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World Series Of Poker 2007 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed Result 18th June	LAS VEGAS June 1 – July 17 2006 Next Event

Event #30
Entries -- 847 (740)
Buy-in -- $2,500
Prize Pool -- $2,117,500

Hoyt Corkins
(Las Vegas, NV, USA)
wins $515,065 and
WSOP bracelet

Pos.

Player

Origin

Prize

Hoyt Corkins

Vegas

$515,065

Terrence Chan

Canada

$287,345

William Lin

$196,758

Alan Sass

Vegas

$132,471

Kelly Vander-Mheen

$96,431

James Pittman

$63,118

Steve Wong

Netherlands

$47,339

Yakov Hirsch

$47,339

Russell Barnes

$33,507

Rasmus Carstensen

Denmark

$33,507

Other Facts

78 places paid - 74th Dave Colclough (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
The winner of the $2,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold´em championship was Hoyt Corkins, who lives in Las Vegas, NV. Corkins, aged 47, is originally from Alabama. This was his second WSOP gold bracelet. Corkins win his first WSOP event back in 1992. In the fifteen years that have ed until now, Corkins quit the poker circuit for about eight years. Since he has returned to the poker scene, Corkins has won and finished high in a variety of tournaments. Yet repeating as a WSOP winner has been an elusive prize. He finally cracked the barrier in this event and cashed for $515,065. Corkins won his first gold bracelet in Pot-Limit Omaha. There were only 48 entries in that event. This time, the field was considerably larger. Corkins bested a field of 847 players. Corkins dominated play throughout the tournament. No player this year has demonstrated such supremacy over a three-day period. He ended the first say as the chip leader. He was the chip leader at the start of the final table. And, he never lost the chip lead throughout the five hour finale. This was Corkins tournament from start to finish.

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