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

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The Elite Eight --

 

·        The final eight contained only one former WSOP gold bracelet winner – Johnny Chan (10 wins).

 

·        The runner up was John Duthie, from London, England.  Duthie became the first European player in history to win more than $1 million playing Euro-tournaments.  In 2005, he co-founded the European Poker Tour, which is now one of the world’s most successful series of tournaments.   

 

·        One semi-finalist was Nathan Doudney, from Bend, OR.  He is a graduate of Gonzaga University.  Doudney now has five WSOP cashes and finished as high as third place in an event lat year.

 

·        The other semi-finalist was Jamin Stokes, from Grand Rapids, MI.  He is primarily a cash-game player.  However, Stokes did win a WSOP Circuit event at Caesars Indiana last year.

 

·        A top eight finisher was ten-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Johnny Chan, from Cerritos, .  The back-to-back 1987 and 1988 world champion was eliminated by Jamin Stokes.

 

·        A top eight finisher was Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf, from Chicago, IL.  This was his 16th career cash.  He finished 32nd in the 2005 WSOP Main Event.

 

·        A top eight finisher was Steve O’Dwyer, from New Britain, PA.  He is a graduate of East Carolina University and is one of the top online poker players in the game.

 

·        A top eight finisher was Bryan Pellegrino, a.k.a. “PrimordialAA,” from Danbury. NH.  He is unquestionably a heads-up specialist, having played more than 20,000 heads-up Sit n’ Go’s online.  Pellegrino recently graduated from the University of New Hampshire.

 

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Johnny Chan, Jason Mercier, Brian Lemke, Steve Zolotow, and Brock Parker.

 

·        Noted poker theorist, writer, and teacher Mike Caro cashed in this event.

 

·        The defending champion from 2008 was high-stakes cash game pro Kenny Tran, from Arcadia, CA.  He entered this year’s event but did not cash.

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        The $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship attracted 256 entries. The event was closed off at 256 players due to the heads-up single-elimination format. The total prize pool amounted to $2,406,400. The top 64 finishers (which meant all winners of at least two heads-up matches) collected prize money.

 

·        All 57 tournaments on the 2009 WSOP schedule (plus WSOP-Europe) are categorized as “gold bracelet” events.  However, this is also known as a World Championship event.  Starting last year, all $10,000+ buy-in tournaments were designated as official World Championships.

 

·        This is only the third time this event has been included on the WSOP schedule.  Last year (like this year), registration was limited to 256 entries.  In the inaugural tournament played in 2007, more entries were accepted (392).  However, some players randomly drew a 'bye' and did not have to compete in the first round.  This was ultimately viewed as giving too much of an advantage to those players.  Hence, the adoption of the single-elimination format with no byes was adapted for 2008.  This also meant that only specific multiples of entrants would be possible.  Hence, the tournament accepted a limited number of entries -- with 128, 256, or 512 being the most likely targets.  It was decided that the tournament would be capped at 256 players – which appears to be the right decision given the demand.

 

·        All matches/pairings in the heads-up competition were conducted by a random draw.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.  Since 256 players started the tournament in a heads-up format on Day One, 128 winners survived to play in the second round.  The second round produced 64 survivors.  The 64 played down to 32 in round three.  On Day Two, the field of 32 was reduced to 16 in round four.  Round five took the field from 16 down to 8.  Round six (on Day Three) played from 8 down to 4.  The final four players took seats in two separate matches at the final table.  Those two winners faced off in a “Best Two-Out-Of-Three” heads-up match played out on ESPN's main stage.

 

·        The format used at the WSOP is similar to the March Madness brackets in (U.S.) college basketball.  However, the field actually starts with 256 entrants instead of 64 teams.  Furthermore, players in this competition are not seeded.

 

·        With 256 entries, the competition ultimately requires that the tournament champion win nine heads-up matches.

 

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The Event --

 

·        The $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em World Championship sold out at 256 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $2,406,400.  The top 32 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over four consecutive days.  An extra day was added because of the length of play, particularly on Day Three.  The semi-final matches (eight playing down to the final two) lasted ten hours.  Tournament officials decided it was best not to force the finalists to play a best-of-three series immediately following the long day.  So, the tournament went an extra day.

 

·        One other tournament this year added an extra day of play.  This took place in Event 4, the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event, a.k.a. the “Stimulus Special.”

 

·        Wolpert won nine straight heads-up matches to achieve his gold bracelet victory.

 

·        Winner Leo Wolpert later stated that his toughest heads-up opponent was John Juanda.  “He was super tough.  He was amazingly tough,” Wolpert said afterward.  “I ran really good to beat him.  I was in an all-in coin flip for my life against him and I managed to win.  But everyone here is tough.  You don’t get into a $10,000 buy-in event unless you are good.  They were all very good heads-up players.”

 

·        The final best-of-three match lasted about eight hours.  John Duthie took the first match, which lasted 96 hands.  Leo Wolpert won the second match, which went much shorter at just 9 hands.  The third match was won by Wolpert and lasted a staggering 191 hands.

 

·        The final hand of the tournament came when John Duthie had 10-3 and flopped top pair, as the flop showed 10-5-3.  Wolpert had 5-3, good for two pair (fives and threes).  Two blanks fell on the turn and river, giving Wolpert the victory.
 

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Errors and Omissions (Previous Reports) --

 

·        DAN HICKS (Tampa, FL) has asked to have all his tournament cashes listed under DAN HICKS.  Some sites list him as DANIEL HICKS (Tampa, FL).  Please consolidate under one name. 

 

·        In yesterday’s report, Event 27, it was reported that Tomas Alenius was only the second Swedish gold bracelet winner in WSOP history.  This is incorrect.  He is the fourth player from Sweden to win.  The others are Chris Bjorin, Mats Rahmn, and Anders Henriksson.

 
 

 

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   31      
   Buy In   $1,500       
   Date   16/06/2009      
   Game   H.O.R.S.E.      
   Number of Entries   770      
   Net Prize Pool   $1,051,050       
   First Place Prize   $247,033       
   Players to Cash   72      

   Final Results:         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Van Alstyne, James   $247,033   Las Vegas   NV
2   Jurgens, Tad   $152,654   Long Beach   CA
3   Schock, Mitch   $100,165   Bismarck   ND
4   Micon, Bryan    $69,505   Las Vegas   NV
5   Shorr, Shannon    $50,881   Tuscaloosa   AL
6   Malcolm, Brian    $39,183   Redmond   WA
7   Soulier, Fabrice    $31,657   Las Vegas   NV
8   Schiffman, Ronald    $26,780   Cherry Hill   NJ
9   Rouhani, Farzad   $19,265   Brigantine   NJ
10   Maier, Lana   $19,265   Bound Brook   NJ
11   Sebastien, Sabic    $13,831   Paris   France
12   Marmorstein, Phillip   $13,831   Gurnwald   Germany
13   Gelencser, Peter   $10,205   Budapest   Hungary
14   Evans, Paul   $10,205   Mount Shasta   CA
15   Bryan, Dustin   $7,903   Springfield   OH
16   Bjorin, Chris   $7,903   London   United Kingdom
17   Serock, Joseph   $5,906   San Franciso   CA
18   Myerson, Alan   $5,906   Sherman Oaks   CA
19   Rousso, Vanessa   $5,906   Hobe Sound   FL
20   Raymond, Kathleen   $5,906   Henderson   NV
21   Iverson, Torstein   $5,906   Oslo   Norway
22   Darden, Paul   $5,906   Las Vegas   NV
23   Racener, John   $5,906   Port Richey   FL
24   Moore, Peter   $5,906   Fernandina Beach   FL
25   Lazarou, Vassilios   $4,540   Las Vegas   NV
26   Lewis, Robert   $4,540   Leesburg   VA
27   Devonshire, Bryan   $4,540   Henderson   NV
28   Black, Andrew   $4,540   Dublin   Ireland
29   Silveira, Leland   $4,540   Santa Rosa   CA
30   Grapenthien, Matthew   $4,540   Chicago   IL
31   Fuentes, Carlos   $4,540   Pamplona   Spain
32   Pardey, Rodney   $4,540   Las Vegas   NV
33   Hinton, Clyde   $4,372   Odessa   TX
34   Brodie, Richard   $4,372   Kirkland   WA
35   Birk, Lawrence   $4,372   Ann Arbor   MI
36   Hofman, Ronnie   $4,372   Dordrecht   Netherlands
37   Krouner, Kenneth   $4,372   Albany    NY
38   Buckley, William   $4,372   Phillipsburg    NJ
39   Leinhos, Bonnie   $4,372   Las Vegas    NV
40   Acker, Timothy   $4,372   Las Vegas    NV
41   Singer, David   $4,330   Las Vegas    NV
42   Sexton, Keith   $4,330   Henderson    NV
43   Fishman, Edward   $4,330   Las Vegas    NV
44   Schneyer, David   $4,330   White Lake    MI
45   Taylor, David   $4,330   Amelia    OH
46   Plusch, Ryan   $4,330   New York    NY
47   Hansen, Thor   $4,330   El Segundo    CA
48   Wagner, Jeffrey   $4,330   Los Angeles    CA
49   Feldman, Peter   $3,689   Harper Woods   MI
50   Shrader, Damon   $3,689   Portland   OR
51   Odell, Frankie   $3,689   Henderson   NV
52   Kipnis, Adam   $3,689   Northridge   CA
53   Nematinia, Amir   $3,689   Atlanta   GA
54   Bluman, Ari   $3,689   New York   NY
55   Ezykowich, Keith   $3,689   Gulfport   MS
56   Traniello, Marco   $3,689   Las Vegas   NV
57   Simmons, Reginald   $3,163   Tampa   FL
58   Yano, Jason   $3,163   San Franciso   CA
59   Saab, Douglas   $3,163   Trussville   AL
60   Lozano, Rolando   $3,163    Channelview   TX
61   Eichel, William   $3,163   Parker   SD
62   Lonardo, Vincent   $3,163   Davie   FL
63   Dvorkis, Alan   $3,163   Las Vegas   NV
64   Golding, David   $3,163   Loughton   United Kingdom
65   Schaaf, James   $2,848   Torrance   CA
66   West, Thomas   $2,848   Los Altos   CA
67   Kurtzman, Eric   $2,848   Las Vegas   NV
68   Wheatley, James   $2,848   Harrisonburg   VA
69   Selberis, Frank   $2,848   Las Vegas   NV
70   Koubi, Faud   $2,848   Van Nuys   CA
71   Crawford, Quincy   $2,848   Ellicott City   MD
72   Comer, John   $2,848   Canton   OH

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Official Report 

Event #31

H.O.R.S.E.

Buy-In:  $1,500

Number of Entries:  770

Total Net Prize Pool:  $1,051,050

Number of Places Paid:  72

First Place Prize:  $247,033

June 14-16, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Longtime Poker Veteran James Van Alstyne Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  2009 WSOP Nears $60 Million Mark in Prize Money – as 20 of 31 Events So Far Exceed $1 Million in Prize Money

 

 

The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. champion is James Van Alstyne, from Las Vegas, NV.

 

·        Van Alstyne was born in Columbus, GA.  He grew up in New Orleans, LA.

 

·        Van Alstyne is a 42-year-old poker pro.  He has been playing seriously for about ten years.

 

·        Van Alstyne is a graduate of Stanford University.  He earned his degree in electrical engineering.

 

·        Prior to playing poker professionally, Van Alstyne worked for Martin-Marietta, the aerospace company (now Lockheed-Martin).

 

·        Van Alstyne enjoys analyzing things and solving problems.  He first became interested in blackjack and was a card-counter.  He spent his first summer in Las Vegas playing nothing but blackjack.  As blackjack games became increasingly tougher to beat, Van Alstyne gradually turned his attention to poker.

 

·        Van Alstyne became so convinced he could beat the game that he quit his job and moved to Las Vegas.

 

·        Van Alstyne’s first WSOP cash was in 1994.

 

·        Van Alstyne finished 16th in the 1999 WSOP Main Event.

 

·        Van Alstyne came close to winning a gold bracelet many times.  But this was his first win.  He finished in second place in the $3,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event (#21) which concluded three days ago.

 

·        Van Alstyne can rightfully claim to be the top H.O.R.S.E. player of this year’s WSOP – with a first- and second-place showing in two events.
 

·        Van Alstyne collected $247,033 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to the official records, Van Alstyne now has 1 win, 6 final table appearances, and 13 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.

 

·        Van Alstyne currently has $726,075 in WSOP winnings.

 

·        This was Van Alstyne’s third final table appearance so far at this year’s WSOP.

 

 

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Winner Quotes (James Van Alstyne) --

 

·        On winning his first WSOP gold bracelet, after coming in second jus days earlier:  “It feels really good to win.  Last time, I was a little bit disappointed.  Also, you do not want to have the chip lead when we get down to two players and then not win.  With closing this out, I feel a sense of relief.” 

 

·        On H.O.R.S.E. versus Hold’em and other games:  “A lot of the other games are full of specialists, particularly Hold’em.  But in H.O.R.S.E. you can see a lot of errors being made.  I know I make my own errors, of course.  But throughout the tournament, there are a lot of mistakes being made.  But in No-Limit Hold’em, you see a lot of really good play.”

 

·        On playing blackjack versus poker:  “Blackjack is tough.  You get all kinds of scrutiny.  I was also the type they look for – being sort of a young, geeky guy concentrating on the cards.  Poker is so much easier than blackjack.”

 

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Mitch Schock - gotta love that name. Shannon Shorr appeals, too. "neverwinpoker" seams s a cool kind of poker site.



The Final Table --

 

·        The final table contained only one former WSOP gold bracelet winner -- Farzad Rouhani (9th).

 

·        The final table included an older mix of players than has normally been seen at most WSOP events played so far this year.  About half of all final table player to this point have been aged in their 20s.  But at this finale, only one player was in his 20s.

 

·        The runner up was Tad Jurgens, from Phoenix, AZ.  This was his 12th time to cash and highest finish WSOP ever.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Mitch Schock, from Bismarck, ND.  He has now cashed nine times at the WSOP – including two Main Events in 2005 and 2006.  Schock collected $329,865 for his 29th-place finish in 2006, in what was the largest live poker tournament in history.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Bryan “the Icon” Micon, from Las Vegas, NV.  Micon is one of poker’s true anarchists, hosting his own poker site (www.neverwinpoker.com), which is an in-your-face exchange of candid opinion and commentary.  This marked Micon’s highest WSOP finish to date.  He finished 63rd in the 2006 WSOP Main Event.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Shannon Shorr, from Tuscaloosa, AL.  This was his 12th time to cash at the WSOP and was his highest finish, to date.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Brian Malcolm. From Redmond, WA.  He is a software design engineer.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Fabrice Soulier, from Las Vegas, NV.  Soulier is originally from France.  Soulier has now cashed five times at this year’s WSOP – which places him into a three-way tie for most cashes (at the conclusion of this event).  Soulier now has 13 in-the-money finishes, since 2004.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Ron “Schifty” Schiffman, from Cherry Hill, NJ.  He is a well-known Atlantic City poker player.  

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was former WSOP gold bracelet winner Farzad Rouhani (a.k.a. “Freddy”), from Germantown, MD.  He won the Omaha High-Low Split / Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship last year.

 
 

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Farzad Rouhani, Chris Bjorin, Thor Hansen, Eddie Fishman, Paul Darden, David Singer, James Schaaf, and Doug Saab.

 

·        With this cash, Chris Bjorin now has 45 in-the-money finishes, which currently ranks him in a tie for 13th place on the all-time cashes list.

 

·        With this cash, Thor Hansen now has 44 in-the-money finishes, which currently ranks him in a tie for 15th place on the all-time cashes list.

 

·        The defending champion from 2009 was James Schaaf, from Torrance, CA.  He cashed again this year, finishing in 65th place.

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        The $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E event attracted 770 entries, close to last year’s turnout, which totaled 803 players.

 

·        This is the 20th of 31 tournaments completed thus far, with greater than a $1 million prize pool.   

 

·        H.O.R.S.E. is an acronym for the five most popular poker games played inside American cardrooms today.  H.O.R.S.E. tournaments include a rotation of the following games -- Hold'em, Omaha High-Low Split, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split (also called Eight-or-Better).  Many purists consider H.O.R.S.E. to be the ultimate test of poker skill, since it requires that players play all games well in order to win.  This claim was perhaps best illustrated at the 2006 World Series of Poker, where H.O.R.S.E. returned to the tournament schedule after a long hiatus.  For more than two decades, the late poker legend Chip Reese had been widely regarded as the best all-around player in the world.  Appropriately, he won the inaugural tournament which cost $50,000 to enter and became the first H.O.R.S.E. world champion.

 

·        The rotation of games in this tournament lasts eight hands.  In other words – following eight dealt hands of Hold'em, there are eight hands of Omaha High-Low followed by eight hands of Razz, and so forth.

 

·        This is the second of three H.O.R.S.E. tournaments on the 2009 WSOP schedule.  The first was a $3,000 buy-in event won by Zac Fellows.  There is the $50,000 buy-in world championship still to come.

 

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The Event --

 

·        The $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event attracted 770 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $1,051,050.  The top 72 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

 

·        The End of Day One chip leader was Sabic Sebastien, from Paris, France.  He ended up finishing in 11th place.

 

·        Mitch Schock was the chip leader coming into the final table.  He ended up finishing third.

 

·        James Van Alstyne came into the final table ranked eighth out of nine players.  He seized the chip lead about mid-way through the six-hour finale.

 

·        Van Alstyne had a decisive advantage over Tad Jurgens when the final hand was dealt.  The final hand of the tournament came in Seen-Card Stud when Van Alstyne’s pair of tens bested Jurgens’ pair of deuces.
 

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Another Brit Bracelet opportunity beckons.

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   End of Day Two Results         
   Event #   32      
   Buy In   $2,000       
   Game   No Limit Hold'em      
   Date   15-Jun-09      
   Number of Entries   1,534      
   Net Prize Pool   $2,791,880       
   First Place Prize   $530,548      
   Total Spots Paid Out   171      
   Players Remaining    19      
            
            
   TABLE 150         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Jason Boyes   976,000   Calgary   AB, Canada
2   Angel Guillen   496,000   Mexico City   Mexico
3   Peter Feldman   485,000   Las Vegas   NV
4   Alex Meidinger   330,000   Regensburg   Germany
5   Daniel Makowsky   177,000   Zurich   Switzerland
6   Steve Kohner   DNR   Mesa   AZ
            
   TABLE 151         
1   Mika Paasonen   894,000   Hameenlinna   Finland
2   Christopher Macneil   735,000   Peabody   MA
3   Jim Pannell   644,000   Alva   WY
4   David Vu   417,000   Raleigh   NC
5   Matthew Waxman   269,000   Parkland   FL
6   Jaime Roberts   257,000   London   United Kingdom
            
   TABLE 152         
1   Neng Lee   830,000   Eureka   CA
2   Antoine Amourette    644,000   Rennes   France
3   Eric Ladny   550,000   Mercerville   NJ
4   Ben Bagamery   372,000   Seattle   WA
5   Clark Hamagami   367,000   Vancouver   BC, Canada
6   Rory Monahan   336,000   Carbondale   IL
7   Johan Dunder   115,000   Stockholm   Sweden
            
   In the Money Finishers:         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1      $530,548      
2      $326,203      
3      $214,974      
4      $150,761      
5      $108,883      
6      $86,548      
7      $71,192      
8      $61,421      
9      $55,279      
10      $38,807      
11      $38,807      
12      $38,807      
13      $27,164      
14      $27,164      
15      $27,164      
16      $19,012      
17      $19,012      
18      $19,012      
19      $13,819      
20   Lennaard, Ken   $13,819   Stockholm   Sweden
21   Brites, Caio   $13,819   Sao Paulo   Brazil
22   Binger, Michael   $13,819   Las Vegas   NV
23   Murray, Derek   $13,819   Galway   United Kingdom
24   Yeh, Philip   $13,819   Stenungsund   Sweden
25   Smith, Kenneth   $13,819   Las Vegas   NV
26   Wheeler, Jason   $13,819   Chula Vista   CA
27   Newburger, Jason   $13,819   Vernon Hills   IL
28   Cao, Rui   $11,893   Paris   France
29   Jing, Shan   $11,893   Arcadia   CA
30   Gross, Jeffrey   $11,893   Ann Arbor   MI
31   Yingling, David   $11,893   Cape Girardeau   MO
32   Sorensen, Jan   $11,893   Odense   Denmark
33   Andrejkovics, Milan   $11,893   Budapest   Hungary
34   Coulthard, Aaron   $11,893   Waterloo   ON, Canada
35   Cangiani, Gene   $11,893   Parsippany   NJ
36   Novosel, David   $11,893   Cincinnati   OH
37   Chang, Edwin   $9,715   Sahuarita   AZ
38   Ely, Theodore   $9,715   Bridgewater   NJ
39   Granlund, Peter   $9,715   Uppsala   Sweden
40   McManus, James   $9,715   Kenilworth   IL
41   Fox, David   $9,715   Coram   NY
42   Dauteuil, Philippe   $9,715   Quebec   CA
43   Strothmann, Malte   $9,715   Frankfurt   Germany
44   Hartery, John   $9,715   Mississauga   ON, Canada
45   Hall, John   $9,715   Las Vegas   NV
46   Powell, Jack   $8,208   London   United Kingdom
47   Allis, Michael   $8,208   Post Falls   ID
48   Peters, David   $8,208   Toledo   OH
49   Nack, Reinhard   $8,208   Stapelfeld   Germany
50   Benelli, Andrea   $8,208   Prato   Italy
51   Zima, Grigory   $8,208   Moscow   Russia
52   Eklund, John   $8,208   Billings   MT
53   Lee, Anthony   $8,208   Honolulu   HI
54   Anton, Daniel   $8,208   Chula Vista   CA
55   Cousineau, Anthony   $7,119   Daytona Beach   FL
56   Nardi, Anthony   $7,119   Madison   WI
57   Freitez, Ivan   $7,119   Caracas   Venezuela
58   Broderick, Ryan   $7,119   Tinton Falls   NJ
59   Giang, Chau   $7,119   Las Vegas   NV
60   Tiffenberg, David   $7,119   Tampa   FL
61   King, Zachary   $7,119   Marietta   GA
62   Charette, Simon   $7,119   Pickering   ON, Canada
63   Palovic, Dag   $7,119   Bratislava   Slovakia
64   Brendo, Oddvar   $6,309   Stavanger   Norway
65   Akkari, Andre   $6,309   Sao Paulo   Brazil
66   Kaplan, Thomas   $6,309   New Rochelle   NY
67   Dong, Zelong   $6,309   Vestavia Hills   Al
68   Kyablue, Xavier   $6,309   Venice   CA
69   Kim, Kelly   $6,309   Las Vegas   NV
70   Vanchiro, Jeffrey   $6,309   Brooklyn   NY
71   Storm, Jacobus   $6,309   Hartbeesport   South Africa
72   Hurst, Ryan   $6,309   Morewood   ON, Canada
73   Paris, Bryan   $5,667   Huntington Beach   CA
74   Mao, Nicholas   $5,667   Long Beach   CA
75   Harder, Christian   $5,667   Annapolis   MD
76   Dotto, Daniele   $5,667   Spinea   Italy
77   Derrod, Roscoe   $5,667   Chula Vista   CA
78   Switzer, Brett   $5,667   Athens   GA
79   Runhart, Thomas   $5,667   Alphen A/D Ryn   
80   Schneider, Michael   $5,667   Covington   GA
81   Winzeler, Hans   $5,667   Miami   FL
82   Yalouskikh, Aliaksandr   $5,081   Las Vegas   NV
83   Staengle, Alexander   $5,081   Heilbronn   Germany
84   Vartzar, Romik   $5,081   Glendale   CA
85   Lesle, Michael   $5,081   Wildomar   CA
86   Louer, Todd   $5,081   Fort Lauderdale   FL
87   Ramage, Grayson   $5,081   Red Hook   NY
88   Borovec, Michael   $5,081   Chehalis   WA
89   Mudd, Gregory   $5,081   Orange   CA
90   Tran, Theobald   $5,081   Las Vegas   NV
91   Turner, Jonathan   $4,606   Henderson   NV
92   Vetter, John   $4,606   Adrian   MI
93   Neuville, Pierre   $4,606   Knokkeheist   Belgium
94   Zink, Daniel   $4,606   Bockum   Germany
95   Milton, Jeffrey   $4,606   Chio Hills   CA
96   Scott, Justin   $4,606   Redford Twp   MI
97   Channing, Neil   $4,606   Maida Vale    United Kingdom
98   Schwartz, Noah   $4,606   Bay Harbord Island   FL
99   Dolan, Charles   $4,606   Fountainvalley   CA
100   Pilot, Shawn   $4,215   North Hills   CA
101   Cutler, Joseph   $4,215   Bay Shore   NY
102   Jain, Paresh   $4,215   Roanoke   VA
103   Masek, Alexandru   $4,215   San Diego   CA
104   Staudenmaier, Luke   $4,215   Imperial   PA
105   Garcia, Eloy   $4,215   San Antonio   TX
106   Duong, Thomas   $4,215   Fremont   CA
107   Karambis, Larry   $4,215   Houston   TX
108   Von Halle, Jan   $4,215   Hamburg   Germany
109   Choi, Chunling   $4,215   Bolinbrook   IL
110   Miller, Stony   $4,215   North Richland Hills   TX
111   Aglen, Marius   $4,215   Mo I Rana Gruben   Germany
112   Allen, Kevin   $4,215   Romford   United Kingdom
113   Steury, Aaron   $4,215   Fort Wayne   IN
114   Laessig, Matthew   $4,215   Santa Fe   NM
115   Chattha, Sunny   $4,215   Lee   United Kingdom
116   Rusnak, Francis   $4,215   Chicago   IL
117   Ball, Bryan   $4,215   Huntington Beach   CA
118   Mabuchi, Motoyuki   $3,908   Las Vegas   NV
119   Mozingo, Christopher   $3,908   Alexandria   VA
120   Carson, Russell   $3,908   Fredericton   NB, Canada
121   Gautron, Norman   $3,908   Winnepeg   MB, Canada
122   Cohen, Jeffrey   $3,908   Parkland   FL
123   Blumenthal, Nicholas   $3,908   Sun Prairie   WI
124   Willsch, Matthias   $3,908   Preetz   Germany
125   LaGarde, Matthew   $3,908   Salisbury   MD
126   Pittman, James   $3,908   Yorba Linda   CA
127   Okun, Jared   $3,908   Las Vegas   NV
128   Egorov, Dmitry   $3,908   Moscow   Russia
129   Sudworth, James   $3,908   Canterbury Kent   United Kingdom
130   Atchison, Patrick   $3,908   Fort Worth   TX
131   Prince, Eric   $3,908   Los Angeles   CA
132   Kahlmeyer, Tim   $3,908   Heide   Germany
133   Mills, Clifford   $3,908   Texarkana   TX
134   Edgar, Thomas   $3,908   Orient   SD
135   Molinari, Matthew   $3,908   New York   NY
136   Hensel, Reed   $3,908   Lawrence   KS
137   Isaia, Alessio   $3,908   Roccabruna   Italy
138   Arnold, Todd   $3,908   Pompano Beach   FL
139   Wilson, Alexander   $3,908   New Haven   CT
140   Buchalter, Yehuda   $3,908   New York   NY
141   Conaway, John   $3,908   Williamsville   NY
142   Gray, Jason   $3,908   Troutdale   OR
143   Tran, Nghi   $3,908   Vaughn   ON, Canada
144   Jaka, Faraz   $3,908   San Jose   CA
145   Bolotin, Aleksandr   $3,629   Brooklynn   NY
146   Daciolas, Kenneth   $3,629   Chicago   IL
147   Berberian, Henri   $3,629   Aixen Provence   France
148   Tessmer, James   $3,629   The Woodlands   TX
149   Stratful, Vincent   $3,629   London   United Kingdom
150   Cohen, Jay   $3,629   Boca Raton   FL
151   Sorokin, Maxim   $3,629   Nizhny Novgorod   Russia
152   Gaybba, Johan   $3,629   Cape Town   South Africa
153   Tiguy, Igor   $3,629   Boston   MA
154   Myers, Tracy   $3,629   Delhi   CA
155   Wiercinski, Robert   $3,629   Niwot   CO
156   Ballesteros, Matt   $3,629   Houston   TX
157   Luong, Gioi   $3,629   Westminster   CA
158   Newman, Thomas   $3,629   Yorktown Heights   NY
159   Kaiser, Aaron   $3,629   Silver Spring   MD
160   Nishi, Tsunehisa   $3,629   Richmond   BC, Canada
161   Fung, Steven   $3,629   Walnut   CA
162   Levi, David   $3,629   Las Vegas   NV
163   Horton, Brian   $3,629   Richardson   TX
164   Clements, Scott   $3,629   Mount Vernon   WA
165   Xu, Dong   $3,629   Rosemead   CA
166   Powell, Daniel   $3,629   Sinking Spring   PA
167   Petrangelo, Nicholas   $3,629   Feeding Hills   MA
168   Mash, Howard   $3,629   Coral Springs   FL
169   Neilson, Daniel   $3,629   Leumeah   Australia
170   Grierson, Rodney   $3,629   Toronto   ON, Canada

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$10,000 to play a Limit Event, good grief. You'd need to pay me that to watch it. Stellar field though, plenty Big Names went deep, & Mark Telscher did well.

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   33         
   Buy In   $10,000         
   Game   World Championship Limit Hold'em         
   Date   16-Jun-09         
   Number of Entries   185         
   Net Prize Pool   $1,739,000         
   First Place Prize   $460,841          
   Total Spots Paid Out   18         
   Players Remaining    12         
               
               
   TABLE 154            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Kenny Hsiung   831,000   Los Angeles   CA   5
3   Greg Mueller   485,000   Vancouver   BC, Canada   3
2   Soheil Shamseddin   385,000   Houston   TX   6
5   Pat Pezzin   300,000   Toronto   ON, Canada   4
4   Maria Ho   228,000   Arcadia   CA   1
6   Jennifer Harman   126,000   Las Vegas   NV   9
               
   TABLE 155            
1   Michiel Brummelhuis   687,000   Amsterdam   Netherlands   7
2   Mark Klecan   603,000   Toronto   Canada   8
3   Matt Hawrilenko   601,000   Boston   MA   5
4   Chad Brown   545,000   Las Vegas   NV   4
5   Matt Glantz   483,000   Lafayette Hill   PA   1
6   Daniel Alaei   330,000   Los Angeles   CA   9
               
   In the Money Finishers            
               
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1      $460,841          
2      $285,195          
3      $188,855          
4      $134,772          
5      $100,688          
6      $80,341          
7      $67,647          
8      $59,995          
9      $55,995          
10      $41,040          
11      $41,040          
12      $41,040          
13   Teltscher, Mark   $32,693       United Kingdom   
14   Brunson, Todd   $32,693    Las Vegas   NV   
15   Perry, Ralph   $32,693    Las Vegas   NV   
16   Tom, Phil   $27,824    Seattle   WA   
17   Lederer, Howard   $27,824    Las Vegas   NV   
18   Kim, Steve   $27,824    San Jose   CA