1 Ghandrasekhar Billavara San Francisco, CA $722,914 2 Taylor Douglas Athens, GA $467,101 3 John Hunt Franklin, KY $292,476 4 Leandro "Brasa" Pimentel Sao Paolo, Brazil $189,249 5 Duane Felix New Rochelle, NY $131,184 6 Cort Kibler-Melby Berlin, Germany $96,775 7 Ray Spencer Sammamish, WA $75,270 8 Greg "FBT" Mueller White Rock, BC $55,914 9 Lewis Titterton Washington, D.C. $45,162 10 Thomas Middelthon $37,635 11 Todd Lundwall Chandler, AZ $37,635 12 Marc Phan Las Vegas, NV $37,635 13 Francis Mahiout Paris, France $33,334 14 Kyu Cho Los Angeles, CA $33,334 15 James Ray Daphne, AL $33,334 16 Duy Le Los Angeles, CA $29,033 17 Michael Dollins Long Beach, CA $29,033 18 Kai Paulson Trondheim, Norway $29,033 19 Joshua Princky Brooklyn, NY $24,731 20 James Routos Kent, WA $24,731 21 Jason Doosharm Victorville, CA $24,731 22 James Mell Cottage Grove, WI $24,731 23 Jesse Martin Northboro, MA $24,731 24 Steven Moore Naples, FK $24,731 25 Mikhail Ustinov Moscow, Russia $24,731 26 James Kilarjian Buffalo Grove, IL $24,731 27 Shaun Deer Troy, NY $24,731 28 Joseph Anthony Durham, NC $20,860 29 William Jordan Delray Beach, FL $20,860 30 Jeffrey Gibralter Rockwall, TX $20,860 31 Jonathan Stamm Glenview, FL $20,860 32 Tommy Chaney Marble Falls, TX $20,860 33 Arnold Spee Agoura Hills, CA $20,860 34 Paul Curtis Caerphilly, Wales $20,860 35 Kianoosh Mohaleri Rockledge, FL $20,860 36 Peter Herbst Laveen, AZ $20,860 37 Michael Kalfa $18,420 38 Adam Beck Montgomery, IL $18,420 39 Michael Ciaravino Rockledge, FL $18,420 40 Thomas Hover Blue Diamond, NV $18,420 41 Ron Darling Auburn, WA $18,420 42 Steven Olek Fort Lauderdale, FL $18,420 43 Nico Behling Jena, Germany $18,420 44 Raymond Avery Round Rock, TX $18,420 45 Brian Senie Westport, CT $18,420 46 Christopher Birchby Hollywood, CA $14,409 47 Dominick Kulicki Amsterdam, Holland $14,409 48 Keith Brookes Stafford, VA $14,409 49 Tracy Smith $14,409 50 Quinn Do Los Angeles, CA $14,409 51 Trevor Ray Ankeny, IA $14,409 52 Kao Saehern Portland, OR $14,409 53 Alvan Silverberg Anaheim, CA $14,409 54 Carl Merkling Eagle, CO $14,409 55 Constantine Karrys Glendale, AZ $11,828 56 Michael Mizarchi Miramar, FL $11,828 57 Robert Pfeifer Herhand, WI $11,828 58 Bradley Berman Deephaven, MN $11,828 59 Eric Vargo Santa Monica, CA $11,828 60 Chase Michaels Oxnard, CA $11,828 61 Tung Pham Allen, TX $11,828 62 John Parks Burkee, VA $11,828 63 Sverre Sundho San Francisco, CA $11,828 64 Brandon Nagle Clovis, CA $9,678 65 Steve Adams Minnetra, CA $9,678 66 Jim Jakobson Norway $9,678 67 Jarry Van Hoot Netherlands $9,678 68 Rayan Nathan South Australia $9,678 69 Frans Claessco Sweden $9,678 70 Martin Berchenko Bellerose, NY $9,678 71 Tsaoussis Charalampos $9,678 72 Steven Simmons Mesa, AZ $9,678 73 Shannon Shorr Birmingham, AL $7,957 74 David Tran El Monte, CA $7,957 75 Kelsey Hendricks Chico, CA $7,957 76 Anthony Vlahos Betford, MA $7,957 77 Sam Yono Bloombell Hills, MI $7,957 78 Jeremy Wien Mount Kisco, NY $7,957 79 Anahi Galaii Glendale, CA $7,957 80 Gary Haglund Colorado Springs, CO $7,957 81 Walter Martin Ireland $7,957 82 Scott Milkez Carmel $6,667 83 Paul Arsenis Australia $6,667 84 John Orr Lod, WI $6,667 85 Jesse Menarde Yardley, PA $6,667 86 Jesus Fuentes $6,667 87 James Campbell Pegram, IN $6,667 88 Vernon Harness $6,667 89 Joseph Trindle Snellville, GA $6,667 90 Michael Stewart Palm Desert, CA $6,667 91 Mads Andersen United Kingdom $5,807 92 Richie Wong Las Vegas, NV $5,807 93 Gebrehiwet Goitum Los Angeles, CA $5,807 94 Howard Andrew $5,807 95 William Ihrie Newton, NC $5,807 96 Johnathan Mann Portland, OR $5,807 97 Patrick Boudet France $5,807 98 Lamont Dixon Los Angeles, CA $5,807 99 Marc Friedman Switzerland $5,807 100 Todd Martio San Diego, CA $5,161 101 Steven Demers Goffstown, NH $5,161 102 Mark Tehscher United Kingdom $5,161 103 Chul Kim Tulsa OK $5,161 104 Josh Walker Greenville, NC $5,161 105 Michael Minaker Russia $5,161 106 Rick Ribble, Jr. San Francisco, CA $5,161 107 William McKinney Princeton, WY $5,161 108 John Ziebarth Eden Praire, MN $5,161 109 Francisco Palacios Cerritos, CA $5,161 110 Michael Gracz Raleigh, NC $5,161 111 Scott O'Reilly England $5,161 112 Serge Rautch Astoria, NY $5,161 113 Robert Ronk Tempe, AZ $5,161 114 Chih-Hao Lin Houston, TX $5,161 115 Keiko Lim Bronx, NY $5,161 116 Robin Wheat Springdale, AR $5,161 117 Matthew Charackal Storrs, CT $5,161 118 Bryan Hyden San Jose, CA $5,161 119 Michael Whittingham Los Gatos, CA $5,161 120 Ian Keiser Highwood, IL $5,161 121 Michael Gloning Germany $5,161 122 Salomon Cohen Venezuela $5,161 123 Glenn Hughes Scottsdale, AZ $5,161 124 Adam Katz Delray Beach, FL $5,161 125 John Ewen Toronto, Canada $5,161 126 David Oare Belmont, CA $5,161 127 Jacob Daniel Pelham, AL $4,731 128 Johnathan Little Pensacola, FL $4,731 129 Ian Fieldhouse $4,731 130 David Pott Ellisville, MO $4,731 131 John Bingham Las Vegas, NV $4,731 132 Daniel Hamm Canada $4,731 133 Kathleen King North Canton, OH $4,731 134 Arthur Molloy La Jolla, CA $4,731 135 Mark Rubin Avondale, AZ $4,731 136 Andrew Sardella Clifton Park, NY $4,731 137 Todd Bryson Bolton, Ontario $4,731 138 Enrique Rivera Idaho Falls, ID $4,731 139 Lee Rzentkowski Madison, WI $4,731 140 Chad Brown Los Angeles, CA $4,731 141 Hien Tran Sacramento, CA $4,731 142 James Marrone Arcadia, CA $4,731 143 John Mazursky Austin, TX $4,731 144 Kalyam Venkataraman South Pasadena, CA $4,731 145 John Chadwick Kemmerer, WY $4,731 146 Adam Reren Plainview, NY $4,731 147 Robert McDougall Gig Harbor, WA $4,731 148 Sam Rustom Diamond Bar, CA $4,731 149 Louis Tomassi Buffalo, NY $4,731 150 Kenneth Ashton Paradise Valley, AZ $4,731 151 Raymond Mulligan Goodyear, AZ $4,731 152 Dmitry Shilnikov Katy, TX $4,731 153 Alex Melnikow Fayettville, NY $4,731 154 Charles Burris Austin, TX $4,301 155 Shelley Rubenstein Great Britain $4,301 156 Andrew Dean College Station, TX $4,301 157 Eric Renz Hollister, CA $4,301 158 Ross Myers Ston, OH $4,301 159 Daneil Woodward Denver, CO $4,301 160 Howard Wolper Atlantic City, NJ $4,301 161 Darren Cleveland Boca Raton, FL $4,301 162 Rolando Lozano Channelview, TX $4,301 163 Warren Fund Virginia Beach, VA $4,301 164 Joseph Patrick Seattle, WA $4,301 165 Mike Crocchiola Venice, FL $4,301 166 Lawrence Hughes Seattle, WA $4,301 167 Chris Ragavanis Old Saybrook, CT $4,301 168 Mark Mulloy Humble, TX $4,301 169 Brenda Jacobus Las Vegas, NV $4,301 170 $4,301 171 Steven Cohn Chandler, AZ $4,301 172 Jason Hackett Great Britain $4,301 173 Felipe Quijano Newark, CA $4,301 174 Eric Henrichsen Omaha, NE $4,301 175 Mark Broers Netherlands $4,301 176 Richard Geyer Austin, TX $4,301 177 Jeff Slayton Pembroke Pines, FL $4,301 178 Kenneth Burman Somerville, MA $4,301 179 Eduardo Pimentel $4,301 180 Michael Bynum Murrieta, CA $4,301 181 Robert Moretti Canada $3,871 182 Leo Whitt Louisville, KY $3,871 183 Karen Black Whittier, CA $3,871 184 Moolir Spoor Kenmore, WA $3,871 185 Tim Adams Burlington, Ontario $3,871 186 Rob Tepper Kirkland, WA $3,871 187 James Whitehead Canton, GA $3,871 188 John Womack Lauderhill, FL $3,871 189 Luc Ratelle $3,871 190 Peter Dalhuisen $3,871 191 James Scheppele Fountain Valley, CA $3,871 192 Michael Johanson Sweden $3,871 193 Michael Sheehan Princeton, NJ $3,871 194 Keith Bram Canada $3,871 195 Paul Saharsky Green Bay, WI $3,871 196 Kelly Jacobs Oakland, CA $3,871 197 Joshua Robins Gainsville, FL $3,871 198 Frederick Christenson Fairfield, CT $3,871 199 John Myung Vienna, VA $3,871 200 Robert Green Round Rock, TX $3,871 201 Lee Newman Pittsburg, PA $3,871 202 Cameron Wiley Plainfield, IL $3,871 203 Gary Friedlander Bellaire, TX $3,871 204 Lander Aleman $3,871 205 David Oppedisano Latham, NY $3,871 206 Marc Lome St. Louis Park, MN $3,871 207 Bruno Mellambro Canada $3,871 208 Daniel Heimiller Los Angeles, CA $3,871 209 James Pin Pin Carlsbad, CA $3,871 210 Grett Steele Novi, MI $3,871 211 Michael Pietrzak Henderson, NV $3,871 212 Terry Tsang Canada $3,871 213 Frank Arsena Bentleyville, OH $3,871 214 Robert Cook Lees Summit, MO $3,871 215 Michael Slye West Hills, CA $3,871 216 Michael Clark Las Vegas, NV $3,871 217 Francisco Lopez Spain $3,441 218 Robert Rodgers Hanson, MA $3,441 219 Richard Lewis Lorain, OH $3,441 220 Jason Beasley $3,441 221 Charles Lunn Toccoa, GA $3,441 222 Joshua Prager $3,441 223 Kevin Kalthoff $3,441 224 Mark Wilds Biloxi, MS $3,441 225 Albes Daniel Germany $3,441 226 Garen Reshdooni Monterey Park, CA $3,441 227 Jason Rich $3,441 228 Alexander Coric Casselberry, FL $3,441 229 Rocky Rochford Las Vegas, NV $3,441 230 Donald Fryer $3,441 231 Philip Lindhorn Sweden $3,441 232 Aresh Binaford $3,441 233 Joseph Mignano $3,441 234 Matthew Rizzo $3,441 235 Virgil Threlkekd Alamo, CA $3,441 236 Robert Pacleb $3,441 237 Jay Sites Grayson, KY $3,441 238 Rudy Wong San Francisco, CA $3,441 239 Gary Gibbo $3,441 240 Robert Boop $3,441 241 Stephan Kenna Heath, Ireland $3,441 242 Adam Schiffer Laguna Niguel, CA $3,441 243 Scott Seiver $3,441 245 Clifford Pappas Scottsdale, AZ $3,441 246 Ryan Celements $3,441 247 Derek Scott Surry, British Columbia, Canada $3,441 248 Brian Darmainin $3,441 249 Christopher Togsveld $3,441 250 Karsten Hennefeller $3,441 251 Darren Mandary $3,441 252 Christopher Abroscato Marysville, CA $3,441 253 James Richards Arvada, CO $3,011 254 Wesley Browne $3,011 255 Askana Akopyan Los Angeles, CA $3,011 256 Jeffrey Gray Rochester, PA $3,011 257 Ryan Miller Toronto, Canada $3,011 258 Christopher Holuka Virginia Beach, VA $3,011 259 Todd Draper South Bend, IN $3,011 260 Casper Toft Middelfart, Denmark $3,011 261 Kyle Murray Davis, CA $3,011 262 Matthew Nelson San Francisco, CA $3,011 263 Vicenti Chan $3,011 264 Michael Stroh Toronto, Canada $3,011 265 Daniel Lumbera $3,011 266 Jordan Smith Tool, TX $3,011 267 Jack Damsky $3,011 268 Michale Lan $3,011 269 john Saini Sylmar, CA $3,011 270 Thomas Woolen $3,011 271 Melton Little Bradenton, FL $3,011 272 Richard Turner $3,011 273 David Cline Durham, NC $3,011 274 Romeo Pueblo Covina, CA $3,011 275 Jason Newburger Vernon Hills, IL $3,011 276 Michael Propas Toronto, Canada $3,011 277 Ryan Preus Lake St. Lous, MD $3,011 278 Lars Lousjo Filistad, Sweden $3,011 279 Michael Johnson Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada $3,011 280 Peter Feldman Harper Woods, MI $3,011 281 Michael Wehner Cape Girardeau, MD $3,011 282 Peder Skaj Stockholm, Sweden $3,011 283 Waylon Frey San Marcos, TX $3,011 284 Timothy Simes Tulare, CA $3,011 285 David Cohen-Taisne San Francisco, CA $3,011 286 Daniel McGuire Chicago, IL $3,011 287 Alexander Dunphy Seattle, WA $3,011 288 Gregory Wynn Phoenix, AZ $3,011 289 Idan Keren Plainview, NY $2,667 290 Dustin Vinas Friendswood, TX $2,667 291 James Hall Lynchburg, VA $2,667 292 Patricia Lee Alhambra, CA $2,667 293 Kevin O'Sullivan Los Angeles, LA $2,667 294 Michael Hury Stevenson Ranch, CA $2,667 295 Matthew Manos Danville, CA $2,667 296 Sean Deaton Long Beach, CA $2,667 297 Peter Dumdeang Portland, OR $2,667 298 Robert Edwards Lomita, CA $2,667 299 Gregory Hall $2,667 300 Justin Wallace Bethel, OH $2,667 301 Jeffrey Rose Atkinson, NH $2,667 302 Anthony Breslin University Place, WA $2,667 303 Johannes Vogel Germany $2,667 304 Gerald Watterson $2,667 305 James Price Chattanooga, TN $2,667 306 Jamie Eisner Las Vegas, NV $2,667 307 Dhruu Doshi London, England $2,667 308 Alex Dederer North Las Vegas, NV $2,667 309 Bradley Smithson Windsor, WI $2,667 310 Binh Ly Garden Grove, CA $2,667 311 Jerry Cooper St. George, UT $2,667 312 Jason Newitt $2,667 313 Charles Chitty Savannah, GA $2,667 314 Michael Lewis Indianapolis, IN $2,667 315 Jun Gao Westlake Village, CA $2,667 316 Brian Lee Overland Park, KS $2,667 317 Adam Musser Fair Oaks, CA $2,667 318 Sung Lee Springfield, VA $2,667 319 David Heine Turlock, CA $2,667 320 James Barber Phoenix, AZ $2,667 321 John Nikolaou Charlotte, NC $2,667 322 Benjamin J. Schomer Ferndale, MI $2,667 323 Tony Barret Midlothian, TX $2,667 324 Alexander Elsik Houston, TX $2,667

Tournament Notes:

--The winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship was Ghandrasekhar Billavara. He is a 38-year-old businessman from San Francisco, CA. This was only the second World Series of Poker tournament Billavara had ever entered. It was his first tournament victory.

-- Billvara was born in India. He earned a B.A. in computer science. He now owns a coffee shop in San Francisco.

-- In Billavara's first WSOP poker event last week, he busted out on the third hand of play. Frustrated, he almost passed on entering this event. However, Billavara had previously won $3,200 playing craps inside the casino. He decided that if he entered one more $1,500 buy-in tournament, even a bust-out guaranteed a net win of $200 for the Las Vegas trip. So, Billavara entered this tournament along with over 3,000 other aspiring champions. He ended up cashing for $722,914.

-- Billavara needed some luck at one point, and got it at the perfect time. He arrived at the final table lowest in chips of the final nine players. "I said to myself the night before, if I could just double up once I might have a chance," Billavara said in a post-tournament interview. "I looked down and saw pocket aces on my first hand! It's a hand everybody dreams about." Billavara won the hand and was the champion five hours later.

-- "I plan to pay off some of my mortgage," Billavara answered when queried about his plans for nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in winnings. "Now, I might take $10,000 and enter the main event, too."

-- Billavara started playing poker only about two years ago. He was invited to a home game where he plays for modest stakes in a weekly game. Now, he admits that his friends in the home game in San Francisco might view him a bit differently. "Now, I will look at them and say - are you trying to bluff me? Are you crazy?" Billavara said jokingly. "Look at this gold bracelet on my wrist! You want to try and bluff me?"

-- The runner up was Taylor Douglas of Athens, GA. He enjoyed a nice payday totaling $467,101.

-- Fourth–place finisher Leandro "Brasa" Pimentel (Sao Paulo, Brazil) brought a rowdy cheering section with him. The Brazilian national was backed by several vocal supporters. In fact, fans at a popular Brazilian poker website were so excited that a fellow-countryman had made it to a WSOP final table, that the site's message board attracted thousands of visitors extending best wishes. Poker is growing throughout South America and is about to experience a boom in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and other nations -- according to observers in the region.

-- "Brasa" is also the Brazilian Poker Champion (2006) in what is called the BSOP - or Brazilian Series of Poker.

-- If any player is snake bitten at the WSOP it is Greg "FBT" Mueller. The Canadian has been the chip leader after Day One in four events this year. He had cashed five times. He has made two final table appearances. However, Mueller went out a disappointing eighth in this event.

-- Lewis Titterton, from Washington, DC, took 9th place at what was his first WSOP final table. Titterton, a graduate of prestigious Tufts University, wants the world to know he is a "die-hard Libertarian," an appealing philosophy to many poker players during this time.

-- This was the sixth (and last) $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event on this year's schedule. These tournaments attracted over 15,000 entrants, combined. This is greater than the total number of players who entered the entire 2003 World Series of Poker, which totaled 36 events.

-- Predictably, the record turnout meant that many new names found their way to the money list. Of the top 324 finishers - all of whom made it into the money - only two players had previously won a WSOP gold bracelet. This was only the second final table at this year's WSOP (in an open event) that did not have at least one former gold bracelet winner as a finalist.

-- This was the largest non-main event tournament in World Series of Poker history. The turnout of 3,151 players broke the old record set three weeks ago, which was 2,998. This was also the busiest day in WSOP history in terms of total number of tournament entries within a 24-hour period.

-- The tournament ranks as the third-largest live poker tournament of all-time. Only the WSOP main events of 2005 and 2006 attracted more players.

Nolan Dalla

2007 World Series of Poker