WSOP Event #11

The winner Event #11, the the "Seven-Card Stud World Championship" at the 2007 World Series of Poker is Chris Reslock. He is originally from Chicago, IL, Reslock, now 58, lives and plays poker for a living in Atlantic City, NJ.

Before turning to poker for most of his income, Reslock was a licensed taxi driver. About ten years ago, Reslock started playing $10-20 hold’em games in Atlantic City casinos, and making more money at the poker table than as a driver. So, with confidence he could make it as a pro, he quit driving and started to play poker full-time.

Reslock’s breakthrough tournament win was in 2003 at the "Showdown at the Sands" in Atlantic City. In 2005, he won the WSOP Circuit championship at the Atlantic City Showboat (good for $335K). With that win, he qualified to play in the 2006 Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas. He took fourth place in that tournament (netting $150,000), which was filled with former champions. Reslock has now won his first WSOP gold bracelet after finishing in the money four times. First place paid $258,453.

The runner-up was poker superstar Phil Ivey. He fell just short of capturing his sixth WSOP gold bracelet. This was Ivey’s 26th lifetime cash at the WSOP. At age 31, he is the youngest player to reach that mark in WSOP history.

The first female player to make a final table appearance at the 2007 WSOP is Oriane Teysseire. She is from Paris, France. She finished in 7th place.

Marco Traniello is fast becoming one of poker’s elite. He cashed yet again in this event and become the first player to make it to two final tables at this year’s WSOP. He finished ninth in the pot-limit hold’em championship four days ago. A surprising fact: Now with 13 cashes since the 2005 WSOP, he has finished in-the-money more times than any other poker player in that same period.

The crowds inside the Rio to watch all three days of this star-studded event were most likely the largest crowd collectively to ever assemble for a seven-card stud tournament. Several thousand poker fans took turns along the rail to star gaze and watch poker history being made.

Final results:
1. Chris Reslock, Atlantic City, NJ, $258,453
2. Phil Ivey, Las Vegas, NV, $143,820
3. David Oppenheim, Calabasas, CA, $93,060
4. Pat Pezzin, Toronto, ON, $61,335
5. Theo Jorgensen, Copenhagen, Denmark, $46,530
6. Ted Lawson, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, $35,532
7. Oriane Teysseire, Paris, France, $27,072
8. Marco Traniello, Las Vegas, NV, $19,458
9. Michael Waitel, Phoenix, AZ, $13,536