3,097 poker players competed for a piece of a $4.1 Million prize pool in Event 45 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em. With 324 places paid, some of the big poker names and former WSOP gold bracelet winners who cashed in include: Dutch Boyd (15th), Ayaz Mahmood (55th), John “Razor” Phan (59th), Berry Johnston (121st), Tom Schneider (128th), John Juanda (297th), and Jeffrey Papola (308th).
Of course, the big payouts were awarded to the top players who made the final table. The biggest winner of all was 24 year old poker pro Jesse Rockowitz from Petaluma, California, who won his first ever WSOP gold bracelet and a huge payout of $721,373. This event was the third WSOP event ever joined by Jesse Rockowitz, and according to official records, he now has one WSOP gold bracelet, one final table appearance and two cashes, finishing ITM at 86th place in a previous No Limit Hold'em Event this year.
The runner up was 24 year old poker pro Raymond Coburn from Jackson, New Jersey, who marked his fourth time to cash at the WSOP to win $446,274.
The third-place finisher was 31 year old poker pro Thiago Nishijima from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and earned $315,828.
The fourth-place finisher was 40 year old chiropractor Kevin O’Dell from Birmingham, Michigan, who has now cashed in all three $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments he has played, but this being the best finish by far to win $228,614.
The fifth-place finisher was Michael Goldfarb from Coral Springs, Florida, who won $167,405.
The sixth-place finisher was Steven Brown from Cape Town, South Africa, who won $124,006.
The seventh-place finisher was 49 year old IT manager Shaun Malough from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, who won $92,900.
The eighth-place finisher was 22 year old poker pro Justin Conley from Prestonburg, Kentucky, who cashed for the second time this year, and earned $70,365.
The ninth-place finisher was Johan Jakobsson from Umea, Sweden, who collected $53,892.
Incidentally, Four-time WSOP gold bracelet winner John Juanda cashed for the fifth time at this year’s WSOP and 56th time in his career. This ranks ninth on the all-time WSOP cashes list.
John Juanda now appears to be at the top of the 2010 WSOP “Player of the Year” race, with other tournaments still pending.
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