Eli ''Mr. Vegas'' Elezra Won his first WSOP Gold Bracelet Eli Elezra: 2007 WSOP Event #24 Champion 2007 WSOP Event #24 Results and Highlights - World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better On Saturday, June 16, 2007, Eli "Mr. Vegas" Elezra finally won his first WSOP Gold Bracelet! The event turned out to be the most exciting event so far in the 2007 WSOP. Let's hope ESPN airs this one, they seem to always skip the good events! Event #24 of the 2007 WSOP was one of the new Championship events this year, a Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament. The Final Table was a star-studded table which included poker pros; Scotty Nguyen (4 WSOP Bracelets), David Sklansky (3 WSOP Bracelets), Thor Hansen (2 WSOP Bracelets), Dutch Boyd (1 WSOP Bracelet), George Hardie, John Harkness, Marshall Ragir and Eli Elezra. After Dutch Boyd busted out in third place, the heads-up fun between Scotty Nguyen (Yeah Baby) and Eli Elezra began! They were discussing some sort of split on the winnings, but no one knows for sure what it entailed. They still had to play for the bracelet, so they went to work (what a job!!) and started pounding bears and laughing like they were at a frat party. Even the audience at the Rio joined in the fun. The cocktail waiters were taking forever to get over to the final table area, so some kind gentleman just walked up to the final table and gave both Scotty and Eli a beer. At the end, Eli Elezra walked away with his first WSOP Gold Bracelet! Do you want insane instant cash bonuses; sign-up and reload bonuses? If so, BovadaPoker is for you!! BOVADA is a very popular online Sports/Horse/Poker/Casino website which offers a great player points system along with many free-roll tournaments! Are you ready to win a seat into this year's World Series of Poker Main Event? Bovada Poker has built the best reputation for Online Gaming by nailing four key service points; offering quick and simple depositing methods, instant cash bonuses, fast payouts, and the most impressive customer service department in the industry! Join Bovada Poker today! Eli is one of the best tournament players in the World, so it was inevitable that his time would come. Eli is a cash game expert as well and plays in the daily big-game at the Bellagio in Vegas with poker pals, Barry "Charity" Greenstein (my favorite player), Sammy Farha (another favorite), Doyle Brunson, Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu and sweetheart Jennifer Harman, (I love all these players, actually)! Eli is known for making side bets at the table and this time it paid off handsomely. Eli bet Barry Greenstein 25k that he would win a WSOP Bracelet at 10-1 odds. Here's his quote at the end of the game, "I'm sorry, Barry," he said. "I got ya baby." After collecting the $250k from Barry that might make him even over the years on prop bets, but who knows for sure, probably not. He didn't earn the nickname "Mr. Vegas" for nothing! The 2007 WSOP Event #24 was constructed as a World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament with no re-buys. The event had a $3000 buy-in and 236 players entered. The prize-pool totaled a little over $650k with 24 of the players receiving payouts. Eli won $198,984 but more importantly his first WSOP Gold Bracelet! Top Ten Results 1. Eli (Mr. Vegas) Elezra - $198,984 2. Scotty Nguyen - $110,731 3. Russ (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 10. (Miami) John Cernuto - $10,422 Win your seat into the next 2012 WSOP or WPT event by joining Bovada Poker and playing in a satellite tournament! --- by Bones McCoy at Poker Room on June 17, 2007
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