Earl "The Doc" Burton Takes Stud Title

Filed in archive Tournament News on June 28, 2007

The World Series of Poker stops for no one and with many of the players multi-tabling live tournaments this month its easy to see familiar names pop up on the leaderboards and at the final tables. Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, the 2004 WSOP Main Event champion and 2-time WSOP bracelet winner Barry Greenstein, joined the final table of event number 15 for a shot at his second bracelet. The $1,500 Seven Card Stud event went off with a smallish number of 385 runners to battle for a first place prize of $146,987.

Michael "The Doc" Keiner used all the right scalpels with above mentioned powerhouse poker players and took down the six figure win after a deal was made not to extend the tourney until day three.

Here's the final table call from Earl Burton at PokerNews:

Steve Sung surged when he ended the tournament of John Robertson and severely hurt Raymer in a single monster hand. Raymer led all the way on the hand with three queens and bet it as Sung builting a possible flush; on seventh street, Sung collected his fifth diamond to steal the hand from Raymer, at the same time ending the early morning for John Robertson in seventh place ($15,097). Raymer would leave a few hands later in sixth place, worth $19,680, at the hands of Barry Greenstein, but showed his championship class as he was asked for and gave an autograph to a happy fan.

Keiner next took out Dale Phillips in fifth place ($26,150) with Sung chasing. Greenstein was a victim of their success and was taken out by Nesbitt Coburn in fourth place for $33,698. Coburn surged and eventually sent Sung off in third place ($51,222), setting up the heads-up showdown with Keiner.

At 7am, ESPN wanted to record their heads-up match, but that would require the players to stop return later on Sunday. Coburn wanted to push on, as his late-tournament roll only left him about 100K behind Keiner. They drove on into the morning, but fatigue was beginning to take its toll; on two different occasions, Michael Keiner made winning hands on the river with a flush, but only checked them to Coburn.

Coburn grabbed a big pot early in the heads-up match to pull closer, but Keiner shook himself awake and went on the offensive. After a 200K pot went his way when he hit Broadway against Coburn's sixes, the end was in sight. At about eight in the morning and after more than 17 hours of play, Keiner was able to vanquish Coburn and, exhausted but elated, became the latest WSOP champion, triumphing in Event #14, $1,500 Seven Card Stud.

PLAYERS - EARNINGS

1. Michael Keiner - $146,987
2. Nesbitt Coburn - $80,876
3. Steve Sung - $51,222
4. Barry Greenstein - $33,698
5. Dale Phillips - $26,150
6. Greg Raymer - $19,680
7. John Robertson - $15,097
8. Larry Eubanks - $11,053