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Bonyadi
Wins Second Gold Bracelet
--In
Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Event
Farzad
Bonyadi topped a field of 82 players in
the $1,000 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball event,
held on Monday, May 17th in the Horseshoe
Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Bonyadi,
an Iranian-born poker player who now lives
in Aliso Viejo, CA, reigned supreme on
the final table, consisting of two other
former bracelet winners � Captain Tom
Franklin and Scotty Nguyen. He $86,980
and captured his second gold bracelet
at the World Series. Bonyadi won his first
title in 1998 � in the $2,000 buy-in Limit
Hold�em event.
WORLD
SERIES OF POKER
2004 INDUCTION CEREMONIES
POKER
HALL OF FAME
and
CARDROOM MANAGERS HALL OF FAME
Date:
Saturday, May 22nd
Time: 1 pm – Just Prior to Start
of $10,000 buy-in championship event (Day
1)
BERRY JOHNSTON, the 1986 world poker champion
and player who has cashed a near-record
43 times at the World Series of Poker,
will be inducted into the Poker Hall of
Fame. Speakers will introduce and welcome
Johnston prior to the start of the first
day of poker’s world championship.
Date: Sunday, May 23nd
Time: 1 pm – Just Prior to Start
of $10,000 buy-in championship event (Day
2)
JIM ALBRECHT, the beloved former World
Series of Poker Coordinator and Cardroom
Manager at Binion’s Horseshoe for
several years, will be inducted into the
“Cardroom Managers Hall of Fame.”
Jim’s wife, Susan Albrecht will accept
the honor on her late husband’s behalf.
-- Official Report
by Nolan Dalla, Media Director -- 2004
World Series of Poker
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