WSOP Event No. 47 Winner Ryan Hughes

Event No. 47 of the World Series of Poker was a $1,500 buyin Seven Card Stud High Low Split tournament that started on June 26th and finished on June 28th.  There were 544 poker players entered into the event and they created a total prize pool of $742,560 dollars.  The top 56 players in the event would cash.

This event was the second of two Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split events that were included in the 2008 World Series of Poker schedule.  The first event was the $5,000 buy in World Championship that was won by Sebastian Ruthenburg.

Seven Card Stud High Low Split was the first ever "split" game to be played at the World Series of Poker.  It was first introduced 32 years ago and in 1976 Doc Green became the first Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split World Champion and won $12,750 dollars for first place.

The game disappeared off the schedule in 1986 and after there was some protesting done by Stud High Low enthusiasts it was reinstates and has been on the WSOP schedule ever since.  In 1995 the World Series of Poker started including at least two such events.

This year's winner was Ryan Hughes, a 27 year old professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona.  This was his second WSOP gold bracelet win.  He won the $2,000 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship in 2007.  He won $183,341 dollars for his first place win.

The final results for Event No. 47 are below.

1    Ryan Hughes    $183,368    Phoenix    Arizona
2    Ron Long    $113,240    Fort Wayne    Indiana
3    Thomas Hunt III    $68,686    Las Vegas    Nevada
4    Alessio Isaia    $50,122    Cuneo    Italy
5    Jonas Klausen    $39,355    Odense    Denmark
6    Tim D’Alessandro    $30,444    West Chester     Pennsylvania
7    Joshua Feldman    $23,019    Kensington    Maryland
8    David Sklansky    $19,306    Las Vegas    Nevada
9    James Richburg    $15,593    Henderson    Nevada
10    Margaret Macre    $15,593    Castle Rock    Colorado
11    Daniel Nicewander    $11,880    Bluefield    West Virginia
12    David Brooker    $11,880    Stuart    Florida
13    Mike Hefer    $8,168    Dallas    Texas
14    Ta Hoang    $8,168    Westminster    California
15    Dennis Seagle    $6,237    Las Vegas    Nevada
16    Vincent Burgio    $6,237    West Hills    California
17    Men Nguyen    $4,752    Bell Gardens    California
18    Lawrence Kozlove    $4,752    Louisville    Kentucky
19    Travis Erdman    $4,752    San Francisco    California
20    Mojgan Stringham    $4,752    Houston    Texas
21    George Markakis    $4,752    Philadelphia    Pennsylvania
22    Chris Bjorin    $4,752    London    England
23    Constantine Zdanowich    $4,752    El Segundo    California
24    John Bunch    $4,752    Las Vegas    Nevada
25    Steven Metzger    $3,638    New York    New York
26    Eugene Katchalov    $3,638    New York    New York
27    Craig Gray    $3,638    Portland    Oregon
28    Brenda Eskridge    $3,638    Rome    Georgia
29    Yueqi Zhu    $3,638    Rowland Heights    California
30    Jeffrey Burdsall    $3,638    Las Vegas    Nevada
31    Tor Gammelgard    $3,638    Odsmal    Sweden
32    Marco Traniello    $3,638    Las Vegas    Nevada
33    Phil Hellmuth    $2,895    Palo Alto    California
34    Benjamin Landowski    $2,895    Hartland    Wisconsin
35    Eric Friedman    $2,895    Silver Springs    Maryland
36    Filmore Humphreys    $2,895    Las Vegas    Nevada
37    Michelle Polgar    $2,895    Orange City    Florida
38    Marvin Glusac    $2,895    Las Vegas    Nevada
39    Greg Pappas    $2,895    Las Vegas    Nevada
40    Debra Burkhead    $2,895    Las Vegas    Nevada
41    Craig Popowcer    $2,673
42    Ben Tang    $2,673    Scottsdale    Arizona
43    David Daneshgar    $2,673    Westlake Village    California
44    Jack Rosenfeldt    $2,673    Redondo Beach    California
45    Robert Armstrong    $2,673    San Antonio    Texas
46    Saundra Taylor    $2,673    Las Vegas    Nevada
47    Jesse Lamont    $2,673    Hanover    Ontario, Canada
48    Danial Devitis    $2,673    Los Angeles    California
49    Gary Smart    $2,450    Newbury Park    California
50    Bon Phan    $2,450    Stockton    California
51    Marvin Ryan    $2,450    Flagstaff    Arizona
52    Phillip Penn    $2,450    Omaha    Nebraska
53    Bart Hanson    $2,450    West Hollywood    California
54    Brett Jungblut    $2,450    Las Vegas    Nevada
55    Ryan Dreyer    $2,450
56    Richard Tatalovich    $2,450    Scottsdale    Arizona