2005 WSOP Event #15

June 18, 2005

Limit Hold 'em Shootout
Buy-in: $1500
Number of Entries: 450
Total Prize Money: $621,000

Final Table Results

1st – Mark Seif
2nd – William Shaw
3rd – Alex Borteh
4th – Robert Mizrachi
5th – Quinn Do
6th – Aram Zerounian
7th – Kathy Liebert
8th – Sam Siharath
9th – M.J. Partin

Memorable hand:
This shootout event (in which one player emerges from each table and advances to the next round, where everyone starts with the same chip count) ended when Shaw (a musician who has played drums with the Rolling Stones) was short stacked and moved all in with a horrendous 9-3 and found himself up against Seif’s K-Q suited. The flop came A-J-2, Seif called for a ten to complete his straight, and his call was answered. Shaw was drawing dead, and Seif had his first bracelet.

Other noteworthy finishers were; “Minneapolis” Jim Meehan tying for 10th with Humberto Brenes; Brett Junglblut tying for 19th; and Tom McEvoy tying for 28th.