WSOP & WPT Tournament Blog

2007 World Series of Poker

Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel

Official Results

Event #14

Seven-Card Stud

Buy-In: $1,500

Number of Entries: 385

Total Prize Money: $525,525

Date of Tournament: June 8-9, 2007

Final Results:

Place/Name/Hometown/Prize

1. Michael Keiner Frankfurt, Germany $146,987

2. Nesbitt Coburn Minneapolis, MN $80,876

3. Steve Sung Torrance, CA $51,222

4. Barry Greenstein Rancho Palo Verde, CA $33,698

5. Dale Phillips Darien, IL $26,150

6. Greg "Fossilman" Raymer Stonington, CT $19,680

7. John Robertson Las Vegas, NV $15,097

8. Larry Eubanks Las Vegas, NV $11,053

9. Matthew Kelly Fort Worth, TX $7,495

10. Craig Thomson Culver City, CA $7,495

11. Stephen Richman Las Vegas, NV $6,848

12. Varahram Vardjavand Tehran, Iran $6,848

13. Jim Boyd Martinsburg, VA $6,201

14. Ted Forrest Las Vegas, NV $6,201

15. Matthew Grapenthein Chicago, IL $5,554

16. Ricardo Festejo Egg Harbor Twp, NJ $5,554

17. Theresa Viganola Little Ferry, NJ $4,906

18. Helmut Koch Chesterfield, MI $4,906

19. Diane Cobb Mill Valley, CA $4,906

20. Louis Russo Brooklyn, NY $4,906

21. Mimi Tran Torrance, CA $4,906

22. Yuebin Guo Brooklyn, NY $4,906

23. Matthew Humphrey Avon, NJ $4,906

24. Sanjay Pandya Galloway, NJ $4,906

25. Sherkhan Farnood Afghanistan $4,259

26. Christopher Barnes Raynham, CT $4,259

27. Paul Darden Hamden, CT $4,259

28. Keith Shiraki Los Angeles, CA $4,259

29. Lewis Lipsey Los Angeles, CA $4,259

30. Charles Khoury Glendale, CA $4,259

31. Robert Byers Apollo Beach, FL $4,259

32. John Campbell San Diego, CA $4,259

33. Harku Shpend Staten Island, NY $3,612

34. John Argentin Downey, CA $3,612

35. Joel Fischbein Las Vegas, NV $3,612

36. William Chen Lafayette Hill, PA $3,612

37. Roger Barlow Center Point, AL $3,612

38. Todd Keikoan Las Vegas, NV $3,612

39. Frank Stollmack Brigantine, NJ $3,612

40. John Womack Lauderhill, FL $3,612

Tournament Notes:

-- The winner of the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud championship was Michael Keiner. He is from Frankfurt, Germany. He is 48-years-old.

-- Keiner was a medical doctor, before turning poker pro. He specialized in cosmetic surgery.

-- Keiner won seven major poker tournaments in Europe before this accomplishment – his first win in the U.S. Keiner has five WSOP in-the-money finishes dating back to 2000.

-- Keiner is the third gold bracelet winner from Germany in WSOP history. The other two players are Matthias Rohnacher (1997) and Eddy Scharf (2001, 2003).

-- Keiner was motivated to play more events at this year’s WSOP by his friend and rival, Eddy Scharf – the two time poker champ. Occasionally, when Keiner spoke to his fellow countryman inside the poker room, Scharf was known to reply in German – "Speak up Michael – I can’t hear you because my two gold bracelets are rattling in my ears and making it difficult to hear you." Steamed, Keiner was determined to play no less than 19 events this year – concentrating in the non-hold’em events with smaller fields. This gave him (numerically) a better chance to win his own gold bracelet. Mission accomplished.

-- Keiner is used to taking risks. He was wildly successful with his stock investments during the 1990s. However, he openly told the media he "lost millions" in the stock market. Easy come, easy go. Many of his exploits are chronicled at: www.michaelkeiner.de

-- This was one of the more educated final tables in recent memory. The eight finalists included two (former) attorneys, a medical doctor, a high-tech entrepreneur, and a Harvard M.B.A.

-- Two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Barry Greenstein finished in fourth place.

-- 2004 WSOP champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer finished in sixth place. It was his ninth time to cash at the WSOP and fourth final table (lifetime).

-- Longtime poker tournament veteran Jim Boyd made a well-deserved return to the money circle with his 13th-place showing in this event. Boyd, a jovial Martinsburg, WV man has been playing in poker tournaments since the 1970s. He was one of the more successful players of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

-- Bill Chen took 36th place. He won two WSOP gold bracelets last year.

-- This (Event #14) was originally scheduled as a two-day event. Because of the large turnout, the second day was one of the longest seven-card stud finals in WSOP history. Players played approximately 16 hours on Day Two.

-- by Nolan Dalla