007 to Saturday, June 23, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 280
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 27
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 37: $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Friday, June 22, 2007 to Sunday, June 24, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 599
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 54
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Saturday, June 23, 2007 to Monday, June 25, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 2,778
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 270
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 39: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.

 * 5-day event: Sunday, June 24, 2007 to Thursday, June 28, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 148
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 16
 * Winning hand: (Seven Card Stud 8 or better)
 * Reference:

The $7.1 million prize pool and $2.2 million prize were the largest prizes in poker history for a non-Main WSOP event.

Event 40: $1,500 Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit

 * 3-day event: Sunday, June 24, 2007 to Tuesday, June 26, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 620
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 63
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 41: $1,000 World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Monday, June 25, 2007 to Wednesday, June 27, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,882
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 153
 * Reference:

Bennett and Korfman made a deal before heads-up play began. Korfman agreed to let Bennett win the title uncontested if Bennett agreed to split the prize money. They split the cash evenly with each taking home roughly $293,000. With 1,882 entrants over the age of 55, this was the largest Senior's event ever.

Event 42: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Monday, June 25, 2007 to Wednesday, June 27, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 687
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 63
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 43: $2,000 Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 to Thursday, June 28, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 472
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 45
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 44: $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 to Friday, June 29, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 534
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 54
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-handed)

 * 3-day event: Thursday, June 28, 2007 to Saturday, June 30, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 728
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 78
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 46: $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

 * 3-day event: Thursday, June 28, 2007 to Saturday, June 30, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 668
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 64
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 47: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Friday, June 29, 2007 to Sunday, July 1, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 2,038
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 198
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 48: $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball with rebuys

 * 3-day event: Friday, June 29, 2007 to Sunday, July 1, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 209
 * Number of rebuys/addons: 546
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 24
 * Winning hand: 7-6-4-3-2
 * Reference:

Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

 * 3-day event: Saturday, June 30, 2007 to Monday, July 2, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 3,151
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 324
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

This event set a World Series of Poker non-main event and live poker attendance record with 3,151 entries breaking the previous record of 2,998 set earlier in the third event of the 2007 WSOP. At the time it was also the third-highest entry total in all live Poker events behind just the 2006 and 2005 main events which had 8,773 and 5,619 entrants respectively.

Event 50: $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha

 * 3-day event: Sunday, July 1, 2007 to Tuesday, July 3, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 314
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 36
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 51: $1,000 S.H.O.E.

 * 3-day event: Sunday, July 1, 2007 to Tuesday, July 3, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 730
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 72
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 52: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys

 * 3-day event: Monday, July 2, 2007 to Wednesday, July 4, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 1,048
 * Number of rebuys/addons: 2,336
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 100
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout

 * 2-day event: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 to Wednesday, July 4, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 720
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 72
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference:

Event 54: $5,000 World Championship No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball with rebuys

 * 2-day event: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 to Thursday, July 5, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 78
 * Number of rebuys/addons: 226
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 7
 * Winning hand: 8-7-6-5-3
 * Reference:

Event 55: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
As the final event, in which the "World Champion of Poker" is crowned, this is considered the "Main Event".
 * 12-day event: Friday, July 6, 2007 to Tuesday, July 17, 2007
 * Number of buy-ins: 6,358
 * Total prize pool: $
 * Number of payouts: 621
 * Winning hand:
 * Reference: