WSOP Events and a Drunken Champion
Aparently Scotty Nguyen is a bad influence. Scotty, well known for playing poker with a beer in hand, was heads up with Eli Elezra and both players were knocking back the brewskies. Eli announced that he was drunk and the table was having a blast. And Eli won.
Results from Events 22, 23, and 24
Event 22 - No-Limit Hold'em $5,000 Prize pool $3,012,700 and 640 players
1 James Mackey $730,740 2 Stuart Fox $448,892 3 Michael Binger $295,245 4 William McMahon $194,319 5 Karga Holt $140,091 6 Nick Schulman $108,457 7 Jan Sorensen $81,343 8 John "Tex" Barch $60,254 9 Maciek "Michael" Gracz $43,684
Event 23 - Pot-Limit Omaha $1,500 Prize pool of $786,240 with 576 players
1 Scott Clements $194,206 2 Eric Lynch $119,508 3 Dau Ly $78,624 4 William Durkee V $52,285 5 Jason Newburger $38,133 6 Mark Davis $29,877 7 Andrew Black $22,408 8 Anthony MacCanello $16,511 9 K.U. Davis $11,794
Event 24 - World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
$3,000 Prize pool of $651,360 with 236 players
1 Eli Elezra $198,984 2 Scotty Nguyen $110,731 3 Dutch Boyd $71,650 4 John Harkness $47,224 5 David Sklansky $35,825 6 Thor Hansen $27,357 7 George Hardie $20,844 8 Marshall Ragir $14,981 9 John Cutter $10,422