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

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2009 World Series of Poker               
End of Day One Results               
Event #   12            
Buy In   $10,000            
Game   World Championship Mixed Event            
Date   05/06/2009            
Number of Entries   194            
Net Prize Pool   $1,823,600            
First Place Prize   $492,384             
Total Spots Paid Out   24            
Players Remaining    126            

Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table #   Seat #
Oppenheim, David   Los Angeles       143,000   161   8
Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   121,300   161   2
Fricke, Jimmy   Las Vegas   NV   108,200   168   4
Froehlich, Eric   Rochester Hills   MI   100,100   166   2
Adams, Brandon   Miami   FL   96,200   161   7
Bueno, Patrick   Paris   France   93,400   169   5
Hang, Tommy   Seattle   WA   92,900   164   6
Gomes, Alexander   Curitiba   Brazil   92,500   172   6
Sheikh, Aurangzeb   Houston   TX   90,400   160   7
Watson, Michael   Toronto   ON, Canada   87,800   157   6
Lind III, George   Gilbert   AZ   80,500   160   2
Shamseddin, Soheil   Houston   TX   80,000   167   4
Hanson, John   New York   NY   78,800   172   2
Prescott, Allie   Memphis   TN   78,600   162   7
Van Alstyne, James   Las Vegas   NV   78,200   159   6
Schulman, Nick   New York   NY   78,000   163   1
Traniello, Marco   Las Vegas   NV   77,500   171   3
Wahlbeck, Ville   Helsinki   Finland   74,900   166   3
Karam, Marc   Ottawa   ON, Canada   74,200   157   3
Black, Andrew   Dublin   Ireland   73,100   172   3
Singer, David   Las Vegas   NV   70,700   164   5
Hennigan, John   Philadelphia   PA   70,000   163   2
Tare, Jonathan   New York   NY   69,700   167   1
King, Jeff   Colchester   CT   69,000   158   2
Losev, Nikolay   Moscow   Russia   68,700   160   6
Powell, Brian   Louisville   KY   67,400   161   6
Pham, David   Cerritos      64,200   161   1
Minieri, Dario   Rome   Italy   64,200   167   3
Lunkin, Vitaly   Moscow   Russia   63,800   167   7
Bronshtein, Yuval   Atlanta   GA   63,700   166   1
Billirakis, Steve   Chicago   IL   62,300   163   4
Mizok, Brian   Newport Beach      60,600   157   4
Tehan, Joe   Las Vegas   NV   60,100   164   4
Bjorin, Chris   London   United Kingdom   59,200   172   7
Pablou, Harris   Brisbane   Australia   59,100   170   7
Sung, Steve   Torrance      59,100   169   2
Lellouche, Anthony   Paris   France   58,500   164   3
Binger, Michael   Las Vegas   NV   58,300   158   5
Gelencser   Budapest   Hungary   58,000   171   5
Fuhs, Danny   Long Beach      57,400   168   7
Laszcz, Xavier   Paris   France   54,600   162   6
Rodman, Blair   Las Vegas   NV   54,500   166   6
Sklar, Richie   Las Vegas   NV   54,500   164   2
Brodie, Richard   Kirkland   WA   53,800   160   6
Seed, Huck   Las Vegas   NV   53,800   165   5
Friedman, Adam   Gahanna   OH   53,700   158   8
Richey, Brett   New York   NY   52,600   172   1
Wattel, Mike   Phoenix   AZ   51,700   157   1
Thuritz, Mikael   Laguna Beach      51,600   159   5
Ankenman, Jerrod   Avon   CT   51,200   169   1
Rousso, Vanessa   Las Vegas   NV   50,700   170   5
Nguyen, Scotty   Las Vegas   NV   50,500   160   5
Thater, Katja   Hamburg   Germany   49,600   166   8
Golser, Markus   Anthering   Austria   49,500   167   2
Jurgens, Tad   Tempe   AZ   49,200   159   2
Brown, Chad   Los Angeles      48,800   164   7
Lester, Jason   Miami   FL   48,700   170   3
Cernuto, John   Las Vegas   NV   48,600   163   5
Mizrachi, Robert   Las Vegas   NV   47,000   171   4
Attie, Alberto      Mexico   46,500   171   2
Reslock, Chris   Atlantic City   NJ   46,400   165   4
Elezra, Eli   Las Vegas   NV   46,100   159   8
Ramdin, Victor   Bronx   NY   44,700   169   3
Rheem, David   Los Angeles      44,000   162   2
Serock, Joseph   Albuquerque   NM   43,800   161   4
Do, Cong   Falls Aw   VA   42,100   171   6
Pescatori, Max   Las Vegas   NV   42,025   160   1
Danzer, George   Passau   OK   40,900   168   6
Hawrilenko, Matt   Boston   MA   40,600   168   5
Leonidas, Toto   Los Angeles      40,500   169   7
Brunson, Doyle   Las Vegas   NV   40,500   162   8
Grey, David   Henderson   NV   39,700   165   2
Keiner, Michael   Braunfels   Germany   37,800   166   5
Brunson, Todd   Las Vegas   NV   36,800   160   3
Mizzi, Sorel   Toronto   ON, Canada   36,800   167   8
Zaichenko, Audrey   Moscow   Russia   36,800   172   8
Jung, Alexander   Neuruppiu   Germany   33,900   163   3
Kessler, Allen   Las Vegas   NV   33,800   167   5
Lisandro, Jeffrey   Salerno   Italy   33,700   158   1
Dorin, Scott   Las Vegas   NV   33,000   158   3
Ashby, Richard   Watford   United Kingdom   32,000   166   7
Kostritsyn, Alexander   Moscow   Russia   31,300   159   1
Fitoussi, Bruno   Paris   France   31,200   157   8
Harmetz, Dan   Sacramento      30,100   169   6
Haveson, Brian   Garnet Valley   PA   30,100   169   4
Smith, Justin   Orlando   FL   29,950   171   1
Lindgren, Erick   Las Vegas   NV   29,600   171   8
Persson, Magnus   Gothenburg   Sweden   28,500   162   3
Taylor, Esther   Las Vegas   NV   27,800   168   1
Katchalov, Eugene   New York   NY   27,700   168   8
Lederer, Howard   Las Vegas   NV   27,100   167   6
Turner, Jon   Henderson   NV   26,500   162   4
Griffin, Gavin   Ladera Ranch      25,700   162   5
Mueller, Greg   Vancouver   BC, Canada   25,700   163   8
Holland, Randy   Los Angeles      25,000   158   4
Chiu, David   Las Vegas   NV   24,600   165   8
McCormick, Tom   Fargo   ND   24,200   157   7
Isaia, Alessio   Roccabruna CN   Italy   23,900   158   6
Giang, Chau   Las Vegas   NV   23,500   162   1
Siegel, Jordan   Henderson   NV   23,400   157   5
Madsen, Jeff   Los Angeles      22,475   165   7
Bach, David   Athens   GA   22,000   161   5
Ruthenberg, Sebastian   Hamburg   Germany   21,900   161   3
De Wolf, Roland   London   United Kingdom   21,050   159   4
Sofer, Evan   Arcadia      21,000   170   1
Smith, Gavin   Las Vegas   NV   19,500   159   7
Yitzhaki, Roman   Tenafly   NJ   19,200   170   2
Gregorich, Mark   Lacey   WA   18,800   172   5
Talebi, Rodeen   Los Angeles      18,500   168   2
Demidov, Ivan   Moscow   Russia   18,200   166   4
Cunningham, Allen   Las Vegas   NV   18,000   158   7
Zolotow, Stephen   Las Vegas   NV   16,600   172   4
Glantz, Matt   Lafayette Hill   PA   16,200   165   6
Forrest, Ted   Las Vegas   NV   16,000   170   8
Helm, Brad   Scottsdale   AZ   14,500   170   4
Arieh, Josh   Atlanta   GA   11,000   170   6
Seiver, Scott   Cold Spring Harbor    NY   9,200   169   8
Bloch, Andy   Las Vegas   NV   8,500   165   1
Lefkowitz, Matt   Inverness      8,100   157   2
Harman, Jennifer   Las Vegas   NV   7,800   159   3
Sitar, Dustin   Las Vegas   NV   7,600   165   3
Niesert, Christoph   Berlin   Germany   7,400   164   1
Tarr, Tim   RHE      7,000   171   7
Habib, Hasan   Downey      2,600   168   3
Hansen, Thor   El Segundo      2,400   160   4
Appleman, Mickey   Fort Lee   NJ   DNR   163   6

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Gonna be tough for Praz - the other table has more than twice the number of chips that his does.

According to Marc Convey they're pretty much all tez though.

Wish I was that tez !!

We all do. I think we can take Mr Convey's words with a pinch of salt.

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Not sure if we had this one already......

2009 World Series of Poker         
Final Results         
Event #   7      
Buy In   $1,500       
Date   04/06/2009      
Game   No Limit Hold'em      
Number of Entries   2,791      
Net Prize Pool   $3,809,715       
First Place Prize   $666,853       
Players to Cash   297      

Final Results:         
         
Name   Prize   City   State/Country
Johnson, Travis   $666,853   North Hills   
Karp, Steve   $414,116   North Miami Beach   Fl
Ciotola, Michael   $273,385   Dublin   OH
Salinaro, Mark   $193,343   White Plains   NY
McConville, Craig   $145,721   Mendota   IL
McInnis, Brian   $116,234   Houston   TX
Wright, Walter   $97,985   Las Vegas   NV
McClain, James   $87,013   Riverside   
Low, Kam   $81,185   Toronto   ON, Canada
Kalb, Jacob   $56,955   Philadelphia   PA
Tang, Gary   $56,955   Ithaca   NY
Pesek, Michael   $56,955   Carol Stream   IL
Souza, Phillip   $39,963   Fredericton   NB, Canada
Fett, Robert   $39,963   Berkley   
Martin, Michael   $39,963   New York   NY
Bott, James   $28,039   Lakewood   CO
Riesenberg, Jason   $28,039   Halbur   IA
Fowler, Jerry   $28,039   San Angelo   TX
Miller, Clinton   $19,658   Mokane   MO
Longwith, Max   $19,658   Marietta   GA
Kuzmicki, Justin   $19,658   Montreal   QC, Canada
Joseph, Jeremy   $19,658   Las Vegas   NV
Vandervort, Bruce   $19,658   El Paso   TX
Smith, George   $19,658   Cave Creek   AZ
Krouner, Kenneth   $19,658   Roswell   GA
Dominski, Paul   $19,658   Minnetonka   MN
Safieddine, Francois   $19,658   Denver   CO
Fulmer, Jesse   $15,429   Belle Center   OH
Koral, Tom   $15,429   Skokie   IL
Passavant, James   $15,429   West Orange   NJ
Ahuja, Sarang   $15,429   Hallandale Beach   FL
Remmert, Travis   $15,429   Iowa City   IA
Heger, William   $15,429   Union City   NJ
Newburger, Jason   $15,429   Vernon Hills   IL
Choi, Cristian   $15,429   Los Angeles   
Gugger, Gregory   $15,429   Chicago   IL
Glasser, Michael   $11,505   Boca Raton   FL
Gibralter, Jeffrey   $11,505   Rockwall   TX
Larsen, Edward   $11,505   Louisville   KY
Smith, Joshua   $11,505   Greensboro   NC
Bac, Dao   $11,505   San Diego   
Pechie, Justin   $11,505   Thompson   CT
Granlund, Peter   $11,505   Uppsala   Sweden
Uzan, Philippe   $11,505   Saint Mande   France
Michaels, Steven   $11,505   Everett   WA
Stoffel, Chad   $9,029   Denver   CO
Melgarejo, Jaime   $9,029   Houston   TX
Ellis, Michael   $9,029   Culford Gardens   London
Hagan, Sean   $9,029   Erieville   NY
Drill, Nathan   $9,029   North Mankato   MN
Dolan, Charles   $9,029   Fountainvalley   
Bartlema, Wolbert   $9,029   Nieuw Beerta   The Netherlands
Greeley, Victor   $9,029   Kitchener   ON, Canada
Nguyen, Qui   $9,029   Las Vegas   NV
Wajcman, Brent   $7,390   Dollard-Des-Ormeaux   QB, Canada
Selldorff, Frank   $7,390   Boston   MA
Volpe, Paul   $7,390   Turnersville   NJ
Hinnegan, Brady   $7,390   Toronto   ON, Canadad
Shioji, Ron   $7,390   Pearl City   HI
Smith, Patrick   $7,390   Montgomery   AL
Naujoks, Sandra   $7,390   Berlin   Germany
Permejo, John   $7,390   Diamond Bar   
Torres, Gabriel   $7,390   Valinda   
Flores, Dion   $6,209   Lansing   MI
Langmann, Florian   $6,209   Oiogg   Germany
Allis, Michael   $6,209   Post Falls   ID
Haakenson, Erik   $6,209   San Francisco   
Campbell, Paul   $6,209   Tyrone   CO
Hamade, Tyler   $6,209   Abbotsford   BC, Canada
Degeorge, Joseph   $6,209   W Henrietta   NY
Grant, Darren   $6,209   Toronto   ON, Canada
Hamadani, Kia   $6,209   W Los Angeles   
Pollowitz, Michael   $5,333   Shoreline   WA
Haglund, Gary   $5,333   Colorado Springs   CO
Lin, David   $5,333   Dunwoody   GA
Murphy, Stephen   $5,333   Kearny   NJ
Tayar, Stephane   $5,333   San Francisco   
Jones, Wesley   $5,333   Spring   TX
Whitt, Leo   $5,333   Louisville   KY
Flowers, Robert   $5,333   Macomb Township   MI
Gershenfeld, Andrew   $5,333   Yardley   PA
Schomer, Benjamin   $4,609   Clarkson   MI
Fernandez, Jacobo   $4,609   Hollywood   FL
Rodriquez, Mario   $4,609   Miami   FL
Perera, Mario   $4,609   Mission Hills St   
Hall, John   $4,609   Las Vegas   NV
Casper, Joel   $4,609   Chicago   IL
Chan, Gary   $4,609   Westminster   
Smith, John   $4,609   La Habra Hgts   
Nassar, Mazen   $4,609   Homer Glen   IL
Bueti, Antonio   $4,038   Mt. Kisco   NY
Jung, Hyun   $4,038   Los Angeles   
Souza, Michael   $4,038   San Diego   
Gregg, Anthony   $4,038   Columbia   MD
Paasonen, Mika   $4,038   Hameenlinna   Finland
Yim, Chae   $4,038   Kent   WA
Eydelsteyn, Gustavo   $4,038   Atherton   
Cantu, Brandon   $4,038   Las Vegas   NV
Cross, Peter   $4,038   Waterloo   ON, Canada
Buechner, Andrew   $3,581   Narberth   PA
Gudinas, Deborah   $3,581   Phoenix   AZ
Hesse, Coby   $3,581   Missouri City   TX
Keikoan, Matthew   $3,581   San Rafael   
Levine, David   $3,581   Belmont   
Murdia, Kunal   $3,581   Los Angeles   
Fani, Ron   $3,581   Los Angeles   
Segall, Jesse   $3,581   Las Vegas   NV
Sidoryk, Joseph   $3,581   Elmhurst   IL
Cohen, Scott   $3,581   Atlanta   GA
Deeb, Shaun   $3,581   Troy   NY
Michael, John   $3,581   Henderson   NV
Macgregor, Bruce   $3,581   Port Orange   FL
Schneider, Michael   $3,581   Covington   GA
Bell, Christopher   $3,581   Raleigh   NC
Jackson, Richard   $3,581   Key West   FL
De Niro, Joe   $3,581   Studio City   
Shaw, William   $3,581   Seattle   WA
Woelfel, Wade   $3,581   Mankato   MN
Burmeister, Christopher   $3,581   Eau Claire   WI
Williams, Christine Kim   $3,581   Las Vegas   NV
Moorman, Daniel   $3,581   Chicago   IL
Todd Tyner, Nancy   $3,581   Las Vegas   NV
Brownscombe, Thomas   $3,581   Lindsborg   KS
Margolis, David   $3,581   Louisville   TN
Willis, Curtis   $3,581   Heber City   UT
Hinkle, Grant   $3,581   Overland Park   KS
Tunkel, Jeffrey   $3,581   Naperville   IL
Appel, Michael   $3,581   Boston   MA
Meehan, James   $3,581   Burnsville   MN
Fodera, Elliott   $3,581   Orlando   FL
Sanner, Jon   $3,581   Las Vegas   NV
Kwok, Matthew   $3,581   Vancouver   BC, Canada
Asensio, Marcelo   $3,581   San Paulo   Brazil
Keehn, Jeremy   $3,581   San Francisco   
Bieler, Allan   $3,581   Plantation   FL
Mizzi, Sorel   $3,276   Toronto   ON, Canada
Alcober, Benjamin   $3,276   Chino Hills   
Leonard, Mark   $3,276   Dallas   TX
Mu, Wei   $3,276   Pearl City   HI
Childs, William   $3,276   Alexandria   VA
Yarbrough, Donald   $3,276   Laughlin   NV
Brennan, Craig   $3,276   San Clemente   
Dichiara, Derrick   $3,276   Oviedo   FL
Anstine, Timothy   $3,276   Oregon City   OR
Alber, John   $3,276   Whittier   
Luong, Tuyen   $3,276   Fountain Valley   
Jones, Kyle   $3,276   Old Town   ME
Vance, Matthew   $3,276   Lowville   NY
Hartwig, Christian   $3,276   Greenwith   Australia
Corr, Rodney   $3,276   Granbury   TX
Welch, Daniel   $3,276   Tucson   AZ
Sluzinski, Jeffrey   $3,276   Las Vegas   NV
Calonica, Colby   $3,276   Los Altos   
Jahke, Joshua   $3,276   Los Angeles   
Junstrom, Matthew   $3,276   Toledo   OH
Gonzales, Christopher   $3,276   Fremont   
Valencia, Joseph   $3,276   Menifee   
Slattery, Anthony   $3,276   Camano Island   WA
Mason, Robert   $3,276   Oad View   
Johnston, Robert   $3,276   San Diego   
Vrabel, Luke   $3,276   West Hartford    CT
Mahiout, Francis   $3,276   Gentilly   France
Genson, Eugene   $3,276   Northridge   
Treglio, Gerald   $3,276   Las Vegas   NV
Tyler, Wesley   $3,276   Chicago   IL
Restifo, Craig   $3,276   Bronx   NY
Zehm, Robert   $3,276   Cypress   TX
Messenger, Rebecca   $3,276   Nashota   WI
Bishop, Joseph   $3,276   Cincinnatti   OH
Lusk, Kevin   $3,276   Reddle    
Watts, Steven   $3,276   London   United Kingdom
Monroe, Richard   $3,047   Sedalia   CO
Hamagami, Clark   $3,047   Vancouver    BC, Canada
Hassan, Babajane   $3,047   Hudson   MA
Chattha, Charles   $3,047   Leer   Germany
Cohn, Paul   $3,047   Bozeman   MT
Transue, Linda   $3,047   Tuscon   AZ
Cohen, Randall   $3,047   Naples   FL
Winter, Mark   $3,047   Carson City   NV
Toth, Richard   $3,047   Miskolc   Hungary
Bozzano, Enio   $3,047   Blumenau   SC
Kenno, Martin   $3,047   Maple   ON, Canada
Becker, Mark   $3,047   New York   NY
Baker, Michael   $3,047   Henderson   NV
Halioua, Michel   $3,047   Thornhill   ON, Canada
Kim, Kevin   $3,047   Los Angeles   
Muchnik, Mark   $3,047   Henderson   NV
Miguel, Mario   $3,047   Mexico City   Mexico
Elizinga, Jason   $3,047   Holland   MI
Myerson, Alan   $3,047   Sherman Oaks   
Jacob, Alex   $3,047   Tulsa   OK
Brubaker, Brian   $3,047   Centennial   CO
Dickson, Samuel   $3,047   Oxbow S K,    Canada
Do, Quinn   $3,047   El Monte   
Habash, Gabi   $3,047   Lexington   KY
Nelson, Adcock   $3,047   Virgina Beach   VA
Nielson, Soren   $3,047   Roslev   Denmark
Ceci, Nicholas   $3,047   Peachtree City   GA
Price, Michael   $3,047   Kansas City   MO
Gera, Nikhil   $3,047   Bronx   NY
Lovett, Paul   $3,047   Indianapolis   IN
Wisniec, Laurent   $3,047   Geneva,    Switzerland
George, Scott   $3,047   Moorpark   
Horton, Kenneth   $3,047   Suwanee   GA
Purvis, Blakely   $3,047   Montgomery   AL
Boustani, Rocky   $3,047   Dallas   TX
Pilot, Shawn   $3,047   North Hills   
Hall, Galen   $2,895   San Francisco   
Barmaki, Ali   $2,895   San Gabriel   
Aronson, Uzi   $2,895   Las Vegas    NV
Phelps, Steven   $2,895   Fruitport   MI
Steed, Chance   $2,895   College Station   TX
Marks, Michael   $2,895   Alpine   
Rusnak, Francis   $2,895   Chicago   IL
Abbott, Michael   $2,895   Los Angeles   
Sinopoli, Frank   $2,895   Hollywood   FL
Buhion, Benjamin   $2,895   Salinas   
Greco, Jeffery   $2,895   Austin   TX
Cooper, Jerry   $2,895   St George   UT
Currier, Robert   $2,895   Knoxville   TN
Houghton, Laurence   $2,895   London   United Kingdom
Axtman, Bruce   $2,895   Chicago    IL
Ungrey, Steven   $2,895   Rickford   MI
Depa, Jonathan   $2,895   Chicago   IL
Paxton, Doug   $2,895   Weatherford   OK
Palmer, Gavin   $2,895   Las Vegas   NV
White, Daniel   $2,895   Mount Dora   FL
Garcia, Andres   $2,895   Salinas   
Ettelman, Craig   $2,895   Pinecrest   FL
Graziano, Vincent   $2,895   New Port Richey   FL
Bruan, Kristin   $2,895   New York   NY
Klein, Loren   $2,895   West Branch   MI
Schmidt, Ryan   $2,895   Anchorage   AK
Nicholas, Grippo   $2,895   Arlington Heights   IL
Wong, Angus   $2,895   Ottawa   ON, Canada
Eidsvig, Trond   $2,895   Alesund   Norway
Furey, Michele   $2,895   San Francisco   
Julius, Ryan   $2,895   Naperville   IL
Robinson, Charles   $2,895   Raleigh St   NC
Kwaysser, Valdemar   $2,895   Budapest   Hungary
Markham, Jonathan   $2,895   Elkhorn,    WI
Lee, Anthony   $2,895   Honolulu   HI
Cornell, Christopher   $2,895   Clarksville   TN
Anirudh, Seth   $2,895   Las Vegas   NV
Chan, Alexandre   $2,895   San Jose   
Nguyen, Phi   $2,895   Santa Ana   
Asch, Bryan   $2,895   Poway   
Vipusithimakool, Tony   $2,895   San Francisco   
Ladouceur, Marc   $2,895   Greensboro   NC
Hicks, Kenneth   $2,895   Huntiington   WV
Barkan, Robert   $2,895   Key West   FL
George, Gil   $2,895   Desoto   TX
Pardo, Robert   $2,742   White Plains   NY
Silvanovich, Mark   $2,742   North Vancouver   BC, Canada
Russell, Colin   $2,742   Philadelphia   PA
Brady, Michael   $2,742   Tuscon   AZ
Carli, Douglas   $2,742   Alliance   OH
Kocian, Roman   $2,742   Blacklick   OH
Subilia, Samuel   $2,742   Wells   ME
Molloy, Denise   $2,742   LA JOLLA   
Griffeth, Roongsak   $2,742   Columbus   GA
Wheldon, Graham   $2,742   St Neots Cambs   UK
Guerena, William   $2,742   Canyon Cntry   
Getzwiller, Sean   $2,742   Tucson   AZ
Fiel, Marc   $2,742   Long Beach   
Delvin, Stephen   $2,742   Omagh Co. Tyrone   UK
Cruz, Sandra   $2,742   White Plains   NY
Turmezey, Peter   $2,742   Budapest   Hungary
Greene, John   $2,742   Orlando, FL   FL
Snow, Alan   $2,742   Lynnwood   WA
Thornbury, Casey   $2,742   Riverside   
Quast, Robert   $2,742   Carver   MN
Izes, Jeffrey   $2,742   Washington Xng   PA
Amburgey, Jacob   $2,742   Marina   
Brenn, Todd   $2,742   Tallmadge   OH
Quilloy, Marlon   $2,742   San Antonio   TX
Berda, Tomer   $2,742   Menlo Park   
Vohra, Rajesh   $2,742   Lake Work   FL
Pozefsky, Harry   $2,742   Glovesrville   NY
Feindt, Christopher   $2,742   New Smyrna Beach   FL
Pinkow, Brian   $2,742   Syosset   NY
Myiow, Stanley   $2,742   Kahnawake   QC, Canada
Look, Harold   $2,742   Valley Springs   
Cablay, Teddy   $2,742   Honolulu   HI
Muntifering, Timothy   $2,742   Oroville   
Mabuchi, Motoyuki   $2,742   Las Vegas   NV
Fitzpatrick, Jeremiah   $2,742   Charlotte   NC
Hockensmith, Michael   $2,742   Knoxville   TN
Dennis, Harold   $2,742   Nicholasville   KY
Taylor, Brian   $2,742   Macon   GA
Fink, Laura   $2,742   New York   NV
Tehan, Joe   $2,742   Las Vegas   NV
Bradley, Brian   $2,742   Las Vegas   NV
Mann, Jordan   $2,742   Las Vegas   NV
Taxarchis, Steven   $2,742   Santa Rosa   
Burger, Roger   $2,742   Lake Havasu City   AZ

[Colchester Kev]

Chompy has cashed in a WSOP event ... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Here's Mr Travis. A-Q for two thirds of a million bucks, ffs.,....

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Chompy has cashed in a WSOP event ... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

He's a shove-monkey, who could not put QQ down, & ran into KK. Ee-aw.

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I think I like this guy. Great attitude.


The Winner

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event was Travis Johnson, from North Hills, .

 

·        Johnson is a 30-year-old underwriter who works for Bank of America.

 

·        Johnson was born in Nebraska, but grew up in Colorado.  He attended and graduated from Cal-State Lutheran University.  He has lived in California since 1999.

 

·        Johnson won his way into this tournament by playing in a single-table satellite.  He turned a $340 investment into $666,853.  That currently stands as the single biggest return on investment ratio at this year’s WSOP.

 

·        Johnson stated he is an amateur poker player.  “I am not a professional,” he stated.  “I play once or twice a week.”

 

·        Johnson was inspired to start playing poker when he saw it televised.  One of the things that fueled his interest in the game was Chris Moneymaker’s historical victory in the 2003 WSOP Main Event, which was shown on ESPN.  He admits to being part of the so-called “Moneymaker Effect.”

 

·        Johnson started out playing $2-4 limit, mostly at Hollywood Park Casino, in Inglewood, .  He then gravitated to small blind No-Limit games.

 

·        Johnson took a week off of work to attend this year’s WSOP.  He arrived in Las Vegas with a poker bankroll of about $3,500 in his pocket.  Johnson played in two cash games his first two days and lost about $1,000.  “I was so down,” Johnson recalled.  “I decided, ‘forget this’ – I’m going to play in a satellite.  I knew I could do it.  Now, here I am, what 48 hours later?  I am standing here with you guys being interviewed.” 

 

·        “I can’t even comprehend what I am going to do,” Johnson stated in a post-tournament interview conducted at tableside.  “I was happy to win $3,000 in a single-table satellite yesterday.  I cashed.  Three grand looked good.  So, if that looked good, I can’t even fathom what this means….It’s just so over my head right now.

 

·        This was Johnson’s second time to play in a WSOP tournament.  He first played two years ago in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event.

 

·        “It’s crazy.  Poker has exploded to obscene levels,” Johnson said.  “What does this room hold, two hundred tables?  It’s insane!”  Note:  Actually, this year’s WSOP has about 300 tables.

 

·        Johnson insisted he is not superstitious.  Yet he wore the same clothes over three consecutive days.  He also says that he walked through the exact same door every single time he entered the tournament room.  “I did that the first day and I did not think about it.  But then I started to get chips and I said I did not want to change anything.  Normally, I am not superstitious.  But I said to myself, ‘If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.  Don’t do anything differently.”

 

·        Johnson added:  “When it comes to poker, I believe if you treat the dealers and players respectfully, I think that pays dividends later.  I do not view poker as a short-term thing.  It is a long-term thing for me.  I’m not going to quit because I just won all this money.  I am going to continue because I enjoy the game.  I enjoy the camaraderie and the competition….If you respect the game and the players, I think that will pay off over time.”

 

·        When asked about his future career plans, Johnson said:  “I have a job.  But now, that is tricky” he said jokingly.  “Six-hundred grand sure is a lot of money….I do love my job so I am certainly going back to work in a few days.”

 

·        Johnson collected $666,853 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.  This marked his first time to cash in a WSOP event.

 

·        “The bottom line is – this is fun,” Johnson said.  “The World Series of Poker is history-book stuff.  I still can’t grasp it all.”
 

 

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The Players

 

·        The final table was comprised of no former WSOP gold bracelet winners.  Other than the Casino Employees tournament (Event 1), this was the first event held this year which guaranteed a first-time winner.

 

·        The runner up was Steve Karp, from North Miami Beach, FL.  Karp is a poker pro.

 

·        Michael Ciotola, a restaurant owner from Dublin, OH finished in third place.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Mark Salinaro, from White Plains, NY.  This was his first-ever WSOP event.



·        Fifth place went to Craig McConville, from Mendota, IL. 

 

·        Sixth place went to Brian McInnis, from Houston, TX. 

 

·        Seventh place went to Walter Wright, from Las Vegas, NV. 

 

·        Eighth place went to Jim McClain, from Riverside, .

 

·        Ninth-place went to Kam Weng Low. From Toronto, ON (Canada).

 

·        The defending champion in this event was Grant Hinkle, from Overland Park, KS.  Last year, he won $831,462 in what was (until this year) the largest WSOP non-Main Event tournament in history.  This year, Hinkle cashed again – taking 126th place. 

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Odds and Ends

 

·        It’s hard to comprehend that an event of this field size -- with 2,791 players – doesn’t make headlines nowadays.  Ten years ago this week, The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas held a poker tournament (The Orleans Open) which drew slightly over 1,000 entries.  At the time, the announcement made a splash in the poker press.  Many poker players wondered how 1,000 or more entrants could all fit into one competition.  Now, tournament fields double-sized, triple-sized, quadruple-sized, and even bigger are quite common at the WSOP.

 

·        The turnout for this tournament was right on par with what was expected.  The six $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em events played last year attracted – 3928, 2,706, 2,304, 2,720, 2,717, and 2,693 – about in line with the number this year.  Five more identical events are scheduled in 2009.

 

·        The final table was actually played in three different locations.  Due to other tournaments going on, most notably Phil Ivey’s late sixth-gold bracelet win which took place on the ESPN Main Stage, the finalists were not transferred to the larger arena until play became six-handed.  The larger stage and seating area was necessary as the finale attracted a large crowd. 

 

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The Event

 

·        The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event attracted 2,791 entrants.  This created a prize pool totaling $$3,809,715.  The top 297 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over a three-day period.

 

·        The final hand of the night came when a race took place between Travis Johnson and Steve Karp.  Johnson had A-Q.  Karp had 5-5.  The flop favored Karp, but a queen on the turn gave Johnson a higher pair and left Karp drawing to just two outs.  Karp missed, which game Johnson the victory.



·        The tournament officially began on Tuesday, June 2nd, at 12:00 noon.  The tournament officially ended on Friday, June 5th, at 2:02 am.

 

 

WSOP Statistics

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #8, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 11,892 entries.  $21,146 in prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Through Event #8, seven Americans have won gold bracelets.  One Russian player has won.  No other nations have been represented at the WSOP gold bracelet ceremony so far, which 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.

[Matt50]

Does anyone know why Gus Hansen doesnt seem to be playing yet at the WSOP - or have i just missed him?

[Rozza1]

I think he did the same last year, maybe he' doesn't like the first week.

[AndrewT]

Does anyone know why Gus Hansen doesnt seem to be playing yet at the WSOP - or have i just missed him?

He's been playing the nosebleed cash games on Full Tilt over the past few weeks - I guess donkaments just don't have appeal to him.

[KarmaDope]

Does anyone know why Gus Hansen doesnt seem to be playing yet at the WSOP - or have i just missed him?

2p2 say he's at the French Open.

[NoflopsHomer]

Gonna be tough for Praz - the other table has more than twice the number of chips that his does.

According to Marc Convey they're pretty much all tez though.

Wish I was that tez !!

We all do. I think we can take Mr Convey's words with a pinch of salt.

Or trust his word given that he's watched that tournament consistently for the last three days.