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Young wins $1,500 no-limit hold 'em shootout

By Andrew Feldman
ESPN Poker Club

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Event 16 | Event 18 The second shootout of the 2008 WSOP resulted in little sleep but a win for aspiring poker professional Jason Young. Young, who claimed to be on one hour's sleep heading into the final table, recently left his job at the Parks and Recreation department to play poker full time. There were three rounds of this shootout tournament. To advance to each subsequent round of a shootout, players need to defeat their tables. All those that made it to the second round, 100 players, ...

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