2010 WSOP: Chance Kornuth Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet In Event 50

460 poker players competed for Event 50 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, a $5,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event, which had a total prize pool of $2.1 Million. 45 entries would receive a part of that pot, and the biggest winner of them all was 24 year old poker pro Chance Kornuth from Denver, Colorado, who won his first ever WSOP gold bracelet and a first place prize of $508,090.

The runner up was Kevin Boudreau from Colorado Springs, Colorado, who marked his fourth time to cash this year, and fifth cash overall, winning $313,792 for this effort.

The third-place finisher was 26 year old poker pro Danny Smith from Folsom, California, who won $226,923.

The fourth-place finisher was Ted Martin from New York, New York, who marked his second time to cash at the WSOP and biggest poker payout ever worth $165,825.

The fifth-place finisher was Scott Mandel from Chicago, Illinois, who won $122,455.

The sixth-place finisher was Julian Gardner from Manchester, England, who has 14 in-the-money finishes and nearly $1.7 million in WSOP earnings, winning $91,387 in this tournament.

The seventh-place finisher was Eric Liu from San Francisco, California, who came in tenth last year in the WSOP Europe Main Event championship, and marked his sixth time to cash at the WSOP to win $68,902.


The eighth-place finisher was former gold bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi from Miramar, Florida, who marked his fifth time to cash this year and third final table appearance, winning $52,471.


The ninth-place finisher was Jose-Nacho Barbero from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who marked  his eighth time to cash at the WSOP to win $40,364 in prize money.

Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Robert Mizrachi (8th), Jason Mercier (16th), Joshua Tieman (21st), Ayaz Mahmood (22nd), and Annette Obrestad (36th).