1st Airy Phanhyaseng Philadelphia, PA $29,400 2nd Ron Schiffman Cherry Hill, NJ $14,700 3rd ‘Flash’ Gordon Ernst Ventnor, NJ $7,350 4th ‘Detroit’ Al Green Roslyn Heights, NY $4,410 5th Jan Chen Princeton, NJ $3,675 6th Robert Barroway Cherry Hill, NJ $2,940 7th Michael Tarewicz Galloway, NJ $2,205 8th Elias Eoanou Westerly, RI $1,470 9th Peter Fricano Wheeling, IL $1,029 10th ‘Wink’ Rose Valley, PA $1,029 11th Peter Brownstein Arnold, MD $1,029 12th Bert Twersky Ventnor, NJ $1,029 13th Nicholas Partenope Colonia, NJ $808.50 14th Richard Halley Massapequa, NY $808.50 15th Michael Huguenot Pleasantville, NY $808.50 16th Mark Fast Atlantic City, NJ $404.25 16th Ahmad Gharahi College Park, MD $404.25 Tournament Report A professional chef and amateur poker player, Airy Phanhyaseng, simply known as ‘Air’ cooked with the right ingredients in today’s High/Low Stud Event, which gave him 1st place for his successful recipe. Stud is Air’s game of choice and he has chosen well. Air enjoys traveling and is planning a reunion with his family in Laos in the early spring. The blue ribbon is yours, Air, for your first tournament win in this Highl/Low Stud bake-off. The crowd gives a thumbs up! Here he is, the mainline of poker society, Ron Schiffman, 2nd place finisher and hobnobber of the famous and talented. He’s a fixed-wing pilot, owner of a travel and entertainment business and an avid golfer, who’s played the courses around the world. He has daughters, golden retrievers and a beautiful Irish-born wife, Marie, who has given him the best Irish accent you’ll ever hear. Though Ron is wearing shades, we are still able to recognize him, as he’s the only player wearing an ascot, with a private plane parked out back. ‘Flash’ Gordon Ernst is surrounded by his buddies as they share in his 3rd place victory. Gordon was last year’s winner of this High/Low Stud Event and fought hard to try to scoop up a consecutive year’s title. A valiant effort indeed! In attendance today was Lee Schreiber, from Fortune, Small Business Magazine . Lee was not only performing his journalistic duties, but was a tournament participant as well. Thank you for your interest in the USPC! -Paula Geletei

2002 U.S. Poker Championship