Update #11: Asian Winners & Leaders in the 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker

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Event 26 - H.O.R.S.E, $5000 buy-in is now COMPLETE. Repeating from the last update since it was "heads up" the last time we wrote & Yuebin Guo had already won 3rd place for $99,264 in winnings just ahead of Phil Ivey in 4th and Alexander Jung in 6th taking home $37,901. [COMPLETE]

Having 4 players on the final table in Event 27 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in, we had a really good chance of getting another bracelet. Young Cho did get heads up, but got edged out by a non-Asian to take home $382,357 and runner up. David Woo took 5th ($115,339), Thai Ton 9th ($36,340) and Benjamin Kang took 10th ($28,124). Nevertheless, Young Cho did beat 2314 other players to receive that honor. [COMPLETE]

My friend Jason Song finally hit the big time. He taught me Baccarat last year & I lost touch with him wondering if he was still on the trail for a big win. Well, I was right, but didn't realize he honed his skills well enough to take 3rd. He took home $212,274.00 for his first big win of his life and I'm sure many more. He did it against 826 other players in Event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em, $3000 buy-in. Phil Hellmuth tried to get his 12th WSOP bracelet, but Jason and others prevented that from happening . By the way Jason, if you ever read this, comment below your latest contact info. I'd love to reconnect. [COMPLETE]

Phi Nguyen took 7th in the 341 player full Event 29 - Seven Card Razz, $1500 buy-in. [COMPLETE]

Another final table was chalked full of Asians. Event 30 - No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed, $2500 buy-in, had 847 entries and 3 of the final table were Asians. Terrance Chan took 3rd ($287,345), William Lin took 3rd ($196,758) and Steve Wong took 7th ($47,339). [COMPLETE]

Heads up play is a unique brand of poker and in Event 31 - World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em, $5000 buy-in with 392 people testing their metal, Kevin Song took 9th and his 2nd cash of the series. [COMPLETE]

Asians don't seem to be fans of 7 Card Stud and in Event 32 - Seven Card Stud, $2000 buy-in only 213 players entered showing that maybe most people aren't as interested in the game. It showed with us only getting 12th with David cashing for the 3rd time this series. [COMPLETE]

Still in Progress: Even 33, Pot Limit Omaha with Chau Giang in 4th (in chips) and the final table set. David Pham and Brandon Wong (seeking his 4th cash of the 2007 WSOP) made the final table of the Limit Holdem event #34. Pat Cheung and Nam Le made the final table in the 2541 player deep Event #35 NL Holdem event. Down to 57 players in the PL event #37.

Update #10: Asian Winners & Leaders in the 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker

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Event 23 - Pot-Limit Omaha, $1500 buy-in had 576 entries. Dau Ly took 3rd and $78,624 for his efforts. [COMPLETE]

Event 24 - World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB, $3000 buy-in had a small field of 236 players. Scotty Nguyen almost took another bracelet home to build his total to 4, but could only take 2nd and $110,731 home instead. He was beaten by fellow pro Eli Elezra. Micheal Kim took 11th. [COMPLETE]

Event 25 - No-Limit Hold'em, $2000 buy-in, had one short of 1620 entrants. Unfortunately, we couldn't get a single Asian in the top 10, but Kazuki Ikeuchi took close to $21k and 16th place. [COMPLETE]

Event 26 - H.O.R.S.E, $5000 buy-in totaled only 192 entrants, but 3rd place was worth $99,264 for Yuebin Gou playing the likes of Phil Ivey who finished right behind him, Robert Mizrachi and Bill Gazes. Alex Jung took 6th taking home $37,901. The final two are battling it out for the bracelet. [IN PROGRESS]

Event 27 - No-Limit Hold'em, $1500 buy-in had 2315 players at the start and four Asians made the final table battling it out for the bracelet and a $600k+ first place prize. David Woo is 2nd in chips, Young Cho is 4th, Micheal Ium in 6th and Thai Ton in 8th. Can we say "2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate?!" OK, that was stupid. [IN PROGRESS]

Since Event took up most of the players, event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em, $3000 buy-in only had 827 entrants...which isn't bad compared to past numbers in past years, but the over 1 thousand or over 2 thousand numbers limited first place to only be a little over $525k. The final table is set though and Phil Hellmuth is trying to set himself up for a 12th WSOP bracelet and the 2nd one this year. Against him are Feng Chen (1st in chips!) and Tsai Chen who's tied in 5th for chips right behind Hellmuth. Young Phan busted out 11th right before the final 10 were set. [IN PROGRESS]