WSOP Event No. 26 Winner Barry Greenstein
Event No. 26 of the World Series of Poker was a $1,500 buyin Razz tournament that drew in 453 players all trying to win the biggest piece of the $618,345 dollar prize pool. The tournament got under way on June 13th and finished up with a winner on June 15th. In all the top 48 finishers in the event would collect some of the prize pool.
Razz is dealt out in a Seven Card Stud format and the objective is to make the lowest five card poker hand and the best possible hand a player can get in Razz is Ace to five. Razz was first played at the World Series of Poker in 1973 and the event has been included on the tournament scheduler ever since, except for 1976.
The 2008 Razz Champion is Barry Greenstein, a 53 year old professional poker player from Ranchos Palos Verdes, California. He got $158,659 dollars for his first place finish and also earned his third WSOP gold bracelet. This win was his 34th cash at the WSOP as a professional poker player.
The final results for Event No. 26 are below.
1 Barry Greenstein $157,643 Rancho Palos Verdes California
2 Chris Klodnicki $97,389 Voorhees New Jersey
3 Chris Viox $58,742 Glen Carbon Illinois
4 Mark Tenner $43,284 Henderson Nevada
5 Brandon Leeds $33,081 Phoenix Arizona
6 Joseph Michael $25,661 Austin Texas
7 Archie Karas $19,477 Las Vegas Nevada
8 Mike Wattel $16,386 Phoenix Arizona
9 Frank Kassela $13,294 Rossville Tennessee
10 Phillip Luong $13,294 Fountain Valley California
11 Stephen Ladowsky $10,202 Toronto Ontario, Canada
12 Thomas Schneider $10,202 Scottsdale Arizona
13 Roland Isra $7,110 Forest Hill New York
14 David Levi $7,110 Las Vegas Nevada
15 Martin Stilling $5,255 Chicago Illinois
16 John Martin $5,255 Pasadena California
17 Benjamin Tang $4,019 Scottsdale Arizona
18 George Shahrezay $4,019 Paramount California
19 Andrew Brown $4,019 Valatie New York
20 Jeffrey Lisandro $4,019 Salerno Italy
21 Oriane Teysseire $4,019 Paris France
22 Thomas Chambers $4,019 Chicago Illinois
23 Ali Tabatabai $4,019 Baltimore Maryland
24 Dennis Furlong $4,019 Dallas Texas
25 Randall Holland $3,091 Winnetka California
26 Eugene Katchalov $3,091 New York New York
27 Anthony Viganola $3,091 Little Perry New Jersey
28 Stephen Su $3,091 Houston Texas
29 James Wheatley $3,091 Harrisonburg Virginia
30 John Turner $3,091 El Centro California
31 Andrew Smolen $3,091 Boulder Colorado
32 Mark Gerencher $3,091 Allentown Pennsylvania
33 David Behr $2,473 Brooklyn New York
34 Larry St. Jean $2,473 Salisbury Massachusetts
35 Trung Ly $2,473 Las Vegas Nevada
36 Simon Hennessy $2,473 London United Kingdom
37 Manelic Minaya $2,473 Tampa Florida
38 Ted Lawson $2,473 Plantation Florida
39 Steven Merrifield $2,473 Fairmont West Virginia
40 Steven Fiorentini $2,473 Winchester Massachusetts
41 Jonathan Schwartz $2,287 San Jose California
42 Peter Brownstein $2,287 Scottsdale Arizona
43 James Seely $2,287 Las Vegas Nevada
44 Allie Prescott $2,287 Las Vegas Nevada
45 Edward Nassif $2,287 Ames Iowa
46 Eric Tomberlin $2,287 Orange Park Florida
47 Robert Seinfeld $2,287 New York New York
48 Frank Cremen $2,287 Las Vegas Nevada