World Series Of Poker -- Jared Hamby Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold'emHamby Wins His First Bracelet and $525,272 |
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Jared Hamby scored his first gold bracelet after topping a field of 2,161 entrants at the World Series of Poker event no. 40 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em) Monday night.
Along with the bracelet Hamby banked $525,272, which was one of the biggest scores of his career. This was Hamby’s second final table of the summer.
“This is huge for me because I have one-hundred percent of me in this tournament,” Hamby explained. “That’s something that’s rare in tournaments. A lot of guys are backed or on make-up. I get the whole piece of this one.”
Hamby started playing on-line poker when he was 21 years old. Now at 31 years old Hamby is a full-time professional poker player, living in Las Vegas. He tries to play a few tournaments every summer at the WSOP and anytime he plays he sports his lucky Baylor University hat.
Hamby had a short stack all three days of the tournament and had the third shortest stack halfway into the final table. He used a strategy to get through it and win.
“I just ran it up at the right time,” Hamby said. “I passed up a lot of marginal spots because I thought I could get into a better spot later.”
Other notables at the final table included Fred Berger, Matt Berkey and Nico Fierro.
Take a look at the final table results:
| Finish | Player Name | Prize | POY Points |
| 1 | Jared Hamby | $525,272 | 1080 |
| 2 | Peter Hengaskul | $325,780 | 900 |
| 3 | Allan Vrooman | $230,178 | 720 |
| 4 | Nicolas Fierro | $165,501 | 540 |
| 5 | Joao Neto | $120,574 | 450 |
| 6 | Matt Berkey | $89,008 | 360 |
| 7 | Richard Dubini | $66,544 | 270 |
| 8 | Fred Berger | $50,382 | 180 |
| 9 | David Nicholson | $38,625 | 90 |
For complete coverage of the summer poker festival, check out our WSOP landing page.
Photo Credit: Eddie Malluk/WSOP
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