Tuesday, May 15, 2007

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Georgian top stud player at WSOPC New Orleans

By Erin Warner

Son of a gun, Lewis Osburn had fun down on the bayou. The Covington, Ga., resident is the Seven-Card Stud champ, having taken down Event 5 of the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in New Orleans in the early morning hours.

The 61-year-old furniture store owner won the event at the third annual Bayou Poker Challenge after one of the longest days in the tournament's history. To take home first place and a WSOP gold ring, Osburn had to knock out fellow Georgian Mitch Jones in heads-up at 4:45 a.m.

For a tournament first, the event featured a Seven-Card Stud option. More than 100 stud enthusiasts came to play, forking over the $300+$30 buy-in for a collective $30,000 prize pool.

Final results are as follows:

Place	Name	Hometown	Prize
1st	Lewis Osburn	Covington, Ga.	$9,836
2nd	Mitch Jones	Kennesaw, Ga.	$5,448
3rd	David Fry	Kenner, La.	$3,329
4th	Nicholas Livzza	Kenner, La.	$2,421
5th	Keith Ezykowich	Gulfport, Miss.	$1,967
6th	Mark Rubin	Jacksonville, Fla.	$1,513
7th	Gerard Rodrigues	New Orleans, La.	$1,513
8th	Robert "the Thorn" Rosengarten	Aventura, Fla.	$908

Tournament director in New Orleans was Raymond Glasser and Rick Korte is Harrah's poker room manager for the event.

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