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

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   39      
   Buy In   $1,500      
   Date   No Limit Hold'em      
   Game   21-Jun-09      
   Number of Entries   2,715      
   Net Prize Pool   $3,705,975      
   First Place Prize   $657,969       
   Players to Cash   270      
            
   In the Money Finishers:         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Foley, Ray   $657,969   Northville   MI
2   Cantu, Brandon   $403,951   Las Vegas   NV
3   Mu, Wei   $269,609   Pearl City, HI   HI
4   Jacob, Alex   $190,857   Las Vegas, NV   NV
5   Tyler, Spalding   $143,421   New Orleans   NE
6   Markham, Jonathan   $114,514   Elkhorn   WI
7   Vangchailued, Chairud   $96,355   Chandler   AZ
8   Lutes, Richard   $85,608   Henderson   NV
9   O'connor, Patrick   $80,049   Dromahair   Ireland
10   Livingston, Matthew   $56,071   North Las Vegas    NV
11   Crawford, Kelvin   $56,071   Mattoon    IL
12   Glines, Shawn   $56,071   Las Vegas    NV
13   Davis, Raymond   $39,246   Bell    CA
14   Nicholson, Donald   $39,246   Oak Ridge    TN
15   Humphrey, Zachary   $39,246   Bellingham    WA
16   Iacovone, Michele   $27,461   Mentor    OH
17   Derke, Nicholas   $27,461   Avondale    PA
18   Woolen, Johnny   $27,461   Temecula   CA
19   Charania, Mohsin   $19,234   Chicago   IL
20   Bartholdi, Joseph   $19,234   Las Vegas   NV
21   Monica, Conrad   $19,234   Hemet   CA
22   Kolla, Christopher   $19,234   Wuppertal   Germany
23   Le, Namthien   $19,234   Huntington Beach   CA
24   Banner, Steven   $19,234   Gresford   United Kingdom
25   Mohs, Steven   $19,234   Savage   MN
26   Mitchell, James   $19,234   Newport Beach   CA
27   Korberhillejan, Johannes   $19,234   Dortmund   Germany
28   Macphee, Kevin   $15,268   Coeur D Alene   ID
29   Corzo, Javier   $15,268   Van Nuys   CA
30   Kang, Benjamin   $15,268   Koln   Germany
31   Priour, Lucas   $15,268   Austin   TX
32   Luther, Douglas   $15,268   Greenwood Village   CO
33   Wade, Tristan   $15,268   Boynton Beach   FL
34   Crockett, Christopher   $15,268   Costa Mesa   CA
35   Antonucci, Thomas   $15,268   Germantown   MD
36   Persson, Magnus   $15,268   Gotherburg   Sweden
37   Jones, Mary   $11,488   Henderson   NV
38   Leung, Kwan   $11,488   Houston   TX
39   Torres, Venancio   $11,488   Mount Airy   NC
40   Boshenyatov, Dmitry   $11,488   Murmansk   Russia
41   Delis, Mario   $11,488   Bakersfield   CA
42   Bonavida, Raymond   $11,488   Redondo Beach   CA
43   Scott, Minor   $11,488   Denver   CO
44   Jensen, Frederik   $11,488   Copenhagen   Denmark
45   Gilbert, Zak   $11,488   Reno    NV
46   Suckman, Marc   $9,079   Las Vegas    NV
47   Korsog, Torrey   $9,079   Maumee    OH
48   Campo, Darius   $9,079   Sherman Oaks    CA
49   Peachey, Jon   $9,079   Las Vegas    NV
50   Wedekin, Sven   $9,079   Grand Junction    CO
51   McCormick, Thomas   $9,079   Fargo    ND
52   Cartigny, Franck   $9,079   Lomme    FR
53   Dwyer, Kevin   $9,079   Vacaville    CA
54   Ray, John   $9,079   Bullard    TX
55   Pomerantsev, Sergey   $7,449   Moscow   Russia
56   Coan, Thomas   $7,449   Bohemia   NY
57   Le, Tommy   $7,449   Tustin    CA
58   Portano, Desmond   $7,449   Brooklyn   NY
59   Allen, Lillian   $7,449   Oakland    CA
60   Walker, Richard   $7,449   Austin    TX
61   Bauer, Sebastian   $7,449   Bickenbach   
62   Young, Craig   $7,449      
63   Lenart, Lester   $7,449   Rohnert Park    CA
64   Tito, Eugene   $6,300   Glendale    CA
65   Evans, Hubert   $6,300   Middle River    MD
66   Stanechewski, Paul   $6,300   Lutz    FL
67   Linden, Ronald   $6,300   Henderson    NV
68   Bamminger, Uwe   $6,300   Marl   
69   Peterson, Sean   $6,300   Rogers    AK
70   Vanklink, Benjamin   $6,300   Frisco    TX
71   Repetti, John   $6,300   Henderson    NV
72   Levy, Adam   $6,300   Las Vegas    NV
73   Baker, Amanda   $5,447   Las Vegas    NV
74   Seatelli, Jean Paul   $5,447   Bastia   France
75   Fox, David   $5,447   Coram    NY
76   Grimes, Thomas   $5,447   Loves Park    IL
77   Ta, Napoleon   $5,447   Boulder    CO
78   Farkas, Julie   $5,447   Albuquerque    NM
79   Verstappen, Ronald   $5,447   Incline Village    NV
80   Coelho, Vitor   $5,447   Tampa    FL
81   Meijer, Maarten   $5,447   Ede   Netherlands
82   Woo, Samuel   $4,706   Los Angeles   CA
83   Pitzulo, Michael   $4,706   Poland   OH
84   Totani, Jerilyn   $4,706   Chicago   IL
85   Wiesner, Brett   $4,706   Las Vegas    NV
86   Leeuwen, Maikel   $4,706      
87   Mckinnon, Lauchlin   $4,706   Las Vegas    NV
88   Roy, Sebastien   $4,706   Quebec   QC, Canada
89   Bustamante, Anthony   $4,706   Sayville    NY
90   Demler, Shane   $4,706   Newton    UT
91   Tighe, David   $4,113   Birmingham   United Kingdom
92   Oneil, Craig   $4,113      United Kingdom
93   Howe, Jody   $4,113   Delta    BC, Canada
94   Tran, Thithi   $4,113   Torrance    CA
95   Zamani, Kambiz   $4,113   Chandler    AZ
96   NEWHOUSE, MARK   $4,113   Chapel Hill    NC
97   Neu, Matthias   $4,113   Weilbach    Germany
98   Calhoun, Matthew   $4,113   Phoenix    AZ
99   Iversen, Albert   $4,113   London   United Kingdom
100   Rusnak, Francis   $3,631   Chicago    IL
101   Engerdahl, Joshua   $3,631   Abbotsford    BC, Canada
102   Clark, Zachary   $3,631   Las Vegas    NV
103   Pinto, Daniel   $3,631   Toronto    ON, Canada
104   McLaughlin, Robert   $3,631   Washington    DC
105   Von Halle, Jan   $3,631   Hamburg   Germany
106   Seiber, Scott   $3,631   Medina    WA
107   Correa, Jesse   $3,631   Yucaipa    CA
108   Pauls, Luke   $3,631   Overland Park   KS
109   Vail, Brent   $3,631   Las Vegas    NV
110   Sanchez, Luis   $3,631   La Habra Hts    CA
111   Berto, Matthew   $3,631   Vallejo    CA
112   Greer, Keith   $3,631   Fort Worth    TX
113   Fish, Darryll   $3,631   Las Vegas    NV
114   Fassino, Kevin   $3,631   Rough Ready    CA
115   Luo, Chang   $3,631   Seattle    WA
116   Etemadi, Farzad   $3,631   Torrance    CA
117   Billavara, Chandrasekha   $3,631   San Francisco    CA
118   Armstrong, Kelly   $3,631   Dickinson    ND
119   Carlin, Bryan   $3,631   Parma    OH
120   Harrison, Audley   $3,631   Westlake Village    CA
121   Phan, Tai   $3,631   Chandler    AZ
122   Grove, David   $3,631   Stow    OH
123   Nguyen, Tracey   $3,631   Henderson    NV
124   Vinas, Thomas   $3,631   Houston   TX
125   Nixon, John   $3,631   Torronto   ON, Canada
126   Ramadanis, Andreas   $3,631   Denver   CO
127   Brewin, William   $3,631   Bristol   United Kingdom
128   Davis, Steven   $3,631   Salt Lake City   UT
129   Carroll, Michael   $3,631   Las Vegas   NV
130   Jing, Shan   $3,631   Arcadia   CA
131   Vallo, Claus   $3,631   Vanlose   Denmark
132   Tsinis, Arkadiy   $3,631   Las Vegas   NV
133   Bosch, Oliver   $3,631   Lustenau   Austria
134   Pljewski, William   $3,631   San Francisco   CA
135   Williams, Jeff   $3,631   Dunwoody   GA
136   Raskin, Micah   $3,298   Old Westbury   NY
137   Johnson, Robert   $3,298   Rockford   IL
138   Johnston, Thomas   $3,298   Garland   TX
139   LoGuidice, Joseph   $3,298   Atlantic City   NJ
140   Patton, Paul   $3,298   Ballinger   TX
141   Matteson, John   $3,298   Edmond   OK
142   Barnes, Brian   $3,298   Rapid City   SD
143   Svendsen, Katja   $3,298    Fr. Stad   Denmark
144   Burlot, Regis   $3,298   Ploufragan   France
145   King, Zachary   $3,298   Marietta   GA
146   Chavez, Antonio   $3,298   Winnetka   CA
147   Arzt, Gregory   $3,298   Warsaw   KY
148   Thiagarajah, Ragavan   $3,298   Marlton   NJ
149   Shelton, Kenneth   $3,298   Dallas   TX
150   Pinpin, James   $3,298   Carlsbad   CA
151   Lopez, Karlo   $3,298   Carolina   Puerto Rico
152   Mavro, Peter   $3,298   Douglaston   NY
153   Threet, Charles   $3,298   Austin   TX
154   Miller, Marc   $3,298   Langhorne   PA
155   Lupovich, Eric   $3,298   Mont-Royal   QC, Canada
156   Vrabel, Luke   $3,298   West Hartford   CT
157   Vuong, An   $3,298   Garland   TX
158   Nguyen, Hieu   $3,298   Fairfax   VA
159   Labbe, Leo   $3,298   Las Vegas   NV
160   Sacrispeyre, Patrick   $3,298   Paris   France
161   Dolan, Charles   $3,298   Fountainvalley   CA
162   Cheshier, Eric   $3,298   Renton   WA
163   Kasperski, Thomas   $3,298   Riverside   IL
164   Bendor, Yarron   $3,298   Scottsdale   AZ
165   Lepire, Judy   $3,298   Berkeley   CA
166   Hegeman, Kyle   $3,298   Port Jefferson   NY
167   Olsson, Mikael   $3,298   Stockholm   Sweden
168   Delgrosso, Marcello   $3,298   Toronto   ON, Canada
169   Utley, John   $3,298   Morganfield   KY
170   Wilds, Mark   $3,298   Biloxi   MS
171   Arvanitis, Christos   $3,298   Saint-Laurent   QC, Canada
172   Blumlein, Frank   $3,298   Frankfurt   Germany
173   Tilley, Dennis   $3,298   Redmond   WA
174   Jesus, Jorge   $3,298   Vile Velha   Brazil
175   De mel, Priyan   $3,298   London   United Kingdom
176   Lundholm, Karl   $3,298   Kalix   Sweden
177   Miller, Robert   $3,298   Manhattan Beach   CA
178   Bigler, Chris   $3,298   Las Vegas   NV
179   Vergara, Ramon   $3,298   Dunwoody   GA
180   Solis, John   $3,298   Pleasanton   CA
181   Tostesen, Jakob   $3,075   Odense   Denmark
182   Patterson, Tyler   $3,075   Everett    WA
183   Anderson, Dennis   $3,075   Lexington    KY
184   Miles, Andrew   $3,075   Long Beach    WA
185   Gonzalez, Jorge   $3,075   Madrid   Spain
186   Diaz, Frank   $3,075   Queen Creek    AZ
187   Bannasch, Steven   $3,075   Royal Oak   MI
188   Donofrio, Alex   $3,075   Winnabow    NC
189   Misteli, Pascal   $3,075   Ispach   Switzerland
190   Sias, John   $3,075   Riverside    CT
191   Christensen, Timothy   $3,075   Northfield    MN
192   Bowerman, Christian   $3,075   Stockton    CA
193   Athan, Stan   $3,075   Seattle    WA
194   Araneta, Leopoldo   $3,075   Monrovia    CA
195   Gray, Brian   $3,075   Coral Springs    FL
196   Merulla, Robert   $3,075   New York    NY
197   Anderson, Oliver   $3,075   Conroe   TX
198   Ali, Yasir   $3,075      
199   Acevecdo, Jaime   $3,075   Las Vegas   NV
200   Brummelhuis, Michiel   $3,075   Amsterdan   Netherlands
201   Wong, Christopher   $3,075   Los Angeles    CA
202   Bucherl, Konstantin   $3,075   Regensburg   Germany
203   Heinrichs, Benjamin   $3,075   Chico    CA
204   Maier, Kurt   $3,075   Rancho Cucamnga    CA
205   Tong, Kun   $3,075   Temple City    CA
206   Bohlman, Scott   $3,075   Homer Glen    IL
207   May, Martin   $3,075   Plantation    FL
208   Hertziger, Michael   $3,075   Neenah    WI
209   Sizgoric, Nenad   $3,075   Mississauga    ON, Canada
210   Baylos, Jeffrey   $3,075   Ontatio    CA
211   Sprando, Michael   $3,075   Portland    OR
212   Yee, Christopher   $3,075   Shoreline    WA
213   Murrell, Keith   $3,075   Kansas City    MO
214   Cohen, Matthew   $3,075   Somerdale    NJ
215   Zimmet, Neil   $3,075   Arvada    CO
216   Mendoza, Jessica   $3,075   San Mateo    CA
217   Poff, Richard   $3,075   Birmingham    AL
218   Gumapas, Jonathan   $3,075   San Diego    CA
219   Robinson, Denny   $3,075   Henderson    NV
220   Crino, John   $3,075   Crofton    MD
221   Fitzgerald, Hayden   $3,075   Dana Point    CA
222   Larimer, Michael   $3,075   Brooklyn    NY
223   Pilot, Shawn   $3,075   North Hills    CA
224   Frey, Waylon   $3,075   New Braunfels    TX
225   Lam, David   $3,075   San Ramon    CA
226   Smith, David   $2,890   Alpharetta    GA
227   Hollman, Richard   $2,890   Culver City    CA
228   Molloy, Denise   $2,890   LA JOLLA    CA
229   Baxter, Michael   $2,890   Pacific Palisades    CA
230   Tran, Thu   $2,890   Revere    MA
231   Guillen, Angel   $2,890   Colonia Del Valle    MX
232   Cavella, Carman   $2,890   Turnersville    NJ
233   Calhoun, Catherine   $2,890   Henderson    NV
234   Barbieri, Albert   $2,890   Long Beach    CA
235   Brumback, Robert   $2,890   Winston    OR
236   Landon, Jason   $2,890   Houston    TX
237   McIntyre, Luke   $2,890   Sydney   Australia
238   Steinberg, Brad   $2,890   Westlake Village    CA
239   Dye, Bruce   $2,890   Hilliard    OH
240   Harris, Jeff   $2,890   Visalia    CA
241   Wolthuis, Terry   $2,890   Rapid City    SD
242   Hood, Daniel   $2,890   University Park    TX
243   Serebryakov, Evgeny   $2,890   Moscow   Russia
244   Beard, Brad   $2,890   College Station    TX
245   Miller, John   $2,890   Dearborn Heights    MI
246   Fregoso, Juan   $2,890   San Diego    CA
247   Gupta, Rishabh   $2,890   Overland Park    KS
248   Souza, Michael   $2,890   San Diego    CA
249   Choy, Ching   $2,890   Torrance    CA
250   Matros, Matthew   $2,890   Brooklyn    NY
251   Gerek, Larry   $2,890   Columbia Falls    MT
252   Maser, Thomas   $2,890   Stateline    NV
253   Osborne, Peter   $2,890   Portland    OR
254   Baxter, Katherine   $2,890   Exeter    CA
255   Erting, Jorgen   $2,890   Napa    CA
256   Bonomo, Justin   $2,890   Las Vegas   NV
257   Baker, Todd   $2,890   Washington    DC
258   Pozefsky, Harry   $2,890   Glovesrville    NY
259   Jung, Jason   $2,890   Torrance    CA
260   Robinson, Anthony   $2,890   San Ramon    CA
261   Dabul, Veronica   $2,890   Buenos Aires   Argentina
262   Ma, Tri   $2,890   Houston    TX
263   Woodzell, William   $2,890   White Lake    MI
264   Grumiaux, Arnaud   $2,890   Loos   France
265   Hinkle, Grant   $2,890   Overland Park    KS
266   Timofeev, Serguei   $2,890   Richmond Hill    ON, Canada
267   Uyeda, Bryan   $2,890   Pearl City    HI
268   Aronow, Richard   $2,890   La Jolla    CA
269   Schafer, Thorsten   $2,890   Rodgan   Australia
270   Zhu, Yueqi   $2,890   Rowland Heights    CA

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Official Report 

Event #39

No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-In:  $1,500

Number of Entries:  2,715

Total Net Prize Pool:  $3,705,974

Number of Places Paid:  270

First Place Prize:  $657,969

June 20-22, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Ray Foley Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  Chrysler Worker from Michigan Drives Away with $657,969 and Poker’s Most Coveted Prize

 

3.  Another Big Turnout at the 2009 WSOP – 2,715 Entries Pack the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Event
 

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The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em champion is Ray Foley, from Northville, MI. 

 

·        Foley is a 37-year-old employee of Chrysler Financial.  He works as a business manager in financial services.

 

·        Foley is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University.  He earned his degree in accounting, followed by an M.B.A.

 

·        Foley has been married for 12 years and is the proud father of two children.

 

·        Foley plays poker recreationally.  He started playing about five years ago.  However, he is a winning player who has supplemented his income in recent years by playing poker.  Foley has been contemplating turning to poker full time, given the problems of the American automotive industry.  He states that decision might be easier to make now that he has won such a large cash prize.

 

·        Foley collected $657,969 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to official records, Foley now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 4 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  He has also accumulated $733,031 in career WSOP winnings.

 

·        Foleuy has entered only 7 tournaments at the WSOP (lifetime) and has cashed in 4 of them.  Despite the huge fields, he has finished – 22nd, 15th, 21st, and now 1st.  This is as impressive a record as any player at the WSOP during the past two years in the mega-field sized No-Limit Hold’em events.

 

·        Foley entered only two events this year – the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event and this tournament.  He had his return airline ticket already booked for a Sunday night departure (the tournament began on Saturday).  Foley survived Day Two and therefore lost his return portion of the ticket.  Meanwhile, a few friends could not afford the luxury of paying hundreds of extra dollars more for a flight and so they returned to Michigan.  Upon landing in Detroit and hearing that Foley had made it to the final table, they immediately got back on a plane just hours, later and flew all the way back to Las Vegas to cheer Foley on toe victory.

 

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Winner Quotes (Ray Foley) –

 

·        On how he came to the WSOP:  “My friends and I usually play in only one event per year.  We have a poker league where we send nine guys to play a $2K event.  I played in that and busted out at the fifth level.  So, I bought into the $1,500 buy-in on Saturday and I was supposed to fly out Sunday night and midnight.  I was second in chips at the end of Day Two.  I missed my flight and fortunately….that’s about it.”

 

·        On winning a WSOP gold bracelet and $657,969 in prize money:  “They both mean a lot.  The bracelet….I can’t even….its still unbelievable at this point that I have a bracelet.  I can’t event describe it.  And $660,000 – that’s a lot of money.  It’s hard to believe there were 2,715 people in this tournament.”   

 

·        On what it takes to win:  “I’m on the great side of variance.”
 

·        On his future plans:  “(Before this win) I was contemplating going to poker full-time, mostly online.  So this will help make that jump a little easier.  This is great timing.”

 

·        On what his goals were coming into this year’s WSOP:  “The gold bracelet.  Check it off.”

 

·        On what’s the next goal:  “The Main Event bracelet is the next goal.”
 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table contained only one former WSOP gold bracelet winner – Brandon Cantu (1 win).

 

·        This was the most amateur-heavy final table of any final table played so far this year.  Five of the nine finalists were non-pros.

 

·        The runner up was Brandon Cantu, from Vancouver, WA.  He won his gold bracelet in one of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em events played in 2006.  That was his first WSOP cash, and launched his poker career.  Since then, Cantu has earned over $1.5 million at the WSOP.  He also finished 20th in last year’s Main Event.  Second place in this event paid $403,951.  But all Cantu seemed to think about as he departed the final table was the disappointment of coming up short in his quest for another gold bracelet.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Wei Mu, from Honolulu, Hawaii.  Mu has a pretty impressive record for someone who has been playing poker seriously for only about a year.  He has cashed in 3 of the 5 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em events played this year.  Third place paid $269,609.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Alex Jacob, from Las Vegas, NV.  The afro-clad Dylanesque Yale graduate and talented poker pro enjoyed his best WSOP finish in two years in this tournament.  Jacob burst onto the poker scene in 2006 and made three WSOP final tables within two years.  He holds one of the best in-the-money records of any WSOP player during the past four years, with 19 cashes.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Tyler Spalding, from Chicago, IL.  He is an engineer.  Amazingly, this was Spalding’s first WSOP event ever.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Jonathan Markham, from Milwaukee, WI.  He is a former construction worker who is now playing poker professionally.  This was his third time to cash and was his best WSOP finish ever.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Chairud Vangchailued, from Phoenix, AZ.  This was his first time to cash in a WSOP tournament.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Richard Lutes, from Henderson, NV.  He is a restaurant owner (“Carmines Little Italy” in Henderson).  Lutes has done well in various Las Vegas tournaments, most notably cashing four times at the most recent Caesars Palace poker series. 

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Patrick O’Connor, from Sligo, Ireland.  He is a dentist and predominantly a cash game player.  But O’Conner has also enjoyed some tournament success.  He final tabled the Irish Poker Open a few years ago.  O’Connor also finished 38th in the 2004 WSOP Main Event.

 

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Brandon Cantu, Angel Guillen, Grant Hinkle, and Jim Mitchell.

 

·        The defending champion from 2009 was David Woo, from Atlanta, Ga.  He entered this event but did not cash.

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        This was the third-largest tournament (in attendance) of the 2009 WSOP.

 

·        This is the 26th of 39 tournaments completed thus far at this year’s WSOP, with more than a $1 million prize pool.

 

·        This is the fifth of seven $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournaments on the 2009 WSOP schedule.  This game and buy-in level has consistently proven to be the most popular draw on the schedule in recent years, aside from the Main Event.

 

·        An alternative lower buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament (less than $10,000) has been included as part of the WSOP schedule every year since 1973.  Over the years, these buy-in amounts have ranged from $1,000 up to $5,000.  However, more $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournaments have now taken place at the WSOP over the past 39-years than any other event.

 

·        The previous four $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em events held this year attracted 2,791 -- 2,506 -- 2,638 – and 2,095 players respectively.  Attendance this year is consistent with previous years when the earlier events tend to attract bigger fields, followed by a slight decline at the WSOP enters its third and fourth week.

 

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No-Limit Hold’em Leaders --

 

·        The player with the most WSOP gold bracelets (wins) in Hold’em events (all variations) is Phil Hellmuth, currently with 11.

 

·        The player with the most lifetime WSOP cashes in Hold’em events (all variations) is Phil Hellmuth, currently with 44.

 

·        The player with the most WSOP gold bracelets (wins) in No-Limit Hold’em is Phil Hellmuth, currently with 7.

 

·        The player with the most lifetime WSOP cashes in No-Limit Hold’em events is Phil Hellmuth, currently with 28.

 

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The Event --

 

·        The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship attracted 2,715 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $3,705,974.  The top 270 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

 

·        At the end of Day One, the chip leader was Mohsin Charania, from Chicago, IL.  He ended up finishing in 19th place.

 

·        The chip leader at the start of the final table was Ray Foley.  He lost the lead early and had to play catch up most of the way.  But Foley overcame a 2 to 1 chip disadvantage to Brandon Cantu when play went heads-up and won a few momentous pots that determined the outcome of the match.

 

·        Foley was all-in for his tournament life a few times, but got very fortunate to avoid elimination.  He had A-7 and was all-in against Cantu’s A-Q.  But a split pot saved Foley.

 

·        The final hand of the tournament came when Foley ended up having the best hand – J-Q versus Cantu’s J-7 after the flop came jack-high.  Foley’s queen kicker ended up playing, which scooped the final pot of the tournament.

 

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WSOP Statistics –

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #39, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 39,620 entries.  $77,827,582 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Through Event #39 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:

 

United States – 27

United Kingdom – 2

Canada – 2

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Australia – 1

Sweden – 1

Mexico – 1

Italy – 1

Holland – 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 #39 winner Ray Foley is to be classified as a semi-pro player (at the time of victory).  He plays part-time to supplement his income.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:

 

            Professionals --            26 wins(Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey-1, Rami Boukai, Anthony Harb, Ville Wahlbeck, Keven Stammen, Brock Parker-1, Jeffrey Lisandro- 1, 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, Jeffrey Lisandro-2, Marc Naalden)              Amateurs --      6 wins(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Richard Austin)             Semi-Pros --     5 wins(Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert, Ray Foley) ·        Ten of the 39 winners this year (26 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners.  There have been three double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker, Phil Ivey, and Jeffrey Lisandro.

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event 39, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as follows (with point totals):

 

255 – Ville Wahlbeck

255 – Jeffrey Lisandro

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

165 – Daniel Negreanu

 

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I don't quite understand this - is it a 5 man Final Table?

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   41         
   Buy In   $5,000         
   Game   No Limit Hold'em Shootout         
   Date   22/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   280         
   Net Prize Pool   $1,316,000         
   First Place Prize   $348,755          
   Total Spots Paid Out   30         
   Players Remaining    5         
               
   FINAL TABLE DETAILS            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Lykov, Max   900,000   Moscow   Russia   1
2   Wong, Danny   900,000   Las Vegas   NV   2
3   Lichtenberger, Andrew   900,000   East Northport   NY   3
4   Traply, Peter   900,000   Budapest   Hungary   4
5   El Nasr, Nasr    900,000   Berlin   Germany   5
               
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1      $348,755         
2      $215,402         
3      $145,062         
4      $105,609         
5      $82,697         
6   Boatman, Barny   $16,739   London   United Kingdom   
7   Pham, David   $16,739   Cerritos    CA   
8   Ivey, Phil   $16,739   Las Vegas    NV   
9   Feldman, Peter   $16,739   Harper Woods    MI   
10   Radoja, Mark   $16,739   Guelph    ON, Canada   
11   Wilf, Saar   $16,739   Tel Aviv   Israel   
12   Kibler-Melby, Cort   $16,739   Edwardville    KS   
13   Kitai, Davidi   $16,739   Brussels   Belgium   
14   Hughes, Ryan   $16,739   Phoenix    AZ   
15   Baker, David   $16,739   Rochester Hills    MI   
16   Filtz, Justin   $16,739   Stevens Pojnt    WI   
17   Veldhuis, Alexander   $16,739   Rotterdam   Netherlands   
18   Benelli, Andrea   $16,739   Prato   Italy   
19   Gaspard, Jean   $16,739   Evanston    IL   
20   Hougaard, Lars   $16,739   Copenhagen   Denmark   
21   Isra, Roland   $16,739   Forest Hill   NY   
22   Harmon-Traniello, Jennifer   $16,739   Las Vegas   NV   
23   Teltscher, Mark   $16,739   London   United Kingdom   
24   Makhija, Amit   $16,739   Brookfield   WI   
25   Heath, Jonathan   $16,739   Stafford   United Kingdom   
26   Frerichs, Jeffrey   $16,739   Henderson   NV   
27   Serock, Joseph   $16,739   Alburquerque   NM   
28   Mercaldo, Michael   $16,739   Hoboken   NJ   
29   Monnette, John   $16,739   Palmdale   CA   
30   Channing, Neil   $16,739   London   United Kingdom   

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   End of Day Two Results         
   Event #   42      
   Buy In   $2,500      
   Game   Mixed Event      
   Date   22/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   412      
   Net Prize Pool   $947,600      
   First Place Prize   $241,654       
   Total Spots Paid Out   40      
   Players Remaining    14      
            
   Table 150         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Sergey, Altbregin   239,500   St. Petersburg   Russia
2   Alioto, Dario   225,600   Palermo   Italy
3   Dang, Danny   220,000   Whitier   CA
4   Crain, Eric   210,600   Murphysboro   IL
5   Klodnicki, Chris   153,400   Voorhees   NJ
6   Boukai, Rami   137,700   San Diegeo   CA
7   Fricke, Jimmy   47,400   Las Vegas   NV
            
   Table 151         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Turner, Jon   469,200   Henderson   NV
2   Ankenman, Jerrod   412,400   Avon   CT
3   Friedman, Adam   325,800   Gahanna   OH
4   Flack, Layne   283,400   Las Vegas   NV
5   Rodman, Blair   139,800   Rancho Mirage   CA
6   Tims, Jeff   138,500   Houston   TX
7   Radel, Andrew   92,700   St. Paul   MN
            
   In the Money Finishers:         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1      $241,654      
2      $149,341      
3      $97,896      
4      $67,848      
5      $49,568      
6      $38,074      
7      $30,673      
8      $25,860      
9      $18,099      
10      $18,099      
11      $14,545      
12      $14,545      
13      $11,484      
14      $11,484      
15   Luu, Thang   $8,983   Las Vegas   NV
16   Lehr, Charles   $8,983   Bossier City   LA
17   Lewis, George   $7,050   Toronto   ON, Canada
18   Smith, Mallory   $7,050   Aurora   CO
19   Rasmussen, Thayer   $7,050   St Petersburg   FL
20   Binger, Michael   $7,050   Las Vegas   NV
21   Voertmann, Jens   $7,050   Dortmund   Germany
22   Slezak, Bob   $7,050   Omaha   NE
23   Groysman, Zvi   $7,050   Thornhill   ON, Canada
24   Hernandez, Francisco   $7,050   Chandler    AZ
25   Sabic, Sebastien   $5,695   Ponts De Ce   France
26   Sarkeshik, Ali   $5,695   Northampton   United Kingdom
27   Lawrence, Spencer   $5,695   Wimbledon   United Kingdom
28   Rapp, Stefan   $5,695   Linz   Australia
29   Cassidy, Joseph   $5,695   Las Vegas    NV
30   Petrov, Vojislav   $5,695      
31   Black, Andrew   $5,695   Dublin   Ireland
32   Iacofano, Kevin   $5,695   Las Vegas    NV
33   Bronshtein, Yuval   $4,813   Charleston    SC
34   Bazin, Stephane   $4,813   Paris   France
35   Stoykov, Mihail   $4,813   Sofia   Bulgaria
36   Davis, Jared   $4,813   Philadelphia    PA
37   Paloci, Henry   $4,813   Sarasota    FL
38   Johnson, Marco   $4,813   Walnut Creek    CA
39   Dovzhenko, Alexander   $4,813   St. Petersburg    Russia
40   Randolph, Mel   $4,813   Las Vegas    NV

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Good to see will brewin cashin in his 2nd wsop on the trot gg wp