NEW WSOP RECORD FOR "YOUNGEST BRACELET WINNER"
8 June 2007
Billirakis gets the jewellery, a seat in the main
event and $536 287
The World Series of Poker seems to be a magnet for
record breakers, and this year's spectacular, which
kicked off at the Rio in Las Vegas on 1 June, is proving
no exception.
Steve Billirakis (21 and ten days) has busted the latest
record, becoming the youngest player ever to win one of
the coveted bracelets and the huge wad of cash that goes
with it. Playing in the $5 000 buy-in Mixed Hold 'Em
event Billirakis bested a field of 451 in the
half-'n-half competition that included the likes of Gus
'The Great Dane' Hansen and Phil Hellmuth, former World
Champions Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Chris Moneymaker,
Greg Raymer, Daniel Negreanu, Andy Black, Phil Ivey and
T. J. Cloutier, among many others.
Chris Ferguson was eliminated early, and he was followed
later on by Phil Ivey, David 'DevilFish' Ulliott, Freddy
Deeb and Nam Le, leaving the top ten survivors headed by
Greg Mueller with chip counts ranging from 87 500 up to
130 000.
Billirakis ultimately beat the very experienced and
talented Greg Mueller in a truly tough heads up, and
joins the ranks of outstanding "young guns" like Jeff
Madsen and William Chen who took the WSOP by storm last
year in their events.
Six figure paychecks, including Mueller's second placing
$328 287 extended right down to position five in the
final table, with fifth placed Fred Berger getting a
bank balace booster of $108 105. The money bubble
extended through to the 45 final survivors, with the
late-arriving Cyndy Violette the first to cash at $11
658 with her 45th place finish.
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