WSOP Event No. 39 Winer David Woo
Event No. 39 of the World Series of Poker was a $1,500 buyin No Limit Texas hold'em tournament that started on June 21st and wrapped on June 23rd with a winner. The tournament had 2,720 poker players enter in all hoping to win the big money in the $3,712,800 dollar prize pool.
The top 270 finishers in the event would collect some of the prize pool. This was the fifth of seven $1,500 No Limit Texas Hold'em tournaments on this year's World Series of Poker schedule. The event had the second highest turnout so far this year only Event No. 2 had more people, with 3,929 entries.
The winner is David Woo, a 30 year old professional poker player from Atlanta, Georgia. He has been playing poker full time for almost five years and now has his first WSOP gold bracelet and $631,656 dollars for his first place finish. He has also cashed four times at the World Series of Poker since 2005 including his cash at the 2006 WSOP Main Event.
Woo said after the tournament, “Every time I play poker is a learning experience." “I would have been sick with anything less than first place,” Woo said. “I really expected to win.”
The final results for Event No. 39 are below.
1 David Woo $631,550 Atlanta Georgia
2 Matt Wood $389,844 Whitby Ontario, Canada
3 Eric Beren $278,460 Dallas Texas
4 Habib Khanis $233,906 San Diego California
5 Thom Werthmann $191,209 Bloomfield Hills Michigan
6 Curtis Early $150,368 Dallas Texas
7 Thanh Dat Tran $113,240 Los Angeles California
8 Michael Glasser $85,394 Boca Raton Florida
9 Jim Paras $58,290 Arlington Massachusetts
10 Paul Kerr $36,756 Bothwell Strathclyde England
11 Michael Polcari $36,756 San Francisco California
12 Russell Spaid $36,756 Pierre South Dakota
13 Sebastian Segovia $29,331 Guatemala City Guatemala
14 Edward Salazar $29,331 Pueblo Colorado
15 Dario Mario $29,331 Bakersfield California
16 Dan Lu $21,905 Murrieta California
17 Giovanni Nervo $21,905 Poa Russia
18 Kevin O’Leary $21,905 Morden England
19 Gary Bain $17,450 Edmonton Alberta, Canada
20 Lawrence Martone $17,450 Pelham New Hampshire
21 Garrett Beckman $17,450 Gardener Kansas
22 Michael Carson $17,450 Las Vegas Nevada
23 Igor Tiguy $17,450 Boston Massachusetts
24 Minh Nguyen $17,450
25 Feng Chen $17,450 Holland
26 Jeffrey Cohen $17,450 Rye New Hampshire
27 William Haughey $17,450 Glasgow Scotland
28 Robert Bonneau $13,737 Montreal Quebec, Canada
29 Johneric Francia $13,737 Boston Massachusetts
30 Jason Yates $13,737 San Diego California
31 Cristopher Hunichen $13,737 Clayton North Carolina
32 Gregory Alston $13,737 Danville California
33 Keith Hickman $13,737 League City Texas
34 Mario Coria $13,737 Redondo Beach California
35 Jonathan Gumapas $13,737 San Diego California
36 David Moore $13,737 Coppell Texas
37 Norman Contreras $10,767 Fort Lauderdale Florida
38 Donald Bidinger $10,767 Bainbridge Island Washington
39 Lucas Priour $10,767 Las Vegas Nevada
40 Patrick Castelli $10,767 Westland Michigan
41 Richard Styczynski $10,767 Burr Ridge Illinois
42 Adolfo Crespo $10,767 Los Angeles California
43 Richard Peters $10,767 Grapevine Texas
44 Ali Rabah $10,767 Edmonton Alberta, Canada
45 Gerald Watterson $10,767 Jacksonville Florida
46 Todd Link $9,653 Plantation Florida
47 Robert Yamaguchi $9,653 San Diego California
48 Dennis Loo $9,653 Cambridge Massachusetts
49 David Barter $9,653
50 George Moussa $9,653 Easton Pennsylvania
51 Jacob Stearley $9,653 Spring Lake Michigan
52 Anthony Geraci $9,653 Mission Viejo California
53 Kelvin Beattie $9,653 Melbourne Australia
54 Jakobvedel Lauridsen $9,653 Aarhus Denmark
55 Michael Wilson $8,539 New Market Maryland
56 Ly Le $8,539 Huntington California
57 Michel Leibgorin $8,539 Paris France
58 Robert Gianquitti $8,539 Lake Worth Florida
59 Scott Ritchey $8,539 Miami Florida
60 Thomas Berg $8,539 Chicago Illinois
61 Frederick Adler $8,539 Tucson Arizona
62 George Womble $8,539 Guyton Georgia
63 David Peters $8,539 Toledo Ohio
64 Kyle Bowker $7,425 Walton New York
65 Joshua Schlein $7,425 Baltimore Washington
66 Stuart Fischbein $7,425 Westlake Village California
67 Craig Crivello $7,425 Las Vegas Nevada
68 Theodore Harris $7,425 Mount Shasta California
69 Chad Burum $7,425 Grants Pass Oregon
70 Edward Im $7,425 Sammamish Washington
71 Jason Lowe $7,425 Seattle Washington
72 Daniel Yi $7,425 Overland Park Kansas
73 Sasa Biorac $6,311 Wiesbaden Germany
74 Adam Levy $6,311 Orlando Florida
75 Brett Brucaleri $6,311 St. James New York
76 Gordon Hamilton $6,311 League City Texas
77 Kaveh Tehrani $6,311 Woodbury New York
78 Jason James $6,311 McMinnville Oregon
79 Robert Miller $6,311 Potomac Maryland
80 Richard Fohrenbach $6,311 Milford Connecticut
81 Patrick Stemper $6,311 Austin Texas
82 Marcin Horecki $5,569 Warsaw Poland
83 Luke Vrabel $5,569 West Hartford Connecticut
84 Travis Maly $5,569 Denver Colorado
85 William Terry $5,569 Seattle Washington
86 Michele Guzzardi $5,569 Melbourne Australia
87 Robert Ohanessian $5,569 Torrance California
88 Joe Tehan $5,569 Las Vegas Nevada
89 Casey McCarrel $5,569 Lafayette California
90 Lilach Aviv $5,569 Los Angeles California
91 Philip Aksu $4,826 Granada Hills California
92 Gerald Arnerich $4,826 Colton California
93 Evan Cappello $4,826 Sebring Florida
94 Michael Zulker $4,826 Tempe Arizona
95 William Gazes $4,826 New York New York
96 Christopher Bach $4,826 Westminster California
97 Christopher Weaver $4,826 Jacksonville Florida
98 Michael Komarek $4,826 Plainfield Illinois
99 Merwick Black $4,826 Pollock Pines California
100 David Cai $4,084 Alhambra California
101 Mazlum Acar $4,084 Oberoil Switzerland
102 Yarom Limor $4,084 Beverly Hills California
103 Mario Fauceglia $4,084 Algonquin Illinois
104 Romik Vartzar $4,084 Glendale California
105 Michael Wernick $4,084 Sutton Coldfield England
106 Ryan Rapaski $4,084 Clinton Township Michigan
107 Ugur Marangoz $4,084 Las Vegas Nevada
108 Barry Greenstein $4,084 Ranchos Palos Verdes California
109 Joshua Teyler $4,084 Lawrenceville Georgia
110 Karin Abdelmoumene $4,084 Chelles France
111 Greta Correa $4,084 Kaluela Hawaii
112 Serge Ravitch $4,084 Astoria New York
113 Christian Holt $4,084 Walker Michigan
114 Jason Chang $4,084 Encino California
115 Harry Pozefsky $4,084 Gloversville New York
116 Andrew Jones $4,084 Raleigh North Carolina
117 Cuong Tran $4,084 Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
118 Jon Wurden $4,084 Fisher Minnesota
119 Dwayne Vetter $4,084 Houston Texas
120 Craig Leyton $4,084 Charlotte North Carolina
121 Daniel Martin $4,084 Olean New York
122 Sean Adair $4,084 Overland Park Kansas
123 Charles Adkins $4,084 Adkins Texas
124 Russell Ellison $4,084 Tallahassee Florida
125 Joshua Vanduyn $4,084 San Diego California
126 Hasan Habib $4,084 Downey California
127 Oscar Ortega $3,527 Richmond Texas
128 Christopher Boyd $3,527 Port Lavaca Texas
129 Eric Kintzer $3,527 Las Vegas Nevada
130 Kevin Paler $3,527 San Leandro California
131 Dolan Ernest $3,527 Vancouver Washington
132 David Johansson $3,527 Vasteras Sweden
133 Steven Vanzadelhoff $3,527 Geldermalsen Netherlands
134 Robert Michener $3,527 Minneapolis Minnesota
135 William Gaffney $3,527 Henderson Nevada
136 Bryan Pope $3,527 Brecksville Ohio
137 Paul Gallo $3,527 Cupertino California
138 Frederick Hudspeth $3,527 Rockwall Texas
139 Anthony Toscano $3,527 Huntington Beach California
140 Stephen O’Dwyer $3,527 Las Vegas Nevada
141 James Leonard $3,527 Jacksonville Florida
142 Niels Rikhof $3,527 La Junta Colorado
143 Kenna James $3,527 Las Vegas Nevada
144 Kyle Nisenson $3,527 Parker Colorado
145 Jung Hyun $3,527 Los Angeles California
146 Sten Viberg $3,527
147 Marshall Plouffe $3,527 Northridge California
148 Loi Nguyen $3,527 Broomfield Colorado
149 James Keys $3,527 Bury St. Edmonds England
150 Jason Somerville $3,527 Stony Brook New York
151 Scott Seiver $3,527 Las Vegas Nevada
152 Robert Matos $3,527 Middle Village New York
153 Jon Scott $3,527 Bakersfield California
154 Mark Fink $3,527 Sioux Falls South Dakota
155 Rodrigo Portaleoni $3,527 Santos Brazil
156 Thomas Mesirow $3,527 Shorewood Wisconsin
157 Martin Wolski $3,527 Roselle Illinois
158 Ryan Concotelli $3,527 Seminole Texas
159 David Plastik $3,527 Las Vegas Nevada
160 Joseph Danise $3,527 Ft Lauderdale Florida
161 Marc Levy $3,527 Boynton Beach Florida
162 Dayna Kloeber $3,527 Peoria Arizona
163 Hilbert Shirey $3,155 Winter Haven Florida
164 Paul Smith $3,155 Poway California
165 Robbin Jaureguy $3,155 Temecula California
166 Daniel Randolph $3,155 Lincoln Park Michigan
167 Kevin Riley $3,155 Canton Michigan
168 Lance Oliver $3,155 Roseville California
169 Anthony Lee $3,155 Honolulu Hawaii
170 Gary Tang $3,155 Ithaca New York
171 Ann Lynch $3,155 Chicago Illinois
172 Joseph Hunter $3,155 Rancho Cucamonga California
173 Walter Grant $3,155 Chesapeake Virginia
174 Kevin Hiraiwa $3,155 Woodland Hills California
175 Amit Makhija $3,155 Brookfield Wisconsin
176 James Smith $3,155 Phoenix Arizona
177 Peter Attridge $3,155 Knottingham England
178 Michael Perkins $3,155 Fort Worth Texas
179 Robert Cimino $3,155 Redondo Beach California
180 Earl Peterson $3,155 Sun City California
181 Karl Mahrenholz $3,155 London England
182 Eric King $3,155 Lubbock Texas
183 Michael Costanzo $3,155 Savannah Georgia
184 Humberto Brenes $3,155 San Jose Costa Rica
185 Grantland Hillman $3,155 Oakland California
186 Ian Mcdonald $3,155 Woodhall Spa England
187 Philip Tom $3,155 Las Vegas Nevada
188 Edmund Liu $3,155 Burbank California
189 George Dunst $3,155 Madison Wisconsin
190 Douglas Dearborn $3,155 Toronto Ontario, Canada
191 Michael Trivisonno $3,155 Lyndhurst Ohio
192 James Yen $3,155 Kenmore Washington
193 Corey Williams $3,155 Sunnyvale California
194 Nigel Jones $3,155 York England
195 Chance Steed $3,155 College Station Texas
196 Nicholas Venovski $3,155
197 Arash Sarraf $3,155 Beverly Hills California
198 David Lucchesi $3,155 Walnut Creek California
199 Richard Rudloff $2,970 Biloxi Mississippi
200 Kevin Williams $2,970 Scottsdale Arizona
201 Scott Locke $2,970 Monroeville Pennsylvania
202 John Boyrazian $2,970 Riverside California
203 James Moult $2,970 Borrowash Derby England
204 Nicholas Gibson $2,970 Windsor England
205 Allan Le $2,970 Huntington Beach California
206 Justin Phillips $2,970 Oregon City Oregon
207 Michael Brigante $2,970 North York Ontario, Canada
208 Jose Delaguardia $2,970 Panama City Panama
209 Hein Meijer $2,970
210 Andrew Jacobson $2,970 Las Vegas Nevada
211 James Tilley $2,970 Oceanside California
212 Patrick Vaughn $2,970 Fairview Oregon
213 Haysam Chiniara $2,970 Montreal California
214 John Hom $2,970 San Rafael California
215 Martin Derbyshire $2,970 Toronto Ontario, Canada
216 Gary Yates $2,970 Los Angeles California
217 Jeffrey Bonnett $2,970 Omaha Nebraska
218 Scott Paust $2,970 Black Diamond Washington
219 William Spurling $2,970 Fields Landing California
220 Paul Janssen $2,970 Side Lake Minnesota
221 Rodney Knight $2,970 Henderson Nevada
222 Julian Lefevre $2,970 Arncott United Kingdom
223 Blake Mine $2,970 San Jose California
224 Theobald Tran $2,970 Las Vegas Nevada
225 Woodrow Sloan $2,970 Belleville Michigan
226 Kenneth Mcmahan $2,970 Valencia California
227 Justin Hoffman $2,970 Alpharetta Georgia
228 Bob Slezak $2,970 Omaha Nebraska
229 Richard Hunt $2,970 Golden Shores Arizona
230 Robert Ludlow $2,970 Dallas Texas
231 Chris Rentes $2,970 Kinnegad Ireland
232 William Davis $2,970 Albuquerque New Mexico
233 Vincent Giuseffi $2,970 Fountain Valley California
234 Michael Bodell $2,970 Santa Clara California
235 Karen Munro $2,784 Whitehorse Yukon, Canada
236 Arnold Spee $2,784 Las Vegas Nevada
237 Robert Ohl $2,784 Mansfield Ohio
238 Graham Stanley $2,784 Greenville North Carolina
239 Todd Goodman $2,784 West Hills California
240 Shlomo Maimon $2,784 Woodland Hills California
241 Steven Dales $2,784 Abbotsford British Columbia, Canada
242 Karl Bielenberg $2,784 Scottsdale Arizona
243 Nicholas Binger $2,784 Las Vegas Nevada
244 Christian Bryant $2,784 Euclid Ohio
245 Vincent Bartello $2,784 Las Vegas Nevada
246 Keith Lilley $2,784 Conroe Texas
247 Kenneth Powell $2,784 Dublin Ireland
248 William Garcia $2,784 Pomona California
249 Stuart Melton $2,784 Glendale Arizona
250 Ilan Van Vlies $2,784 Amsterdam Netherlands
251 Brian Baldridge $2,784 Redmond Washington
252 Lauren Koch $2,784 Kihei Hawaii
253 Eric Gerber $2,784 Portland Oregon
254 Avelyn Navarro $2,784 San Diego California
255 Kristopher Eggert $2,784 Woodinville Washington
256 John Sidoni $2,784 Saint Marys Pennsylvania
257 Lonny Flack $2,784 West Valley Utah
258 Louis Conte $2,784 Pompano Beach Florida
259 Tristan Wade $2,784 Boynton Beach Florida
260 Tyson Ohlig $2,784 Gresham Oregon
261 Anthony Pagano $2,784 Manchester Connecticut
262 Keith Koverman $2,784 Waianae Hawaii
263 March Schwartz $2,784 Lake Havasu City Arizona
264 Michael James $2,784 Toronto Ontario, Canada
265 Matthew Voorhees $2,784 Englewood Colorado
266 Chad Carlson $2,784 Alexandria Virginia
267 Jonathan Dajao $2,784 Vallejo California
268 Jack Cardinal $2,784 North Royalton Ohio
269 Lance Kamin $2,784 West Bloomfield Michigan
270 Harris Schnall $2,784 Henderson Nevada