2007 WSOP Event #9

Event #9

Omaha High-Low

Buy-In: $1,500

Number of Entries: 690

Total Prize Money: $941,850

Date of Tournament: June 5-7, 2007

Tournament Notes:

The winner was Alex Kravchenko, from Moscow, Russia. He is a 36-year-old businessman originally from Archangel, USSR. He has been playing poker for about eight years.

Kravchenko is the first Russian citizen in history to win a WSOP gold bracelet. Russian immigrants have won previously at the WSOP, including Ralph Perry last year. But Kravchenko’s victory is clearly a milestone.

Through Event #9, this year’s WSOP has crowned champions born in four different countries Russia, South Korea, Ireland, and the United States.

Kravechenko has an impressive history of tournament wins in Europe. He won the Austrian Masters Pot-Limit Championship in 2001. He also won the Russian Pot-Limit Championship that same year. His most recent win before this was a Limit Hold’em title at the Helsinki Frezeout in 2002.

This was Kravchenko’s third time to cash at the WSOP (twice last year). He won $228,446 for first place.

This was the largest Omaha High-Low turnout in WSOP history. The event attracted 690 entrants. The previous best was 670 for last year’s OHL8. However, the 2006 event had a larger total prize pool since the buy-in was $2,000 instead of $1,500.

Former WSOP gold bracelet winner Dr. Max Stern cashed in 56th place. He now has 24 lifetime cashes and over $750,000 in WSOP tournament winnings.

Place	Player	Prize
1.	Alexander Kravchenko	$228,446
2.	Bryan Devonshire	$140,336
3.	John Varner	$92,301
4.	JR Reiss	$60,749
5.	Bryan Andrews	$43,796
6.	Yueqi (Rich) Zhu	$33,907
7.	Jordan Morgan	$25,430
8.	Jeffrey Calkins	$18,837
9.	Richard Ashby	$13,657
10.	Ron Ware	$9,089
11.	Randy Kling	$9,089
12.	Benny Wan	$9,089
13.	Tad Jurgens	$8,147
14.	Anoput Phimmasone	$8,147
15.	Daniel Buckley	$8,147
16.	Jared Davis	$7,205
17.	Siagzar (Reza) Payvar	$7,205
18.	Dennis Ethier	$7,205
19.	Fran Pinchot	$6,263
20.	Todd Brunson	$6,263
21.	Joshua Mammon	$6,263
22.	Kirk Loberman	$6,263
23.	Ruben Vera	$6,263
24.	Tom Chambers	$6,263
25.	Dale Pinchot	$6,263
26.	Rob Hollink	$6,263
27.	Ilya Bulychev	$6,263
28.	Kiran Patel	$5,369
29.	Michael Dobrich	$5,369
30.	Mike Gutenplan	$5,369
31.	Rob Harris	$5,369
32.	Peter Costa	$5,369
33.	Sirous Baghchehsaraie	$5,369
34.	Greg Mascio	$5,369
35.	Ross Romash	$5,369
36.	George Guzman	$5,369
37.	Thomas Wieker	$4,615
38.	Mark Wagy	$4,615
39.	Michael Pollowitz	$4,615
40.	Robert Mizrachi	$4,615
41.	Anthony Cousineau	$4,615
42.	Bob Oxenberg	$4,615
43.	Raymond Davis	$4,615
44.	Michael Keiner	$4,615
45.	William Oziemblewski	$4,615
46.	Matthew Wood	$3,956
47.	Ernest Scherer III	$3,956
48.	Dennis Thorn	$3,956
49.	Sol Mammon	$3,956
50.	Ronald Dewolfe	$3,956
51.	Ronald Schiffman	$3,956
52.	Jaimes Peterson	$3,956
53.	Kirill Gerasimov	$3,956
54.	Randy Berry	$3,956
55.	Joseph Bolnick	$3,249
56.	Max Stern	$3,249
57.	Alan Mittelman	$3,249
58.	Zachary Fritz	$3,249
59.	Jesse Jamison	$3,249
60.	Joe Leibman	$3,249
61.	Eduardo Dizon	$3,249
62.	Richard Tatalovich	$3,249
63.	David James	$3,249