Robert Cheung Wins $1,500 No-Limit Holdem in WSOP 2007

Article Intro

Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 | By CasinoGuide

Cheung beat a 2,778 players strong starting field in the $1,500 No-Limit Holdem event to take home $673,000.

The winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event (38) is Robert Cheung, a 46-year-old businessman from Vancouver, Canada. Cheung was born in Hong Kong and holds a Ph.D.

Cheung has been playing poker seriously for about two years, having learned the game from his friends. This was his fourth cash finish at the WSOP, the third time only this year. Cheung took fourth place in the championship event of last year's Harvey Lake Tahoe's World Series of Poker Circuit.

2007 WSOP Event 38 Final Results


1. Robert "RCW" Cheung, Vancouver, BC, $673,628


2. Richard Murnick, Montclair, NJ, $417,117


3. Erica Schoenberg, Las Vegas, NV, $261,646


4. John Kranyak, New York, NY, $170,639


5. Andrew Lee, Ocean Township, NJ, $119,447


6. Chris Bjorin, London, UK, $87,215


7. Suey Wong, Madison, WI, $68,255


8. Ernie Crespo, Los Angeles, CA, $51,192


9. Nick Goodall, London, UK, $40,195


10. Ryan Osborne, Redmond, WA, $33,369


11. Georges Djen, France, $33,369


12. Ed Fernandez, San Jose, CA, $33,369


13. Marcus Collins, Perth, Australia, $29,577


14. David Cossio, El Paso, TX, $29,577


15. Shane Stacey, Hyde Park, VT, $29,577


16. Joshua Vanduyn, San Diego, CA, $25,785


17. Phillip Motsinger, Brandon, FL, $25,785


18. Mark Arum, Atlanta, GA, $25,785


19. Morgan Machina, Mission, CA, $21,993


20. Zachary Clark, Lafayette, CA, $21,993


21. Burt Boutin, Henderson, NV, $21,993


22. Rodeen Talebi, Los Angeles, CA, $21,993


23. Michael Perrazzo, Greenville, SC, $21,993


24. Fred Lavassani, Burbank, CA, $21,993


25. Karl Mahrenholz, London, UK, $21,993


26. Mitchell Hecht, Ontario, Canada, $21,993


27. John Roberts, Orange Beach, AL, $21,993


28. Darin Haddock, Lakeside, MT, $18,581


29. Jeffrey Kimber, London, UK, $18,581


30. Jeffrey Alexander, Cambridge, MA, $18,581


31. Marcel Luske, Amsterdam, Netherlands, $18,581


32. Joshua Millet, Los Angeles, CA, $18,581


33. Marc McCormick, North Las Vegas, NV, $18,581


34. Billy Poindexter, San Antonio, TX, $18,581


35. Chip Ferguson, Columbus, OH, $18,581


36. Andrew Sandomire, Littleton, CO, $18,581


37. Christopher Nash, Rockwall, TX, $15,547


38. Julian Leferre, Arncott, England, $15,547


39. Jason Kallivokas, Reston, VA, $15,547


40. Timothy Dolan, Houston, TX, $15,547


41. Men "The Master" Nguyen, Bell Gardens, CA, $15,547


42. Eric Lynch, Olathe, KS, $15,547


43. Sorel Mizzi, Toronto, ON, $15,547


44. Richard Crocker, Las Vegas, NV, $15,547


45. Mark Utterback, Las Vegas, NV, $15,547


46. Kathleen Liebert, Las Vegas, NV, $12,893


47. Nicholas Manganaro, Omaha, NE, $12,893


48. Albertin Hernandez, Downey, CA, $12,893


49. Stephen Frakes, North Hills, CA, $12,893


50. Justin Henry, Los Angeles, CA, $12,893


51. Travis Pearson, Las Vegas, NV, $12,893


52. Justin Jorgensen, Los Angeles, CA, $12,893


53. Phillippe Olbrechts, Issaquah, WA, $12,893


54. John Jackson, Henderson, NV, $12,893


55. Roderic Ueno, Pearl City, HI, $10,618


56. Arthur Min, Austin, TX, $10,618


57. Gary Bogdanski, Lyndhurst, MI, $10,618


58. Aram Zerounian, Portola Hills, CA, $10,618


59. Allan King, San Diego, CA, $10,618


60. Joseph Najjar, Pepperell, MA, $10,618


61. Joseph Cappello, New Rochelle, NY, $10,618


62. Eric Hershler, Los Angeles, CA, $10,618


63. Charles Leonard, , $10,618


64. Scott Rose, Chappaqua, NY, $8,722


65. Anna Yen, Las Vegas, NV, $8,722


66. David Minto, Alamogordo, NM, $8,722


67. Richard Digiorgio , Los Angeles, CA, $8,722


68. Matthew Molinari, Massapequa Park, NY, $8,722


69. David Sparks, Norman, OK, $8,722


70. Sajid Zia, Fremont, CA, $8,722


71. Timothy Debenport, Baton Rouge, LA, $8,722


72. George Dunst, Madison, WI, $8,722


73. Frank Lin, Los Angeles, CA, $7,205


74. Dominic Canicosa, San Francisco, CA, $7,205


75. Edward Moncada, Oakland, CA, $7,205


76. Adam Bondra, Santa Ana, CA, $7,205


77. Timothy Jaxon, Sebastopol, CA, $7,205


78. Robert Hwang, Clark, NJ, $7,205


79. Nicholas Rainey, Las Vegas, NV, $7,205


80. Edward Ross, Los Gatos, CA, $7,205


81. Jason Finn, Chicago, IL, $7,205


82. Walter Remaley, West Palm Beach, FL, $6,067


83. Peter Sullivan , Roscoe, IL, $6,067


84. Michael Banducci , Traverse City, MI, $6,067


85. Patrick Quinn, Fort Myers, FL, $6,067


86. Jesper Hoog, Sweden, $6,067


87. Eric Strong , Scotch Plains, NJ, $6,067


88. Marc Lome , St. Louis Park, MN, $6,067


89. Andrew Kelsall, Tampa, Fl, $6,067


90. Daniel Bokech, Lewis Center, OH, $6,067


91. Stephen Mills, Santa Fe, NM, $5,309


92. Steven Simmons, Pocatello, ID, $5,309


93. Peter Nifakos, West Palm Beach, FL, $5,309


94. Ronald Faltinsky, Montebello, CA, $5,309


95. Christian Zetzsche, Germany, $5,309


96. Alex Jacob, Parkland, FL, $5,309


97. Raymond Luysterborghs, West Haven, CT, $5,309


98. Dimitrios Koutougos, Canada, $5,309


99. Valter Farina, Italy, $5,309


100. David Zeitlin, New York, NY, $4,740


101. Norman Gautron, Canada, $4,740


102. Edward Holyoke, Buellton, CA, $4,740


103. Thomas Ross, Brooklyn, NY, $4,740


104. John Hom, San Rafael, CA, $4,740


105. Philip Sykes, Mt. Pleasant, SC, $4,740


106. Betty Siegelin, Baton Rouge, LA, $4,740


107. Matthew Murphy, Panorama City, CA, $4,740


108. Daniel Rumph, Chicago, IL, $4,740


109. Mike Pietrzak, Henderson, NV, $4,740


110. Dan Bush, Wasilla, AK, $4,740


111. Brian Huenefield, Edgewood, KY, $4,740


112. Motoyuki Mabuchi, Japan, $4,740


113. Kendale Limahai, Waikoloa, HI, $4,740


114. Nick Andricopulos, Palos Park, IL, $4,740


115. Anthony Lee, Honolulu, HI, $4,740


116. Tae Baik , Colmar, PA, $4,740


117. Jeffery Platt, Redford Township, MI, $4,740


118. Chris Ferguson, Pacific Palisades, CA, $4,740


119. Paul McGuire, Bronx, NY, $4,740


120. John Miller, Dearborn Heights, MI, $4,740


121. Grant Thompson, Los Angeles, CA, $4,740


122. Robert Goldfarb, Scottsdale, AZ, $4,740


123. Dmitriy Bykov, Los Angeles, CA, $4,740


124. Daniel Gotch, McDonough, GA, $4,740


125. Marcello Delgrosso, , $4,740


126. John Gordon, Clearwater, FL, $4,740


127. Cristian Avendanobarrera, Las Vegas, NV, $4,361


128. John Campbell, San Diego, CA, $4,361


129. Joseph Haddad, Portland, OR, $4,361


130. Benjamin Prince, Lake Park, GA, $4,361


131. Thomas Schreiber, Danielson, CT, $4,361


132. Charles Sewell, Oklahoma City, OK, $4,361


133. Jeffrey Kaplow, Rye Brook, NY, $4,361


134. Thomas Walker, Newport Beach, CA, $4,361


135. Julie Dang, Montclair, CA, $4,361


136. Sovann Sin , Stockton, CA, $4,361


137. Jeffrey Bergerson, Roseville, MN, $4,361


138. David Robbins, Fortson, GA, $4,361


139. Jae Pak, Folsom, CA, $4,361


140. Ryan Roberts, Thousand Oaks, CA, $4,361


141. David Thomas, Portsmouth, VA, $4,361


142. Douglas Harrah, Chandler, AZ, $4,361


143. Serena Liu, Fremont, CA, $4,361


144. Peter Clarke, Oakhurst, CA, $4,361


145. Earl Odom, San Ramon, CA, $4,361


146. Martin May, Plantation, FL, $4,361


147. Ryan Dersch, Evansville, IN, $4,361


148. David Leisge, Colorado Springs, CO, $4,361


149. John Merrick, Newport Beach, CA, $4,361


150. Roy Levalle, Hermosa Beach, CA, $4,361


151. Michael Landers, Las Vegas, NV, $4,361


152. David Wilson, Tallahassee, FL, $4,361


153. Hyun Kim, Diamond Bar, CA, $4,361


154. Allan Jacobi, Moraga, CA, $4,361


155. Randall Martinat, Garden City, ID, $4,361


156. Aaron Cole, Weatherford, TX, $4,361


157. Eugene Tito, Glendale, CA, $4,361


158. Ronnie Nichols , Fisherville, KY, $4,361


159. Don Zewin, Las Vegas, NV, $4,361


160. Mark Bonner, Eielson AFB, AK, $4,361


161. Christian Laidig, Citrus Heights, CA, $4,361


162. Eric Richter, Washington, DC, $4,361


163. Domenic Mirabelli, Maple, ON, $3,982


164. Gerald Miller, Iowa, LA, $3,982


165. John David Wimberly, Bozeman, MT, $3,982


166. Aaron Raap, Meridian, ID, $3,982


167. Michael Hutsko, Miami, FL, $3,982


168. Steven Beck, Commack, NY, $3,982


169. Ryan Daut, Basking Ridge, NJ, $3,982


170. Erik Norton, Boston, MA, $3,982


171. Richard Fox, Flushing, MI, $3,982


172. Robert Marshall, Roseville, MI, $3,982


173. Jeff Collins, Galien, MI, $3,982


174. Farzad Najafabadi, Gaithersburg, MD, $3,982


175. John Smith, New York, NY, $3,982


176. Ronald Savellano, Cerritos, CA, $3,982


177. Joshua Gideon, Decatur, GA, $3,982


178. Audley Harrison, Las Vegas, NV, $3,982


179. Aaron Thurston, Aurora, CO, $3,982


180. Lonnie Roberts, Gilbert, AZ, $3,982


181. Matthew Voorhees, Englewood, CO, $3,982


182. Aaron Lewis , Tampa, FL, $3,982


183. Andrew Webking, Belleville, WA, $3,982


184. Lee Markholt, Eatonville, WA, $3,982


185. William Roseberry, Hemet, CA, $3,982


186. Jonathan Heath, UK, $3,982


187. Minh Nguyen , Bell Gardens, CA, $3,982


188. Edmund Alipoon, Costa Mesa, CA, $3,982


189. Drew Gisenberg, Woodcliff Lake, NJ, $3,982


190. Luigi Caramatti, Italy, $3,982


191. Garrett Allen , Chandler, AZ, $3,982


192. Tolga Ural , Seattle, WA, $3,982


193. Quinn Do, Los Angeles, CA, $3,982


194. Hankey Lewis, Springfield, MO, $3,982


195. Adrian Wee, Netherlands, $3,982


196. Mark "Pegasus" Smith, Georgetown, KY, $3,982


197. Matthew Clements, Austin, TX, $3,982


198. John Gruszczynski, Baltimore, MD, $3,982


199. Russell Nygren, La Mirada, CA, $3,602


200. Hicham Chami, Dearborn Heights, MI, $3,602


201. Tracy Morgan, Duncan, OK, $3,602


202. Josh Teel, Cleveland Heights, OH, $3,602


203. David Belfiore, Selden, NY, $3,602


204. Waylon Frey, San Marcos, TX, $3,602


205. Brad Paleg, Silver Spring, MD, $3,602


206. Robert Wing, Jacksonville, FL, $3,602


207. Dondi Dismer, Livermore, CA, $3,602


208. Mark Bryan, Orange, CA, $3,602


209. Mike Oshaughnessy, Antioch, CA, $3,602


210. Jonathan Austria, San Francisco, CA, $3,602


211. Janiece Fidler, Honey Brook, PA, $3,602


212. Alan Lake, Witney, UK, $3,602


213. Kirk Uyezu, Honolulu, HI, $3,602


214. Giovanni Massa, St Laurent, QB, $3,602


215. Ryan Bockiaro, Miami, FL, $3,602


216. Larry Nordgren, Pacifica, CA, $3,602


217. Daniel Hirleman, Tempe, AZ, $3,602


218. Ronald Glantz, Weston, FL, $3,602


219. Daniel Call , Springfield, IL, $3,602


220. Karen Manfrede, St Louis, MO, $3,602


221. Mark Rochford, Las Vegas, NV, $3,602


222. Eric Iwamoto, Honolulu, HI, $3,602


223. Jason Blanchard, Highaland Ranch, CO, $3,602


224. Patrick Heneghan, Chicago, IL, $3,602


225. Robert Ruhl, Sunland, CA, $3,602


226. Peter Dunaj, Englewood, CO, $3,602


227. Ali Asar, Corona, CA, $3,602


228. Marco Palacios, Irving, TX, $3,602


229. Eric Mizrachi, Sunny Isles Beach, FL, $3,602


230. Karen Karnafel, , $3,602


231. Shawn Clingan, Duarte, CA, $3,602


232. Nicholas Tsoukalas, New York, NY, $3,602


233. Adam El Payaa, Forest Park, IL, $3,602


234. Gary Dolenga , La Quinta, CA, $3,602


235. James Cleer, Selma, TX, $3,223


236. Juha Helppi, Finland, $3,223


237. Xhelal Fusha, Fort Worth, FL, $3,223


238. Keefe Jones, Gainesville, FL, $3,223


239. Dagobert Flores, San Angelo, TX, $3,223


240. James Dzatko, Highland, CA, $3,223


241. Michael Ebert, Eugene, OR, $3,223


242. Thomas Love, Marietta, OH, $3,223


243. Shawn Lusher, Kansas City, KS, $3,223


244. Bradley Skarpness, Alpharetta, GA, $3,223


245. Mark Dingeman, Phoenix, AZ, $3,223


246. Roberto Salvadori, Italy, $3,223


247. Patrick Maurer, Woodbury, MN, $3,223


248. Robert Fishman, Glenwood Springs, CO, $3,223


249. Brian Hawkins, Brandon, FL, $3,223


250. David Lapychak, North Port, FL, $3,223


251. Timothy Buckley, Bolingbrook, IL, $3,223


252. Albert Fu, Houston, TX, $3,223


253. John Gruszczynski, St. Charles, MO, $3,223


254. Michael Bramm, South Africa, $3,223


255. Andrew Vandekop, Dallas, TX, $3,223


256. Andrew Chud, Dallas, TX, $3,223


257. Carl Brewington, Hermitage, TN, $3,223


258. Kent Frampton, Whitefish, MT, $3,223


259. Gary Snyder , Muskogee, OK, $3,223


260. James Taylor, Las Vegas, NV, $3,223


261. Mark Grabowski, Cumming, GA, $3,223


262. Alexander Johnoff, Mesa, AZ, $3,223


263. Chih-Hao Lin, China, $3,223


264. Kenneth Stead, Reserve, NM, $3,223


265. James Farschon, San Diego, CA, $3,223


266. Andrew Miklos, Largo, FL, $3,223


267. Paul Quade, Highlands Ranch, CO, $3,223


268. Craig Mueller, Port Huron, MI, $3,223


269. William Sensenbach, Blackfoot, ID, $3,223


270. Eric Ryles, Alexandria, VA, $3,223

Subscribe to RSS Feeds

What is RSS?

Casino Newsletter

Sign up for CasinoGuide's online casino newsletter that will bring you the gambler's view on:

Slots 777
  • Highest Payouts
  • Highest Bonuses
  • Best Deals
  • Online Tournaments

Sign up



Best Online Casinos

# Online Casino Bonus Review
1 Rome CasinoRome Casino US Players $1500 Review
2 Silver Oak CasinoSilver Oak Casino US Players $11100 Review
3 Rushmore CasinoRushmore Casino US Players $3000 Review
  • Accepts all US players US
  • Accepts most US players US Restricted