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

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Odds and Ends

 

·        This is only the second time this event has been included on the WSOP schedule.  While many “mixed game” tournaments have taken place in the 39-year history of the WSOP, these two games had not been combined together exclusively until 2008.

·        Pot-Limit poker is more popular in Europe than the United States and elsewhere.  Many of the top players in England, Ireland, France, and elsewhere specialize in this form of poker.  Not surprisingly, 6 of the 9 finalists were Europeans.  In fact, 14 of the 45 players who cashed in this tournament were Europeans.

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.  On Day Three, the final table action took place on the secondary stage, near the ESPN feature table area, which was simultaneously dealing out the conclusion of the $1,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em event.

 

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The Event

 

·        The $2,500 Mixed – Pot-Limit Hold’em / Pot-Limit Omaha event attracted 453 entrants.  This created a prize pool totaling $1,041,900.  The top 45 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        Last year’s Mixed event, played in the identical schedule slot, attracted 457 players.

 

·        The final hand of the night came when Boukai had the best hand pre-flop, lost the lead on the flop, then improved on the turn and dragged the final pot of the tournament.  Boukai had pocket nines.  His tough adversary N. Shaun Bennani had Q-J.  Bennani was in the lead when the flop came A-K-Q.  But a nine on the turn gave Boukai a set of nines, which held up.

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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.

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

Always amuses me when poker updaters call players tez, while they are walking around with pen & paper in their hands instead of cards.

+1 updater's should update not comment on standard.

Meanwhile....ONE TIME PARKER!

I just saw this.

Lol. Of course updaters can comment on the standard of players!

In print it is often better to display the information in a dispassionate, unbiased manner of course, so you aren't deliberately leading people's view of the play but most updaters are players also, meaning they will naturally have opinions on play.

To say that because people are walking around with a paper and pen, they shouldn't have opinons on the play is ridiculous imo.

I would back people like Snoopy, Chris, Jen and Marc Convey against 90% of the field in some of these WSOP events. I imagine their profit and loss stats would bear this out.

I would own all of their soulz though. Also I think it's a bit harsh on Marc to take a comment he said from the rail and take him to task for it.

If mocking people from the rail were a crime, Flushy would be on death row!

Anyway the WSOP has been great so far in my opinion. Jason Mercier is in my mind, the form player in the world at the moment.

He's such a sicko, amazing the poker sites are so slow to realise how good players like Mercier are, whilst they snap up people whose achievements pale in comparison.

He deserved his bracelet, as did Ivey, who won a bracelet by outplaying two guys who were far more experienced than him at deuce to seven.

As Negreanu put it, Ivey was a worse 2-7 player than those two but a superior poker player...and he showed it.

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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.

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

Always amuses me when poker updaters call players tez, while they are walking around with pen & paper in their hands instead of cards.

+1 updater's should update not comment on standard.

Meanwhile....ONE TIME PARKER!

I just saw this.

Lol. Of course updaters can comment on the standard of players!

In print it is often better to display the information in a dispassionate, unbiased manner of course, so you aren't deliberately leading people's view of the play but most updaters are players also, meaning they will naturally have opinions on play.

To say that because people are walking around with a paper and pen, they shouldn't have opinons on the play is ridiculous imo.

I would back people like Snoopy, Chris, Jen and Marc Convey against 90% of the field in some of these WSOP events. I imagine their profit and loss stats would bear this out.

I would own all of their soulz though. Also I think it's a bit harsh on Marc to take a comment he said from the rail and take him to task for it.

If mocking people from the rail were a crime, Flushy would be on death row!

Anyway the WSOP has been great so far in my opinion. Jason Mercier is in my mind, the form player in the world at the moment.

He's such a sicko, amazing the poker sites are so slow to realise how good players like Mercier are, whilst they snap up people whose achievements pale in comparison.

He deserved his bracelet, as did Ivey, who won a bracelet by outplaying two guys who were far more experienced than him at deuce to seven.

As Negreanu put it, Ivey was a worse 2-7 player than those two but a superior poker player...and he showed it.

Good Post Rod, & it echoes my already stated view - that I do believe Updaters should comment as they see fit.

As to taking Marc "to task", hold up! I simply said that calling 4 of the last 8 players in a 1,450 runner WSOP event "tez" was a comment that needed to be taken with a pinch of salt. That's not "taking him to task"!

You boys seem to forget - I've done my share of Interactive Live Updating, starting years back, I was first in the field, all over Europe, & Jen & I Updated an entire WSOP ME, 9 days of it, so I know it's not an easy job, & I remain a Member of the Updaters Union. And I'm sure Marc does a splendid job. I just dislike this culture of dissing folks so readily. It's pretty easy to do, & I guess thats part of the attraction. 

Let's move on.

PS - It's OK to diss children, & old people actually, as they both wind me up a treat. I'd have them all shot. Now they ARE all tez.

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Flushy, you were only to happy to banter with me on the rail at the PPT Final about the shocking standard of play there. I don't remember you telling me that, as a live updater, I should keep my opions to myself. And your statement that "If my entire life bankroll was the buy in of this tournament, I'd still play" is a lot more degrading and out of place to anything I've ever said about the standard of play at a tournament.

First of all i was not picking on you or your comment in particular, more the habbit of updaters to cast comments onto their updates when they probably have no clue about the specific table dynamics or meta implications of a hand. Obviously updaters should have opinions i just dont think they should be the centrepiece of the updates.

You and me in France were 2 friends talking i think you would agree that you would not post the stuff you were saying as an employee representing a company, it really pisses me off sometimes when updates on blonde have stuff written by an updater expressing their personal opinion about a player/play as if it was their own blog.

Ironically this debate has stemmed from a comment which was not posted anyway! To which i have no problem with the comment, as long as you don't put it into print.

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A little late, as I've been waylaid today, here's the rest of today's incoming from The Rio, starting with the Day 2's from Event # 11.

Prinz Von Sachsen - what a moniker that is!

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   11         
   Buy In   $2,000         
   Game   No Limit Hold'em         
   Date   05/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   1646         
   Net Prize Pool   $2,995,720         
   First Place Prize   $569,254          
   Total Spots Paid Out   171         
   Players Remaining    25         
               
   Table 152            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Hall, Scott   719,000   Fayetteville   AR   7
2   Geary, Jim   511,000   Phoenix   AZ   4
3   Prinz Von Sachsen, Olav   315,000   Las Vegas   NV   5
4   Woodall, Warren   298,000   Los Angeles      2
5   Smaron, Kenneth   296,000   Philadelphia   PA   1
6   Dyer, Michael   276,000   Houston   TX   3
7   Simpson, Michael   175,000   Las Vegas   NV   9
8   Goodson, Robert   76,000   Chandler   AZ   6
               
   Table 154            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Carlson, Mike   858,000   Shakopee   MN   4
2   Taylor, Chris   842,000   Coalinga      1
3   Adler, Adam   724,000   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   9
4   Finucane, Jeff   524,000   Long Grove   IL   2
5   Ladny, Eric   418,000   Mercerville   NJ   8
6   Dresel-Velasquez, Adrian   411,000   Sacramento      3
7   Harb, Anthony   353,000   Canton   MI   5
8   Sudar, Jovan   268,000   Omaha   NE   7
9   Rosenkrantz, Jose   187,000   Miami Lakes   FL   6
               
   Table 155            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Rho, Peter   601,000   Las Vegas   NV   2
2   Sheirbon, Brent   574,000   The Dalles   OR   1
3   Fager, Steven   447,000   Sequim   WA   3
4   Koon, Jason   326,000   Pittsburgh   PA   5
5   Hartery, John   248,000   Mississauga   Canada   8
6   Tucker, Pilar   185,000   Sequim   WA   7
7   McGowan, Jonathan   145,000   San Diego      9
8   Mandt, David   131,000   East Gull Lake   MN   4

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They are playing for.......

1      $569,254
2      $350,019
3      $230,670
4      $161,768
5      $116,833
6      $92,867
7      $76,390
8      $65,905
9      $59,315
10      $41,640
11      $41,640
12      $41,640
13      $29,148
14      $29,148
15      $29,148
16      $20,400
17      $20,400
18      $20,400
19      $14,828
20      $14,828
21      $14,828
22      $14,828
23      $14,828
24      $14,828
25      $14,828

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...and the also-rans were.....

26   Walters, Nicolas   $14,828   New York   NY   
27   Fleming, Brian   $14,828   Edmonton   AB, Canada   
28   Chen, Tommy   $12,761   San Jose      
29   Hellmuth, Phillip   $12,761   Palo Alto      
30   Mccolgan, Kevin   $12,761   Douglassville   PA   
31   Gentry, Ryan   $12,761   La Jolla      
32   Aguiar, Jonathan   $12,761   Las Vegas   NV   
33   Blackman, Scott   $12,761   Webster   NY   
34   Goosen, Steven   $12,761   Abbotsford   BC   
35   Tarich, Mark   $12,761   N Miami Beach   FL   
36   Stewart, Terry   $12,761   Duluth   GA   
37   Korolev, Alexander   $10,425   Moscow   Russia   
38   Vartzar, Romik   $10,425   Glendale      
39   Martin, Eddylee   $10,425   Cayman Brac   Cayman Islands   
40   Gillie, Roy   $10,425   Galena Park   TX   
41   Pulido, Yesniel   $10,425   Pembroke Pines   FL   
42   Xu, Dong   $10,425   Rosemead      
43   Dunford, Kenneth   $10,425   Dundas   ON   
44   Kweskin, Aaron   $10,425   Los Angeles      
45   Widman, Howard   $10,425   Lakeview   NY   
46   Schmidt, Michael   $8,807   Monterey      
47   Mclain, Troy   $8,807   Tucson   AZ   
48   Stepp, Blake   $8,807   Spokane   WA
49   Hackworth, Trevor   $8,807   Bowling Green   OH
50   Hicks, Kenneth   $8,807   Huntiington   WV
51   Millar, Alexander   $8,807   Northants   United Kingdom
52   Huang, Yue   $8,807   San Francisco   
53   McEvoy, Thomas   $8,807   Las Vegas   NV
54   Vanchiro, Jeffrey   $8,807   Brooklyn   NY
55   Meehan, James   $7,639   Burnsville   MN
56   Milisits, Ryan   $7,639   Pittsburg   PA
57   Bresner, Robert   $7,639   Las Vegas   NV
58   Le, Allan   $7,639   Huntington Beach   
59   Weiler, Zachary   $7,639   St Paul   MN
60   Gray, Jason   $7,639   Troutdale   OR
61   Tedy, Randy   $7,639   Thornton   CO
62   Coon, Jeremy   $7,639   Salt Lake City   UT
63   Mercier, Jason   $7,639   Davie   FL
64   Smith, Tyler   $6,770   Smithdale   MS
65   Getzwiller, Sean   $6,770   Tucson   AZ
66   Ho, Neil   $6,770   Orange   
67   Baker, Keith   $6,770   Chicago   IL
68   Mahiout, Francis   $6,770   Gentilly   
69   Blanovsky, Michael   $6,770   Staten Island   NY
70   Tapp, James   $6,770   North Augusta   SC
71   Friedman, Perry   $6,770   Henderson   NV
72   Parsons, Christopher   $6,770   Calgary   AB
73   OMalley, Patrick   $6,081   Claremont   
74   Minton, Patrick   $6,081   Seattle   WA
75   Christensen, Peter   $6,081   St. Paul   MN
76   Bush, Christopher   $6,081   Mission Bc   
77   Sabato, Umberto   $6,081   Masagne   
78   Lamb, Benjamin   $6,081   Las Vegas   NV
79   Chaney, Jesse   $6,081   Rockledge   FL
80   Okeefe, Kevin   $6,081   Vacaville   
81   Grigsby, Jack   $6,081   Kennewick   WA
82   Mull, Jesse   $5,452   Fort Irvin   
83   Finkelstein, David   $5,452   Upper Saddle River   NJ
84   Sica, Michael   $5,452   No Bruncswick   NJ
85   Ly, Dau   $5,452   Duluth   GA
86   Golin, Sean   $5,452   Castle Rock   CO
87   Jaka, Faraz   $5,452   San Jose   
88   Scholz, Jeffrey   $5,452   Colgate   WI
89   Parizon, Michael   $5,452   Canton   MI
90   Bowker, Kyle   $5,452   Walton   NY
91   Siu, Chad   $4,942   Vancouver   BC
92   Xie, Philippe   $4,942   Dorval   QC, Canada
93   Stemper, Patrick   $4,942   Austin   TX
94   Newman, Richard   $4,942   Collegeville   PA
95   Whitford, Marc   $4,942   Rockford   MI
96   Franklin, Thomas   $4,942   Gulfport   MS
97   Land, Jack   $4,942   Ocoee   FL
98   Dietrich, Michael   $4,942   Centralia   ON
99   Sack, Gabriel   $4,942   Weston   FL
100   Depratter, Doyle   $4,523   Burleson   TX
101   Cloutier, Thomas   $4,523   Richardson   TX
102   Fitzpatrick, Jeremiah   $4,523   Charlotte   NC
103   Pederson, David   $4,523   Plymouth   MN
104   Shedd, Cody   $4,523   Costa Mesa   
105   Beasley, Cherie   $4,523   San Francisco   
106   Chiang, Jen Yue   $4,523   Mesa    AZ
107   Moskowitz, Nancy   $4,523   Oak Park   
108   Chen, Andrew   $4,523   Mississauga    ON
109   Pope, Tommy   $4,523   Raleigh    NC
110   Lin, Lawrence   $4,523   New York    NY
111   Hakim, Jeffrey   $4,523   Wexford    PA
112   Boyd, Howard   $4,523   W Chester    OH
113   St Hilaire, James   $4,523   Glen Burnie    MD
114   Gordon, John   $4,523   Johnston    IA
115   Singer, Maximillian   $4,523   Telluride    CO
116   Brown, Jamie   $4,523   Birchington   United Kingdom
117   Hvonen, Stephen   $4,523   Lake Mary    FL
118   Calder, Anna   $4,194   Scarborough    ON
119   Sorenson, Josh   $4,194   Littleton    CO
120   Morstad, John   $4,194   Portage    WI
121   Feltrin, Celso   $4,194   Blumenav    SC
122   Noam, Danny   $4,194   Phoenix    AZ
123   Schwartz, Michael   $4,194   Las Vegas    NV
124   Seatelli, Jean Paul   $4,194   Bastia   France
125   Mauerhan, Michael   $4,194   Azle   TX
126   Dulaney, Joseph   $4,194   Magnolia    TX
127   Cappello, Lucian   $4,194   New Rochelle    NY
128   Newton, Justin   $4,194   Tucson    AZ
129   Gurney, Larry   $4,194   Kingston    TN
130   Lendeborg, Fausto   $4,194   Miami Lakes    FL
131   Brown, Thomas   $4,194   Lake View    NY
132   Hamby, Jared   $4,194   Henderson    NV
133   Kee, Brian   $4,194   Visalia   
134   Ditomaso, Anthony   $4,194   El Cajon   
135   Albertson, Cory   $4,194   Houston    TX
136   Ungrey, Steven   $4,194   Rockford    MI
137   Alenius, Tomas   $4,194   Uppsala   Sweden
138   Thomas, Harry   $4,194   Hamilton    OH
139   Smith, Jordan   $4,194   Tool    TX
140   Somma, Michael   $4,194   Middle Village    NY
141   Song, Kevin   $4,194   Rowland Hights   
142   Chau, Thanh   $4,194   San Jose   
143   Slepica, Nicholas   $4,194   Reston    VA
144   Kirschenmann, Arnold   $4,194   Bakersfield   
145   Vancruchten, Leonard   $3,894   Stevensweert   Netherlands
146   Rassi, Steve   $3,894   Morton    IL
147   Hong, A Ram   $3,894   Seoul   South Korea
148   Taxarchis, Steven   $3,894   Santa Rosa   
149   Liandzi, Christos   $3,894   Norfolk   United Kingdom
150   Brunner, Brian   $3,894   Carmel   IN
151   Waddell, Brad   $3,894   El Paso    TX
152   Quinones, Hector   $3,894   La Costellana   Dominican Republic
153   Goossens, Danny   $3,894   Istanbul   Turkey
154   Gong, Jiachen   $3,894   Pointe-Claire    QC, Canada
155   Montgomery, Scott   $3,894   Perth    ON, Canada
156   Gamerov, Jonathan   $3,894   Sydney   Australia
157   Zola, Matthew   $3,894   Williamsburg    VA
158   Buffer, Bruce   $3,894   Marina Dl Rey   
159   Jeffrey, Bartlett   $3,894   El Cajon   
160   Virden Burks, Deaitra   $3,894   Amarillo    TX
161   Ross, Adam   $3,894   Dallas    TX
162   Johnson, Jerome   $3,894   Antioch    IL
163   Montervino, Joseph   $3,894   Yardville    NJ
164   Cutler, Matthew   $3,894   Del Mar   
165   Maher, Michael   $3,894   Las Vegas    NV
166   Farber, David   $3,894   Heathrow    FL
167   Bari, Allen   $3,894   W Orange    NJ
168   Andler, Christopher   $3,894   Skovde   Sweden
169   Neal, Eric   $3,894   Burlington    NC
170   Mayrinck, Maria   $3,894   Rio De Janeiro   Brazil
171   Ta, Tu   $3,894   Richmond Hill    ON, Canada

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The $10,000 "Mixed Event" (the what?), in which some well big names remain(ed), including Doyle Bruno & his baby Boy Todd, Miami John Cernuto, & "Huckleberry" Seed. (What were his Mom & Dad thinking?).


   2009 World Series of Poker         
   End of Day Two 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    20      
            
   Table 150         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Adam Friedman   525,500   Gahanna   OH
2   Todd Brunson   374,500   Las Vegas   NV
3   Roman Yitzhaki   325,000   Tenafly   NJ
4   Mark Gregorich   266,000   Las Vegas   NV
5   Brian Powell   221,000   Louisville   KY
6   Mike Wattel   210,000   Phoenix    AZ
7   did not report   did not report   did not report   did not report
            
   Table 151         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Huckleberry Seed   645,500   Las Vegas   NV
2   Ville Wahlbeck   339,000   Helsinki   Finland
3   Soheil Shamseddin   290,000   Houston   TX
4   Aurangzeb Sheikh   247,000   Houston   TX
5   Michael Binger   132,000   Las Vegas   NV
6   Eric Froehlich   102,000   Rochester Hills   MI
            
   Table 153         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Joseph Serock   584,500   San Francisco   
2   Allie Prescott   357,000   Memphis   TN
3   James Vanalstyne   336,500   Las Vegas   NV
4   Doyle Brunson   335,000   Las Vegas   NV
5   David Chiu   178,000   Las Vegas   NV
6   John Cernuto   159,000   Las Vegas   NV
7   Scott Dorin   127,000   Las Vegas   NV
            
   In the Money Finishers         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1      $492,384      
2      $304,176      
3      $199,939      
4      $139,158      
5      $102,285      
6      $79,180      
7      $64,373      
8      $54,853      
9      $42,818      
10      $42,818      
11      $34,958      
12      $34,958      
13      $27,718      
14      $27,718      
15      $21,536      
16      $21,536      
17      $16,649      
18      $16,649      
19      $16,649      
20      $16,649      
21   Vitaly Lunkin   $16,649   Moscow   Russia
22   Harris Pablou   $16,649   Queensland    Australia
23   Brian Mizok   $16,649   Scranton   PA
24   Massimilian Pescatori   $16,649   Las Vegas    NV

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   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   13            
   Buy In   $2,500            
   Game   No Limit Hold'em            
   Date   05/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   1,088            
   Net Prize Pool   $2,502,400             
   First Place Prize   $506,786            
   Total Spots Paid Out   117            
   Players Remaining    175            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table    Seat
1   Dickinger, Jochen   Line   Austria   176,400   66   2
2   Janicke, Marcel   Wuppertal   Germany   171,900   69   1
3   Sousa, Philip   Fredericton   NB, Canada   136,900   72   8
4   Mutrie, Eric   Toronto   ON, Canada   136,600   68   1
5   Portinga, Yven   Arnhem   Netherlands   136,000   68   8
6   Switzer, Brett   Athens   GA   134,700   69   4
7   Hoang, John   San Diego      120,600   73   7
8   Sands, David   Las Vegas   NV   120,200   79   2
9   Reily, Torrey   New Orleans   LA   114,200   63   7
10   Evdakov, Nikolay   Moscow   Russia   112,400   66   7
11   Keating, Alan   Brooklyn   MI   108,400   79   6
12   Beckman, Garrett   Garnett    KS   107,000   79   8
13   Ahmadi, Bahador   Burnaby   BC, Canada   105,500   74   5
14   Montgomery, Mans   Coeur D'Alene   ID   103,100   80   2
15   Schwartz, Michael   Las Vegas   NV   102,700   66   1
16   Spitzberg, Paul   Tenafly   NJ   93,600   65   3
17   Guillen, Angel   Mexico City   Mexico   90,600   59   2
18   King, Zachary "Carter"   Columbia   SC   88,100   60   1
19   Lynn, Matthew   San Diego      87,900   59   8
20   Keating, Alex   Saratoga      86,100   60   8
21   Carroll, Cory   Halifat   NS, Canada   85,300   72   9
22   Pattinson, Dustin   Edinburg   TX   83,000   67   7
23   Cada, Joseph   Shelby Twp   MI   82,600   70   1
24   Jalil Martinez, Juan   Mexico City   Mexico   81,400   73   8
25   Terry, Todd   Hoboken   NJ   79,600   59   4
26   Crabtree, Ronald   Mt. Juliet   TN   79,500   58   5
27   McLaughlin, Robert   Washingon   D.C.   77,500   65   7
28   Glines, Shawn   Las Vegas   NV   75,900   61   3
29   Ivey, Phil   Las Vegas   NV   75,600   61   5
30   Berube , Antoine    Quebec   QC, Canada   75,300   67   4
31   Weeks, Aaron   Batavia   IL   74,700   62   3
32   Conn, Douglas   Atlanta   GA   74,600   65   4
33   Plens, Jonathon   Toronto   Canada   74,300   72   7
34   Holst, Kristina   Palo Alto      72,200   61   2
35   Childs, Lee   Alexandria   VA   70,800   67   8
36   Piro, Romeo   Turlock      69,700   68   9
37   Wood, Frank   Puyallup   WA   69,200   61   1
38   Tran, An Fan   Las Vegas   NV   68,700   60   5
39   Gildea, Sean   Haverhill   MA   65,700   63   9
40   Palovic, Dag   Bratislava   Slovakia   64,400   58   9
41   Vance, Matt   Lowville   NY   63,600   69   5
42   Berg, Elijah   Newton   MA   63,200   74   7
43   Cramer, Lawrence   Sugar Grove   IL   61,700   66   8
44   Allis, Mike   Post Falls   ID   60,900   64   5
45   Gerasimov, Kirill   Moscow   Russia   60,800   68   6
46   French, James   Chevy Chase   MD   59,800   62   8
47   Pantling, Andrew   Perkinsfield   ON, Canada   59,600   66   6
48   LaGarde, Matthew   College Park   MD   59,500   62   9
49   Kamran, Michael   Los Angeles      59,200   74   3
50   Lusk, Kevin   Reedley      58,900   61   8
51   Klein, Loren   Golden   CO   58,100   63   4
52   Cohen, Louie   Columbia   MO   57,800   63   1
53   Keikoan, Matt   San Rafael      57,400   67   5
54   Margolis, David   Louisville   TN   57,000   75   7
55   Godfrey, Christopher   San Jose      57,000   73   5
56   Shuman, Adam   Bedford   MA   56,900   80   7
57   Freeman, Scott   Los Angeles      53,700   80   9
58   Vanloon, Shane   Rowlett   TX   52,800   68   4
59   Mabuchi, Motoyuki   Osaka   Japan   52,300   67   3
60   Isra, Roland   New York   NY   51,300   70   6
61   Kirk, Ron   Lexington   KY   50,600   66   9
62   Lichtenberger, Andrew   East Northport   NY   49,300   60   2
63   Reed, Matthew   Kenton   OH   49,100   80   1
64   Dillon, Christian   Dana Point       48,500   71   8
65   Sampson, Matthew   Pittsburgh   PA   47,600   71   9
66   Jones, Kenneth   Milford   OH   46,900   70   2
67   Eskenazi, Scott   Mercer Island   WA   46,000   65   5
68   Pattarozzi, Bradley   Houston   TX   45,900   68   7
69   Schulte, Matt   Hamilton   OH   45,400   71   7
70   Clements, Scott   Mt. Vernon   WA   45,100   60   3
71   Tieman, Josh   Chicago   IL   44,200   72   6
72   Wolfe, Roland    London   United Kingdom   43,750   64   4
73   Kim, Ian   Marrieta      42,900   58   4
74   Ferreira, Luiz   Curitiba   Brazil   42,900   79   3
75   Einstein, Andrew   Seattle   WA   41,700   66   5
76   Cooke, Neal   Loveland   CO   41,100   58   2
77   Terrell, Kenneth   Lawrenceville   GA   40,700   62   1
78   Vezina, Gabriel   Gatineau   QC, Canada   40,500   59   9
79   Pechie, Justin   Putnam   CT   40,200   67   1
80   Freid, Manley   Encino      39,900   74   2
81   Yanovski, Leonid   Haifa   Isreal   39,800   64   7
82   Arnaud, Mattern   Paris   France   39,600   70   3
83   Curl, Alan   Belle Fourche   SD   39,000   69   7
84   Sion, Stephen   Las Vegas   NV   38,900   74   6
85   Schaefer, Brandon   Seattle    WA   38,600   73   2
86   Baer, Zephaniah   St. Paul   MN   38,600   73   6
87   Yamamoto, Mark   Los Angeles      38,000   60   9
88   Merkow, Gregg   Plano   TX   37,300   70   7
89   Schneider, Michael   Covington   GA   37,300   69   9
90   Stammen, Keven   Celina    OH   36,800   62   2
91   Triner, Alex   Rockville   MD   36,700   62   5
92   Josephy, Cliff   Syosset   NY   36,700   71   2
93   Glover, Christopher   Houston   TX   36,600   80   5
94   Antonio, Tresa   Ciampino   Italy   36,200   60   7
95   Anderson, Scott   Spring Hill   FL   36,100   62   7
96   Altinbas, Oktay   Miami   FL   36,000   64   6
97   Brady, Matt   Havertown   PA   35,700   68   5
98   Poe, Bobby   Michigan   MI   35,400   64   8
99   Tep, Spencer   San Diego      35,300   62   4
100   Tunkel, Jeff   Naperville   IL   35,100   75   4
101   Liu, JJ   Las Vegas   NV   34,100   71   1
102   Gauron, Alexandre   Ste. Therese   QC, Canada   34,100   69   8
103   Kacherian, Berj   Newbury Park      33,900   61   4
104   Clarida, Rod   Yorba Linda      32,700   73   4
105   Hartman, Doug   Dallas   TX   32,600   58   6
106   Wetemans, Jasper   Amsterdam   Netherlands   32,500   75   5
107   Gil, Eduardo   Miami   FL   32,400   79   5
108   Subilia, Sam   Wells   ME   32,400   79   9
109   Delis, Mario   Bakersfield      32,000   69   3
110   Kochelaevskiy, Vladimir   Moscow   Russia   31,300   73   3
111   Rollo, Justin   Boston   MA   31,100   79   7
112   Healy, Crystal   Port St Lucie   Fl   30,700   64   1
113   Brown, Tom   Kent   WA   30,500   69   2
114   Barbetta, Lawrence   Wayzata   MN   30,200   65   2
115   Dostine, Dan   Sterling Hts   MI   29,500   80   8
116   Pan, Qinghai   Las Vegas   NV   29,500   65   9
117   Sanchez, Luis   La Habra Hts       29,000   59   7
118   Etayo, Javier   Madrid   Spain   29,000   63   5
119   Kobel, Paul   Oakland      28,400   67   6
120   Nielsen, David   Albuquerque   NM   28,100   63   8
121   Carey, John   San Francisco      28,000   79   1
122   Dolezel, Steven   Onalaska   WI   27,700   74   1
123   Brewster, Eric   West Palm Beach   FL   27,700   64   9
124   Ellis, Michael   London   United Kingdom   27,700   71   3
125   Dube, David   Tewksbury   MA   27,600   74   8
126   Ping San Peter, Chan   Toronto   Canada   27,400   58   3
127   Lowery, Phillip   Atlanta   GA   27,000   75   8
128   Mehta, Pinkesh   Houston   TX   26,900   70   5
129   Starkey, Robert   Anderson   IN   26,700   73   1
130   Molinari, Matt   New York   NY   26,700   61   7
131   Hamrick, Dean   East Lansing   MI   26,200   70   9
132   Zoretic, Nick   Saint Charles   IL   26,100   65   6
133   Elias, Darren   Philadelphia   PA   25,900   74   4
134   O'Brien, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   25,400   72   2
135   Dohring, Doug   Glendale      25,400   67   2
136   Khanis, Habib   San Diego      25,100   72   5
137   Pierce, Anthony   Akron   OH   25,000   71   6
138   Sun, David   Houston   TX   24,800   63   2
139   Newton, Justin   Tucson   AZ   24,300   66   3
140   Jacob, Alex    Tulsa   OK   24,300   64   3
141   Shak, Beth   Bryn Maur   PA   23,000   65   8
142   Goehring, Alan   Henderson   NV   22,600   79   4
143   Levine, Dave   Las Vegas   NV   22,200   61   9
144   Haun, Ben   San Francisco      21,500   71   5
145   Sterken, Rob   Veghel   Netherlands   19,900   66   4
146   Wilbur, Stephen   Newton   IA   19,900   80   3
147   Carson, Dick    Tyler   TX   19,700   63   3
148   McGuire, Dan    Las Vegas   NV   19,400   75   2
149   Murphy, Tanya   Muskego   WI   19,100   74   9
150   Haydon, Will   Palo Alto       18,900   65   1
151   Parris, Anthony   Cumming   GA   18,500   80   6
152   Lunn, Charlie   Toccoa   GA   17,300   58   7
153   Healy, Joseph   Hollywood   FL   17,200   75   6
154   Meredith, Michael   Hoboken   NJ   17,200   59   6
155   Trindade, Logan   Los Angeles      16,500   75   3
156   Starke, Jesse   Loveland   CO   16,500   59   5
157   Becker, Jeff   Las Vegas   NV   16,100   68   3
158   Vanzadelhoff, Steven   Deil   Netherlands   15,500   70   4
159   Holm, Michael   Los Angeles   Canada   15,300   60   6
160   Xiong, Mai   Merced      14,800   68   2
161   Pirinen, Petteri   Las Vegas   NV   14,600   59   1
162   Serebryakov, Evgeny   Moscow   Russia   14,300   58   1
163   Sebok, Joe   San Francisco      14,000   69   6
164   Robinson, Peter   London   United Kingdom   13,300   67   9
165   Artigues, Sergio   Miami   FL   13,200   75   1
166   Pomerantsev, Sergey   Moscow   Russia   12,200   63   6
167   Norden, Steve   Princeton   NJ   12,100   72   3
168   Tran, Nhut Minh   Las Vegas   NV   11,700   62   6
169   Grumman, Shepard   Duvall   WA   11,400   71   4
170   Daniel, Robert   Quartz Hill      10,800   61   6
171   Gromenkova, Svetlana   New York   NY   10,400   72   1
172   Murphy, Adam   Muskego   WI   8,400   64   2
173   Hillman, Grantland   Oakland      7,800   75   9
174   Shields, John   St. Petersburg   FL   6,600   58   8
175   Linden, Ron   Henderson   NV   DNR   73   9

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6 handed Limit Hold 'Em - anyone ever seen this laid in the UK, in either Tourney or Cash form? Inevitably, it's Brit-less.

2009 World Series of Poker               
End of Day One Results               
Event #   14            
Buy In   $2,500            
Game   Limit Hold'em Six-Handed            
Date   05/06/2009            
Number of Entries   367            
Net Prize Pool   $844,100            
First Place Prize   $223,697             
Total Spots Paid Out   36            
Players Remaining    98            

Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table #   Seat #
Cairns, Jordan   Toronto   ON, Canada   76,600   250   5
Altizer, Von   American Canyon      66,400   249   1
Kline Jr., Franklin   Harvard   MA   65,800   243   4
Veldhuis, Alexander   Rotterdam   Netherlands   65,200   247   6
Knost, Lennart   Xanten-Vynen   Germany   60,500   242   1
Como, Robert   Trabuco Canyon      59,500   241   2
Steury, Aaron   Fort Wayne   IN   58,400   250   2
Buchman, Eric   Valley Stream   NY   54,600   247   4
Shakaryan, Ernest   St. Petersburg   Russia   52,400   237   3
Losev, Nikolay   Moscow   Russia   51,600   242   6
Glantz, Matt   Lafayette Hill   PA   49,000   245   6
Shei, Kenny   Las Vegas    NV   49,000   234   4
Meek, James   Mississauga   Canada   48,100   243   1
McCarrel, Jamie   Lafayette      47,100   236   2
Henson, Ray   Houston   TX   46,800   246   1
Rivet, Guillaume   Lorraine   Quebec, Canada   46,400   242   2
Wang, Andrew   Brooklyn   NY   44,000   240   2
Olson, David   Dallas   TX   43,700   235   2
Miller, Brian   Duluth   GA   40,000   238   1
Tulchinskiy, Mikhail   Moscow   Russia   39,500   249   5
Solomon, Jarred   Johannesburg   South Africa   39,300   250   1
Casal, Max   Burbank      39,100   247   3
Zimmerman, Raphael   Missoula   MT   37,800   237   5
Tran, Thong   Las Vegas   NV   37,700   243   5
Seraj, Paris   San Diego      37,300   242   5
Fishman, Craig   Heathrow   FL   37,000   234   2
Geller, Maya   Las Vegas    NV   36,800   244   4
Greenstein, Barry   San Jose      36,500   239   3
Katchalov, Eugene   New York   NY   36,300   250   4
Wong, Fu   Chandler   AZ   36,000   237   4
Davis, Jared   New Hope   PA   35,300   241   3
Brussard, Andrew   Las Vegas   NV   33,400   248   6
Lee, Christopher   Union City      33,400   243   3
Roughan, Howard   Ridgefield   CT   33,400   246   5
Horton, Bryan   Richardson   TX   32,500   238   4
Heimowitz, Lonnie   Monticello   NY   31,300   236   5
Shertzer, Josef   Hallandale Beach   FL   30,800   239   1
Porter, Rep   Woodinville   WA   30,000   246   3
Neilan, Craig   Waterford   CT   29,700   234   1
Dorazio, Nicholas   Apopka   FL   28,800   249   6
Buchanan, Shawn   Abbotsford   BC, Canada   28,200   249   4
Kongsgaard Nielsen, Soren   Gronning   Denmark   27,700   241   1
Truba, Chris   Las Vegas   NV   26,900   244   6
Alaei, Daniel   Los Angeles       26,400   235   3
Stuart, Dan   Glastonbury   CT   26,100   236   6
Ng, Evelyn   Las Vegas   NV   26,100   238   2
Gesie, Bason   Rymst   Belgium   26,000   249   2
Horkko, Tommi   Tampere   Finland   24,800   235   6
Hong, Kevin   Las Vegas    NV   24,700   245   1
Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas    NV   24,300   242   3
Akkari, Andre   Sao Paulo   Brazil   24,100   248   2
Mehmood, Omar   Redwood City      24,100   247   5
Shulman, Barry   Las Vegas   NV   23,100   237   1
Cremen, Frank   Las Vegas   NV   23,000   240   6
Becker, Jonas   Magdeburg   Germany   22,900   241   4
Tran, J.C.   Sacramento      22,500   245   5
Siegal, Jeffrey   Daly City      22,300   239   4
Elsby, Matt   Chandler   AZ   22,100   240   4
Buckley, James   Los Angeles      21,700   247   1
Liang, Shigang   Toronto   ON, Canada   20,600   240   1
Chamberlin, Jonathan   Rock Hill   SC   20,400   243   2
Johns, Ian   Newcastle   WA   20,200   240   3
Yamron, Bruce   Naples   FL   20,200   236   1
Thomas, Adrian   San Dimas   BC, Canada   20,000   244   1
Peterson, Austin   Henderson   NV   19,200   238   3
Overgard, Chris   Naperville   IL   19,000   250   6
Paez, Raul   Barcelona   Spain   18,800   247   2
Filtz, Justin   Stevens Point   WI   18,400   245   3
Mankin, Erle   Sacramento      18,200   235   4
Lauria, Bob   Norwich   CT   17,900   241   6
Ray, Kyle   Fayetteville   GA   17,700   239   5
Baker, David   Katy   TX   17,600   250   3
DeNiro, Joe   Studio City      15,900   248   1
Demes, Brandon   Tempe   AZ   15,400   240   5
Plastik, David   Las Vegas    NV   15,400   244   3
Newhouse, Mark   Las Vegas    NV   15,100   244   5
Mahmood, Ayaz   Houston   TX   14,800   248   3
Deacon, Sean   Tempe   AZ   14,000   246   6
Schlein, Josh   Baltimore   MD   13,900   234   5
Stern, Zvi   Herzilya   Israel   13,000   234   3
Wilke, Brian   Manitowoc   WI   12,500   239   6
Petersen, Jacob   Baton Rouge   LA   12,300   245   2
Fong, Michael   Chicago   IL   12,100   235   5
Strobel, Craig   San Carlos   AZ   11,800   246   4
Parker, Brock   Silver Spring   MD   11,600   248   4
Keller, Shawn   Chandler   AZ   11,500   236   3
Jankulovski, Phillip   Toronto   ON, Canada   11,000   244   2
Wiley, Brooks   Walnut Creek      10,800   248   5
Stefan, Rapp   Linz   Austria   10,500   243   6
Lichtie, Matt   South Jordan   UT   10,200   238   6
Scheele, Rogier   Rotterdam   Netherlands   10,000   245   4
Schiffman, Mike   Henderson   NV   9,900   235   1
Byrne, Michael   Oak Lawn   IL   9,400   239   2
Torresola, Javier   Tempe   AZ   9,200   238   5
Laxineta, Louis   Malibu      7,200   246   2
Fromm, Dave   Palo Alto      7,000   242   4
Hinkle, Grant   Kansas City   KS   6,800   237   2
Haakenson, Erik   San Francisco      4,500   241   5

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The Final Result for Event # 25. The remaining cashes (26th down) were shown on the previous Update.

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   11      
   Buy In   $2,000       
   Date   06/06/2009      
   Game   No Limit Hold'em      
   Number of Entries   1,646      
   Net Prize Pool   $2,995,720      
   First Place Prize   $569,254       
   Players to Cash   171      
            
   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Harb, Anthony   $569,254   Canton   MI
2   Rho, Peter   $350,019   Las Vegas   NV
3   Geary, Jim   $230,670   Tucson   AZ
4   Adler, Adam   $161,768   Ft. Lauderdale   FL
5   McGowan, Jonathan   $116,833   San Diego   
6   Dresel-Velasquez, Adrian   $92,867   Sacramento   
7   Hall, Scott   $76,390   Fayetteville   AR
8   Dyer, Michael   $65,905   Houston   TX
9   Sheirbon, Brent   $59,315   The Dalles   OR
10   Carlson, Mike   $41,640   Shakopee   MN
11   Mandt, David   $41,640   East Gull Lake   MN
12   Hartery, John   $41,640   Mississauga   ON, Canada
13   Finucane, Jeff   $29,148   Long Grove   IL
14   Ladny, Eric   $29,148   Mercerville   NJ
15   Taylor, Chris   $29,148   Coalinga   
16   Smaron, Kenneth   $20,400   Philadelphia   PA
17   Koon, Jason   $20,400   Pittsburgh   PA
18   Prinz Von Sachsen, Olav   $20,400   Las Vegas   NV
19   Sudar, Jovan   $14,828   Omaha   NE
20   Tucker, Pilar   $14,828   Sequim   WA
21   Fager, Steven   $14,828   Sequim   WA
22   Simpson, Michael   $14,828   Las Vegas   NV
23   Rosenkrantz, Jose   $14,828   Miami Lakes   FL
24   Woodall, Warren   $14,828   Los Angeles   
25   Goodson, Robert   $14,828   Chandler   AZ

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Here's the Happy Harb.

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The Winner



·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em
championship is Anthony Harb, from Canton, Michigan.



·        Harb is a 28-year-old professional poker player.



·        Harb was born in Southfield, MI.



·        Harb collected $569,254 for first place.  He was also awarded
his first WSOP gold bracelet.  This marked his third time to cash in a
WSOP event.



·        “The gold bracelet means a lot,” Harb said in an interview,
conducted moments after his victory.  “It means I am here to stay.  I
made it through this very tough field, against all these pros. I can
say that I hung with the best of the best.”


·        “The money helps out a lot,” Harb said afterward.  “It gives
me a big bankroll.  It means I have the opportunity to play a lot more
tournaments.”



·        Harb stated that he came to the WSOP hoping to satellite into
several events.  “I am a goal-setter,” he said.  “I’m a grinder.  I
grind it out.”



·        Harb revealed that he usually comes to the WSOP every year on
a one-way ticket, since he rarely knows when he will return home.  He
stays with a group of friends in a rented house.  “I play with a lot
of good people and have my friends around me which means I can only
get better,” Harb said.



·        Among Harb’s close friends is Justin Scott, from Redford, MI.
Scott won a gold bracelet in 2006.



·        Harb is primarily an online player.  He has numerous wins and
cashes in online tournaments.  His two previous WSOP in-the-money
finishes were 121st in 2008 Event 32 and 436th in 2009 Event 4.  Prior
to this victory, Harb’s total live career tournament earnings amounted
to just $5,991.  He earned nearly 100 times that amount with this
victory.



·        Harb had a good-luck charm while at the table.  He used a
small back turtle as his card protector during the entire tournament.
“I have never used a card protector before and (a friend) gave me this
turtle.  I really like the concept of the turtle.  He is chubby and
slow.  But when he strikes, he bites hard.  He does not win a lot of
races, but when he comes out of his shell, he’s dangerous.”  Harb said
he has a name for his turtle – “This is Pedro.  Don’t mess with
Pedro,” he said.

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The Players



·        The final table was comprised of no former WSOP gold bracelet
winners.  This was the fifth event of eleven finales held so far this
year which guaranteed a first-time winner.



·        The runner up was Peter Rho, a Korean-born poker pro from Las
Vegas, NV.  Rho is a graduate of Duke University.  He also finished
second in the 2009 Aussie Millions Championship.  Second place in this
event paid $350,019.



·        The third-place finisher was Jim Geary, from Phoenix, AZ.  He
is a master gamesman.  Geary is a former college chess champion,
represented the U.S. at the Scrabble World Championships, and came up
just short of winning his first gold bracelet.  Third place paid
$230,670.



·        Jim Geary joined Ville Wahlbeck (who accomplished the same
feat at an adjacent table on the same day) as the first two players at
this year’s WSOP to make two final table appearances.  He finished 7th
in the $1,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split event.



·        The fourth-place finisher was Adam Adler, from Ft.
Lauderdale, FL.  He is the CEO of “UltimateCollegeModel.com,” which is
the first publicly-traded social networking and modeling company.
Fourth place paid $161,768.



·        The fifth-place finisher was Jonathan “Cosmo” McGowan.  This
marked his third time to cash in a WSOP.  McGowan prefers to play in
cash games, calling tournament tournaments a “lottery.”  McGowan
scratched off $116,833 in prize money.



·        The sixth-place finisher was Adrian Dresel-Velasquez, from
Sacramento, .  The Nigerian-born attorney once served in the Peace
Corps in Guatemala.  He was the Assistant Attorney General for the
state of Wisconsin in the previous administration.



·        The seventh-place finisher was Scott Hall, from Fayetteville,
AR.  He has numerous cashes in online tournaments.  Hall says he
started playing poker as part of the “Moneymaker boom.”  This was his
best WSOP finish.



·        The eighth-place finisher was Michael Dyer, from Houston, TX.



·        The ninth-place finisher was Brent Sheirbon, from The Dalles,
OR.  Sheirbon has cashed in each of the past two WSOP Main Events.  He
came in 392nd in 2007 and 135th in 2008.



·        Former gold bracelet winners who cashed in this event
included -- Perry Friedman, Harry Thomas, “Little Man” Michael Sica,
Jason Mercier, Kevin Song, “Minneapolis Jim” Meehan, David “the
Dragon” Pham, Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier, and Phil Hellmuth.



·        Hellmuth’s cash in this event was the 70th of his career.  He
is ranked first on the all-time cashes list at the WSOP.



·        T.J. Cloutier’s cash in this event was the 54th of his
career.  He is ranked fifth on the all-time list.



·        The defending champion in this event was Matt Keikoan, from
Richmond, .  He entered this tournament, but did not cash.