Event 49: $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em (Completed)

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Congratulations to Greg Hobson, Winner of Event 49: $1,500 Ante-Only No Limit Hold'em ($256,691)!

Greg Hobson - Champion Three days ago World Series of Poker history was made when this unique event kicked off. It was a standard no-limit hold'em event with one key difference: no blinds. Players would ante every hand and have the option to bring in for the smallest denomination chip in play. After three days of play and a field of 939 players, Greg Hobson was able to rise to the top to grab the first place prize of $256,691 as well as the first WSOP bracelet offered for this type of event. [TABLE=class: usertable] [TR=class: even] [TH]Place[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Prize[/TH] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Greg Hobson[/TD] [TD]$256,691[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Mike Sowers[/TD] [TD]$158,887[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]John Hayes[/TD] [TD]$99,409[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Harrison Gimbel[/TD] [TD]$72,155[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Eugene Du Plessis[/TD] [TD]$53,267[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Mike McDonald[/TD] [TD]$39,931[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Seth Davies[/TD] [TD]$30,373[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Sameer Aljanedi[/TD] [TD]$23,413[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Justin Schwartz[/TD] [TD]$18,292[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]