2005 WSOP Event #7

June 11, 2005

No-limit Hold'em with Rebuys
Buy-in: $1000
Number of Entries: 826
Number of Rebuys & Add-ons: 1,495
Total Prize Money: $2,201,630

Final Table Results:

1st – Mike Gracz
2nd – Cheung Tai Law
3rd – Chuck Thompson
4th – David ‘the Dragon’ Pham
5th – Shane Schleger
6th – Shae Drobashevich
7th – Pascal Perrault
8th – Phil ‘Tiltboy’ Gordon
9th – Meng La

Memorable Hand:
Final table chip leader Chuck Thompson folded his first 20 hands of the day, then finally decided to raise with a lousy 8-3. David ‘the Dragon’ Pham called with A-8, and wouldn’t you know it, the flop was 8-4-3, rewarding Thompson for his seemingly pointless gamble. Thompson bet $40,000, Pham raised to $120,000 and Thompson re-raised all in for another $354,000, forcing Pham to fold.

Other noteworthy finishers were: Barry Greenstein in 20th; Annie Duke in 32nd; and David Williams in 34th.

Running Numbers:

1,495: Total number or re-buys in this event
81: Percent favorite Gordon was with his pocket aces against Pham’s pocket tens, only to get eliminated on a bad bead.