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