1. Gary Styczynski Pearl River, NY $280,715 2. Gumroyan Varouzhan Las Vegas, NV $177,627 3. Hansu Chu Los Angeles, CA $114,278 4. Soheil Shamseddin Houston, TX $75,771 5. James Gorham Los Angeles, CA $53,412 6. James Holland Fayetteville, NC $40,991 7. Michael Banks Bolton, England $30,433 8. Peter O'Donnell Las Vegas, NV $22,359 9. Dariush Imani Las Vegas, NV $16,148 10. Brandon Wong CA $11,552 11. Ken Dickensen Cypress, TX $11,552 12. Jesse Martin Northborough, MA $11,552 13. David Sklansky Las Vegas, NV $10,310 14. John Parker Silver Springs, MD $10,310 15. Casey Peters Brick, NJ $10,310 16. Derek McCoy Loma Linda, CA $9,068 17. Tanya Lieu Las Vegas, NV $9,068 18. Daniel Barnett San Clemente, CA $9,068 19. Igram Hassan Sparks, NV $7,826 20. Scott Lychwick Gilbert, AZ $7,826 21. James Blaszkiewicz Livonia, AZ $7,826 22. Patrick Curran Birmingham, MI $7,826 23. David Arsht Radnor, PA $7,826 24. Bennett Kleinberg Tolland, CT $7,826 25. Michael Sun Santa Maria, CA $7,826 26. Joshua Haddad Louisville, OH $7,826 27. Steven Cauley $7,826 28. Tien Le Anaheim, CA $6,708 29. Kurt Maier Rancho Cucamonga $6,708 30. Jason Bethune Lillington, NC $6,708 31. Paul Bucy Fort Orange, FL $6,708 32. Todd Keikoan Las Vegas, NV $6,708 33. Steven Mandelbaum Los Angeles, CA $6,708 34. Marco Johnson Walnut Creek, CA $6,708 35. Michael Pickett Roseville, MN $6,708 36. Mark Jones Manhattan Beach, CA $6,708 37. Christopher Russell Duluth, GA $5,714 38. Charles Indyg Egg Harbor Twp, NJ $5,714 39. Aaron Smith Scottsdale, AZ $5,714 40. Christopher Lamell Las Vegas, NV $5,714 41. Nhu Huynh Needles, CA $5,714 42. Tam Hang Lynnwood, WA $5,714 43. Richard Schwartz Las Vegas, NV $5,714 44. Steven Rothstein Apple Valley, CA $5,714 45. John Robertson Las Vegas, NV $5,714 46. Abraham Levy Coral Springs, FL $4,844 47. JAMES GUILL APPOMATTOX, VA $4,844 48. Charles Furey Bridgewater, NJ $4,844 49. John Pastrana Paterson, NJ $4,844 50. Ronald Evans Warrenton, VA $4,844 51. Mark Muchnik Henderson, NV $4,844 52. Suriyan Bhinestien La Mirada, CA $4,844 53. Reynaldo Manlagnit Del Aire, CA $4,844 54. Matthew Hawrilenko Hanover, MA $4,844 55. John Varner Dayton, OH $3,975 56. Constantine Araneta Gardena, CA $3,975 57. Merri German Canyon Lake, Ca $3,975 58. Matthew Kelly Fort Worth, TX $3,975 59. David Chin Rowland Heights, CA $3,975 60. Randall Witt Nashville, TN $3,975 61. Stephen Gerhardt Honolulu, HI $3,975 62. Douglas Protz Canmore, AB $3,975 63. Douglas Morgan Martinez, CA $3,975 64. Robert Goldfarb Phoenix, AZ $3,292 65. Derek Wakamiya Huntington Beach, CA $3,292 66. Joseph Deniro Studio City, CA $3,292 67. Philip Schier West Newton, MA $3,292 68. Leo Vergote Roseville, MI $3,292 69. Michael Lancaster Sand City, CA $3,292 70. Robert Beveridge Vancouver, BC $3,292 71. Minh Nguyen Westminster, CA $3,292 72. John Biebel Westminster, CO $3,292 73. Philong Nguyen Westminster, CA $2,795 74. Ira Gibbs St. Petersburg, FL $2,795 75. Matthew Dames Burlingame, CA $2,795 76. James Meehan Las Vegas, NV $2,795 77. Nick Palmer Phoenix, AZ $2,795 78. Benjamin Robinson Parkland, FL $2,795 79. Marc Durand Henderson, NV $2,795 80. Erik Nickelson Castro Valley, CA $2,795 81. Boris Muchnik Henderson, NV $2,795 82. Thor Hansen El Segundo, CA $2,360 83. Bradley Peeples Coffeeville, MS $2,360 84. Matt Woodward Waterboro, ME $2,360 85. Allen Sorensen Torrance, CA $2,360 86. Tom Werthmann II Bloomfield Hills, MI $2,360 87. David Tobin Roswell, NM $2,360 88. David Gorman Newton, MA $2,360 89. Roger Tanabe Newcastle, WA $2,360 90. Michael O'Malley Upland, CA $2,360

Tournament Notes:

-- The winner was Gary Styczynski from Pearl River, New York. He is 42-years-old and is a part-time consultant and poker player. He is married and has two children.

-- Styczynski arrived at the final table with the dominant stack. He had nearly half of the total chips in play when eight-handed play began. It took him about four hours to win this final battle and take home his first WSOP gold bracelet.

-- The new poker champ has never cashed previously at the WSOP. However, he did cash three times at a recent poker tournament held at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.

-- Event #6 marked the debut of the nearly-live simulcast on the official WSOP website - www.worldseriesofpoker.com. For the first time in history, the entire final table was broadcast with hole cards seen by the home audience. Expert commentary was provided by poker pro Brian Wilson (who won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2005) and ESPN’s Howard David (who is normally the radio voice of Monday Night Football).

-- The WSOP has certainly entered the high-tech age. For the first time ever, all of the final table competitors were sequestered behind a large tent. There was no live audience - again another WSOP first. All spectators were in cyberspace watching over the Internet. Given the wide reach of the Internet and popularity of the official WSOP website, this final table is - at least for the moment - the most widely watched "live" poker tournament ever.

-- Some things cannot be made up. The seventh-place finisher was a man who won $14 million in the Canadian Lottery. His name is Michael Banks.

-- Noted poker author and theorist David Sklansky finished 13th in this event. Sklansky, the author of numerous books and generally regarded as the supreme poker and gaming intellect in the business, owns three WSOP gold bracelets (technically, he owns two WSOP gold watches, which was the top prize at the 1982 WSOP instead of bracelets). This event was his best WSOP finish in six years (he finished fifth in an event back in 2001).

-- James Graham finished in fifth-place. He won a WSOP gold bracelet last year.

-- The eighth-place finisher was Pete O'Donnell. He quit his job to play poker for a living and moved to Las Vegas just two weeks ago. His new career is off to a good tart, to the tune of $22,359 in prize money.

Nolan Dalla
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2007 World Series of Poker