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Event 15, No-Limit Hold'em

Buy-In: $1,500
Entrants: 2,628
Final Table: June 11, 2007
Bracelet Winner: Phil Hellmuth wins $637,254

A living legend at the WSOP since 1989, Hellmuth's win in this event gives him a long-awaited and unrivaled 11th WSOP gold bracelet, finally beating Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson past the 10-bracelet mark. See our forthcoming profile of Hellmuth for a detailed look at his impressive career.

Event 16, H.O.R.S.E.

Buy-In: $2,500
Entrants: 381
Final Table: June 11, 2007
Bracelet Winner: James Richburg wins $238,881

Now 52, Richburg has been playing poker professionally for half of his life. "It's enabled me to provide for my family and have a lot of leisure time," he says, which is quite unusual since he avoids the popular No-Limit games. Richburg is no stranger to the WSOP, having first entered in 1991 with seven career cash finishes at the tournamentand topped by winning his first gold bracelet in the 2006 Razz event. This year's $2500/H.O.R.S.E. event makes it two gold finishes for James.

Event 17, World Championship Ladies Event No-Limit Hold'em

Buy-In: $1,000
Entrants: 1,285
Final Table: June 12, 2007
Bracelet Winner: Sally Anne Boyer wins $262,077

It's hard to believe that this resident of Midway, Utah, only started playing poker a year ago: today she's the happy winner of the world's largest ladies' poker tournament ever. "I attended the Academy, the World Series of Poker Academy - it was very helpful. It was just this past weekend," she says, citing Annie Duke as one of her instructors and a major influence on her game.

Event 18, World Championship Limit Hold'em

Buy-In: $5,000
Entrants: 257
Final Table: June 12, 2007
Bracelet Winner: Saro Getzoyan wins $333,379

He may now be the World Champion Limit Hold'em player -- busting out Barry Greenstein, Doyle Brunson, and Howard Lederer to get there -- but Saro had to skip work to be in Vegas to play: "I told my boss I was coming to Vegas, but I didn't tell him I was going to play in the World Series. I didn't take tomorrow off work, so I kind of have to call him in the morning and explain it to him." Saro is a software engineer for a software firm in Massachusetts and has no plans to change that any time soon.

Event 19, No-Limit Hold'em

Buy-In: $2,500
Entrants: 1,013
Final Table: June 13, 2007
Bracelet Winner: Francois Safieddine wins $521,785

Francois was head-to-head with John "The Razor" Phan: "I took him all the way down to $350,000 from $2 million ... I tried to get him off his game," said Francois reflecting on the grueling run. In the end he pushed all-in with a pair of fours and Phan called with pocket aces. Francois spiked his fours on the river to take the bracelet and a handsome pay-off for his efforts.

Event 20, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight-or-Better

Buy-In: $2,000
Entrants: 340
Final Table: June 13, 2007
Bracelet Winner: Ryan Hughes wins $176,358

Once a student at Arizona State University, Ryan turned his attention to poker and has been playing for about five years now, including six cash finishes at the WSOP in the past three years.

In 2006, Hughes had his first final-table appearance during the $5,000/Omaha Hi-Lo event: he finished 9th at a table that included Sam Farha and Phil Ivey.

This year's win was no breeze either since the final table included the formidable Greg Raymer. "I had to get lucky a couple times to knock him out," said Hughes, "It's possible that he was the best player at that table."

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