Brian Sumner Wins the 2007 World Poker Open Championship in Tunica

WORLD POKER TOUR® FINAL TABLE SETS
RECORDS AND CROWNS NEW WORLD
POKER OPEN CHAMPION

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2007 World Poker Open
Tunica, Mississippi
Tournament Report
Event #23
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em
Championship Event

Tennessee Native Bryan Sumner wins his first ever WPO
championship and walks away with nearly $1M

TUNICA, Miss. (January 26, 2007) – It was a record breaking night at the Gold
Strike World Poker Open and one that would end with a new champion who
was most likely not on anyone’s top six players list. Yet, after 121 hands and
more than four hours of play, the Southern gent of few words, Bryan Sumner
wrote his own Cinderella man story as he was crowned the 2007 Gold Strike
World Poker Open champion. For his first ever tournament win, Sumner takes
home $913, 986.00, a diamond encrusted championship bracelet valued at
$5,000, and a much sought-after $25,000 seat in the WPT World
Championship set for April at Gold Strike’s sister property, Bellagio, MGM
MIRAGE’s AAA Five Diamond resort in Las Vegas.

At the onset of Final table action there were six players. Young Cho, who
was playing in his first $10K buy-in seat, started the evening with the highest
chip count (2,571,000). Cho was followed by Kid Poker himself, Daniel
Negreanu (1,296,000), who had earlier in the tournament become WPT’s All
Time Money Leader and was certainly a tournament favorite. Behind Daniel
was Kido Pham (731,000) seeking his first WPT title, followed by newcomer
and native Tennessean, Bryan Sumner (596,000) who made his living playing
poker online and earned his first-ever seat at the big table after winning a
one-table $1000 satellite. Pulling up the final two seats were Gary Krainer
(514,000), J.C. Tran (181,000).

In the end there was only one champion to don the Gold Strike World Poker
Open diamond and gold bracelet and it was the one with the lightest travel
plans, Bryan Sumner. Sumner took out Negreanu in three hands of heads-up
action. Negreanu did not come out too bad taking home a half million dollars
for his second place finish.

WORLD POKER TOUR® has already announced that it will return to Gold
Strike Casino Resort in 2008 to continue the tradition started here of making
champions out of every day players. The 2007 World Poker Open final table
will air on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 on the Travel Channel. WORLD POKER
TOUR® airs every Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Final Table Standings

1
Brian Sumner
$913,986 and + $25,500 entry to the WPT Season 5 Championship at Bellagio

2
Daniel Negreanu ( Las Vegas , NV , USA )
$502,691

3
Young Cho ( Enid , OK , USA )
$257,058

4
Gary Kainer ( Bay City , TX , USA )
$199,934

5
Kindo Pham ( Dallas , TX , USA )
$171,372

6
J C Tran ( Sacramento , CA , USA )
$142,810

About GS

Gold Strike Casino Resort is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM MIRAGEä, the
premier entertainment hotel and gaming company in the world. Located 30
minutes south of Memphis , Tenn. , Gold Strike is providing a new standard of
excellence for Tunica casinos. The resort features 1,200 oversized luxury
rooms and suites, three restaurants, a refreshing spa and salon, an 800-seat
showroom 50,000 square feet of gaming space with 52 table games and
more than 1,400 slot machines.

For a complete listing of results for the Championship Event and all other
events of the 2007 World Poker Open Tunica, click on the link below:

2007 World Poker Open Tunica Tournament Schedule and Results

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