WSOP Player of the Year Standings

Name / Points / Wins / Earnings

Jeffrey Lisandro /195 / 1 / $448,778
Scott Clements / 162 / 1 / $318,666
Phil Hellmuth / 160 / 1 / $725,380
Tom Schneider / 155 / 1 / $269,116
William Durkee / 155 / 1 / $619,201
Alexander Kravchenko / 150 / 1 / $264,663
Eric Lynch / 140 /0 / $176,079
Nesbitt Coburn / 140 / 0 / $126,500
Jared Davis / 138 / 0 / $202,528
Humberto Brenes / 135 / 0 / $337,105

Helmuth Extends Streak

Phil Hellmuth made more headlines,
this time by cashing in Event #34,
$3,000 Limit Hold 'Em.

The cash was Hellmuth's fourth
this year and the 61st WSOP payday
of his career, again extending his
own record. Hellmuth exited soon
after cashing, though, finishing 25th
among the 27th paying spots.

Hoyt Corkins Wins Bracelet

Event #30, $2,500 NLHE Six-Handed

— Corkins Goes Wire-to-Wire for Win
June 21, 2007 by Michael Friedman

Hoyt 'The Alabama Cowboy' Corkins

snapped a 15-year dry spell on

Wednesday by taking down the

first-place cash of $515,065 and

the highly coveted bracelet in the

Six Handed $2,500 NL Hold'em Event

Entrants: 847

Corkins held the lead at the end of
both Day One and Day Two action

and finished off Terrence Chan

heads up for the victory.

Thater, Pillai Collect Bracelets

Katja Thater and Shankar Pillai were

the day's big winners in action Monday,

Day 19 of play at the 2007 World Series

of Poker.

Both came from behind to land their

first WSOP bracelets, Thater in Event #29,

$1,500 Razz, and Pillai in Event #28,

$3,000 No Limit Hold 'Em.

Pillai's event also saw Phil Hellmuth tie

T.J. Coultier's career WSOP mark of 39

WSOP final-table appearances.

Thater had a huge task at hand in claiming

the Razz title, beginning the day far behind

the overnight leader, 2005 WSOP Razz

champ O'Neil Longson.

Thater had other worries as well, with a

final table that also included Men Nguyen,

Paul 'Eskimo' Clark and Mark Vos.

Thater, though picked up most of the final-table
knockouts in a succession of huge hands that

saw several players jump to the lead at various

times during play.

Thater eventually finished off Larry St. Jean

for the win, with Longson in third and Clark

in fourth. Thater collected $132,653 for her

first WSOP victory.

ELI ELEZRA tops Scotty Nguyen for Bracelt

Eli Elezra Tops Nguyen for First Bracelet
June 17, 2007 byMichael Friedman
Saturday provided one of the 2007

World Series of Poker's most interesting
days of play yet, as a star-studded final
table in Event #24, $3000 7-Card Stud H/L.
(Entrants: 236)


Starting the day with the chip lead was
'Big Game' regular and high-stakes
cash-game player Eli Elezra.

The rest of the final table consisted of:
Russell 'Dutch' Boyd, George Hardie,
David Sklansky, Scotty Nguyen,
John Harkness, Thor Hansen, and
Marshall Ragir.

Elezra, one of the few remaining players
in the Big Game previously without a
WSOP bracelet, would ultimately change
that here, taking home the title after
an entertaining heads-up battle against
Scotty Nguyen.