Event 41 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was a $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split tournament, which saw 847 players making the buy-in to compete for a piece of the $1.1 Million prize pot.
The big winner was Steve Jelinek from Birmingham, England, who marked his first career WSOP gold bracelet victory, following three previous WSOP cashes, also winning the top prize money of $245,875
The runner up was John Gottlieb from Houston, Texas, who collected $151,884 for his second place finish.
The third-place finisher was Anders Taylor from Las Vegas, Nevada, who cashed for the fourth time this year and the seventh time in the last two years, winning $97,913 for this event.
The fourth-place finisher was Michael Chappus from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, who won $71,728.
The fifth-place finisher was Ben Lamb from Las Vegas, Nevada, who cashed for the seventh time at the WSOP to win $53,319.
The sixth-place finisher was Mandy Thomas from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, who marked her first time to cash at the WSOP to win $40,169.
The seventh-place finisher was 11-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth from Palo Alto, California, who won $30,633 for seventh place. It was the 78th WSOP cash for Phil Hellmuth, which ranks number one all time. It was also the 41st career final table appearance at the WSOP, which also ranks first.
The eighth-place finisher was Ryan Karp from West Chester, Pennsylvania, who marked his first time to cash in a WSOP tournament to win $23,635.
The ninth-place finisher was Jeffrey Baker from Goleta, California, who marked his first time to cash at the WSOP to win $18,432.
Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Phil Hellmuth (7th), Barry Greenstein (12th), Richard Austin (22nd), Mike Matusow (49th), and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson (75th).
Tony Cousineau cashed in 14th place. He added to his unparalleled moniker as the “Buffalo Bills of Poker,” by finishing in-the-money again, yet remains without a WSOP gold bracelet victory. Tony Cousineau continued to put distance between himself and the rest of the poker world, by achieving his 45th career cash – with no wins, and currently ranks in 16th place on the all-time cashes list.
Three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Barry Greenstein cashed for the first time this year. He now has 45 cashes.
2000 world poker champion Chris “Jesus” Ferguson cashed for the 62nd time, which currently ranks third on the all-time list – behind Phil Hellmuth and Men "the Master" Nguyen.
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