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

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WSOP Statistics –

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #42, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 43,314 entries.  $85,327,882 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Through Event #43 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:

 

United States – 31

United Kingdom – 2

Canada – 2

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Australia – 1

Sweden – 1

Mexico – 1

Italy – 1

Holland – 1

Hungary – 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 #43 winner Michael T. Davis is to be classified as a amateur player.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:

 

            Professionals --            28 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, Richard Austin, Marc Naalden, Matt Graham, Peter Traply, and Jerrod Ankenman)              Amateurs --      6 wins(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Michael T. Davis)             Semi-Pros --     5 wins(Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert, Ray Foley) ·        Eleven of the 43 winners this year (25 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 43 , the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as follows (with point totals):

 

255 – Ville Wahlbeck

255 – Jeffrey Lisandro

242 – Phil Ivey

220 – Brock Parker

220 – James Van Alstyne

195 – Roland de Wolfe

185 – Vitaly Lunkin

180 – Angel Guillen

175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos

165 – Daniel Alaei

165 – Daniel Negreanu

 

 
 
 

[gatso]

·        At Lisandro’s request, Australia will be credited with this victory in international standings.  

I love this, they should do it at the olympics

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·        At Lisandro’s request, Australia will be credited with this victory in international standings.  

I love this, they should do it at the olympics

Yup, choose your Nationality. Bizarre.

[Chompy]

Award ceremonies a pain in the arse this year imo, first time they've done it. National anthems ftw after the first break. Only heard the US anthem while I was there. Many times. The award of a 'diamond rewards card' before the bracelet itself always gets a chuckle.

[gatso]

An absolutely stunning achievement by Jeff, but not, one assumes, entirely to Harrah's liking - no Interviews or "Winners Cerermony". He's a "bad" winner for them.

they got an interview with him, it's on the world series os. terrible interview though, he's clearly abs exhausted

[tikay]

Here we go. Note Flushy's address.

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   46         
   Buy In   $2,500         
   Game   Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better         
   Date   24/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   424         
   Net Prize Pool   $975,200         
   First Place Prize   $229,192          
   Total Spots Paid Out   45         
   Players Remaining    23         
               
   Table 150            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   John Monnette   237,000   Palmdale   CA   9
2   Josh Schlein   201,000   Owings Mills   MD   8
3   Derek Raymond   177,000   Portland   ME   3
4   Meng La   124,000   Torrance   CA   1
5   J.W.Southside Smith   35,000   Dalton   GA   4
6   David Danheiser   25,000   Las Vegas   NV   5
7   Danny Smith   4,400   Folsom   CA   6
8   Jim Banafato   DNR   Glenside   PA   2
               
   Table 151            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1    Patrice Boudet   258,000   La Raincy   France   2
2    Fabio Coppola   229,000   Las Vegas   NV   1
3    Frankie Odell   194,000   Denver   CO   8
4    Sirous Jamshidi   128,000   Philadelphia   PA   4
5    Victor Deltoro   119,000   Baskersfield   CA   7
6    Mark Gregorich   108,000   Las Vegas   NV   5
7    Jeff Tunkel   106,000   Naperville   IL   3
               
   Table 152            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Tenner Mark   285,000   Henderson   NV   7
2   Hua Can   225,000   Las Vegas   NV   8
3   Keiner Michael   214,000   Braunfels   Germany   1
4   Dempsey James   116,000   Brighton   IA   9
5   Poels Pat   89,000   Mesa   AZ   6
6   Seewald Jonah   75,000   Centennial   CO   4
7   Matusow Mike   63,000   Las Vegas   NV   5
8   Bohlman Scott   58,000   Homer Glen   IL   3
               
   In the Money Finishers            
               
   Name   Prize   City    State/Country   
1      $229,192         
2      $141,647         
3      $93,199         
4      $65,094         
5      $48,028         
6      $37,350         
7      $30,562         
8      $26,213         
9      $23,541         
10      $17,007         
11      $17,007         
12      $17,007         
13      $12,667         
14      $12,667         
15      $12,667         
16      $9,634         
17      $9,634         
18      $9,634         
19      $7,411         
20      $7,411         
21      $7,411         
22      $7,411         
23      $7,411         
24   Esposito, John   $7,411   Las Vegas   NV   
25   Zimmerman, Jason   $7,411   Arvada   CO   
26   Pescatori, Max   $7,411   Las Vegas   NV   
27   Gold, Benjamin   $7,411   Long Beach   CA   
28   Phillips, Dale   $5,890   Naples   FL   
29   Mavro, Peter   $5,890   Douglaston   NY   
30   Yeh, Wen   $5,890   North Las Vegas   NV   
31   Pacheco, David   $5,890   Fall River   MA   
32   Riesenberg, Jason   $5,890   Las Vegas   NV   
33   Siem, Paul   $5,890   Clearwater   FL   
34   Coren, William    $5,890   Wynnewood   PA   
35   Fitzpatrick, William   $5,890   Indio   CA   
36   Randolph, Mel   $5,890   Las Vegas   NV   
37   Cohen, Claude   $4,749   Paris   France   
38   Grove, James   $4,749   Las Vegas   NV   
39   Schock, Mitchell   $4,749   Bismarck   ND   
40   Levitt, Bruce   $4,749   Beverly Hills   CA   
41   Chen, Steve   $4,749   Skokie   IL   
42   Loehde, Jason   $4,749   Costa Mesa   CA   
43   Rossi, Simone   $4,749   Barcelona   Spain   
44   Darden, Paul   $4,749   Las Vegas   NV   
45   Rowsome, Adrienne   $4,749   Edmonton   AB, Canada   
 

[tikay]

Nice stack, John!

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   45         
   Buy In   $10,000         
   Game   World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em         
   Date   24/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   275         
   Net Prize Pool   $2,585,000         
   First Place Prize   $633,335          
   Total Spots Paid Out   27         
   Players Remaining    14         
               
   Table 154            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Alvarado, J.C.   924,000      Mexico   2
2   Baldwin, Eric   713,000   Henderson   NV   3
3   Kitai, Davidi   581,000   Brussels   Belgium   4
4   Gerasimov, Kirill   550,000   Moscow   Russia   8
5   Fish, Darryll   368,000   Las Vegas   NV   7
6   Lester, Jason   240,000   Miami   FL   6
7   Charania, Mohsin   224,000   Chicago   IL   5
               
   Table 155            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Kabbaj, John   2,226,000   London   UK   5
2   Kopp, Billy   772,000   Erlanger   KY   1
3   Haxton, Isaac   660,000   Las Vegas   NV   6
4   Lennaard, Ken   467,000   Stockholm   Sweden   7
5   Todd, Eugene   351,000   Brooklyn   NY   2
6   Kamran, Michael   261,000   Los Angeles   CA   8
7   Pettersson, Thomas   121,000      Sweden   3


   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1      $633,335         
2      $391,369         
3      $259,534         
4      $183,638         
5      $138,375         
6      $110,431         
7      $93,085         
8      $82,668         
9      $77,136         
10      $57,645         
11      $57,645         
12      $57,645         
13      $43,091         
14      $43,091         
15   Rousso, Vanessa   $43,091   Hobe Sound   FL   
16   Langmann, Florian   $32,209   Vienna      
17   Rabin, Gary   $32,209   Los Angeles   CA   
18   Young, Justin   $32,209   Henderson   NV   
19   Seidel, Erik   $24,066   Las Vegas   NV   
20   Simon, Samuel   $24,066   Sherman Oaks   CA   
21   Brummelhuis, Michiel   $24,066   Amsterdan      
22   Kenney, Bryn   $24,066   Long Beach   NY   
23   Stammen, Keven   $24,066   Coldwater   OH   
24   Staudenmaier, Luke   $24,066   Imperial   PA   
25   Kagawa, Masaaki   $24,066   Tokyo      
26   Drescher, Daniel   $24,066         
27   Lehr, Charles   $24,066   Bossier City   LA   
               

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Go Stu!


   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   47            
   Buy In   $2,500            
   Game   Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)            
   Date   24/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   527            
   Net Prize Pool   $1,212,100            
   First Place Prize   $278,804             
   Total Spots Paid Out   54            
   Players Remaining    67            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table   Seat
1   Greenstein, Barry   Ranchos Palos Verdes   CA   177,200   62   7
2   Habib, Hasan   Downey   CA   165,000   58   8
3   Demes, Brandon   Tempe   AZ   125,000   58   5
4   Ahmadi, Bahador   Burnaby   BC, Canada   122,100   59   8
5   Jung, Alexander   Neuruppin   Germany   120,200   60   9
6   Elezra, Eliahu   Las Vegas   NV   108,800   65   5
7   Billard, Francois   Rosemere   QC, Canada   105,000   59   6
8   Sinopoli, Frank   Hollywood   CA   104,200   64   5
9   Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   101,000   59   1
10   Abede, Omar   Sao Paulo   Brazil   100,900   61   1
11   Filippi, Amnon   New York   NY   98,000   59   2
12   Haddox, Randy   Houston   TX   92,000   65   6
13   Woodward, Matt   Waterboro   ME   90,500   58   9
14   Bloch, Andy   Las Vegas   NV   88,800   62   9
15   Couden, Joey   Columbus   OH   86,900   62   4
16   Ngai, Samuel   Edmonton   AB, Canada   85,300   58   3
17   Minnullin, Albert   Moscow   Russia   83,000   54   8
18   Baker, David   Katy   TX   82,000   62   3
19   Naalden, Marc   Antwerpen   Belgium   80,400   60   4
20   Bickel, Michael   Hastings on Hudson   NY   77,800   58   7
21   McGuiness, John   Toms River   NJ   76,900   64   7
22   Lopez, Karlo   Puerto Rico   PR   76,500   65   3
23   Bolton, Alex   Brooklyn   NY   72,200   63   3
24   Goldberg, Michael   Salt Lake City   UT   71,500   59   7
25   Williams, Jeff   Atlanta   GA   70,100   60   1
26   Vlastaris, Lee   Las Vegas   NV   68,200   63   7
27   Zartman, Kyle   Portland   OR   66,600   61   8
28   Tran, Thithi "Mimi"   Los Angeles   CA   65,300   65   1
29   Schwartz, Ylon   Austin   TX   63,900   63   1
30   Mccarrel, Casey   Walnut Creek   CA   59,100   65   4
31   Milisits, Ryan   Pittsburgh   PA   58,600   65   9
32   Bach, Klein   Las Vegas   NV   56,600   58   1
33   Hang, Tommy   Seattle   WA   56,000   59   3
34   Bleiker, Felix   Zurich    Switzerland   54,800   64   1
35   Kuether, Joe   Elm Grove   WI   52,700   64   4
36   Froehlich, Eric   Rochester Hills   MI   51,800   60   3
37   Stoykov, Mihail   Sofia   Bulgaria   49,500   65   7
38   Shan, Yeping   Edmonton   AB, Canada   48,900   59   5
39   Serbine, Oleg   Washington   UT   48,200   62   2
40   Hougaard, Jesper   Copenhagen   Denmark   47,400   64   2
41   Griffin, Gavin   Ladera Ranch   CA   46,600   62   5
42   Fuhs, Danny   Long Beach   CA   45,300   61   5
43   Parizon, Michael   Canton   MI   42,600   65   8
44   Deeb, Shaun   Las Vegas   NV   41,300   61   4
45   Sands, David   Las Vegas   NV   40,200   62   1
46   Devonshire, Bryan   Henderson   NV   38,900   60   6
47   Zajdner, Mark   Toronto   ON, Canada   38,400   64   3
48   Matros, Matt   Brooklyn   NY   36,600   61   9
49   Madsen, Jeff   Los Angeles   CA   36,500   64   9
50   Cunningham, Allen   Las Vegas   NV   35,700   58   4
51   Kahan, Howie "Howitzer"   Fort Worth   TX   35,600   60   7
52   Pechie, Justin   Putnam   CT   30,000   63   2
53   Tompkins, Jason   Kildare   Ireland   28,200   61   3
54   Humphrey, Zachary   Bellingham   WA   27,800   61   7
55   Teplitz, Charles   San Diego   CA   26,800   58   2
56   Whitacre, William   Greensboro   NV   26,600   59   4
57   Podlewski, Chris   Las Vegas   NV   24,200   62   8
58   Bellande, Jean-Robert   Las Vegas   NV   21,300   59   9
59   Black, David   Cincinnati   OH   20,800   60   5
60   Rabtsov, Kirill   Moscow   Russia   20,200   60   2
61   Terrell, Kenneth   Lawrenceville   GA   20,100   63   9
62   Rutter, Stuart   Birmingham   UK   18,600   61   2
63   Martin, Jesse   Northboro   MA   18,200   63   8
64   Tran, Theo   Las Vegas   NV   11,900   58   6
65   Hamagami, Clark   Vancouver   BC, Canada   11,700   60   8
66   Bazin, Stephane   Paris   France   7,700   63   6
67   Pollanen, Petri   Palkane   Finland   7,200   63   4

[julian]

gl stu,
i played this & busted level 7 - the structure was weird with the limit rounds starting 3 levels ahead...w an average stack you might have 36 bigs in the no limit & just 12 in the limit - it was carnage & after 6 hrs of play 2/3's of the field were gone.
(obv i flopped quads & got action all the way in the weiner 100/200 limits)
my god, some of the decisions you can face in a limit game when ur short-stacking, i didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
cry nudges it.
& gl flushy

[tikay]

A little late today, as I'm all of a tither, here's a big bunch of Vegas Incoming, though the Kabbaj News is stale now.

First up, a bit of Spam really, but when I read the first enboldened piece I immediately thought "wow, water-boarding comes to Poker". A paragraph later. my suspicions were confirmed. Still, there's nothing as all-seeing & all-knowing as the FBI.  

Still, you can';t get better than an ex-FBI bloke.

WORLD SERIES OF  POKER  ACADEMY TO DEAL MAIN EVENT PRIMER, JUNE 29 - JULY 1

Phil Hellmuth, Phil Gordon, Annie Duke, Greg Raymer, Mark Seif, Joe Navarro and Sam Chauhan Among Instructors Who Will Prepare Participants for the 2009 WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS - Poker players from around the world will soon descend on Las Vegas for the chance to strike it rich at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, and there to improve their odds will be the World Series of Poker Academy, which is hosting its Main Event Primer this June 29 - July 1 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

Designed specifically to prepare players for the enormous fields in major tournaments like the WSOP Main Event, the WSOP Academy's Main Event Primer features the most advanced curriculum on No-Limit Hold'em tournament strategy taught by a dream team roster of poker pros, including past WSOP Main Event champions Phil Hellmuth and Greg Raymer, WSOP bracelet winners Annie Duke and Mark Seif, WPT title winner Phil Gordon, poker tells expert Joe Navarro, noted poker pro and instructor Alex Outhred and many, many more.

"Like the WSOP Main Event itself, our Main Event Primer only comes around once a year and is unrivaled in its level of instruction as well as the interaction participants have with the biggest names in poker," said Brandon Rosen of Post Oak Productions, the company that produces the WSOP Academy. "It truly is a unique opportunity to learn optimal strategy from the pros who have won it all."

During the Main Event Primer, instructors will lead participants through three days of advanced seminars with questions and answers, video analysis of WSOP tournament footage, live hand demonstrations and private multi-table tournaments. The focus of the curriculum will be on advance concepts of No-Limit Texas Hold 'em tournament strategy, including the advanced math of poker, advanced tournament stage strategy, pre-flop and post-flop strategy, table dynamics, intimidation and control of your opponents and heads-up strategy. Instructors will also talk specifically about tournament preparation for the Main Event and tips on qualifying via satellites.

Additionally, noted author and lecturer Joe Navarro will present an advanced poker tells seminar on decoding poker tells. After 25 years with the FBI working in the areas of counterintelligence and counterterrorism, Navarro has become one of the foremost authorities on reading the nonverbal communications that people exhibit when they are lying.

Beyond just delivering the best in poker instruction, the WSOP Academy Main Event Primer will also offer a total-immersion poker experience that gives participants the opportunity to hang out and play poker with many of the biggest names in the game and compete in two private poker tournaments. The winner of each will go on to compete for a World Series Of Poker Main Event seat at the WSOP Academy Tournament of Champions, held on the evening of July 1.

The WSOP Academy Main Event Primer is one of a number of groundbreaking instructional programs presented by the WSOP Academy throughout the year that feature instruction from the best players in the game, including Greg Raymer, Mark Seif and Annie Duke. From sessions that focus on No-Limit Texas Hold ‘em to special editions like the WSOP Academy’s Ladies Only Event and Cash Game Academy, the WSOP Academy offers amateur poker players of all skill levels the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn directly from the champions of the game and become champions themselves.

The cost of the WSOP Academy Main Event Primer is $2,499. Space is limited, and the event is expected sell out.

[tikay]

Jeff & the WSOP have clearly got over their little tiff, heres the Interview - worth waiting for imo, very revealing.

NEWS FLASH:

 

THE RACE IS ON!

 

JEFFREY LISANDRO WINS HIS FOURTH CAREER WSOP GOLD BRACELET

 

VICTORY IN YESTERDAY’S RAZZ CHAMPIONSHIP GIVES LISANDRO RECORD-TYING THREE WINS AT 2009 WSOP – WITH A DOZEN EVENTS REMAINING FOR AUSTRALIAN POKER PRO TO SET NEW MARK

 

 

Jeffrey Lisandro is originally from Perth, Australia.  He currently resides in Salerno, Italy.  On June 24, 2009 Lisandro won his fourth career WSOP gold bracelet.  He won the Seven-Card Razz championship, which currently gives him three wins at the 2009 World Series of Poker.

 

The victory also gives Lisandro three wins this year, which ties him for the most gold bracelets won within a single year.  Lisandro became only the fifth player in the 40-year history of the WSOP to achieve this mark.  He joins poker greats Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Ted Forrest, and Puggy Pearson as the only players in history to win three gold bracelets in one year.

 

On the morning following his record-tying victory, Lisandro was interviewed at the WSOP.  The following quotes may be used by all media:

 

 

QUESTION:  What were your expectations coming into this year’s World Series of Poker?

 

LISANDRO:  Before it all started this year, I was very disappointed.  I could not get a sponsor.  I made the usual rounds to find out if anyone needed a player.  I could not get a response.  I spoke about it with a few of my friends.  Finally I said, you know what – never mind.  I am going to blast them right out of the water.  I think I have done a lot in poker.  But I’ve always been a little bit short of doing something really great.  So, there was this doubt and maybe an excuse that I had not done quite enough to deserve (being sponsored).  This year, I asked around.  There was no response.  No one got back to me.  I’m just going to go ahead and win three (gold bracelets).  I said that to a few of my closest friends.  And, now I have done it. 

 

QUESTION:  So, is there now a greater sense of joy in winning, especially after you may not have gotten the support you probably deserved prior to the start of this year’s WSOP?

 

LISANDRO:  This is all one the record.  Even after winning three bracelets, the sponsors have not approached me.  They are still not approaching me.  Maybe there is a little bit of jealousy.  Maybe it is because I have knocked out so many high-profile players. 

 

QUESTION:  Jeffrey, you are part of a very elite group of poker players.  Yet, most of the public does not see what goes on inside your inner circle.  Are there rivalries and are bragging rights at stake when you win multiple gold bracelets?

 

LISANDRO:  No.  Not for me.  I have no one who I am racing against.  I want to accomplish something in poker for myself.  If I’m the fifth-ranked player all-time, that will be great.  If I’m tenth, that’s okay.  If I make the top-100, that’s still an accomplishment.  You can’t say ‘I am competing with the number one player.”

 

QUESTION:  You probably have the best chance of anyone in history of winning four gold bracelets within a single year.  Have you thought of the historical implications of what another win would mean?

 

LISANDRO:  That would be nice -- to be remembered one-hundred years from now. 

 

QUESTION:  You’ve been playing high-stakes poker for a very long time.  But only in recent years have you been focusing on playing in poker tournaments and winning WSOP titles.  What made you change your ambitions?

 

LISANDRO:  You are right.  I have not really played in that many tournaments, up until the last few years.  I remember back in 1994 and 1995, I won like ten tournaments over in Europe.  It was an incredible run.  But I remember that (some magazines and websites) spelled my name wrong and I never got credit for the results.  During that run I went to Ireland, and I played in four tournaments.  They were all really great players.  Each one of them had Irish professionals – like 150 or so in each one of them.  I went there and no one knew me.  I won the first tournament and they said, ‘we don’t event know that guy.  Why is he here?’  And then the second tournament – I won it.  And then -- the third tournament (I won).  And in the last one I had the chip-lead heads-up and ended up coming in second.  Then I won like three more tournaments after that and afterwards I looked at all the money I won and it was something ridiculous.  It was like $100,000.  And I said, I couldn’t do any better and I still only made $100,000 which does not count my travel and hotel, and expenses.  So, I didn’t play many tournaments for the next seven or eight years.  It was in 2003 when the prize money started getting much bigger that I came back and started to play them again.  Now, it’s worth it.       

 

QUESTION:  Imagine had you played in WSOP events during that period how many gold bracelets you might have won?

 

LISANDRO:  Yeah, I waited a little too long to come back.  I should have come back around 2000.  I definitely would have had a few more wins than what I have now.  I might have even been a better player than I am now.  I think I am a fairly good player.  I am improving all the time.  I’m getting a little bit better, marginally better, each time.

 

QUESTION:  That’s a remarkable statement; you are still getting better and improving as a player.  What do you mean?

 

LISANDRO:  I learned how to achieve better results in tournaments.

 

QUESTION:  What do you mean?  You have been playing poker for a lot of years.  What have you learned recently that you didn’t know a year or two ago?

 

LISANDRO:  Take for example, the H.O.R.S.E. tournament.  If I go through all the five games, I am going to be playing Limit Hold’em.  The whole field knows how to play Limit Hold’em.  So, I am going to adjust my strategy marginally.  I am not going to waste chips in that game.  If it was a cash game and there was a value bet, I might get involved.  But in a tournament I am going to save those chips.  I want to use them for one of the other games where I have a massive edge (such as Stud, Eight-or-Better, and Razz).  In Limit Hold’em I am playing with people who all know the game as good as me.  So, I fold the marginal situations to conserve chips for the game where I have a bigger advantage.  It is something I am perfecting.   You only have so many bullets.  You have to pick your best spot to fire.

 

QUESTION:  On a more personal level.  You are known for your trademark fedora.  Why the hat?

 

LISANDRO:  The hat makes me feel better.  It helps me to get into the zone.  When I put that hat on, it’s all concentration.  It’s business.  It’s war.  It’s time to go to work.  When I take the hat off, it’s time to relax.

 

QUESTION:  So, how many hats are in Jeffrey Lisandro’s closet?

 

LISANDRO:  Let’s just say, I’ve got a few (smiling).

 

QUESTION:  Who is the best poker player from Australia – Joe Hachem or Jeffrey Lisandro?

 

LISANDRO:  In Australia, I don’t think anyone is bigger than Joe Hachem.  Winning the Main Event is a huge achievement.  He’ll always be remembered for that.  It’s like in horseracing.  I could win ten races in a row.  But everyone remembers who wins the Kentucky Derby.

 

 

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Happy days. Delighted for John, who has spent much of his Tourney career playing in Russia.

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   45      
   Buy In   $10,000       
   Date   25/06/2009      
   Game   World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em      
   Number of Entries   275      
   Net Prize Pool   $2,585,000      
   First Place Prize   $633,335       
   Players to Cash   27      

   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Kabbaj, John   $633,335   London   UK
2   Gerasimov, Kirill   $391,369   Moscow   Russia
3   Baldwin, Eric   $259,534   Henderson   NV
4   Kitai, Davidi   $183,638   Brussels   Belgium
5   Alvarado, J.C.   $138,375      Mexico
6   Lester, Jason   $110,431   Miami   FL
7   Todd, Eugene   $93,085   Brooklyn   NY
8   Haxton, Isaac   $82,668   Las Vegas   NV
9   Fish, Darryll   $77,136   Las Vegas   NV
10   Charania, Mohsin   $57,645   Chicago   IL
11   Kopp, William   $57,645   Erlanger   KY
12   Kamran, Michael   $57,645   Los Angeles   CA
13   Lennaard, Ken   $43,091   Stockholm   Sweden
14   Pettersson, Thomas   $43,091      Sweden
15   Rousso, Vanessa   $43,091   Hobe Sound   FL
16   Langmann, Florian   $32,209   Vienna   Austria
17   Rabin, Gary   $32,209   Los Angeles   CA
18   Young, Justin   $32,209   Henderson   NV
19   Seidel, Erik   $24,066   Las Vegas   NV
20   Simon, Samuel   $24,066   Sherman Oaks   CA
21   Brummelhuis, Michiel   $24,066   Amsterdam   Netherlands
22   Kenney, Bryn   $24,066   Long Beach   NY
23   Stammen, Keven   $24,066   Coldwater   OH
24   Staudenmaier, Luke   $24,066   Imperial   PA
25   Kagawa, Masaaki   $24,066   Tokyo   Japan
26   Drescher, Daniel   $24,066      
27   Lehr, Charles   $24,066   Bossier City   LA

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Way to win, with Aces, & way to pose, with a Timberland T-Shirt.

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Official Report 

Event #45

World Championship

Pot-Limit Hold’em

Buy-In:  $10,000

Number of Entries:  275

Total Net Prize Pool:  $2,585,000

Number of Places Paid:  27

First Place Prize:  $633,335

June 23-25, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  John Kabbaj Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  Following Years of Tournament Success in Europe, London Poker Pro Wins Poker’s Top Prize and $633,335

 

3.  John Kabbaj Becomes 2009 Pot-Limit Hold’em World Champion

 

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The Champion --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em world champion is John Kabbaj, from London, England.

 

·        Kabbaj – who is now age 36 – was born in Birmingham, UK.  He lived in the nation of Morocco until age 8 when, when he and his family moved back to England.

 

·        Kabbaj attended college for a few years, but decided to forgo his formal education to play poker for a living.  He has essentially supported himself by playing poker all of his adult life.

 

·        Kabbaj also enjoys betting on sports.  Aside from poker, his passion is soccer (football).  His favorite team is Tottenham Hotspur.  He also supports Watford F.C., because he lives near the stadium. 

 

·        Kabbaj has always enjoyed gambling.  He started playing poker and betting as a teenager.

 

·        Kabbaj has been attending the WSOP every year since 1996.

 

·        Kabbaj considers himself to be a Pot-Limit specialist.  Europeans, and English players in particular, have excelled at the game for nearly two decades.

 

·        Kabbaj has been at this year’s WSOP from the start.  He usually stays the entire duration of events, although he concentrates much of his play on cash games.

 

·        Kabbaj’s best previous finish was a second-place showing in a Pot-Limit Hold’em event at the 2004 WSOP.  He was sickened by that finish, despite a nice $260,520 payday.  Kabbaj stated that the disappointment of the second-place finish five years ago was consistently on his mind as he played at this final table.

 

·        Kabbaj collected $633,335 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to official records, Kabbaj now has 1 win, 4 final table appearances, and 7 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  His career WSOP earnings now total $1,004,786.

 

·        Kabbaj becomes the 129th player in WSOP history to win more than $1 million in tournament play.

 

·        Kabbaj is now the reigning 2009 Pot-Limit Hold’em World Champion.