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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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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