WSOP 2009. Info, Chip Counts, & & stuff. Feed your wild side.

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Another good Event for the Brits.

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   36      
   Buy In   $2,000       
   Date   20/06/2009      
   Game   No Limit Hold'em      
   Number of Entries   1695      
   Net Prize Pool   $3,084,900       
   First Place Prize   $586,212       
   Players to Cash   171      

   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Smith, Jordan   $586,212   College Station   TX
2   Lennaard, Ken   $360,439   Stockholm   Sweden
3   Grondin, Laurence   $237,537   Montreal   QC, Canada
4   Morneau, Joe   $166,584   Candia   NH
5   Roux, Anthony   $120,311   London   United Kingdom
6   Atchison, Patrick   $95,631   Fort Worth   TX
7   Skripchenko, Almira   $78,664   Paris   France
8   Seden, Andrew   $67,867   London   United Kingdom
9   Plens, Jonathan   $61,081   Toronto   ON, Canada
10   Woodall, Warren   $42,880   Los Angeles   CA
11   Powell, Jack   $42,880   London   United Kingdom
12   Tabb, Steven   $42,880   Newton   MA
13   Chen, Tommy   $30,016   San Fransico   CA
14   Neckar, Jonathan   $30,016   Blue River   WI
15   White, Adam   $30,016   Tempe   AZ
16   Cole, Corwin   $21,008   Covina   CA
17   White, Andrew   $21,008   Galashiels   
18   Yates, Kenneth   $21,008   Friendswood   TX
19   Cutler, Joseph   $15,270   Bay Shore   NY
20   Mazzie, Robert   $15,270   Pittsburgh   PA
21   Brown, Kyle   $15,270   Fort Lauderdale   FL
22   Brown, Jamie   $15,270   Birchington   United Kingdom
23   Bevand, Manuel   $15,270   Paris   France
24   Baldwin, Joseph   $15,270   University Place   WA
25   Rich, Jordan   $15,270   Portland   OR
26   Harder, Christian   $15,270   Annapolis   MD
27   Tokarczyk, George   $15,270   Burke   SD
28   Wong, Marty   $13,141   Napa   CA
29   Heger, William   $13,141   Union City   NJ
30   Kovacs, Andras   $13,141   Budapest   Hungary
31   Miner, William   $13,141   Chicago   IL
32   Meyers, Brandon   $13,141   Robbinsdale   MN
33   Mozingo, Christopher   $13,141   Alexandria   VA
34   McGowan, Joe   $13,141   Las Vegas   NV
35   Mrozek, Michael   $13,141   Houston   TX
36   Mcclain, James   $13,141   Riverside   CA
37   Ward, Denis   $10,735   Thunder Bay   ON, Canada
38   Kelly, Kevin   $10,735   Scottsdale   AZ
39   Yaginuma, Jesse   $10,735   Silver Spring   MD
40   Mayer, Aaron   $10,735   Los Angeles   CA
41   Sparta, Phillip   $10,735   Fairfax   VA
42   Andrews, Scott   $10,735   Graham   TX
43   Axman, Ingemar   $10,735   Trogstad   Norway
44   Ryan, Steve   $10,735   Brooklyn   NY
45   Levy, Elliot   $10,735   Arlington Hts.   IL
46   Bradpiece, Jerome   $9,069   Harrow   United Kingdom
47   Panone, Donovan   $9,069   Marietta   GA
48   Demaci, Christopher   $9,069   Stanton   CA
49   Woods, Darren   $9,069   Cleethorees   United Kingdom
50   Firestone, Robert   $9,069   Santa Barbara   CA
51   Myers, Gary   $9,069   Crystal Lake   IL
52   Vance, Matthew   $9,069   Lowville   NY
53   Chotikul, Jeffrey   $9,069   Centreville   VA
54   Brockington, Mark   $9,069   Edmonton   AB, Canada
55   Wheeler, Terry   $7,866   Granite Bay   CA
56   Gray, Jason   $7,866   Troutdale   OR
57   Salas, Damian   $7,866   Chascomus   Argentina
58   Fennell, Jason   $7,866   Santa Maria   CA
59   Lippert, Adam   $7,866   Brooklyn   NY
60   Butzberger, Joseph   $7,866   Dallas   TX
61   Dirksen, Dustin   $7,866   Las Vegas   NV
62   Molinari, Matthew   $7,866   New York   NY
63   Wheeler, Jason   $7,866   Chula Vista   CA
64   King, Steven   $6,971   Visalia   CA
65   Cheung, Robert   $6,971   Vancouver   BC, Canada
66   Pahuja, Vineet   $6,971   Hicksville   NY
67   Brown, Robert   $6,971   Roseville   CA
68   Parizon, Michael   $6,971   Canton   MI
69   Mcnally, Steven   $6,971   Henderson   NV
70   Ma, Hieu   $6,971   S El Monte   CA
71   Koon, Jason   $6,971   Las Vegas   NV
72   White, John   $6,971   Portland   OR
73   LaGarde, Matthew   $6,262   Salisbury   MD
74   Goethals, Theo   $6,262   Olds   AB, Canada
75   Kishnev, Sergey   $6,262   Moscow   Russia
76   Dekorver, Pieter   $6,262   Leeuwarden   Netherlands
77   O 'Shaughessy, Ian   $6,262   Trois-Rivieres   QC, Canada
78   Krause, Andreas   $6,262   Heilbronn   Germany
79   Burbick, Corey   $6,262   Davie   FL
80   Rheem, David   $6,262   Los Angeles   CA
81   Sumi, William   $6,262   San Jose   CA
82   Horton, Brian   $5,614   Richardson   TX
83   Pechac, James   $5,614   Phoenix   AZ
84   Demes, Brandon   $5,614   Tempe   AZ
85   Shlez, Vadim   $5,614   Brooklyn    NY
86   Abboud, Tark   $5,614   Valencia   Spain
87   Zelinka, Robert   $5,614   Delray Beach    FL
88   Geoum, In Sun   $5,614   New York    NY
89   Sackler, Jason   $5,614   Orlando    FL
90   James, Kenna   $5,614   Las Vegas    NV
91   Romanello, Roberto   $5,090   Gorseinon   United Kingdom
92   Roberts, Jaime   $5,090   London   United Kingdom
93   Mihaly, Gregory   $5,090   Seabrook    TX
94   Todd, Eugene   $5,090   Brooklyn    NY
95   Vullion, Pascal   $5,090   St Laurent des-Vignes   France
96   Downend, James   $5,090   Media    PA
97   Anton, Daniel   $5,090   Chula Vista    CA
98   Binger, Michael   $5,090   Las Vegas    NV
99   Wilcox, David   $5,090   Olathe    KS
100   Thacker, Kyle   $4,658   Naples    FL
101   Brendo, Oddvar   $4,658   Stavanger   Norway
102   O'Brien, Daniel   $4,658   Las Vegas, NV   NV
103   DePalma, Wayne   $4,658   Lakewood   CO
104   Fyshe, Adam   $4,658   Ottawa   ON, Canada
105   Martin, Michael   $4,658   Washington Crossing   PA
106   De La Gorge, Guillaume   $4,658   London   United Kingdom
107   Hollink, Rob   $4,658   Groningen   Netherlands
108   Campbell, Rhynie   $4,658   Las Vegas   NV
109   Becker, Jeff   $4,658   Las Vegas   NV
110   Arvanitis, Christos   $4,658   Saint-Laurent   QC, Canada
111   Myung, John   $4,658   Vienna   VA
112   Gerasimova, Liya   $4,658   Moscow   Russia
113   Gabriel, Thomas   $4,658   Lake Mary   FL
114   Sileo, James   $4,658   Burbank   CA
115   Forde, Stephen   $4,658   Cork   Australia
116   Tighe, David   $4,658   Birmimgham   United Kingdom
117   Fox, David   $4,658   Coram    NY
118   Childs, William   $4,318   Southern Pines    NC
119   Sacrispeyre, Patrick   $4,318   Paris   France
120   Dominski, Paul   $4,318   Minnetonka    MN
121   Bramlett, Bradley   $4,318   The Colony   TX
122   Semisoshenko, Maxim   $4,318   St. Peterburg   Russia
123   Wong, Brandon   $4,318   Clovis    CA
124   Tsinis, Arkadiy   $4,318   Las Vegas    NV
125   Rebecca, Thomas   $4,318   Wheaton    IL
126   Bohm, Thomas   $4,318   Kronshagen   Germany
127   Vitagliano, Umberto   $4,318   Rome   Italy
128   Kam, Leo   $4,318   Ottawa   ON, Canada
129   Yanovski, Leonid   $4,318   Haifa   Israel
130   Bain, Gary   $4,318   Vancouver    BC, Canada
131   Vazquez, Francisco   $4,318   Dallas    TX
132   Deeb, Shaun   $4,318   Troy    NY
133   Haglund, Gary   $4,318   Colorado Springs    CO
134   Mirzikinian, Warwick   $4,318   Sydney   Australia
135   Bibi, Steven   $4,318   Plymouth    MI
136   Dolan, Charles   $4,318   Fountainvalley    CA
137   Xu, Dong   $4,318   Rosemead    CA
138   Suharto, Darus   $4,318   Toronto    ON, Canada
139   Hamby, Jared   $4,318   Henderson    NV
140   Berube, Antoine   $4,318   Quebec City   QC, Canada
141   Wagner, Gunter   $4,318   Muelheim   Germany
142   Hoefs, Steven   $4,318   Avalon    CA
143   Connaly, Charles   $4,318   Pasadena    TX
144   Switzer, Brett   $4,318   Athens    GA
145   Heinrichs, Benjamin   $4,010   Chico    CA
146   Bergstrom, Lars   $4,010   Sundbyberg   Sweden
147   Tuttle, A Jeremy   $4,010   Lehi    UT
148   Coetzer, Conrad   $4,010   Johannesburg   South Africa
149   Marcucci, Gianluca   $4,010   Claviere   Italy
150   Terrell, Karec   $4,010   Brownstown    IN
151   Hobson, Gregory   $4,010   Portland    OR
152   Wan, Jeffrey   $4,010   Staten Island    NY
153   Cappello, Joseph   $4,010   New Rochelle    NY
154   Butler, Ashley   $4,010   Tampa    FL
155   Huang, Yue   $4,010   San Francisco    CA
156   Fukui, Ibuki   $4,010   Avon    CO
157   Reeder, Brent   $4,010   Santee    CA
158   Conaway, John   $4,010   Williamsville    NY
159   Blackwell, Trevor   $4,010   Honolulu    HI
160   Rustemoglu, Agop   $4,010   Ft Lauderdale    FL
161   Fenlon, Jarrett   $4,010   Richmond    CA
162   Tovish, Nina   $4,010   Wasington   DC
163   Bivins, David   $4,010   Browns Mills    NJ
164   Whitley, David   $4,010   Homestead    FL
165   Druif, Pieter   $4,010   Oostwoud   Netherlands
166   Carson, Dick   $4,010   Mansfield    MA
167   Paris, Bryan   $4,010   Dana Pointe    CA
168   Santiago, Alex   $4,010   West Hartford    CT
169   Rinaldi, Riccardo   $4,010   Lucca   Italy
170   Rightmire, Robin   $4,010   Glenwood Springs    CO
171   Botond, Balazs*   $2,005   Budapest   Hungary
171   Kornuth, Chance*   $2,005   Denver   CO
   *both received $2005 for equal 171st         

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171   Botond, Balazs*   $2,005   Budapest   Hungary
171   Kornuth, Chance*   $2,005   Denver   CO
   *both received $2005 for equal 171st         
Exact chip stacks?

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171   Botond, Balazs*   $2,005   Budapest   Hungary
171   Kornuth, Chance*   $2,005   Denver   CO
   *both received $2005 for equal 171st         
Exact chip stacks?

It's the "new way".

Many Rooms - presumably The WSOP included - now chop the Prize Money when 2 players exit on the same hand, irrespective of Chip Stacks. I think DTD do it now, too, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

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Official Report 

Event #36

No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-In:  $2,000

Number of Entries:  1,695

Total Net Prize Pool:  $3,084,900

Number of Places Paid:  171

First Place Prize:  $586,212

June 18-20, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Jordan Smith Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  After Just One Female Final Table Player in First 35 Events (Annie Duke), Two Female Players Make the Finals of Event 36
 

3.  Final Table Includes Chess Grandmaster and former European Champion Almira Skripchenko – Who Finishes Seventh
 

 

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The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em champion is Jordan Smith, from College Station, TX.

 

·        Smith is a 27-year-old professional poker player. 

 

·        Smith admits that his decision to play poker for a living caused some hardship, enduring virtually unavoidable financial pitfalls.  Smith stated that each time he encountered difficulties, various backers (including his parents) were willing to help him out in times of need.

 

·        Smith was highly complimentary of his mother and father, who he noted “are the best parents in the world.”  Smith stated that his parents have helped him at various times when he was down and have generally been very supportive of their son and his career as a poker player.

 

·        When age 21, Smith dropped out of junior college to play poker for a living.  He has been playing since then full time.  He mostly plays online.

 

·        Prior to his victory, Smith’s highest WSOP finish was 10th-place in 2007.

 

·        Smith collected $586,212 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to the official records, Jason now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 13 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  He has $693,824 in career WSOP winnings.

 

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Winner Quotes (Jordan Smith) –

 

·        On what it means to win a WSOP gold bracelet:  “It’s the World Series of Poker….I play for living and I play for money.  But so far as prestigious things go, winning the gold bracelet is the only goal to have.”

 

·        On his goals coming into this year’s WSOP:  “I wanted to win a gold bracelet and make a million dollar score.  So, I’m past half of that now.”

 

·        On whether or not the victory will change the direction of his poker career:  “Maybe.  But I’m still the same person.”

 

·        On his relationship with his parents and their reaction to his decision to play poker professionally:  “They wanted me to stay in school.  But after I had some success, they said – ‘if poker makes you happy, do it.”

 

·        On the ups and downs of playing poker for a living”  “I’ve had some ups and downs.  They (my parents) have really helped me when I was struggling.  They helped me with moral support and financial support.”

 

·        On the timing of his victory:  “This definitely came at the right time.  I usually get blessed when I need it the most.  I guess I am very fortunate.”

 

·        On his plans to come to the WSOP:  “I was not sure if I was going to come.  I was pretty much broke.  It’s been a rough year or so.  I was looking for backers and people turned me down.  Now, I guess they are not too happy about that.”

 

·        On his views about poker in his home state of Texas:  “I think poker definitely needs to be legalized and regulated.  Legalize it.  Tax it.  Regulate it.  I don’t think it’s the government’s job to tell me what to do or how to spend my money – even though they sure want a cut of this (taxes) whenever I win it.”
 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table contained no former WSOP gold bracelet winners.  This was the 12th of 36 finales held this year with no former winners -- which guaranteed a first-time champion.

 

·        The final table included nine players from five different nations – including Canada (2), England (2), France (1), Sweden (1), and the United States (3).

 

·        This was the first final table at this year’s WSOP with more than one female player.  Laurence Grondin finished third and Almira Skripchenko finished seventh.

 

·        The runner up was Ken Lennaard, from Stockholm, Sweden.  He is a wine merchant.  In what was his ninth time to cash at the WSOP and best finish ever, Lennaard picked up $360,439 for second place.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Laurence Grondin, from Montreal, QB (Canada).  She became the highest female finisher so far at this year’s WSOP.  Grondin was convinced to play in this event at the last minute by some friends.  That turned out to be a terrific investment as third place paid $237,537

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Joe Morneau, from Candia, NH.  This was his first time to cash at the WSOP.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Anthony Roux, from London, England.  This was his fourth time to cash at the WSOP.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Patrick Atchison, from Fort Worth, TX.  He has cashed in various WSOP Circuit events, in addition to the WSOP in Las Vegas.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Almira Skripchenko, from Paris, France.  Skripchenko is a professional chess player.  She is originally from Moldova and started competing in international chess matches as a teenager.  Skripchenko has won several major chess titles, most notably the individual ladies European Championship in 2001.  She was decorated with the “National Order of Merit” by her native country of Moldova for her accomplishments and continues to represent herself and her nation in international competition.  This marked her first time to cash at the WSOP.   

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Andrew Seden, from London, England.  This was his second cash within a week’s time, as he took 18th’s place in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event.

·        The ninth-place finisher was Jonathan Plens, from Toronto, ON (Canada).  He finished 42nd in last year’s WSOP Main Event.

 

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Robert Cheung, Dick Carson, Hieu (Tony) Ma, and Rob Hollink.

 

·        David “Chino” Rheem, who finished seventh in the 2008 WSOP Main Event cashed for the first time at this year’s WSOP – finishing in 80th place.

 

·        The defending champion from 2009 was Alexandre Gomes, from Curitiba, Brazil.  He entered this event but did not cash.

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        Turnout for this year’s $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship was about as expected – with 1,695 players.  By comparison, all of the $1,500 buy-in events this year have drawn in excess of 2,000 players.  However, the higher buy-in for this event trims the field size down slightly.

 

·        This is the 25th of 36 tournaments completed thus far at this year’s WSOP, with more than a $1 million prize pool.

 

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The Event --

 

·        The $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship attracted 1,695 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $3,084,900.  The top 171 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

 

·        The chip leader coming into the final table was Pat Atchison.  He ended up finishing sixth.

 

·        Winner Jordan Smith came into the final table ranked seventh out of nine players.

 

·        Play at the final table lasted about nine hours.

 

·        The final hand came when Jordan Smith flopped a diamond flush against Ken Lennaard, who flopped a higher-flush draw with top pair.  Smith had 9-7 of diamonds.  Lennaard had J-8 (jack of diamonds).  The final board showed 8-4-3-3-6, with three diamonds.  That meant Smith’s flush held up.  He won the tournament.

 

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WSOP Statistics –

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #36, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 36,295 entries.  $71,768,288 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Through Event #36 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:

 

United States – 26

United Kingdom – 2

Canada – 2

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Australia – 1

Sweden – 1

Mexico – 1

 

Note:  Last year 19 of the 59 gold bracelet events were won by non-Americans (32 percent).  In, 2007, the number was 15 of 55 (29 percent).  In 2006, the number was 5 of 45 (11 percent).

 

·        Event #36 winner Jordan Smith is to be classified as a professional player.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:

 

            Professionals --            24 wins(Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey-1, Rami Boukai, Anthony Harb, Ville Wahlbeck, Keven Stammen, Brock Parker-1, Jeffrey Lisandro, Daniel Alaei, Brock Parker-2, John-Paul Kelly, Jeff Carris, Nick Schulman, Phil Ivey-2, Pete Vilandos, Tomas Alenius, Roland de Wolfe, J.C. Tran, James Van Alstyne, Angel, Guillen, Greg Mueller, Eric Baldwin, Jordan Smith)              Amateurs --      6 wins(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Richard Austin)              Semi-Pros --     4 wins            (Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert)  ·        Nine of the 36 winners this year (25 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners.  There have been two double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker and Phil Ivey.

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event 36, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as follows (with point totals):

 

255 – Ville Wahlbeck

225 – Phil Ivey

220 – Brock Parker

220 – James Van Alstyne

195 – Roland de Wolfe

175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos

175 – Angel Guillen

165 – Daniel Alaei

160 – Steve Sung

155 – Daniel Negreanu

150 – Rami Boukai

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For the Club OCD Members only.

Errors and Omissions (Previous Reports) --

 

·        Please note that in yesterday’s report (Event #35), the masthead incorrectly listed 363 players being paid.  There were 363 entries.  The top 36 finishers were paid.  

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   37      
   Buy In   $10,000      
   Date   World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better      
   Game   19/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   164      
   Net Prize Pool   $1,541,600      
   First Place Prize   $431,656       
   Players to Cash   16      
            
   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Lisandro, Jeffrey   $431,656   Salerno   Italy
2   Rouhani, Farzad   $266,804   Germantown   MD
3   Wattel, Mike   $176,605   Phoenix   AZ
4   Mariani, Francis   $124,684   El Segundo   CA
5   Chen, Yan   $93,513   Irvine   CA
6   Mosseri, Abraham   $74,258   New York   NY
7   Brunson, Doyle   $62,234   Las Vegas   NV
8   Smith, Justin   $54,896   Kissimmee   FL
9   Rivera, Anthony   $41,885   Henderson   NV
10   Friedman, Perry   $41,885   Henderson   NV
11   Nguyen. Scotty   $33,668   Las Vegas   NV
12   Berman, Lyle   $33,668   Las Vegas   NV
13   Bronshtein, Yuval   $28,272   Charleston   SC
14   Anthony, Richard   $28,272   New York   NY
15   Heimiller, Dan   $24,650   Las Vegas   NV
16   Rinaldi, Claudio   $24,650   Rancate   Italy

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 Lisandro, Jeffrey   $431,656   Salerno   Italy
Does any one know his Stars id?