WSOP Event No. 16 Winner Andrew Brown

Event No. 16 of the World Series of Poker was a $2,000 buyin Omaha High Low Split tournament that started on June 8th and finished on June 10th.  The event drew in 551 players all hoping to be one of the top 54 finishers that would take home part of the $1,022,820 dollar prize pool or better yet a first place finish.

This was the second of three Omaha high Lo Split tournaments on the 2008 World Series of Poker schedule.  The last Omaha High Lo Split event will be the $10,000 buyin Omaha High-Low Split World Championship that will start on June 19th.  This year's event drew in a slighter larger crowd compared to the 534 entries in last year's event, overall there was a 3 percent increase in entries from 2007.

The winner of the event was Andrew Brown, a 26 year old professional poker player from New York, NY won the event taking home $226,483 dollars for his first place finish.  Brown said after he won the tournament, “I think I am a better heads-up player than full-table player". “I was looking forward to playing Ted Forrest heads-up,” Brown said afterward. “He’s amazing. We had a see-saw battle. It was a great heads-up match.”

The final results for Event No. 16 are.

1 Andrew Brown $226,483.00 New York New York
2 Ted Forrest $143,420.00 Las Vegas Nevada
3 Jim Pechac $88,065.00 Phoenix Arizona
4 Soheil Shamseddin $71,961.00 Houston Texas
5 Kia Hooshmand $58,877.00 Jersey City New Jersey
6 Ralph Perry $46,297.00 Las Vegas Nevada
7 Scott Clements $36,232.00 Mt. Vernon Washington
8 Allan Enciso $28,684.00 Los Angeles California
9 James Fricke $21,135.00 Mahomet Illinois
10 Lee Grove $13,587.00 Superior Nebraska
11 Ralph Rudd $13,587.00 Downey California
12 Mallory Smith $13,587.00 Centennial Colorado
13 Jose Paz $11,071.00 Santa Cruz Bolivia
14 Joe Aronesty $11,071.00 Miami Beach Florida
15 James Richburg $11,071.00 Long Beach California
16 Michael Sohayegh $8,554.00 New York New York
17 Patrick Poels $8,554.00 Mesa Arizona
18 Michael Reed $8,554.00 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
19 Shirley Rosario $6,541.00 Downey California
20 William Sheppard $6,541.00 Riverside California
21 Robert Oxenberg $6,541.00 Aspen Colorado
22 Cameron McKinley $6,541.00 Vancouver Washington
23 Kevin Petersen $6,541.00 Plano Texas
24 Joshua Arieh $6,541.00 Atlanta Georgia
25 Ryan Carey $6,541.00 Las Vegas Nevada
26 Dave Stann $6,541.00 Hollywood California
27 Hilbert Shirey $6,541.00 Winter Haven Florida
28 Kristy Gazes $5,535.00 Van Nuys California
29 Johnson Juanda $5,535.00 Las Vegas Nevada
30 Kenneth Nay $5,535.00 Boulder Colorado
31 John Cernuto $5,535.00 Las Vegas Nevada
32 Thang Nguyen $5,535.00 Schenefeld Germany
33 Soo Lee $5,535.00 Las Vegas Nevada
34 Wing Wong $5,535.00 Rowland Heights California
35 Lamar Johnston $5,535.00 Cocoa Beach Florida
36 Bradley Libson $5,535.00 Annapolis Maryland
37 Kham-ar Aythavone $4,529.00 West Wendover Nevada
38 Thomas Hufnagle $4,529.00 Las Vegas Nevada
39 Max Stern $4,529.00 Las Vegas Nevada
40 Brent Carter $4,529.00 Oak Park Ilinois
41 Ralph Gable $4,529.00 Cedar Rapids Ct. Iowa
42 Brian Sharrock $4,529.00 Myrtle Beach South Carolina
43 John Guth $4,529.00 Vancouver Washington
44 Henry Kim $4,529.00 Chicago Ilinois
45 James Vanalstyne $4,529.00 Las Vegas Nevada
46 Chris Birchby $4,025.00 Hollywood California
47 Jay Heimowitz $4,025.00 Bethel New York
48 Kyle Landrum $4,025.00 Lakewood Colorado
49 Jason Loehde $4,025.00 Costa Mesa California
50 David Fernandez $4,025.00 Richmond Kentucky
51 Gary Turner $4,025.00 Las Vegas Nevada
52 James Bord $4,025.00 Stanmore United Kingdom
53 David Chiu $4,025.00 Rowland Heights California
54 Massimiliano Pescatori $4,025.00 Las Vegas Nevada