1,397 poker players joined Event 39 of the 2010 World Series of Poker A $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Shootout. The format is that a player has to win his entire table to advance, and the total prize pool reached up to $1.88 Million.
The big winner after 3 days of competitive No Limit Hold'em was 21 year old and barely legal Steven Kelly, who marked his first career WSOP gold bracelet victory and $382,725 in prize money. Steven Kelly is the fifth-youngest WSOP gold bracelet winner in history.
The runner up was Jeffrey King from Colchester, Connecticut, who won $237,327.
The third-place finisher was Derric Haynie from Lincoln, California, who made his second final table appearance this year, getting paid $161,466 for this effort.
The fourth-place finisher was Dustin Dirksen from Las Vegas, Nevada, who marked his eighth time to cash at the WSOP winning $112,455.
The fifth-place finisher was Reagan Leman from San Diego, California, who received $78,530 for his second WSOP in-the-money finish.
The sixth-place finisher was Brett Shaffer, who marked his second time to cash, which paid $56,568.
The seventh-place finisher was Paul Varano from Olympia, Washington, who marked his second cash in the WSOP, making $40,975.
The eighth-place finisher was Michael Cooper from Pacifica, California, who marked his first WSOP cash to get paid $30,183.
The ninth-place finisher was former WSOP gold bracelet winner Justin Scott, who now has nine WSOP cashes. This was his third career final table appearance, and won $22,623 in prize money.
Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Justin Scott, Annette Obrestad, J.C. Tran, Steve Hohn, Chau Giang, Randy Holland, and Robert Mizrachi.
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