World Series of Poker Results and Report 2007 wsop event #4 results Final Results WSOP

Michael Spegal
Gavin Smith
Jonathan Friedberg
William Hill
Thomas Savitsky
Bruce Van Horn
Eric Lynch
Jeff Langdon
Marco Traniello
John McCarthy
Nick Binger
Tony Basile
Stephen Jones
Bill McNamara
Robert Gerstenzang
Javad Navran
Steve Mills
Ken Koski
Mark Wilds
Josh Patterson
Jean Bellande
Graham Wheldon
Cody Slaubaugh
Frank Margolis
Robert Zipf
Eugene Todd
Jameson Hughes
Robert Thies
Francois Safieddine
Bart Wetsteijn
David Roepke
Robert Ellis
N/A
Andrew Webking
Nhan Le
Shannon Puskarich
Matthew Shepsky
Shane Beckham
Zorn Venture
Nick Andricopulos
Gilbert Salas
Ed Giron
Mark Smith
N/A
Freddy Deeb
Keith Tilston
Kirke Rivkin
Archibald Van Horn
Wallace Darling
Colin Shattock
Danny Ciaramella
Scott Bohlman
Robert Firestone
Daniel Alspach
David Hipperson
Jan Christoph Von Halle
Larry Vickers
Kenneth Auker
Joseph Lazaro
Jesse Jamison
Benjamin Sarnoff
Katja Thater
Ishak Noyan
David Plastik
Nicholas Rosenberger
Lee Kun
Nesbitt Coburn
Derek Tomimoto
Jonathan Snyder
Kevin Manley
Mark Lowe
Arias Jorge

St. Marys, GA
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Clarksburg, MD
Randolph, NJ
Ada, OK
Olathe, KS
Santa Fe, NM
Las Vegas, NV
Jersey City, NJ
Raleigh, NC
Toronto, ON
Springfield, IL
Fairfield, CT
Jamestown, NY
CA
UK
Canton, MI
Biloxi, MS
Simpsonville, SC
Las Vegas, NV
Cambridge, England
Rugby,ND
Thousand Oaks, CA
Ravenstein, Germany
Brooklyn, NY
Lakeland, FL
Debary, FL
Denver, CO
Middelburg, Netherlands
Troy, TX
Houston, TX

Seattle, WA
Orange County, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Illinois
New Zealand
CA
Chicago, IL

Jacksonville, FL
Georgetown, KY

Las Vegas, NV
Austin, TX
Deerfield, IL
Ada, OK
Aurora, CO
UK
Brays Landing, PA
Homer Glen, IL
Santa Barbara, CA
Las Vegas, NV
St. Louis, MO
Hamburg, Germany
Winter Garden, FL
Rock Island, IL
Carson City, NV
Glendale, AZ
San Francisco, CA
Hamburg, Germany
Sodertalje, Sweden
Las Vegas, NV
Orlando, FL
Oakton, VA
Minneapolis, MS
Redondo Beach, CA
Mt. Juliet, TN
Arlington Heights, IL
UK
Venezuela

Tournament Notes:

-- Michael Spegal won $252,290 for first place. He overcame a decisive chip advantage. He was arrived sixth in the
chip count going into the final table, versus several top pros. He overcame the odds and won his first gold bracelet in
what was his first-ever cash at the WSOP. This is his third year to play at the WSOP.

-- On this night of his victory, Michael Spegal was celebrating his ninth wedding anniversary. His wife Jeanne sat at
ringside and celebrated their win. “She can have the prize money. I’ll take the bracelet,” Spegal joked. ESPN
commentator Norman Chad ribbed Spegal during the post-tournament interview, noting “You are the only married man
I know of who gets to play poker on his anniversary.”

-- Spegal is 39-year-old former United States Marine. He was born in Newton, IA. He owns an equipment rental and
UPS store in southeast Georgia.

-- Spegal’s poker nickname is “Bob Cat Spegal.”

-- The final table lasted approximately five hours. The star-studded field guaranteed a full house, which was packed
inside the ESPN poker arena at the Rio.

-- Among the players who came up short were former WSOP gold bracelet winner Jon Freidberg and tournament pro
Gavin Smith.

-- Gavin Smith was the runner up. He battled with Spegal for the win, but ended up with a frustrating second-place
showing. Smith is widely considered to be one of the best tournament players NOT to have yet won a WSOP gold
bracelet. During the heads-up battle with Spegal, Smith delivered the line of the night when he said to his opponent,
“Why don’t you start playing like a business man and not like a poker player. Stop it!”

-- The ninth-place finisher Marco Traniello has the somewhat shadowy status of being married to one of the best poker
players in the world, wife Jennifer Harman. However, it is Traniello who has outperformed just about everyone at
WSOP over the past two years. Traniello cashed a whopping seven times at the 2005 World Series. He cashed four
times in 2006. Now with a cash in this event, Traniello has a combined total of 12 WSOP cashes dating back to the
start of the 2005 WSOP. No other poker player has more in this time frame.

-- The sixth-place finisher Dr. Bruce Van Horn is a physician (pathologist) from Ada, Oklahoma. He is most famous for
being the runner-up in the 1996 main event to Huck Seed. Dr. Van Horn’s son also played in this event, and cashed.
Archie Van Horn took 48th place – good for $4,365.

-- The most popular area inside the tournament room appears to be the Milwaukee’s Best Light beer garden set up
over the poker arena. Spectators can visit the elevated deck and see action on both sides of the room. With tables
and chairs for spectators, it may be the only vantage spot in the room to actually watch six tournaments going on all at
once, which is what was taking place on this day – two final tables, two Day Twos, and two start-up events.

-- This was the third WSOP poker event this year to be recorded for broadcast by ESPN. The show is expected to
debut sometime in July.

WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER
EVENT #4 – MICHAEL SPEGAL

Michael Spegal is 39-year-old former United States Marine. He was born in Newton, Iowa. He owns an equipment
rental and UPS store in St. Marys, which is located in southeast Georgia. He has been married to his wife Jeanne for
nine years. They have four children.

On this night of his incredible victory, Michael Spegal was celebrating his ninth wedding anniversary. Jeanne Spegal
sat at ringside and celebrated their win. “She can have the prize money. I’ll take the bracelet,” Spegal joked. ESPN
commentator Norman Chad ribbed Spegal during the post-tournament interview, noting “You are the only married man
I know of who gets to play poker on his anniversary.”

He collected $252,290 for first place. Spegal’s poker nickname is “Bob Cat Spegal.”

After his upset win at the final table, the “Big Cat” was visibly moved when his wife was invited up to the Corum gold
bracelet stand and was permitted to present and latch the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet on her
husband’s wrist. With WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack doing the official honors, Michael “Big Cat” Spegal
collected the most meaningful anniversary present a poker player could ever hope to receive.