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Results from the 2007 Three Card Poker World Championship:

A 23-year-old Philadelphia woman bested a record field of players last Tuesday to win the 2007 Three Card Poker World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Grace Ann Taormina, who qualified at Excelsior Casino in Aruba, caught a flush on the final hand to beat runner-up Kimberly Raby of Osage Million Dollar Casino in Oklahoma. Taormina, who trailed by $300 going into the final hand, won $500,000; Raby took home $250,000.

Three hundred and twenty-six players from more than 50 casinos participated in the event.

Finalists

1st place ($500,000): GraceAnn Taormina (Excelsior Aruba)

2nd place ($250,000): Kimberly Raby (Osage Million Dollar Sand Springs)

3rd place ($125,000): Miguel Aguilar (Carnival Paradise)

4th place ($75,000): Jodette Abernathy (Casino AZ)

5th place ($50,000): Patricia Galbraith (Casino del Sol)

Semi-Finalists ($5,000)

First Name	Last Name	Casino
DAVID	LITZENBERGER	Paradise Casino OK
DIANE	SULLIVAN	Treasure Island
DORTHEA	HOAGLAND	Great American
ERIBERTO	GUERRERO	Colorado Belle
GARTH	CASTOR	Jackson Rancheria
GARY	OSBORN	Golden Moon
JERRY	CHEN	Wynn
JIM	PUTMAN	Isleta
KARL	MILLER	Great American
LEONID	FURMANOV	Great American
PETER	NORTON	Isleta
RICHARD	LONGO	Excelsior Aruba
SAMUEL	PAVLUS	Lucky Star
SHARON	SCHWARTZ	Casino AZ
THOMAS	BRUCE	Bear River
ZULEMA	VIOLANTE	Isleta

Quarter-Finalists ($500)

First Name	Last Name	Casino
AARON	GLASSMAN	Wynn
ANNE	BEAVER	Carnival Imagination
APRIL	DORNBROOK	Canterbury Park
BARBARA	UNDERWOOD	Primm Valley
BELINDA	GALLEGOS	Isleta
BOBBY	FRALEY	Carnival Carib. P.
CARMELA	ROMANELLI	Excelsior Aruba
CAROL	WHIDDON	Four Queens
CAROLYN	ZUK	Jackson Rancheria
CESAR	CHACON	Wynn
CHANPEN	RAMONAMIS	Casino AZ
CHARLES	TOMPKINS	Osage Million Dollar
CHRIS	MARTINEZ	Isleta
CINDY	SUBIDO	Thunder Valley
DAN	CHRISTOFFERSON	Royal Caribbean
DAVID	HUGHES	Bear River
DAVID	TONEMAN	Wynn
DAWN	SMITH	Osage Million Dollar
DENNIS	GIBBONS	Harrah’s Ak-Chin
DOUG	PHAM	Fort McDowell
DOUGLAS	JARVIS	Boomtown Biloxi
DUANE	RACHEL	Casino AZ
FELIX	RAMOS	Ritz Carlton San Juan
FRANK	SZYMANSKI	Casino AZ
GIUSEPPE	DAMBRA	Harvey’s Lake Tahoe
HAROLD	SIGNETT	Wynn
HERMINIGILDO	MANALO	Manitoba Lottery
JAEHYUN	BAE	Wynn
JAMES	DYCKMAN	Excelsior Aruba
JAMES	WATTS	Grand Casino Hinkley
JANIS	MAY	Turning Stone
JEFFRY	WARREN	Harrah’s Ak-Chin
JIMMY	ROGERS	Kickapoo Casino
JOHN	ECKERT	Jackpot Junction
JOHN	GILANI	Wynn
JULIANNE	BAYER	Aquarius
JULIE	KOON	Golden Moon
JUN GUO	ZHENG	Nobb Hill
KEVIN	FULLER	Jackson Rancheria
LAURA	TURRIGIANO	Harrah’s Ak-Chin
LAYA	SWEISS	Pechanga
LISA	BROWN	Golden Moon
LLOYD	JOHNSON	Pahrump Nugget
MARILYN	KLEIN	Carnival Crown P.
MARIO	LEGASPI	Carnival Triumph
MARY	CRESSER	Carnival C. P.
MATTHEW	FINLEY	Bear River
MATTHEW	ROOME	Wynn
MICHAEL	LANDERS	Grand Sierra
RIVENA	LOPEZ	Ritz Carlton San Juan
RUPERT	HOFFMAN	Boomtown Biloxi
SALNICOV	GERSHEVICH	Carnival Triumph
SEAN	MOLYNEAUX	Bear River
SHERYL	GUARINIELLO	Atlantis, Reno
STEVEN	BURSEY	Carnival Westerdam
SUE NI	KARPOVICH	Hollywood Casino
VICKI	KANG	Great American
WILEY	WHITE	Wynn
WILLIAM	WYNN	Golden Moon