Looks like Steven Feren, the Broward circuit court judge, met his goal.

He finished in the money at the World Series of Poker . He came in 472nd, earning $25,027.
As I posted below, he won the seat in a charity event, then made it through Friday and into Saturday before being eliminated.

"I'm very happy," said Feren this afternoon, from the Los Angeles airport. He's returning to work Monday. "This is something I have wanted to do for a long time."

Feren entered Saturday play in 633rd place; 648 of the remaining 789 would cash.

"I tried to conserve my chips, and I just kept my ahead above water," he said. "Meanwhile, it seemed like someone was dropping every 45 seconds."

He'll give $2,500 to the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood, he said. He won the seat -- which normally costs $10,000 -- in a Boys and Girls Club charity event in spring 2008, when he was mayor of Sunrise. He then deferred playing in the 2008 WSOP because he was busy running for judge.

Meanwhile, other Broward-Palm players still alive as of Sunday's start are:

Kevin Schaffel, Coral Springs, in 17th, with 1.2 million chips;
Amir Lehavot, Weston, in 169th, with 472,000;
Ryan Fair, Fort Lauderdale, 250th, 307,000;
Matthew Waxman, Parkland, 286th, 252,000.

They're kind of getting shorted in my print story for Sunday (sorry, guys!) but I'll write a new update them on Monday morning.

Also cashing:
507th: Kenneth Weiner, Wellington, who won $23,196;
552nd: Terry McKerchie, Davie, $23,196;
571st: Kyle Brown, Fort Lauderdale, $23,196