2007 WSOP Event 46 - Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better $1,000

  Those who are interested in getting some first hand perspective on the afterlife, but don't know how to go about it now that Dr. Kevorkian is retired, we can't help you. The best suggestion that can be made is find a place where lighting has struck, and don't stand there. From a completely statistical standpoint, lightning doesn't tend to hit the same place twice, so standing at a place that lightning has previously targeted may result in a slow death by boredom rather than a quick one by electrocution.  Tom Schneider may be the exception to the rule about lightning and its tendency to avoid striking in the same place twice. There is a fact about poker that no player can shake. No matter how much skill a player has, luck is a big factor in any tournament win. A player who is good will consistently finish in the money, but the stars have to align just right for skill to combine with luck in order to bring a player a World Series of Poker bracelet. Twice in this year's WSOP Tom Schneider has been in the right place when everything clicked just right for him, and he was awarded a bracelet for his efforts.  For a lot of players a money finish is the best they will ever be able to muster in the WSOP. For a small percentage of poker pros lightning will strike and they will add a World Series of Poker bracelet to their trophy case. By winning Event 46, Schneider has joined the small club of players who can boast that they own a bracelet for each wrist. By acquiring the trophy in the same season that he claimed a matching bracelet, he is part of infinitely tiny number of players who have overcome amazing odds to win twice in a season.  This is not something we can chalk completely up to luck. That would be doing Tom a disservice: he played brilliantly down the stretch. The outcome was in doubt almost up until the last hand. There was a point in the late stages of the game where the competitors were even. The stars did align though, and his great play combined with sometimes friendly cards to give Tom Schneider his second bracelet of the year. Congratulations Mr. Schneider on your amazing feat.PlacePlayerPrize1Tom Schneider$147,7132Hoyt Verner$82,0643Miguel de la Cruz$51,6704Scotty Nguyen$31,6105Saundra Taylor$24,6196Hieu Ngoc (Tony) Ma$19,2707Tam (Tommy) Hang$14,7118Woody Deck$11,0639Mark Smyrski$7,538