2,521 players signed for Event 42 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, which was a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament. The total prize pool went up to $3.4 Million with 270 players taking a piece of that pie. The biggest prize of $604,222 and the WSOP gold bracelet went to Dean Hamrick, a 25 year old poker pro from East Lansing, Michigan, who was popularly known as the tenth-placer in a previous WSOP Main Event, failing to make the bright lights and fame of the WSOP main event final table.
According to official records, Dean Hamrick now has one win, two final table appearances, and eight cashes at the WSOP. He also has three WSOP Circuit cashes. His career WSOP earnings now total $1,366,534.
Dean Hamrick is close friends with defending WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada, who cheered for him by the rail.
The runner up was Tom O'Neal, a 61 year old math teacher for special needs children who hails from League City, Texas. Tom O'Neal received a nice payout of $375,627, which also marks his first WSOP cash.
The third-place finisher was 25 year old poker pro Ian Wiley from Las Vegas, Nevada, who competed int he WSOP for the first time this ear, and has had two cashes thus far with this event paying out $265,869.
The fourth-place finisher was 35 year old poker pro and marathon runner Niccolo Caramatti from London, England, who marked his fourth time to cash at the WSOP with $191,744.
The fifth-place finisher was recent University of Maryland graduate Aaron Kaiser from Silver Spring, Maryland, who won $140,013.
The sixth-place finisher was 22 year old Cornell University engineering graduate Ryan Hemmel from Long Valley, New Jersey, who is playing in only his third WSOP event, and took down $103,461 for sixth place.
The seventh-place finisher was 28 year old Andrew Rosskamm from Cleveland, Ohio, who collected $77,392.
The eighth-place finisher was 42 year old nurse Thomas Johnson from Bermuda Dunes, California, and got paid $58,571.
The ninth-place finisher was 24 year old poker pro Aaron Gustavson from Las Vegas, Nevada, who cashed for the second time in this WSOP for $44,856.
Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – James Schaaf (12th), Humberto Brenes (16th), Carter Phillips (48th), Jeff Madsen (139th), Michael Gracz (206th), and Andre Boyer (226th). Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star Mike Swick from Houston, TX finished in 10th place. Two-time gold bracelet winner Humberto Brenes, from San Jose, Costa Rica, moved into sole possession of sixth place on the all-time WSOP cashes list with his 57th in-the-money finish. He is currently one cash ahead of T.J. Cloutier.
Dean Hamrick had this to say about what it was like to come in tenth in the 2008 WSOP Main Event:
“It was very mixed. It was the most money I had ever won. You don’t really feel that bad. After all, I had won $600,000. But as time passed and I began to realize what a big deal it was, being the first time there was a November Nine, it started to hurt again (to not be a part of that). It was frustrating the way I went out, and then to see what happened to the rest of the guys. To get that close was really tough. Overall, it was a great experience and it caused me to do a lot of other things in poker.”
On what Dean Hamrick learned from the experience in 2008:
“If I would not have had that experience then, I would not have won this event today. It shows that you can never give up. You have to stay patient. You have to pick the spots, and you can’t just throw it all away – because it is very rare to make a final table and it might not come again. You realize how important this is, so you really have to try and concentrate and just stay in the moment and not let any of the other distractions get to you.”
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