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2007 WSOP Event 25 $2000 NLHE

Written by Nolan Dalla

Event #25
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $2,000
Number of Entries: 1,619
Total Prize Money: $2,946,580
Date of Tournament: June 15-17, 2007

The winner of the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship was Ben Ponzio, from Elmwood Park, IL. He is 32-years-old and married. He has one daughter. Ponzio’s full name is Alessandro Ben Ponzio. He took his first and middle name from his grandfather and great grandfather.

Ponzio works as the advertising sales manager for Chicago’s WBBM-FM which is a hits and hip hop station. He was scheduled to work the morning after the tournament, but his WSOP victory will cause him to miss a day at the office. “I didn’t want to take an extra vacation day until I knew I would get this far,” Ponzio explained later.

“Sure, I’m going back to work,” Ponzio said in a post-tournament interview. “Six-hundred thousand (dollars) is a lot of money. But it’s not enough to live on the rest of my life.”

Ponzio developed and was credited with a math theorem in high school. It is a formula designed to measure the size of circles. Ponzio is a graduate of the University of Illinois. He earned his degree in speech and communications. In addition to playing poker, Ponzio enjoys fantasy sports.

This is the third time Ponzio has attended the WSOP. He cashed one time previously – with a 122nd place finish two years ago. His combined tournament winnings coming into this event totaled just $9,000. First place in this tournament paid $599,109.

Tournament Notes:

The winner of the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship was Ben Ponzio, from Elmwood Park, IL. He is 32-years-old and married. He has one daughter. Ponzio works for a major Chicago area radio station as the advertising sales manager.

Ponzio’s full name is Alessandro Ben Ponzio. He took his first and middle name from his grandfather and great grandfather.

In addition to playing poker, Ponzio enjoys fantasy sports.

Ponzio is a graduate of the University of Illinois. He earned his degree in speech and communications.

Ponzio works for Chicago’s WBBM-FM which is a hits and hip hop station. He was scheduled to work the morning after the tournament, but his WSOP victory will cause him to miss a day at the office. “I didn’t want to take an extra vacation day until I knew I would get this far,” Ponzio explained later.

“Sure, I’m going back to work,” Ponzio said in a post-tournament interview. “Six-hundred thousand (dollars) is a lot of money. But it’s not enough to live on the rest of my life.”

Ponzio developed and was credited with a math theorem in high school. It is a formula designed to measure the size of circles.

Adam Ross, from Dallas, TX finished in 7th place. The Stanford University graduate who also received his law degree from the University of Texas Law School was once the Texas State Wrestling Champion.

Ken Einiger, a native New Yorker who now resides in Las Vegas, finished in 8th place. He won the world blackjack championship last year.

Rolf Slotboom, Dutch writer and poker theorist, took 51st.

Card Player magazine editor-in-chief Jeff Shulman finished 69th.

Actress Shannon Elizabeth, best-known from her role in the “American Pie” series of hit movies, finished 150th.

1. Ben Ponzio $599,109
2. David Hewitt $373,985
3. Justin Rollo $244,415
4. Evan Schwartz $164,907
5. Travis Rice $111,901
6. Danny Noam $82,453
7. Adam Ross $61,840
8. Ken Einiger $45,644
9. Darryl Ronconi $34,748
10. Praz Bansi $26,650
11. Martin Green $26,650
12. Yakov (Jacob) Hirsch $26,650
13. Bassam (Sam) Alsharairi $23,705
14. David Daneshgar $23,705
15. Eric Baldwin $23,705
16. Kanzuki Ikeuchi $20,761
17. Richard Toth $20,761
18. Peter Auer $20,761
19. Justin (looshle) Pechie $17,816
20. Ross Boatman $17,816
21. Matthew Beisher $17,816
22. Charlie Ng $17,816
23. Ben Armstrong $17,816
24. Jordan Morgan $17,816
25. Jeffrey Teck $17,816
26. John Zentner III $17,816
27. Jennifer Lam $17,816
28. Christopher Collins $15,166
29. William Corrigan $15,166
30. Douglas Miranda $15,166
31. Brandon Schaefer $15,166
32. Jeff Kennedy $15,166
33. Roy Mikus $15,166
34. Tom Nelson $15,166
35. Henri Kasper $15,166
36. Hang La $15,166
37. Anthony Ruberto $12,810
38. Kevin Saul $12,810
39. Davis Aalvik $12,810
40. Ryan Perfetti $12,810
41. Joseph Webber $12,810
42. Donald Emery $12,810
43. Konstantin Anastasyadis $12,810
44. Hannojoffen $12,810
45. Daniel Falkenstein $12,810
46. Derek Dubois $10,748
47. Frank Romero $10,748
48. Stephen O'Dwyer $10,748
49. William Boner $10,748
50. Dustin Pattinson $10,748
51. Rolf Slotboom $10,748
52. Robert Cooperstein $10,748
53. Richard Meisner $10,748
54. Ezra Udoff $10,748
55. Kyle Brossia $8,834
56. Jason Gonong $8,834
57. Jason Stern $8,834
58. Roy Von Der Locht $8,834
59. Vivek Rajkumar $8,834
60. Brian Lamkin $8,834
61. Robert Rents $8,834
62. Jeremiah Santiege $8,834
63. Lauchlin McKinnon $8,834
64. Anthony Schwartz $7,362
65. Steve Kroger $7,362
66. Stephen Feraca $7,362
67. Sunny Chattha $7,362
68. Phillip Rael $7,362
69. Jeff Shulman $7,362
70. Gary Margolis $7,362
71. Stephen Jones $7,362
72. Ron Linden $7,362
73. Jim Huntley $6,184
74. Michael Guadano $6,184
75. Peter Rho $6,184
76. Jesse Currier $6,184
77. Amnon Filippi $6,184
78. Ron Haeri $6,184
79. Vicken Arslanian $6,184
80. Michael Watson $6,184
81. Adam Marshall $6,184
82. Patrick Cottle $5,153
83. David Schneyer $5,153
84. Michael Turnbull $5,153
85. Angel Freytez $5,153
86. Doug Lorgeree $5,153
87. Michael Melkersen $5,153
88. Viken Gazarian $5,153
89. Liz Lieu $5,153
90. Steve Danne $5,153
91. Terry Kulibert $4,564
92. David Black $4,564
93. Derek Lerner $4,564
94. David Derringer $4,564
95. Waylon Frey $4,564
96. Michael Woo $4,564
97. Sabri Alenius $4,564
98. Jeremy Menard $4,564
99. Benjamin Kramer $4,564
100. Mike (Champagne) Lancaster $4,123
101. Robert Bansyckle $4,123
102. William Jensen $4,123
103. Chris Klodnicki $4,123
104. Richard Stephen $4,123
105. Earl (Bo) Plyer $4,123
106. Jeremiah Fitzpatrick $4,123
107. Bryan Griggs $4,123
108. Joep Durkstra $4,123
109. Donovan Panone $4,123
110. Christopher Guinnup $4,123
111. Ly Le $4,123
112. Roger Linnemann $4,123
113. Matthew Shepsky $4,123
114. Ernest Gutherie $4,123
115. Anthony Gargano $4,123
116. Aditya Agarwal $4,123
117. Michael Mateo $4,123
118. Michael Shklover $4,123
119. Christopher Gulla $4,123
120. James English $4,123
121. Brian Ragauckas $4,123
122. Jon Eaton $4,123
123. Warren Karp $4,123
124. Robert Topham $4,123
125. David Israelite $4,123
126. Carl Deprete $4,123
127. Levon Zakarian $3,828
128. Eugene Bauerlein $3,828
129. Darren Black $3,828
130. Alex Brigante $3,828
131. Gregory Dockus $3,828
132. David Peay $3,828
133. Garret Allen $3,828
134. Mario Perez $3,828
135. Shane Foulds $3,828
136. James Lamatria $3,828
137. Daniel Spangenberg $3,828
138. Christopher Valterza $3,828
139. Michael Gustyn $3,828
140. Scott Preston $3,828
141. Andre Webking $3,828
142. Brian Kennedy $3,828
143. John Kim $3,828
144. Christopher Gunter $3,828
145. Shannon Frankfather $3,828
146. Gabriel Cook $3,828
147. John Morris $3,828
148. Mark Hope $3,828
149. John White $3,828
150. Shannon Elizabeth $3,828
151. Michael Swick $3,828
152. Ivan Caldwell $3,828
153. Mazen Nassar $3,828

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