World Series of Poker Event No. 10 Winner Farzad Rouhani

Event No. 10 of the World Series of Poker was a$2,500 dollar buyin Half Omaha High Low Split / Half Seven Card Stud High Low event.  The event started on June 4th and finished up on June 6th that had a total prize pool of $892,400 dollars.  There were 388 poker players hoping to cash out in the event but only 40 players would pocket money from Event No. 10 of the WSOP.

The tournament made it's debut at last year's WSOP and 327 players entered into the event and this year the event enjoyed even more success with a turnout 16 percent higher than last year.  This event lasted for three days with the final table playing out adjacent to the ESPN stage.  Sitting at the final table were a few poker favorites that drew in a large crowd of spectators so that there was only standing room around the final table.

When play at the final table began Farzad Rouhani was the chip leader and the eventual winner of the event.  He is a 44 year old professional poker player that was born in Iran and later came to the US in 1985 to go to college.  At the time he was planning to attend medical school but these plans changed later on.

Rouhani said in a post-tournament interview, “I came to the U.S. 23 years ago to become a doctor.  But instead, I became a pro poker player.  Go figure.” He won $232,911 dollars for his first place finish and his first WSOP gold bracelet.  Finishing the tournament in second place was Tom Chambers who cashed out for $86,117 dollars.

The final results of the tournament and the players that cashed out are listed below.

1 Farzad Rouhani $232,911 Germantown Maryland
2    Tom Chambers    $142,784     Chicago    Illinois
3    John Cernuto    $86,117     Las Vegas    Nevada
4    Yueqi Zhu    $63,807     Rowland Heights    California
5    Greg Pappas    $48,190     Las Vegas    Nevada
6    John Racener    $37,481     Tampa    Florida
7    Daniel Mowczan    $28,557     Sterling Heights    Michigan
8    Michael Mizrachi    $24,095     Las Vegas    Nevada
9    Brandon Cantu    $19,633     Vancouver     Washington
10    Tad Jurgens    $19,633     Gold Canyon    Arizona
11    James Van Alstyne    $15,171     Las Vegas    Nevada
12    Matthew Graham    $15,171     River Ridge    Louisiana
13    Mark Gallo    $10,709     Lyndhurst    New Jersey
14    Hoyt Corkins    $10,709     Las Vegas    Nevada
15    Craig Gray    $8,032     Portland    Oregon
16    Sam Silverman    $8,032     Las Vegas    Nevada
17    Claude Cohen    $6,247     Paris    France
18    Cory Wolnewitz    $6,247     Palm Beach Gardens    Florida
19    Jeffrey Lisandro    $6,247     Salerno    Italy
20    Hieu Ma    $6,247     El Monte    California
21    Brock Parker    $6,247     Silver Springs    Maryland
22    Allen Cunningham    $6,247     Las Vegas    Nevada
23    Gary Benson    $6,247     Sydney    Australia
24    Kyle Bowker    $6,247     Walton    New York
25    Jack Ward    $4,908     Gulfport    Mississippi
26    Barbara Enright    $4,908     Hollywood    California
27    Salim Hanna    $4,908     Gilbert    Arizona
28    Thomas Weideman    $4,908     Fair Oaks    California
29    Ming Reslock    $4,908     Atlantic City    New Jersey
30    Berry Johnston    $4,908     Bethany     Oklahoma
31    Allen Kessler    $4,908     Huntingdon Valley    Pennsylvania
32    Bennett Greenstein    $4,908     Newton    Massachusetts
33    Daniel Klein    $4,016     Las Vegas    Nevada
34    Ethan Werner    $4,016
35    Donald Mcnamara    $4,016     Menlo Park    California
36    Robert Sherer    $4,016     Seattle    Washington
37    Alan Boston    $4,016     Old Orchard Beach    Maine
38    Adam Glassman    $4,016
39    Scott Clements    $4,016     Mt. Vernon    Washington
40    Larry Reynolds    $4,016     Hollywood    California