Official Report

Event #33

No-Limit Holdíem

Buy-in: $3,000

Number of Entries: 1,010

Total Prize Money: $2,787,600

Official Results:

1.	Andre Boyer	Montreal, Quebec	$682,810
2.	Matt Glantz	Lafayette Hill, PA	$364,620
3.	Jerry Young	Diamond Bar, CA	$223,010
4.	Dennis Perry	Williamstown, KY	$195,130
5.	Mike Carroll	Carson, CA	$167,255
6.	Robert Betts	Albuquerque, NM	$139,380
7.	Ken Blanton	Caddo Mills, TX	$111,505
8.	Morten Jensen	Aarhus, Denmark	$83,630
9.	John Duthie	London, England	$55,750
10.	Bernd Rygol	Munich, Germany	$30,665
11.	Kianoosh Mohajeri	Rockledge, FL	$30,665
12.	Cher Vang	Anchorage, AK	$30,665
13.	Steve Zolotow	Las Vegas, NV	$25,090
14.	Mohammad Hamid	Chicago, IL	$25,090
15.	Anders Henriksson	Stockholm, Sweden	$25,090
16.	Stan Jablonski	Henderson, NV	$19,515
17.	Gregory Amoils	Ipsarch, England	$19,515
18.	Jonathan Turner	Las Vegas, NV	$19,515
19.	Uskov Aleksander	Moscow, Russia	$13,940
20.	Benjamin Murray	New York	$13,940
21.	Steven Jacobs	Aromore, PA	$13,940
22.	Barry Johnston	Bethany, OK	$13,940
23.	Eugene Todd	Brooklyn, NY	$13,940
24.	Franklin Caldwell	Lexington, KY	$13,940
25.	Jeffrey Pursell	Lindenhurst, IL	$13,940
26.	Adam Naglich	Las Vegas, NV	$13,940
27.	Denis Kharitonov	Moscow, Russia	$13,940
28.	Glenn Latona	Egg Harbor City, NJ	$9,755
29.	Lasse Ubostad	Norway	$9,755
30.	Michael Laing	Las Vegas, NV	$9,755
31.	Roland Israelashvili	Forest Hill, NY	$9,755
32.	Bari Sklar	Northridge, CA	$9,755
33.	Dewey Tomko	Winter Haven, FL	$9,755
34.	James Jarman	Las Vegas, NV	$9,755
35.	John Richarde	Charlotte, NC	$9,755
36.	Richard Freire	Miami Lakes, FL	$9,755
37.	Richard Ashby	Watford, England	$8,085
38.	Mark Edwards	Inverness, CA	$8,085
37.	Steve Wong	Netherlands	$8,085
40.	Guillermo Gonzales	Las Vegas, NV	$8,085
41.	Keith Love	Denver, CO	$8,085
42.	Jon Backman	Stockholm, Sweden	$8,085
43.	Bradley King	Buringame, CA	$8,085
44.	Alphons Jaggi	Switzerland	$8,085
45.	Jan Stein	Berkeley, CA	$8,085
46.	William Baxter	Las Vegas, NV	$6,550
47.	Jeppa Mikkelson	Denmark	$6,550
48.	Gerson Mosbacher	Phoenix, AZ	$6,550
49.	Vadim Trincher	Cliffside Park, NJ	$6,550
50.	Rene Angelil	Henderson, NV	$6,550
51.	Gregory Wynn	Phoenix, AZ	$6,550
52.	Joseph "Toe" Sanders	Orem, UT	$6,550
53.	Christopher Kealy	Gig Harbor, WA	$6,550
54.	Rex Ziller	Las Vegas, NV	$6,550
55.	John Tinnelly	Eastchest, NY	$5,575
56.	Gilles Haddad	France	$5,575
57.	RW Hertel	Ventura, CA	$5,575
58.	Aleksander Cooper	Bergen, Norway	$5,575
59.	Darrell Dicken	Waterloo, IA	$5,575
60.	Joe Hoellein	Westlake, OH	$5,575
61.	Brett Tannenbaum	Delray Beach, FL	$5,575
62.	Richard Sharpe	Las Vegas, NV	$5,575
63.	Denis Hale	Mystic, CT	$5,575
64.	David Lloyd	Luton, UK	$4,880
65.	Christopher Ritter	Chicago, IL	$4,880
66.	Gioi Luong	Westminster, CA	$4,880
67.	Arturo Morales	Costa Rica	$4,880
68.	Mark Compton	Longview, TX	$4,880
69.	Julian Gardner	Manchester, UK	$4,880
70.	Pierre Nasr	Vancouver, Canada	$4,880
71.	Daniel Kerber	Roomfield, CO	$4,880
72.	Liz Lieu	Las Vegas, NV	$4,880
73.	Jamie Pickering	Queensland, Australia	$4,180
74.	Freddie Brown	Howell, MI	$4,180
75.	Hilbert Shirley	Winter Haven, FL	$4,180
76.	Juan Vazquez	Brooklyn, NY	$4,180
77.	Marvin Duarte	South, FL	$4,180
78.	Ralph Levine	Las Vegas, NV	$4,180
79.	Greg "FBT" Mueller	Vancouver, Canada	$4,180
80.	Tracy Scala	Boca Raton, FL	$4,180
81.	Scott Epstein	Las Vegas, NV	$4,180
82.	Edward Giron	Portland, TX	$3,485
83.	Michael Alexander	Costa Mesa, CA	$3,485
84.	Brendan Taylor	Pasadena, CA	$3,485
85.	Robert Roter	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	$3,485
86.	Alan Brodsky	Rochester, NY	$3,485
87.	Mehdi Vatan	Orange, CA	$3,485
88.	Martin Johnson	Vancouver, WA	$3,485
89.	Michael Johnson	Sandy, UT	$3,485
90.	Nathan Ross	Wayne, PA	$3,485
91.	Christopher Henderson	Agoura Hills, CA	$3,065
92.	Craig Natte	Hudsonville, MI	$3,065
93.	Robert Rodriguez	Firestone, CA	$3,065
94.	Salim Batshon	Foster City, CA	$3,065
95.	Isabelle Mercier	Quebec, Canada	$3,065
96.	Barry Woods	West Hills, CA	$3,065
97.	David Ho	Sugar Land, TX	$3,065
98.	Michael Jackness	Sterling, VA	$3,065
99.	Mario Escobosa	Montrose, CA	$3,065
100.	Louis Asmo	Dublin, OH	$3,065

Finalement Champion! (Finally, a Champion!):

After many tries, Quebec native Andre Boyer wins first WSOP gold bracelet and $682,810

Andre Boyer is someone you want to cheer for. In addition to being a nice guy, he has his priorities straight. Boyer has been playing in the World Series of Poker for ten years. Heís made several final table appearances, yet had never won pokerís most coveted prize ñ a gold bracelet.

Cheered on by his wife Odette Tremblay, Boyer overcame an overwhelming chip disadvantage and earned a well-deserved victory in the $3,000 buy-in No-Limit Holdíem championship.

ìMy wife loves poker even more than I do,î Boyer said afterward. ìIt was really wonderful to have her here with me tonight. I think it is important that two people who are together share something like this that is really special.î

Boyerís special moment came in an event that attracted a whopping 1,010 entries. After two days of play, the final table was set as follows:

The Final Table:

SEAT 1:	John Duthie	186,000
SEAT 2:	Ken Blanton	347,000
SEAT 3:	Michael Carroll	421,000
SEAT 4:	Dennis Perry	289,000
SEAT 5:	Matt Glantz	660,000
SEAT 6:	Robert Betts	315,000
SEAT 7:	Andre Boyer	323,000
SEAT 8:	Jerry Young	264,000
SEAT 9:	Morten Jensen	257,000

Players were eliminated in the following order:

9^{th --}The first player to exit was John Duthie, the TV Director for the European Poker Tour (EPT). Duthie also won the Poker Million (which actually paid $1.5 million). Duthie had a short and disappointing stay at the final table. Ninth place paid $55,750.

8^th ñ Morten Jensen was the shortest stack and moved his last 55,000 into the pot with A-6. Jerry Young had A-Q and called. The flop brought an ace, but Young had the higher kicker. Jensen, a casino dealer from Denmark, earned $83,630 for 8^th place.

7^th ñ Ken Blanton showed how dangerous it is to slowplay pocket aces. He started with rockets and let Dennis Perry see a cheap flop. The board didnít look dangerous, J-8-4. Blanton raised ëall iní after Perry bet out 30,000 ñ and Perry called instantly. Perry had 8-4, an ugly duckling of a holdíem hand that turned into a pretty swan. Fitting, Blanton works as an excavation contractor.

6^th ñ Robert Betts took a horrible beat (and lost a chance to take a huge chip lead) when he re-rasied ëall iní with Q-Q. Matt Glantz called a huge re-raise with K-Q and spiked a king on the river to take down the 900,000 pot. Betts was horrified and staggered away in 6^th place. He received $139,380.

5^th ñ Mike Carroll then took the worst of holdíem beats when he was dealt K-K. Thatís normally a good thing. But when your opponent is dealt A-A, the kings normally end up as a springboard to the rail. Jerry Young made it even more painful for Carroll when he flopped an ace. That essentially ripped the LA-based poker pro away in 5^th place, good for $167,255.

4^th ñ Dennis Perry has proven to be quite a talented poker player. He has made it to several final tables on the WSOP Circuit this year, including the main even at the Rio in February. The Kentucky-based retired ironworker looked as if he might challenge Matt Glantz for the chip lead, but he melted down during the final stages of the tournament. Perry tried to steal a pot at the wrong time. He bet at the pot, was raised, and was forced to call his last 100,000 in chips with two overcards. Unfortunately, Andre Boyer had flopped a set of 3s and Perry was drawing dead. Perry collected $195,130 in prize money.

3^rd ñ When play became three-handed, Andre Boyer became very aggressive. He had been down by a 3 to 1 margin earlier and mastered the short-handed game. Boyer took the chip lead about an hour into the trioís bout, and then busted Jerry Young. Boyer crushed Young with A-Q versus K-Q. An ace on the river sealed Youngís fate, a third place finish. Young, a Tiawan-born real estate investor who now lives in Diamond Bar, CA, received $223,010.

2^nd Place ñ When heads-up play began, Andre Boyer had a slight chip lead over Matt Glantz. Over the next two hours, both players made their move and seized away a decisive chip advantage. Then, the cards would turn and the other player would draw back to even. It was a poker tug of war that went past midnight, then way past 1:00 am. Nearing 2;00 am, both players finally decided to take a gamble. Glantz made a pre-flop raise of 100,000 with 2-2. Boyer re-raised 500,000 more with 7-7. Glantz moved ëall iní and Boyer called. The final board showed A-K-3-3-10. Boyer win with a lucky pair of sevens.

Matt Glantz is a 33-year-old poker pro from Pennsylvania. He made it to final tables at the United States Poker Championship in Atlantic City, and has now cashed four times at this yearís WSOP. Glantz, a.k.a. ëthe Fiddlerí was paid to the tune of $364,620.

1^st Place ñ Andre Boyer was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is 62-years-old. Prior to playing poker most of the time, he owned a successful company which produced warehousing materials. After retiring, Boyer and his wife moved to Las Vegas. Boyer, who speaks French, is also the television voice for the ESPN equivalent in Canada (RDS), which shows WSOP broadcasts.

Boyerís best finish at the WSOP had been 6^th place in the main event in 1996. But this victory was much more fulfilling. Not only did Boyer win his first gold bracelet, he also earned one of the largest prize payouts at this yearís tournament -- $682,810.

Official Report by Nolan Dalla ñ World Series of Poker Media Director

World Series of Poker Circuit Director of Operations ñ Ken Lambert

World Series of Poker Tournament Director ñ John Grooms

Rio Poker Room Manager ñ Michael Matts

Rio Poker Tournament Director ñ Robert Daily