24 year old poker pro Ian Gordon outlasted 241 players at the $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker. This marked the first career WSOP gold bracelet victory of Ian Gordon, which was also topped with $611,666 in prize money.
The runner up was Richard Ashby from Watford, England, who won the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud championship a few weeks ago. Richard Ashby came within a few hands of hitting a gold bracelet parlay, but instead had to settle for runner-up status and a consolation prize of $378,027.
The third-place finisher was Eugene Katchalov from New York, New York, who marked his 18th cash at the WSOP since 2005, and got paid $248,831.
The fourth-place finisher was Marco Johnson from Walnut Creek, California, who marked his 12th time to cash at the WSOP for $181,503.
The fifth-place finisher was Matt Glantz from Philadelphia, Pennsylvana, who now has 13 WSOP cashes, including a fourth-place finish in the 2008 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, which was won that year by Scotty Nguyen. Matt Glantz, who now has more than $3 million in overall tournament winnings, and added another $135,040 for his fifth place finish.
The sixth-place finisher was 2001 world poker champion Carlos Mortensen from Alicante, Spain. Carlos “The Matador” Mortensen was known for his prowess in just about every variation of poker, and this marked his 20th WSOP cash amounting to $102,237 in prize money. This was his 20th WSOP cash. He now has more than $2.3 million in WSOP earnings.
The seventh-place finisher was former gold bracelet winner Nick Schulman from New York, New York, who marked his ninth WSOP cash with $78,654.
The eighth-place finisher was Marco Traniello from Las Vegas, Nevada, who cashed for the 27th time since 2005 – the most in-the-money finishes of anyone within that time span. Marco Traniello also made his fifth WSOP final table, and earned $61,414.
Aside from those who made the final table, former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Scott Fischman (10th), Steve Billirakis (11th), Michael Chow (13th), Johnny “World” Hennigan (14th), Robert Mizrachi (17th), Todd Brunson (18th), Scotty Nguyen (19th), and Abe Mosseri (22nd).
Ten of the 14 players who cashed in this tournament were previous gold bracelet winners.
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