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

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Winner Quotes (David Bach) --

 

·        On his first WSOP gold bracelet victory:  “It hasn’t even sunken in yet.  Especially this tournament.  This is Chip Reese’s tournament.  I think this is the best tournament of the whole year.  It means the world to win.”

 

·        On being the shortest stack, by far, during the middle of play at the final table:  “I would have been happy to get second (place).  It was a big money difference.  I was at the point that whatever hand I played, I needed to win.  I wanted to get my money in good with the best had.  I ended up making a flush in five cards in Seven-Card Stud, which is a pretty good spot.”

 

·        On the tough heads-up match:  “I almost had (John Hanson) beat and he came all the way back to even.  I had to keep in reminding myself to just keep in fighting and play well….He wanted to play big pots with big hands.  He was content to let me chip a little bit here and a little bit there.  When I did play a pot with him, I usually had the worst hand.  I think I was kind of freerolling off all of those small pots that I won.”

 

·        On how he might have felt had he not won the match:  “I can live with losing, if I play my best.  Of course, I want to win….”

 

·        On achieving his career breakthrough win the $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship:  “I have a lot of friends and family and I write e-mails to them every night.  Two nights ago, I said to them, ‘this is really the gold bracelet I should win.’  This is the game I am best at.  This is the tournament I want to win the most.  If I am going to breakthrough and win, this is the right one.”

 

·        On how he managed to maintain his focus for more than 18 hours at the final table and five days overall:  “I said, just be a professional.  I kept looking at Chip Reese’s name on that trophy and that’s what he would do.”

 

·        On his recollection of Chip Reese’s win during the inaugural year, and similarities to his marathon victory in this match:  “I watched Chip’s win over Andy Bloch.  I remember what a great battle that was.  Andy should have won it.  Chip is the best, but Andy played better that tournament.”

 

·        On how his career as a bowler helped him to become a good poker player:  “In bowling, you have to control your body and your mind at the same time.  In poker, you only have to control your mind.  So, all that training of controlling the mind and body helps make the pressure of poker much easier.”

 

·        On what inspired him to win:  “I have so many people to thank and to be thankful for.  This goes to my father.  We are so close.  He has had some health struggles.  And I am just happy he is till around to be a part of this.”

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table included five former WSOP gold bracelet winners – including Vitaly Lunkin (2 wins), Huck Seed (4 wins), Chau Giang (3 wins), Ville Wahlbeck (1 win), and Erik Seidel (8 wins).

 

·        Incredibly, all five former gold bracelet winners busted out before the top three finishers – which were all non-bracelet holders.  This was a reverse phenomenon than most of the 2009 WSOP to date, which has been headlined as the “Year of the Repeat Champion.”

 

·        The final table included players from four different nations – including Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States.

 

·        The final table was played nine-handed.

 

·        The runner up was John Hanson, from New York, NY.  He is a trader, who took third place in this event two years ago.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Erik Sagstrom, from Goteborg, Sweden.  He was the chip leader coming into the final table, but went card dead late in the tournament.  Sagstrom pocketed $522,395 in prize money for his first cash ever at the WSOP.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Vitlay Lunkin, from Moscow, Russia.  Lunkin has enjoyed a staggeringly successful WSOP this year.  He won his second gold bracelet, finished second in another event and took fourth place in this tournament.  Despite having only six cashes at the WSOP, they have all come in the biggest events.  In just a few years of playing, Lunkin has already accrued more than $3.2 million in WSOP earnings.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Huck Seed, from Las Vegas, NV.  Seed won the 1996 WSOP Main Event.  He also holds four WSOP gold bracelets.  Seed finished seventh in this same event last year.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Ville Wahlbeck, from Helsinki, Finland.  It’s hard to imagine anyone having a better WSOP this year than Wahlbeck.  Even trifecta-gold bracelet winner Jeffrey Lisandro (who is currently in a close race with Wahlbeck) would be envious of the Fin’s record.  This performance marked Wahlbeck’s sixth time to cash this year – with a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 13th place finishes.  Wahlbeck dominated mixed events this year and has enjoyed a breakthrough WSOP which will undoubtedly make him a player to watch in the upcoming Main Event.

·        The seventh-place finisher was Chau Giang, from Las Vegas, NV.  He is a three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner.  Giang cashed for the fifth time at this year’s WSOP.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Erik Seidel, from Las Vegas, NV.  Seidel is an eight-time WSOP gold bracelet winner.

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Gus Hansen, from Monte Carlo, Monaco.

 

·        Four of the nine final table players actually started at the same first table on Day One – (David Bach), John Hanson, Chau Giang, and Vitlay Lunkin.

 

·        Clocking in at 18 hours and 44 minutes, this was the second longest final table (time duration) in WSOP history.  Only last year’s WSOP-Europe championship ran longer, which lasted 19 hours and 9 minutes.  Note that the 90-minute dinner break was subtracted from the time played.

 

·        Measured by the number of hands played, this was the second-longest final table in WSOP history.  There were 480 hands played, which fell just short of the record of 484 hands played in London at the WSOP-Europe championship last year.  Note:  This is believed to be the second-longest recorded final table in poker history.
 

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Longest Final Tables in WSOP History --

 

Longest WSOP Final Tables (Time Duration)

 

19 hours/9 minutes -- 2008 WSOP-Europe Championship

18 hours/44 minutes – 2009 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

16 hours (estimated) -- 2005 $1,500 Razz Championship

14 hours/30 minutes – 2005 WSOP Main Event

14 hours – 2006 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

 

Longest WSOP Final Tables (Number of Hands)

 

484 – 2008 WSOP-Europe Championship

480 – 2009 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

354 – 2006 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

341 – 2007 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

314 – 2008 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Vitaly Lunkin, Huck Seed, Chau Giang, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Seidel, Mike Wattel, David Chiu, Freddy Deeb, Steve Billirakis, and John Kabbaj.

 

·        Chau Gaing’s seventh-place showing gives him 51 in-the-money finishes for his WSOP career.  This currently ranks ninth on the all-time cashes list.

 

·        Erik Seidel’s eighth-place showing gives him 57 in-the-money finishes for his WSOP career.  This currently ranks in a tie for third place with Chris “Jesus” Ferguson on the all-time cashes list.

 

·        The defending champion in the event from 2008 was Scotty Nguyen, from Henderson, NV.  He entered this year’s tournament, but did not cash.

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·      This was the fourth annual H.O.R.S.E. World Championship.  The previous winners were:  David “Chip” Reese (2006), Kassem “Freddy” Deeb (2007), and Scotty Nguyen (2008).

 

·        Costing $50,000 to enter, this is the highest buy-in tournament of any event in the 40-year history of the WSOP.

 

·        The H.O.R.S.E. World Championship was first conceived by various poker players.  The concept was to create poker's version of an all-star game, only to make it really count in standings and records.  Four years ago, Daniel Negreanu took the idea of holding an exclusive tournament for superstars to Harrah’s Entertainment.  The idea was accepted and the tournament was added to the official WSOP schedule in 2006.  Howard Greenbaum, Vice President of Specialty Games for Harrah’s Entertainment, was also instrumental in creating the H.O.R.S.E. tournament.

 

·        The 2006 inaugural H.O.R.S.E. World Championship was memorable for many reasons.  Since the late 1970s, David “Chip” Reese had been widely regarded by his peers and industry insiders as the best all- around poker player in the world.  Appropriately, he won the very first mega buy-in tournament in WSOP history and became the first H.O.R.S.E. world champion.  Sadly, Reese passed away suddenly in December 2007.  To honor Reese's memory, WSOP President and Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack created the “Chip Reese Memorial Trophy,” which is now awarded to all H.O.R.S.E. world champions.

 

·        While the WSOP Main Event remains the undisputed world championship of poker, in some respects the H.O.R.S.E. title is even more prestigious within the poker world.  Most highly-successful poker players acknowledge the winner of this event as the year's best “all around” tournament poker player.

 

·      For the most part, the $50,000 entry fee restricts entry to only the most successful (or very wealthy) players who can afford to compete in this event.  Entries totaled 143 in 2006, 148 in 2007, 148 (again) in 2008.  This year’s attendance declined to 95 entries.  The decrease was foreseeable and was largely attributed to the global economic downturn and the absence of television cameras at this event.  This marked the first year that ESPN decided not to cover the H.O.R.S.E. world championship from start to finish, choosing instead of focus more of its poker coverage on other tournaments.
 

·        The official WSOP gold bracelet ceremony takes place on the day following the winner’s victory.  The ceremony takes place on at center stage of the main tournament room and begins during the break of the noon tournament.  The ceremony usually starts around 2:20 pm.  The national anthem of the winner’s nation is played.  The entire presentation is open to public and media.  Video and photography is permitted by both media and the public.

 

·        David Bach’s gold bracelet ceremony will take place on July 3rd, which is Day 1-A of the WSOP Main Event.
 

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The Event --

 

·        The $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship attracted 95 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $4,560,000.  The top 16 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over five consecutive days.

 

·        The rotation of games in this tournament went for 30 minutes at a time.  The format tends to favor stud specialists, since 3/5ths of the games are stud-based (Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split, and Razz).

 

·        The end of Day One chip leader was Hasan Habib, who did not cash.

 

·        The end of Day Two chip leader was Gus Hansen, who finished 9th.

 

·        The end of Day Three chip leader was Vilaly Lunkin, who finished fourth.

 

·        The chip leader at the start of the final table was Erik Sagstrom, who finished third.

 

·        Eventual winner David Bach started play at the final table ranked second in chips, out of nine players.

 

·        When heads-up play began, David Bach and John Hansen were about dead even in chips.

 

·        The chip lead changed seven times during heads-up play.

 

·        Play began at 2:43 pm.  Play ended at 9:57 am the following day.  The final table lasted 18 hours and 44 minutes – which was the second-longest finale in WSOP history.

 

·        The tournament officially began on Saturday, June 26th, at 5 pm.  The tournament officially ended on Wednesday, July 1st, at 9:57 am.
 

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Now, that shattering announcement from the WSOP.

Lose to Quad Jacks in the Main Event. Worry not, this wil cushion the blow.


Jack Link’s® Beef Jerky Turns Stacked Jacks “Wild” at the WSOP

 

Any Player in WSOP Main Event Who Shows Four Jacks Will Receive A Special Prize Package

 

Las Vegas & Minong , Wis. (June 30, 2009) — Jack Link’s makes “Stacked Jacks Go Wild” during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.  Poker players contending for the coveted WSOP Main Event bracelet will be competing for more this year.  During official play throughout the Main Event, poker players with a final hand “stacked” with four-of-a-kind Jacks will win a Stacked Jacks Go Wild Jack Link’s prize pack. This means that every hand with four-of-a-kind Jacks triumphs with Jack Link’s — even if players lose that same hand or their seat. All players and all hands in the Main Event are eligible for these bonus prizes.

 

“Four-of-a-kind Jacks has always been a good hand. With Stacked Jacks Go Wild, it just got better,” said Jeff LeFever, director of marketing, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. “Obviously we’re a little biased about the Jack being our favorite card in the deck, so we thought it might be fun to sweeten the pot a little and make sure that hand is a winner every time.”

 

Stacked Jacks Go Wild is courtesy of Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, the multi-year title sponsor of the World Series of Poker. The prize pack — worth an estimated retail value of $100 — will contain Jack Link’s jerky products and other premium items.

 

“Competing for the richest prize in sports is serious business, but it is still poker after all, and poker should always be fun,” said World Series of Poker vice president Ty Stewart . “We're glad Jack Link’s is celebrating its presenting sponsorship by bringing another layer of excitement to the WSOP tournament floor.”

 

Jack Link’s, the No. 1 brand of beef jerky and the fastest-growing meat snack manufacturer worldwide, leads the nearly $3 billion meat snack category. As the recognized category leader, Jack Link’s offers more than 100 premium meat snack products in more than 40 countries. In addition to its premium products, Jack Link’s is known for its popular Messin’ with Sasquatch advertising campaign which has achieved nearly cult-like status. The commercials feature pranksters playing sophomoric pranks on an unsuspecting Sasquatch.

 

JACK LINK’S BEEF JERKY – Feed Your Wild Side.

Headquartered in Minong , Wis. , Jack Link’s is the No. 1 U.S. meat snack brand and fastest-growing meat snack manufacturer worldwide. The Jack Link’s brand represents a heritage of quality and consumer trust.  Jack Link’s products are available in retail outlets worldwide. Check out www.JackLinks.com for more information on the Jack Link’s brand.

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wow there giving that much away 100 bucks worth ,god i`d be throwing it back at em ,especially if i`d just had quids busted .

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   55      
   Buy In   $2,500       
   Date   01/07/2009      
   Game   2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)      
   Number of Entries   258      
   Net Prize Pool   $593,400       
   First Place Prize   $165,513.00       
   Players to Cash   24      

   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Mosseri, Abe   $165,513.00    New York   NY
2   Tanaka, Masayoshi   $102,313.00    Kanagawa   Japan
3   Schneider, Julie   $66,286.00    Mesa    AZ
4   Juanda, John   $44,941.00    Las Vegas   NV
5   Rodman, Blair   $31,819.00    Rancho Mirage   CA
6   Libson, Brad   $23,484.00    Annapolis   MD
7   Lord, Kris   $17,934.00    Palm Harbor    FL
8    Zalewski, Hertzel   $17,934.00    Houston   TX
9   Le, Nam   $13,424.00    Huntington Beach   CA
10   Fernandez, Jacobo   $13,424.00    Hollywood   FL
11   Hedlund, Peter   $9,901.00       
12   Rodriguez, Miguel   $9,901.00    Madrid   Spain
13   Quach, Daniel   $7,223.00       
14   Morrow, Joseph   $7,223.00    Mason    OH
15   Sarkeshik, Ali   $7,223.00    Northampton   United Kingdom
16   Negreanu, Daniel   $7,223.00    Las Vegas    NV
17   Fisler, Ryan   $7,223.00    Kincardine    ON, Canada
18   Habib, Hasan   $7,223.00    Downey    CA
19   Ewenstein, Adam   $5,148.00    Brookline    MA
20   Ankenman, Jerrod   $5,148.00    Avon    CT
21   Sitar, Dustin   $5,148.00    Las Vegas    NV
22   Smith, Justin   $5,148.00    Kissimmee    FL
23   Corpuz, Martin   $5,148.00    Mountain View    CA
24   Ogrady, Michael   $5,148.00    New York    NY

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Official Report

Event #55

Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)

Buy-In:  $2,500

Number of Entries:  258

Total Net Prize Pool:  $593,400

Number of Places Paid:  24

First Place Prize:  $166,151

June 29-July 1, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Abe Mosseri Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  New York City Poker Player Takes Lowball Event

 

3.  Masayoshi Tanaka Just Misses Becoming First Japanese WSOP Gold Bracelet Winner in History – Finishes Second

 

4.  Another WSOP Attendance Record is Broken:  Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Generates Largest Turnout in Its History

 

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The Champion --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) champion is Abe Mosseri, from New York, NY.

 

·        Mosseri is a 36-year-old professional poker player.

 

·        Mosseri started out as a backgammon player.  He also played gin rummy for money in clubs in New York.

 

·        Mosseri began playing poker seriously as backgammon declined in popularity and as poker became the new phenomenon.  He noted that several backgammon players have converted to become serious poker players.

 

·        Mosseri enjoys playing basketball and going to movies in his spare time.  He also enjoys various forms of gambling.

 

·        Mosseri plays poker mostly online.

 

·        Mosseri collected $166,151 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        Mosseri cashed in the 2004 WSOP Main Event, finishing in 120th place.  He was the chip leader that year after Day Three.  But he admits to going on tilt after a bad run on Day Four and busted out far short of the final table.

 

·        Mosseri’s only other cash was in this year’s Seven-Card Stud World Championship, where he finished in sixth place.

 

·        Mosseri estimates that he has played in about 30 WSOP events total (2004 to present).

 

·        According to official records, Abe Mosseri now has 1 win, 2 final table appearances, and 3 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  His career WSOP earnings now total $254,771.

 

·        Mosseri intends to play in this year’s WSOP Main Event.

 

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Winner Quotes (Abe Mosseri) --

 

·        On playing various games for a living:  “My life story is kind of like Matt Damon’s story in Rounders, but in the game of backgammon.”

 

·        On how backgammon helped him become a better poker player:  “I am a math guy.  But I would not say I am a calculus genius, or anything.  I do put a lot of math into poker, certainly more than most people.  You know from math which hands to play, and which hands to get involved with based on the percentages.  It’s very important.”

 

·        On his philosophy about games of skill and games if chance:  “I just like to win.  I play to win.”

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table included two former WSOP gold bracelet winners – including John Juanda and Blair Rodman.

 

·        The final table was played eight-handed.

 

·        The runner up was Masayoshi Tanaka, from Kanagawa, Japan.  He is a 34-year-old software engineer.  He is a Lowball specialist who plays poker mostly online.  Tanaka would have been the first Japanese citizen to win a gold bracelet had he taken first place.  Nonetheless, this was the highest finish ever in a WSOP event for a citizen of Japan.  Second place paid $102,313.

 

·        The third-place finisher was June Schneider, from Scottsdale, AZ.  She is a housewife, mother, and poker player.  Her favorite game is Lowball.  Schneider previously cashed in the $1,500 Omaha High-Low Split tournament, earlier at this year’s WSOP.  Schneider is the wife of 2007 WSOP “Player of the Year,” Tom Schneider.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was John Juanda, from Las Vegas, NV.  Juanda missed winning what would have been a fifth WSOP gold bracelet.  Juanda’s last big win came last year at WSOP-Europe in the Main Event, where he won the longest final table battle in poker history.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Blair Rodman, from Rancho Mirage, CA.  He won his gold bracelet two years ago.  Rodman now has 33 cashes at the WSOP and over $1 million in winnings.  

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Bradley Libson, from Vail, CO.  He is a 27-year-old poker pro, who is also an avid skier.  Bradley won a major event held last year at the Aviation Club in Paris, France.  This marked his fourth consecutive year to cash at the WSOP.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Kris Lord, from Palm Harbor, FL.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Hertzel Zalewski, from Houston, TX.

 

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – John Juanda, Blair Rodman, Hasan Habib, Jerrod Ankenman, and Daniel Negreanu.

 

·        John Juanda’s fourth-place showing in this tournament was his 48th career in-the-money finish.  This currently ranks tenth on the all-time WSOP cashes list.

 

·        Daniel Negreanu’s 16th-place showing in this tournament was his 42nd career in-the-money finish.  This currently ranks 17th on the all-time WSOP cashes list.

 

·        Blair Rodman’s fifth place finish keeps him in the top-50 all-time in-the-money finishers at the WSOP.

 

·        The defending champion in the event from 2008 was John Phan, from Stockton, CA.  He entered this year’s tournament, but did not cash.