WSOP Event No. 41 Winner Frank Gary

Event No. 41 of the World Series of Poker was a $1,500 buyin Mixed Texas Hold'em tournament that started on June 22nd with 731 players and finished up on June 24th with one player, the winner.  The prize pool for the event was $997,815 dollars and the top 72 players in the event would cash out some of the pool.

Mixed Hold'em combines both Limit Hold'em and No Limit Hold'em, each game is played for 30 minutes at a time and then it changes.  This year's event had an 18 percent increase over last year's turn out of 620 players. This is only the second time Mixed Hold'em has been offered and it's showing it has staying power in the WSOP.

The winner of Event No. 41 is Frank Gary, a 42 year old retiree from Fort Meyers, Florida. Since he retired he has been spending his time touring the country in his RV and playing poker.  Gary won $219,562 dollars for his first place finish and plans on investing most of his prize money after he plays in a few more WSOP events.

The final results for Event No. 41 are below.

1    Frank Gary    $219,562     Fort Myers     Florida
2    Jonathan Tamayo    $140,093     Humble    Texas
3    Nick Binger    $84,814     Las Vegas    Nevada
4    Chris Rentes    $69,348     Kinnegad    Ireland
5    Alex Jalali    $56,875     Bochum    Germany
6    David Machowsky    $44,901     Dayton    Ohio
7    Mats Gavatin    $34,923     Stockholm    Sweden
8    Michael Chu    $27,439     Los Angeles    California
9    David Sorger    $19,956     Toronto    Ontario, Canada
10    Todd Witteles    $12,472     Las Vegas    Nevada
11    Justin St. John    $12,472     Pittsburgh    Pennsylvania
12    Samuel Hiatt    $12,472     Dekalb    Illinois
13    Elliot Smith    $9,978     Richmond    British Columbia, Canada
14    Hien Tran    $9,978     Sacramento    California
15    Klein Bach    $9,978     Las Vegas    Nevada
16    Daniel Kraus    $7,483
17    Jeffrey Norman    $7,483     Encinitas    California
18    Anh Nguyen    $7,483     Mississauga    Ontario, Canada
19    Michael Rosenthal    $5,687     Las Vegas    Nevada
20    Alexander Borteh    $5,687     Lewis Center    Ohio
21    Ricky Sanders    $5,687     Wolfforth    Texas
22    Peter Rho    $5,687     Las Vegas    Nevada
23    Nicolas Ragot    $5,687     Remmes    France
24    Michele Guzzardi    $5,687     Melbourne    Australia
25    Jason Ruffinelli    $5,687     Oxnard    California
26    Daniel Deveau    $5,687     Henderson    Nevada
27    John Keefe    $5,687     Fayetteville    North Carolina
28    Jan Von Halle    $4,689     Hamburg    Germany
29    Greg De Bora    $4,689     Thornhill    Ontario, Canada
30    Mitchell Schock    $4,689     Bismarck    North Dakota
31    Marc Goldman    $4,689     Irvine    California
32    Dmitry Levi    $4,689     Staten Island    New York
33    John Sidoni    $4,689     Saint Mary’s    Pennsylvania
34    Lorenzo Bosforo    $4,689     San Diego    California
35    Otto Richard    $4,689         France
36    Duane Graff    $4,689     Hickory Hills    Illinois
37    Edwin Kim    $3,691     Las Vegas    Nevada
38    Jose Tavares    $3,691     Northridge    California
39    Christopher Podlewski    $3,691     Las Vegas    Nevada
40    Marc Levy    $3,691     Boynton Beach    Florida
41    Ronnie Hofman    $3,691     Dordrecht    Netherlands
42    Cynthia Graflund    $3,691     Las Vegas    Nevada
43    David Levi    $3,691     Las Vegas    Nevada
44    John Parker    $3,691     Silver Springs    Maryland
45    Millie Shiu    $3,691     Las Vegas    Nevada
46    Zhehao Zhang    $3,392     Las Vegas    Nevada
47    Alan Adler    $3,392     Bakersfield    California
48    Nam Le    $3,392     Huntington Beach    California
49    Kengo Ito    $3,392     Tokyo    Japan
50    Richard Redmond    $3,392     London    England
51    Rolf Slotboom    $3,392     Amsterdam    Holland
52    Corey Parpart    $3,392     Henderson    Nevada
53    Fabrice Soulier    $3,392     Las Vegas    Nevada
54    Kevin Wilson    $3,392     North York    Ontario, Canada
55    Benjamin Landowski    $3,093     Hartland    Wisconsin
56    Stuart Rutter    $3,093         United Kingdom
57    Brandon Lee    $3,093     Atlanta    Georgia
58    Matthew Shepsky    $3,093     Skokie    Illinois
59    David Plastik    $3,093     Las Vegas    Nevada
60    Michael Reed    $3,093     Export    Pennsylvania
61    Chris Hughes    $3,093     Portland    Oregon
62    Stuart Paterson    $3,093     Boca Raton    Florida
63    Davood Mehrmand    $3,093     Frankfurt    Germany
64    Olivia Boeree    $2,793     West Dulwich    England
65    Heung Yoon    $2,793     Woodbridge    Virginia
66    Luigi Esposito    $2,793     Glendale    New York
67    Samrane Siharath    $2,793     Las Vegas    Nevada
68    Wasyl Berezansky    $2,793     Brigantine    New Jersey
69    Kyle Carlston    $2,793     Las Vegas    Nevada
70    Vimy Ha    $2,793     Brooklyn    New York
71    Joshua Mammon  $2,793     Richmond    British Columbia, Canada
72    Andreas Adolfsson    $2,793     Las Vegas    Nevada