WSOP Events 1-5 Recap

Event 1: Buy In: $5,000 Game: Mixed Game

Born May 23 1986, Steve Billirakis became the youngest player to ever win a WSOP bracelet. Billirakis edged out professional Greg "FBT" Mueller to take home $536,287. Billirakis also finished 16th in the 6 handed $2500 no-limit event.

Event 2: Buy In: $500 Game: NL Hold'em
Event 2 is an employees only event, not open to the general public.

Event 3: Buy In: $1,500 Game: NL Hold'em

Cairan O'Leary overcame third place finisher Alex Jacob's final table chip lead en route to winning over $727,000.

Event 4: Buy In: $1,500 Game: PL Hold'em

Michael Spiegel takes home the gold bracelet and $252,290. The road was not easy as he faced Canadian tournament pro Gavin Smith heads up. Spiegel took down the tournament when his Ace-Ten held up against Smith's pocket fives.

Event 5: Buy In: $2,500 Game: Omaha/seven card stud hi-low-8 or better

Tom Schneider entered the final table the chip leader and finished the tournament a winner. Despite his chip lead, the road to victory was no small feat as the final table was stacked with top pros. Among those who made the final table were Annie Duke, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, online wizard David Benyamine, Josh Arieh, Scotty Nguyen, and the hyper-aggressive John "The Razor" Phan.

-Benjamin Ryan