2010 WSOP: Steven Gee Wins Event #13 $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em

Steven Gee, a 54 year-old poker pro from Sacramento, California, won his first career WSOP bracelet and $472,479 in prize money for outlasting 3,042 players in Event #13 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, A $1,000 buy-in No Limt Hold'em event.  

Steven Gee had this to say, "When I first started playing, there was no online poker or videos. I learned from the school of hard knocks." And for winning a WSOP bracelet, Steven Gee said, "It’s really big. It’s not that I’m insecure. I’m very secure about what I do. But this is a validation if you are a poker player. The thing about poker today is that no matter how good you are in cash games, even if you crush the games, nobody knows who you are. The tournament players are the rock stars today. So, this is what you do if you want to be known and get validation for what you do as a poker player.”

The other results and payouts at the final table are as follows:

2nd: Matthew Vance (USA) - $292,232
3rd: David Baker (USA) - $206,813
4th: Nicholas Heather (Ireland) - $149,702
5th: Jeffrey Gross (USA) - $109,621
6th: Daniel Thomas (USA) - $81,203
7th: Kyung Han (USA) - $60,833
8th: Jared Hamby (USA) - $46,077
9th: Mats Gavatin (Sweden) - $35,290