Tournament: WSOP Event 41 features a kiddie table

Tuesday night there wasn't a single player at the WSOP Event 41 final table that had seen major tournament action before 2006. That's probably because none of the players were old enough to compete in 2005. Out of a field of 281 entrants (including seasoned superstars like Phil Ivey and David Pham) the last men standing going into Day 3 of the $5000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout were barely men at all. At 24, Danny Wong was both the oldest and most experienced player left competing for the bracelet. While the table was light on age and experience, it was still extremely diverse with four different countries represented by the top five players (Hungary, Russia, Germany, and the United States).

Don't let the fresh faces fool you though—these young guns definitely earned their places at the final table. El Nasr got his seat after two grueling hours of heads-up play against Ivey-eliminator Barny Boatman. And Lichtenberger personally put out two-time WSOP bracelet winner David “The Dragon” Pham. Ultimately though it was 22-year old Hungarian pro Peter Traply that rose to the top of this pool of young talent to claim his first WSOP bracelet. Prior to taking the Event 41 title, Traply's highest WSOP placing was 188th in last year's Main Event.

The final placings for the “Fab Five” table were as follows:

1. Peter Traply - $348,728
2. Andrew Lichtenberger - $215,403
3. Max Lykov - $145,063
4. Danny Wong - $105,609
5. Nasr El Nasr - $82,697

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