482 poker players joined Event 33 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, a mixed game that included the variants of Pot Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. The buy-in was $2,500 and total prize pool reached up to $1.1 Million, with 45 places getting to share a piece of that pie.
The biggest piece, of course, went to 46 year old poker pro Jose-Luis Velador from Corona, California, who won his second career WSOP gold bracelet and $260,552 for first place. It was his second final table at the WSOP, and twice he has ended up as a WSOP gold bracelet winner and champion. Jose-Luis Velador now has nine career WSOP cashes, and over $900K in prize winnings.
The runner up was four-time WSOP gold bracelet winner David Chiu, who collected $160,902 and now has $2.8 million in career WSOP earnings.
The third-place finisher was another former WSOP gold bracelet winner Rob Hollink from Groningen, Holland, who marked his 23rd career cash in the WSOP, and received $116,358.
It was the first time in the 2010 WSOP that a 1-2-3 finish was made by former WSOP champions and WSOP gold bracelet winners.
The fourth-place finisher was Craig Gray from Portland, Oregon, who cashed for the 12th time in the WSOP with $85,029.
The fifth-place finisher was EPT Berlin Champion Kevin MacPhee from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, who won $62,791.
The sixth-place finisher was Annand “Victor” Ramdin from New York, New York, who cashed for the 16th time in his WSOP career and got paid $46,860.
The seventh-place finisher was 21 year old poker pro James Mitchell from London, England, who cashed for the second time at this year’s series. He collected $35,331.
The eighth-place finisher was Gavin Cochrane from Welwyn, England, who marked his first time to cash at the WSOP by winning $26,905.
The ninth-place finisher was 28 year old poker pro Matt Sterling from Brownstown, Indiana, who marked his ninth time to cash at the WSOP and his second final table appearance. He collected $20,697 for a fine effort.
Aside from Jose-Luis Velador, David Chiu and Rob Hollink, who made it to the final table, former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Burt Boutin (10th), Joshua Tieman (11th), Phil Ivey (12th), John Kabbaj (17th), Steve Zolotow (33rd), Jeffrey Lisandro (42nd), and Chris Reslock (43rd).
Phil Ivey markd his third cash this year, and places him in the top 25 all-time in WSOP career cashes with 41, and is currently tied with Allen Cunningham for 23rd place.
Steve Zolotow celebrates his 40th cash for his career, which places him in 25th place all-time.
2009 WSOP Player of the Year Jeffrey Lisandro cashed for the second time at this year’s WSOP.
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