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

[tikay]

Well you spotted the unenboldened players, but you all missed this purler from the Duthie Heads-Up Report. I spotted it immediately, obv, but I decided to leave it on to see if you'd spot it.

Deduct 3 House-Points, all of you OCD-ers.

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.
 

I bloody saw that as well.

I didn't realise there were prizes for spotting these things or I would've pointed it out.

And what exactly did you spot, Mr Pie?........

Be honest, & admit you goofed, & I'll do the same, & tell you how it came about. It was not of my doing, obv.

Note my Post was removed - but not before you quoted it. Now your Post has been quoted, too, so don't try Deleting......

Funny how the eye & mind play tricks.

[Ismene]

LOL just LOL....

[tikay]

Bugger. Thats all. I blame the Ladies World Poker Champion.

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I'm off to dig a big hole. Yes, another big hole.

[Ismene]

Bugger. Thats all. I blame the Ladies World Poker Champion.

Sigh......
It's difficult thing.... being right ALL the time  ;-)

You should know better than to question me Tikay!


ALTHOUGH TO BE FAIR YOU HAD ME WORRIED ;-)

[GreekStein]

lol at Tony Drago

[tikay]

Bugger. Thats all. I blame the Ladies World Poker Champion.

Sigh......
It's difficult thing.... being right ALL the time  ;-)

You should know better than to question me Tikay!

And tonight, Ismene is my Producer, = BossMan. The day is going downhill, badly. She's gonna give me a hard time, I can just sense it.

I'm off, I may be a while.

[EvilPie]

Well you spotted the unenboldened players, but you all missed this purler from the Duthie Heads-Up Report. I spotted it immediately, obv, but I decided to leave it on to see if you'd spot it.

Deduct 3 House-Points, all of you OCD-ers.

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.
 

I bloody saw that as well.

I didn't realise there were prizes for spotting these things or I would've pointed it out.

And what exactly did you spot, Mr Pie?........

Be honest, & admit you goofed, & I'll do the same, & tell you how it came about. It was not of my doing, obv.

Note my Post was removed - but not before you quoted it. Now your Post has been quoted, too, so don't try Deleting......

Funny how the eye & mind play tricks.

That he didn't really have 10 3. He had top pair not 2 pair otherwise he would've beat the lower 2 pair.

So what exactly did you spot, Mr kay??........

I bet you thought 'top pair' should've read 'two pair' didn't you.

Go on admit it. You know it makes sense.

[tikay]

Well you spotted the unenboldened players, but you all missed this purler from the Duthie Heads-Up Report. I spotted it immediately, obv, but I decided to leave it on to see if you'd spot it.

Deduct 3 House-Points, all of you OCD-ers.

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.
 

I bloody saw that as well.

I didn't realise there were prizes for spotting these things or I would've pointed it out.

And what exactly did you spot, Mr Pie?........

Be honest, & admit you goofed, & I'll do the same, & tell you how it came about. It was not of my doing, obv.

Note my Post was removed - but not before you quoted it. Now your Post has been quoted, too, so don't try Deleting......

Funny how the eye & mind play tricks.

That he didn't really have 10 3. He had top pair not 2 pair otherwise he would've beat the lower 2 pair.

So what exactly did you spot, Mr kay??........

I bet you thought 'top pair' should've read 'two pair' didn't you.

Go on admit it. You know it makes sense.

I read it properly.

Then 'Ling came in the Office today & said "it's wrong, look" la de da.

So I C & P'd it, tried to claim the credit for spotting it, & tried to stick it in your eye.

Then read it again, & it read correctly. So I deleted my Post. Which, meanwhile, you had Quoted....

Need I say more? I'm a broken man, owned by Evil & Ismene.

Let's move on, shall we? Nothing to see here.

[EvilPie]

Well you spotted the unenboldened players, but you all missed this purler from the Duthie Heads-Up Report. I spotted it immediately, obv, but I decided to leave it on to see if you'd spot it.

Deduct 3 House-Points, all of you OCD-ers.

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.
 

I bloody saw that as well.

I didn't realise there were prizes for spotting these things or I would've pointed it out.

And what exactly did you spot, Mr Pie?........

Be honest, & admit you goofed, & I'll do the same, & tell you how it came about. It was not of my doing, obv.

Note my Post was removed - but not before you quoted it. Now your Post has been quoted, too, so don't try Deleting......

Funny how the eye & mind play tricks.

That he didn't really have 10 3. He had top pair not 2 pair otherwise he would've beat the lower 2 pair.

So what exactly did you spot, Mr kay??........

I bet you thought 'top pair' should've read 'two pair' didn't you.

Go on admit it. You know it makes sense.

I read it properly.

Then 'Ling came in the Office today & said "it's wrong, look" la de da.

So I C & P'd it, tried to claim the credit for spotting it, & tried to stick it in your eye.

Then read it again, & it read correctly. So I deleted my Post. Which, meanwhile, you had Quoted....

Need I say more? I'm a broken man, owned by Evil & Ismene.

Let's move on, shall we? Nothing to see here.

Finally.

I knew I'd get you back one day for the  incident.

I am once again a happy man.

[tikay]

So, back to business, after that wholly un-necessary intrusion by Evil-Pie.

Well done to Mrs Traniello, & the ever-popular Mark Telscher. Name of the Final has to go to Soheil Shamseddin.

2009 World Series of Poker         
Final Results         
Event #   33      
Buy In   $10,000      
Date   World Championship Limit Hold'em      
Game   16-Jun-09      
Number of Entries   185      
Net Prize Pool   $1,739,000      
First Place Prize   $460,841       
Players to Cash   18      
         
In the Money Finishers:         
         
Name   Prize   City   State/Country
Mueller, Greg   $460,841    Vancouver   BC, Canada
Pezzin, Pat   $285,195    Toronto   ON, Canada
Brown, Chad   $188,855    Margate   FL
Alaei, Daniel   $134,772    Los Angeles   CA
Hawrilenko, Matthew   $100,688    Boston   MA
Glantz, Matthew   $80,341    Lafayette Hill   PA
Brummelhuis, Michiel   $67,647    Amsterdam   Netherlands
Shamseddin, Soheil   $59,995    Houston   TX
Hsiung, Kenny   $55,995    Los Angeles   CA
Klecan, Mark   $41,040    Toronto   ON, Canada
Ho, Maria   $41,040    Arcadia   CA
Harmon Traniello, Jennifer   $41,040    Las Vegas   NV
Teltscher, Mark   $32,693    London   UNITED KINGDOM
Brunson, Todd   $32,693    Las Vegas   NV
Perry, Rafael   $32,693    Las Vegas   NV
Tom, Philip   $27,824    Las Vegas   NV
Lederer, Howard   $27,824    Las Vegas   NV
Kim, Steve   $27,824    San Jose   CA

[tikay]

Now this man I like. He's won his bangle, & you can see he's as pleased as punch, beaming from ear to ear. None of this "I'm cool, I'll look hard, sod smiling" malarky. Good man him.

[tikay]

Official Report 

Event #33

World Championship

Limit Hold’em

Buy-In:  $10,000

Number of Entries:  185

Total Net Prize Pool:  $1,739,000

Number of Places Paid:  18

First Place Prize:  $460,841

June 15-17, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Greg “FBT” Mueller Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  Mueller Finally Gets a Well-Deserved WSOP Win -- After Seven Final Table Appearances and Two Runner-Up Finishes the Last Three Years

 

3.  Good Neighbors?  Canada and Mexico Collect WSOP Gold Bracelets on Same Day – USA Shut Out

 

4.  2009 WSOP Crosses $60 Million Mark in Prize Money – as Two-Thirds of Events So Far Exceed $1 Million in Prize Money

 

 

The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em world champion is Greg “FBT” Mueller, from Vancouver, BC (Canada).

 

·        Mueller is a 37-year-old professional poker player.  He is a regular player on the major tournament circuit.

 

·        Prior to playing poker for a living, Mueller played professional ice hockey in Europe.  He played for nine seasons for a team based in Germany.  He retired in 1999.

 

·        Mueller is fluent in both English and German languages.

 

·        Mueller has done modeling and has been featured in television commercials.

 

·        Mueller is 6’4” and weighs 225 pounds.

 

·        Mueller started playing poker seriously on his many road trips while a hockey pro.  He insists that poker is a game that allows him to exercise the same competitive instincts he utilized as a pro athlete.

 

·        Mueller’s first WSOP cash took place in 2003.

 

·        Prior to his victory, Mueller endured two disappointing runner-up finishes.  He appeared on the first ESPN broadcast of the 2007 and lost heads-up to Steve Billirakis, who at the time became the youngest WSOP gold bracelet winner in history.  Last year, he finished second again, losing the gold bracelet to Philip Tom.

 

·        Mueller collected $460,841 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to the official records, Mueller now has 1 win, 6 final table appearances, and 18 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.

 

·        Mueller currently has $1,321,352 in WSOP winnings.

 

·        With this victory, Mueller officially became the 127th player in WSOP history to win in excess of $1 million.

 

·        There was some poetic justice in Greg Mueller’s victory on this day.  Play at the final table was paused about midway into the action due to a special ceremony to honor the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup, which was unveiled to the poker world.  The Stanley Cup was placed up on a pedestal, only a few feet away from the final table where Mueller was sitting.  Mueller spent much of his early life playing ice hockey, so he knew very well what the Stanley Cup meant.  In a casual conversation during the break, Mueller joked with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman that he wanted to touch the cup (Bettman was a good sport about it, and agreed).  The night was truly memorable as NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman joined WSOP Commissioner (and half-brother) Jeffrey Pollack onstage to honor the poker players and recent winners.  Meanwhile, Mueller’s attention remained fixated on the Stanley Cup, which had been his aspiration for so many years.  Mueller later commented that the Stanley Cup being place close by motivated him to play better at the final table and win poker’s ultimate prize – the gold bracelet.

 

 

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Winner Quotes (Greg Mueller) –

 

·        On finally winning his first WSOP gold bracelet after coming so close numerous times:  “It’s like huge eight lifted off my shoulders.  I was starting to think I was a second-place pony there for a while.  I had nightmares, even heads-up.  When he won a pot against me, I thought, ‘My God, this could be the biggest choke ever.’  But, it feels unbelievable and I am so happy right now.”

 

·        On the NHL’s Stanley Cup being close by and what it meant to him as a former hockey pro:  “To be real honest, when they did this – seeing the NHL players and seeing the Cup and hearing the anthem, I had goose bumps.  I was so jacked you know because of the anthems and the hockey.  I saw the Stanley Cup and I said to myself, ‘maybe this is destiny.  Maybe this is my night.”

 

·        On how this final compared to the others:  “The funny thing was – this was probably the toughest final table that I had.  Everyone at the table is a helluva’ player and a great tournament player.  It’s the crème de la crème kinda’ thing.  I really did not put any pressure on myself.  I was low on chips yesterday.  I climbed back to average today.  And the net thing I knew, I said – oh boy, here we go!”

 

·        On whether he enjoys the final table experience:  “It’s awesome.  It really is awesome.  It just sucks when you get knocked out, or do not win.  Everything except for first sucks.  But leading up to it, the night before, at the final table, I think it’s amazing.”

 

·        On why he loves poker:  “It’s for the competition.”

 

·        On some of the secrets to his victory:  ”I never panicked once.  I was just really disciplined.  I was really confident.  Never were my chips in jeopardy.  Never was I really low.  I had a good table image.  I stole when I had to steal.  It’s weird.  This was like the least-stressful final table I have ever been at, but it might have been the toughest.” 

 

·        On the big hand where he took over the chip lead for the first time:  “When I hit my straight flush (against Chad Brown’s nut flush), I said ‘Today is my day.”

 

·        On what the WSOP gold bracelet means, when asked if winning a WSOP event places him into a different category than before:  “I think it does.  Like I said, I have always done very well at the World Series.  It is the one place where I play a lot of events.  I made a bunch of final tables.  People were giving me the recognition.  But until you close the deal and win, I think that puts you in a separate category.”

 

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table contained one former WSOP gold bracelet winner – Daniel Alaei (2 wins).

 

·        The final table included players from three different nations – including Canada, Holland, and the United States.

 

·        There were three Canadian players at the final table, the most of any event held so far this year.  The top two finishers were Canadians.

 

·        The runner up was poker pro Pat Pezzin, from Toronto, ON (Canada).  He now has 14 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP, and 3 final table appearances.  This was his highest finish, both numerically and financially.  Second place paid $285,195.

 

·        The third-place finisher was popular poker pro and former actor Chad Brown, from Margate, FL.  He has three runner-up finishes as WSOP final tables and is clearly on the short list of best poker players to have not won a gold bracelet.  Brown now has 26 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  Interesting Side Note:  While Brown was playing for his first WSOP win, fiancé and poker star Vanessa Rousso was busy playing at the final table of the an NHL Charity poker tournament going on at the same time, which was only a few feet away.  Rousso’s final table was taped for broadcast in the fall on ESPN.  Brown’s play was carried live on ESPN 360’s online broadcast.

·        The fourth-place finisher was Daniel Alaei, from Los Angeles, CA.  The two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner came up short in his attempt to win a third title, and gain his second WSOP victory at this year’s WSOP.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Matt Hawrilenko, a former options trader-turned poker pro from Boston, MA.  Hawrilenko is widely-acknowledged as one of the best Limit Hold’em players in the world.  He concentrates mostly on high-stakes cash games.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Matt Glanz, from Lafayette Hill, PA.  Glanz is another player who has come close to victory many times at the WOP.  This was his fourth time to cash at this year’s WSOP.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Michiel Brummelhuis, from Amsterdam, Holland.  This was his second time to make a WSOP final table the last two years.  

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Soheil Shamseddin, from Houston, TX.  The poker pro has numerous wins in other tournaments, but has yet to win at the WSOP.  Shamseddin is always one of the final table’s most interesting personalities.  He tends to play fast and is known to acquire chips or bust out early.  This time, his aggressive tendencies did not work and he finished eighth.

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Kenny Hsiung, from Los Angeles, CA.  It was a disappointing day for Hsiung, who was making his first WSOP cash in three years.  He arrived at the final table with the chip lead but was never able to establish any momentum.