Ryan Young

Name: Ryan Young
Current Residence: Torrance, Calif.

Some people may have complained that six $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em bracelet events at the 2007 World Series of Poker watered down the significance of being a bracelet winner. However, one young player was certainly glad they stretched it out after taking down the fifth of the tournaments to win a bracelet of his own.

Ryan Young, an aspiring poker pro from Torrance, Calif., was the winner of the event. He outlasted a field of 2,541 players to take home a top prize of $615,955.

He may be a young player, but that wasn’t his first poker accomplishment: He had a cash earlier in the Series and a cash in the 2005 WSOP as well.

Young started out mainly playing poker on the Internet. But he told PokerListings.com the action online has died out somewhat, and he’s focusing on playing more live.

Now that he’s got a WSOP bracelet, he can expect to be a much bigger target at the events he does attend now.

Trivia

2007 WSOP bracelet winner
Aspiring professional poker player

Notable Tournament Cashes

Tournament	Place	Winnings
WPT Season 7, Borgata Poker Open	30th	$21,000
2008 WSOP, Event 29, No-Limit Hold'em	17th	$14,821
2008 WSOP, Event 25, World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit...	36th	$14,438
2008 WSOP, Event 10, Omaha 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better	45th	$4,893
2008 WSOP, Event 9, No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	45th	$4,893
2008 WSOP, Event 1, World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em	11th	$49,632
2008 Special, Wynn Classic	2nd	$355,020
WPT Season 6, Borgata Poker Classic	54th	$14,754
2007 WSOPC, Grand Tunica	7th	$51,904
2007 Special, United States Poker Championship	12th	$20,680
2007 WSOP, Event 35, No-Limit Hold'em	1st	$615,955
2007 WSOP, Event 30, No-Limit Hold'em/Six Handed	48th	$5,260
2005 WSOP, Event 29, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	58th	$3,945