World Series of Poker Event #41, Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit), 22-24 June 2008

Entrants: 238

Buy in: ,500

Prize pool: 7,815

Final results:
1. Frank Gary, 9,562
2. Jonathan Tamayo, 0,093
3. Nick Binger, ,814
4. Chris Rentes, ,348
5. Alex Jalali, ,875
6. David Machowsky, ,901
7. Mats Gavatin, ,923
8. Michael Chu, ,439
9. David Sorger, ,956

The ,500 buy-in Mixed Hold’em championship (Event #41) attracted 731 entries, creating a prize pool totaling 7,815. The top 72 finishers collected prize money.

The 2008 Mixed Hold’em champion is Frank Gary, from Fort Meyers, FL. He is a 42-year-old retiree. Gary sold off his small high-tech company a few years ago. He worked as a software engineer for many years.

Since retiring, Gary has traveled around the country in his RV, mostly spending his time playing poker.