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

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The Winner
 
• The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em champion is Keven Stammen, from Celina, Ohio.
 
• Stammen is a 23-year-old professional poker player.
 
• Stammen was born in Coldwater, OH.
 
• Stammen has been playing poker since he was a child.  He started out playing in friendly games with friends and became a regular in many private games around the Dayton area by his teen years.  He now plays poker full-time, both in private games and online.
 
• “My life is pretty crazy,” Stammen said.  “I play a lot of cash games and have done that ever since I can remember.”
 
• When Stammen turned 19, he began playing in casinos in Windsor, ON (Canada), since the legal age is lower in some Ontario Casinos than elsewhere.
 
• “I’ve always been a poker player,” Stammen said.
 
• “Ever since I was like 15 or 16, I played poker in the clubs in Ohio,” Stammen stated.  “I used to play in some of the small tournaments they had when I was younger.”
 
• During the post-tournament interview, it became obvious that Stammen quite simple lives and breathes poker.  He was queried about several key hands and was able to remember, in excruciating detail, every single hand, bet size, and action that developed. 
 
• Stammen collected $506,786 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.
 
• Stammen has now cashed seven times at the WSOP, all since 2007.  He also had three WSOP Circuit cashes.
 
• “It’s good to have a bracelet,” Stammen said.  “Last year I came out here and cashed four times.  I got close a few times.  But I took a few beats.  This (win) sure makes up for it.”
 

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The Final Table
 
• The final table was comprised of no former WSOP gold bracelet winners.  This was the sixth of 14 finales held so far this year with no former winners -- which guaranteed a first-time winner.
 
• Five of the final nine players were aged in their 20s.
 
• This was the first event played this year (other than the Casino Employees tournament) with an all-North American cast.  There were six Americans, two Canadians, and on Mexican among the final nine.
 
• The runner up was Angel Guillen, from Mexico City, Mexico.  Guillen came close to becoming only the second national of Mexico to win a WSOP gold bracelet.  In 2006, Victor Perches became the first Mexican ever to win.  Mexican-born Luis Velador also won a gold bracelet last year, but he resided in California at the time of his victory.
 
• The third-place finisher was Shawn Glines, from Las Vegas, NV.  He is a 29-year-old poker pro.
 
• The fourth-place finisher was Bahador “Baha” Ahmadi, from Burnaby, BC (Canada).  An interesting side note about this player:  Ahmadi, who was born in Iran, played college football at Holy Cross.
 
• The fifth-place finisher was Torrey Reily, from New Orleans, LA.
 
• The sixth-place finisher was Antoine Berube, from Quebec City, Quebec (Canada). 
 
• The seventh-place finisher was Todd “Turkish” Altinbas, from Miami, FL.  Note:  In some player profiles, this player is listed as “Oktay Altinbas.”
 
• The eighth-place finisher was Matt Lynn, from San Diego, .
 
• The ninth-place finisher was Gregg Merkow, from Plano, TX.  He won the WSOP Circuit Main Event at the Tunica Grand (Mississippi) in 2005.
 
• The final table was played in a lightening-fast 4:05.  With a one-hour dinner break omitted, actual play lasted just over three hours, or 70 hands.  This was the shortest final table, by far, at this year’s WSOP.
 

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Other In-the-Money Finishers
 
• Other former gold bracelet winners who cashed in this event included – Svetlana Gromenkova (39th), An Tran (49th), Phil Ivey (18th), Matt Keikoan (56th), and Ronald Kirk (43rd).
 
• There was considerable interest in Phil Ivey’s performance in this event.  Just three days ago, Ivey won WSOP gold bracelet number six.  He came into Day Three with a short stack and exited in 18th place.
 
• Nikolay Evdakov, from Moscow, Russia finished in 94th place.  This marked Evdakov’s third cash already this year.  In 2008, Evdakov set a new WSOP record with most cashes in a single year – with ten.  He is currently on pace to match that record and could break it, with a few extra events added to this year’s schedule.  An interesting side note is that Evdakov’s highest finish remains 12th.
 
• The defending champion in this event was Duncan Bell, a.k.a. “Pumper,” from Vancouver, BC (Canada).  He did not enter the event this year.
 

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The Event
 
• The $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship attracted 1,088 entrants.  This created a prize pool totaling $2,502,400.  The top 117 finishers collected prize money.
 
• So far, the pace at most final tables at this year’s WSOP has been slow.  Due to very favorable structures, players are getting more play for their tournament investment.  That said, the first 90 minutes of this final table progressed at an unprecedented bust-out rate.  From the time play consolidated to ten players, it took just 33 hands to eliminate five players.
 
• When heads-up play began, Keven Stammen held a 5 to 2 chip lead over Angel Guillen.
 
• The final hand of the night came when all of Guillen’s chips went into the pot after a flop of 9-8-2 with two hearts.  Guillen had J-9, good for top pair with a jack kicker.  But Stammen had an overpair holding pocket jacks.  The higher pair held up, giving Stammen the victory.
 
• The tournament officially began on Friday, June 5th, at 12 noon.  The tournament officially ended on Sunday, June 7th, at 8:45 pm.
 

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WSOP Statistics
 
• Through the conclusion of Event #14, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 17,099 entries.  $32,345,925 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.
 
• Through Event #14 -- 12 Americans have won gold bracelets.  One Russian player has won.  One Finnish player has won.  No other nations have been represented on the gold bracelet stand.  So far, this is a far cry from last year, when 16 of the 55 gold bracelet events were won by non-Americans (29 percent).  This number increased to 19 of 59 events (32 percent), including the four gold bracelet tournaments played at WSOP-Europe.
 
• All U.S. 50 states have had at least one entrant into this year’s WSOP.  All ten Canadian provinces have had at least one entrant into this year’s WSOP.
 
• International players (non-Americans) make up about 15 percent of the field, in events played so far.  Note that this number is expected to grow higher when the Main Event is played next month, which attracts an even greater number of international visitors.  It’s important to remember that last year, one international visitor named Peter Eastgate came to the WSOP and won the world title and $9,152,416.
 
• The Event #13 winner Keven Stammen is to be classified as a pro player.  He plays poker full-time.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:
 
Professionals -- 8 wins (Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey, Rami Boukai, Anthony Harb, Ville Wahlbeck, Keven Stammen)
 
Amateurs -- 3 wins (Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson)
 
Semi-Pros -- 1 win (Vitaly Lunkin)
 
 

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Errors and Omissions (Previous Reports):
 
• NEW:  The report for Event #12 had a few typos, which listed the winner’s name wrong.  The report should be corrected from WAHLBERG (wrong) to WAHLBECK (right) in two parts.
 
• Most sites have yet to correct DAVID CHIU’s WSOP career results.  It is critical that we get the player statistics correct, as new records are set.  Last week, this notice was forwarded to all media.  Please make the necessary adjustments:
 
DAVID CHIU -- Most of Chiu's results are accurate.  However, all WSOP records list prior to 1995 in his name do not belong to Chiu.   His first year to cash at the WSOP was in 1996.  Chiu is reported to have cashed in several events during the 1980s.  THESE CASHES BELONG TO A DIFFERENT PLAYER.  His name is David Chew.
 
Here are the records which should be corrected at all websites, which
are listed under CHIU, but in reality belong to CHEW.  Note that it
was CHEW who finished 4th in the WSOP Main Event in 1984, not CHIU :
 
1987 18th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit Hold'em (Event
$1,500 buy-in 5/7/1987 24th $1,500
 
1986 17th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit Hold'em (Event 6)
$1,500 buy-in 5/15/1986 4th $26,370
 
1986 17th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit Omaha (Event 1)
$100 buy-in 5/10/1986 4th $7,260
 
1985 16th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event 3)
$1,000 buy-in 5/6/1985 6th $5,960
 
1982 13th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit 7 Card Stud (Event 13)
$1,000 buy-in 5/21/1982 5th $5,600
 
1981 12th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit Ace to Five Draw (Event 11)
$1,000 buy-in 5/17/1981 4th $8,800
 
These results will significantly drop Chiu in career rankings.  I (Nolan Dalla) have spoken with him and he had verified that his first WSOP cash was in 1996.  He was not even a poker player during the 1980s, when these other cashes took place.
 
• Please note that in the final results for Event #11, the 81st-place finisher was JACK GRIGSBY III.  There is another player with poker results named “JACK GRIGSBY.”  This is the father.  Note that JACK GRIGSBY III should be listed independently.
 
• Event #3 had the player in 46th place with a misspelled name.  The correct name is BRADLEY BIRARDA.

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Why, when I enter "" (as in California) is it suddenly showing the A of clubs?

It was fine before Saturday, & I have not touched any knobs.

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Phew. Am I pleased to see Brock Parker win this? Just a bit!

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   14      
   Buy In   $2,500       
   Date   07/06/2009      
   Game   Limit Hold'em Six-Handed      
   Number of Entries   367      
   Net Prize Pool   $844,100      
   First Place Prize   $223,697       
   Players to Cash   36      
            
   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Parker, Brock   $223,697   Silver Spring   MD
2   Negreanu, Daniel   $138,280   Las Vegas   NV
3   Horkko, Tommi   $89,660   Tampere   Finland
4   Hong, Kevin   $60,884   Las Vegas   NV
5   Shulman, Barry   $43,201   Las Vegas   NV
6   Ray, Kyle   $31,966   Fayetteville   GA
7   Buckley, James   $23,178   Las Vegas   NV
8   Buchanan, Shawn   $23,178   Abbotsford   BC, Canada
9   Losev, Nikolay   $16,814   Moscow   Russia
10   Como, Robert   $16,814   Trabuco Cyn   
11   Tran, Thong   $12,197   Las Vegas   NV
12   Kline, Franklin   $12,197   Harvard   IL
13   Wang, Andrew   $8,854   Brooklyn   NY
14   Wong, Fu   $8,854   Chandler   AZ
15   Tryba, Christopher   $8,854   Sturbridge   MA
16   Olson, David   $8,854   Dallas   TX
17   Heimowitz, Lonnie   $8,854   Monticello   NY
18   Lichtie, Matthew   $8,854   South Jordan   UT
19   Keller, Shawn   $6,432   Chandler   AZ
20   Mehmood, Omar   $6,432   Redwood City   
21   Shakaryan, Ernest   $6,432   St. Petersburg   Russia
22   Konst, Lennart   $6,432   Xanten Vynen   Germany
23   Chamberlin, Jonathan   $6,432   Rock Hill    SC
24   Alaei, Daniel   $6,432   West Hollywood   
25   Katchalov, Eugene   $5,360   Brooklyn   NY
26   Jankulovski, Phillip   $5,360   Newmarket   ON, Canada
27   Henson, Raymond   $5,360   Spring   TX
28   Horton, Brian   $5,360   Richardson   TX
29   Seraj, Parizad   $5,360   San Diego   
30   Greenstein, Barry   $5,360   Ranchos Palos Verdes   
31   Roughan, Howard   $4,693   Riverside   CT
32   Becker, Jonas   $4,693   Magdeburg   Germany
33   Petersen, Jacob   $4,693   Baton Rouge   LA
34   Schlein, Joshua   $4,693   Owings Mills   MD
35   Cairns, Jordan   $4,693   Toronto   ON, Canada
36   Steury, Aaron   $4,693   Fort Wayne   ID

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Oioi, here come the blondes........

2009 World Series of Poker               
End of Day One Results               
Event #   15            
Buy In   $5,000            
Game   No Limit Hold'em            
Date   06/06/2009            
Number of Entries   655            
Net Prize Pool   $3,078,500            
First Place Prize   $692,690             
Total Spots Paid Out   63            
Players Remaining    164            

Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table #   Seat #
Clemenceau, Calixto   Curitiba   Brazil   186,300   68   8
Turyansky, Alexander   Sourbruden   Germany   179,900   75   4
Jaka, Faraz   San Jose      172,200   63   5
Somerville, Jason   Long Island   NY   159,000   72   9
Ingles, Jared   Baton Rouge   LA   154,000   71   7
Quoss, Fabian   Nuremberg   Germany   148,500   66   1
Lemke, Brian   Norristown    PA   136,400   68   7
Verrett, Steve   Cross Plains   WI   133,600   74   7
Foltyn, Paul   Doncaster   United Kingdom   131,900   61   3
Lacay, Ludovic   Paris   France   124,000   59   4
Staudenmaier, Luke   Pittsburgh   PA   123,600   65   5
Gavatin, Mats   Stockholm   Sweden   122,600   58   3
Seiver, Scott   Cold Spring Harbor   NY   118,600   64   7
Grippo, Nicholas   Arlington Heights   IL   115,800   75   3
Kornuth, Chance   Denver   CO   113,900   66   7
Pham, David   Cerritos      113,700   58   9
Sowers, Mike   Thomasville   NC   112,300   72   3
Fricke, Jimmy   Las Vegas   NV   112,200   79   6
Bonding, Lars   Las Vegas   NV   109,500   63   3
Burnett, Chester   Ladera Ranch      105,800   66   2
Busquet, Olivier   New York    NY   105,000   79   7
Masaaki, Kagawa   Tokyo   Japan   104,800   70   1
Kitsos, Paul   Manhassett   NY    101,500   69   4
Baron, Isaac   Menlo Park      101,300   79   1
Fair, Ryan   Fort Lauderdale   FL   99,000   65   9
Boyd, Terry   West Chester   OH   96,800   75   8
Rose, Shane   Los Angeles      93,800   73   8
Roberts, Brent   Staten Island   NY   90,600   64   9
Smith, John   La Harba Heights      88,500   73   7
Minaya, Manny   Tampa   FL   88,200   79   8
Lovinger, Aaron   Las Vegas   NV   85,500   75   1
Benefield, David   Fort Worth   TX   85,200   67   2
Harth, David   Madison   WI   84,900   72   6
Rios, Jesse   Salida      83,400   72   1
Blanton, Ken   Caddo Mills   TX   83,000   65   4
Tollerene, Ben   Mansfield   TX   80,700   62   4
Atkins, Jerry   New York    NY   79,400   61   2
Welch, Ryan   Nashville   TN   79,300   66   9
Stothmann, Malte   Frankfurt   Germany   78,400   63   4
Janssen, Tommie   Breda   The Netherlands   78,300   69   9
Stewart, Neil   Glasgow   Scotland   77,900   66   5
Leppo, Robert   San Francisco      75,900   63   9
Kostritsyn, Alexander   Moscow   Russia   72,900   58   2
Medic, Nenad   Niagra Falls   ON, Canada   72,100   65   2
Hollink, Rob   Groningen   Holland   71,500   60   5
Beebe, Glynn   Austin   TX   71,300   63   8
Makhija, Amit   Brookfeild   WI   71,100   61   6
Sisley, Todd   Toronto   ON, Canada   70,700   67   4
Pinteric, Domen   Kamnik   Slovenia   70,000   79   3
Goosen, Steven   Vancouver   BC, Canada   69,800   63   1
Kucinski, Michael   Kirkland   WA   69,300   68   9
Griffin, Gavin   Ladera Ranch      69,100   73   1
Lent, Gary   Rancho Cucamonga      68,900   62   9
Hickman, Allen   Buda   TX   66,100   79   4
Seidel, Erik   Henderson   NV   65,900   69   7
Bianco, Ben   New York   NY   65,400   60   7
Begley, Tim   Freehold   NJ   65,300   60   8
Grant, Darren   Toronto   ON, Canada   65,100   61   8
Habib, Hasan   Downey      65,100   61   7
Holt, Karga   Atlanta   GA   64,900   75   9
Zaichenko, Andrey   Moscow   Russia   64,100   68   6
Peters, David   Toledo   OH   63,400   74   9
Bucherl, Konstantin   Regensburg   Germany   62,900   59   2
Fox, David   Coram   NY   62,800   71   8
Strzemp, John   Las Vegas   NV   62,600   61   4
Boudreau, Kevin   Colorado Springs   CO   62,600   58   7
Black, Andrew   Dublin   Ireland   62,500   63   2
Iacobellis, Christian   Rye   NY   61,100   64   8
Lee, Tom   Denver   CO   59,700   69   6
Alcober, Ben   Chino Hills      58,900   71   5
Sass, Alan   Las Vegas   NV   58,500   62   6
Mcwhirter, Michael   Vancouver   BC, Canada   58,200   62   3
Collins, Phil   Charleston   SC   58,100   79   2
Braband, Tom   Osh Kosh   WI   57,600   73   5
McCormick, Thomas   Fargo   ND   56,900   69   1
Hinkle, Blair   Kansas City   MO   56,800   68   5
Heimiller, Daniel   Inglewood      56,200   65   6
Farris, Michael   Pelham   NH   56,000   53   7
Jurgens, Tad   Phoenix   AZ   55,800   72   2
Kottler, Jeremy   Los Angeles      55,500   63   6
Bedoya, Kenny   San Diego      55,200   62   5
Sexton, Mike   Henderson   NV   55,000   64   2
Illingworth, Danny   San Diego      54,800   68   4
Merrifield, Steven   Fairmont   WV   53,800   67   5
Mallardi, Michael   Cary   IL   53,800   60   1
Hamagami, Clark   Vancouver   BC, Canada   53,800   74   6
Lopez, Efrain   Miami   FL   53,500   70   7
Lazar, Scott   Studio City      53,000   60   2
Cousineau, Anthony   Daytona Beach   FL   51,500   71   2
Lee, Chris   Clarksville   MD   50,800   63   7
Torelli, Alec   Orange      50,600   65   8
Ramos, Felipe   Sao Paulo   Brazil   50,500   75   2
Giang, Chau   Las Vegas   NV   49,800   62   2
Fund, Gregg   Myrtle Beach   SC   47,300   67   1
Charania, Mohsin   Chicago   IL   47,200   69   5
Gerasimova, Liya   Yukutiya   Russia   47,100   65   3
Farmer, Shawn   Galt      46,900   58   5
Leach, Mike   Toronto   ON, Canada   45,800   60   3
Landfish, Steven   St. Albans   VT   43,900   67   7
Rousso, Vanessa   Las Vegas   NV   43,900   58   4
Liu, Eric   ROCKVILLE   MD   42,900   71   1
Arieh, Josh   Atlanta   GA   42,400   70   9
Lindgren, Erick   Las Vegas   NV   42,000   61   5
Nguyen, Anh   Toronto   ON, Canada   41,600   66   3
Franklin, Tom   Gulfport   MS   41,600   60   6
Popov, Alexey   Moscow   Russia   41,400   64   4
Kim, Kelly   Whittiev      41,100   72   7
Liebert, Kathy   Las Vegas   NV   41,000   59   5
Nielsen, Martin   London   United Kingdom   40,400   65   7
Thorson, Greg   Miami Beach   FL   40,300   65   1
Boatman, Barny   Hendon   England   39,600   66   4
Aguilar, Ryan   Irvine      38,600   75   7
Friedlander, Gary   Bellaire   TX   38,200   67   6
Lademan, Jason   Okemos   MI   38,100   68   2
Slaubaugh, Cody   Rugby   ND   36,700   66   8
Moore, Chris   Chicago   IL   35,900   73   4
Neu, Matthias   Floershein   Germany   35,800   74   2
Puzantyan, Allan   Montreal   QC, Canada   35,000   74   8
Dewitt, Jason   Mishawaka   IN   35,000   68   3
Snead, Paul   Kings Park   NY   34,800   75   6
McGowan, Joe   Las Vegas   NV   34,400   79   5
Pahuja, Vinny   New York   NY   34,200   74   3
Weisfisch, Ryan   Aventura   FL   33,900   58   6
Mahoney, Jared   Abington   MA   33,400   67   8
Williams, Jeff   Atlanta   GA   33,300   62   1
Inselberg, David   Long Beach   NY   32,600   70   6
Corsi, John   Northville   MI   32,600   64   3
Chon, Bill   Lafayette Hill   PA   31,900   73   9
Blumlein, Frank   Frankfurt   Germany   31,100   74   5
Lawson, Ted   Las Vegas   NV   31,000   73   2
Keller, Thomas   Scottsdale   AZ   30,700   70   8
Gracz, Maciek   Raleigh   NC   30,000   62   8
Kopp, Billy   Erlanger   KY   29,900   62   7
Ramdin, Annand   Bronx   NY   29,300   70   4
Brogdon, Edward   Litchfield Park   AZ   29,300   72   4
Tran, Theo   Las Vegas   NV   29,300   61   1
Mahiout, Francis   Paris   France   28,900   66   6
Millar, Alex   London   United Kingdom   26,300   72   8
Venturini, Anthony   Detroit   MI   26,300   68   1
Haddad, Jamal   Sterling Heights   MI   26,300   67   3
Marino, Frankie   San Diego      24,900   58   1
Winzeler, Hans   Miami   FL   24,800   73   3
Leonard, Stephen   Melbourne   Australia   24,600   74   4
Voulgaris, Bob   Los Angeles      24,400   59   8
Dehn, Thomas   Stellenbosch   South Africa   23,500   71   6
Phan, Young   Garden Grove      22,400   59   1
Mortensen, Carlos   Henderson   NV   22,300   61   9
Ebanks, Joe   Stow   OH   21,800   58   8
Boyd, Craig   St. Louis   MO   21,500   67   9
Martin, Daniel   Klamath Falls   OR   20,700   59   9
Utnage Jr., Tony   Bloomington   IN   20,100   70   2
Bowen, Davis   Lumberton   NC   20,000   64   5
Desveaux, Scott   Toronto   ON, Canada   19,100   59   6
Karp, Ryan   Washington   DC   19,100   69   3
Sorenson, Josh   Littleton   CO   16,400   60   9
Fish, Darryll   Las Vegas   NV   15,100   60   4
Adler, Al   Bakersfield      14,600   69   8
Bartello, Vince   Las Vegas   NV   14,500   64   1
Hyman, Matthew   Santa Barbara      12,000   70   5
Grech, Joseph   London   United Kingdom   9,100   59   3
Kotelnikov, Ruslan   Moscow   Russia   9,000   69   2
Racener, John   Tampa   FL   7,800   64   6
Jouve, Emmanuel   Paris   France   1,400   71   9
Frankenberger, Andrew   New York   NY   did not report   71   3

neil stewart glasgow is a blonde cant remember his name on ere puggy32 i think on pocket etc had some monster cashes online stays in new zealand now

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Here's my hero. Somehow, he does not look like a poker player to me, though I cannot really define what a poker player should look like.

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Oioi, here come the blondes........

2009 World Series of Poker               
End of Day One Results               
Event #   15            
Buy In   $5,000            
Game   No Limit Hold'em            
Date   06/06/2009            
Number of Entries   655            
Net Prize Pool   $3,078,500            
First Place Prize   $692,690             
Total Spots Paid Out   63            
Players Remaining    164            

Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table #   Seat #
Clemenceau, Calixto   Curitiba   Brazil   186,300   68   8
Turyansky, Alexander   Sourbruden   Germany   179,900   75   4
Jaka, Faraz   San Jose      172,200   63   5
Somerville, Jason   Long Island   NY   159,000   72   9
Ingles, Jared   Baton Rouge   LA   154,000   71   7
Quoss, Fabian   Nuremberg   Germany   148,500   66   1
Lemke, Brian   Norristown    PA   136,400   68   7
Verrett, Steve   Cross Plains   WI   133,600   74   7
Foltyn, Paul   Doncaster   United Kingdom   131,900   61   3
Lacay, Ludovic   Paris   France   124,000   59   4
Staudenmaier, Luke   Pittsburgh   PA   123,600   65   5
Gavatin, Mats   Stockholm   Sweden   122,600   58   3
Seiver, Scott   Cold Spring Harbor   NY   118,600   64   7
Grippo, Nicholas   Arlington Heights   IL   115,800   75   3
Kornuth, Chance   Denver   CO   113,900   66   7
Pham, David   Cerritos      113,700   58   9
Sowers, Mike   Thomasville   NC   112,300   72   3
Fricke, Jimmy   Las Vegas   NV   112,200   79   6
Bonding, Lars   Las Vegas   NV   109,500   63   3
Burnett, Chester   Ladera Ranch      105,800   66   2
Busquet, Olivier   New York    NY   105,000   79   7
Masaaki, Kagawa   Tokyo   Japan   104,800   70   1
Kitsos, Paul   Manhassett   NY    101,500   69   4
Baron, Isaac   Menlo Park      101,300   79   1
Fair, Ryan   Fort Lauderdale   FL   99,000   65   9
Boyd, Terry   West Chester   OH   96,800   75   8
Rose, Shane   Los Angeles      93,800   73   8
Roberts, Brent   Staten Island   NY   90,600   64   9
Smith, John   La Harba Heights      88,500   73   7
Minaya, Manny   Tampa   FL   88,200   79   8
Lovinger, Aaron   Las Vegas   NV   85,500   75   1
Benefield, David   Fort Worth   TX   85,200   67   2
Harth, David   Madison   WI   84,900   72   6
Rios, Jesse   Salida      83,400   72   1
Blanton, Ken   Caddo Mills   TX   83,000   65   4
Tollerene, Ben   Mansfield   TX   80,700   62   4
Atkins, Jerry   New York    NY   79,400   61   2
Welch, Ryan   Nashville   TN   79,300   66   9
Stothmann, Malte   Frankfurt   Germany   78,400   63   4
Janssen, Tommie   Breda   The Netherlands   78,300   69   9
Stewart, Neil   Glasgow   Scotland   77,900   66   5
Leppo, Robert   San Francisco      75,900   63   9
Kostritsyn, Alexander   Moscow   Russia   72,900   58   2
Medic, Nenad   Niagra Falls   ON, Canada   72,100   65   2
Hollink, Rob   Groningen   Holland   71,500   60   5
Beebe, Glynn   Austin   TX   71,300   63   8
Makhija, Amit   Brookfeild   WI   71,100   61   6
Sisley, Todd   Toronto   ON, Canada   70,700   67   4
Pinteric, Domen   Kamnik   Slovenia   70,000   79   3
Goosen, Steven   Vancouver   BC, Canada   69,800   63   1
Kucinski, Michael   Kirkland   WA   69,300   68   9
Griffin, Gavin   Ladera Ranch      69,100   73   1
Lent, Gary   Rancho Cucamonga      68,900   62   9
Hickman, Allen   Buda   TX   66,100   79   4
Seidel, Erik   Henderson   NV   65,900   69   7
Bianco, Ben   New York   NY   65,400   60   7
Begley, Tim   Freehold   NJ   65,300   60   8
Grant, Darren   Toronto   ON, Canada   65,100   61   8
Habib, Hasan   Downey      65,100   61   7
Holt, Karga   Atlanta   GA   64,900   75   9
Zaichenko, Andrey   Moscow   Russia   64,100   68   6
Peters, David   Toledo   OH   63,400   74   9
Bucherl, Konstantin   Regensburg   Germany   62,900   59   2
Fox, David   Coram   NY   62,800   71   8
Strzemp, John   Las Vegas   NV   62,600   61   4
Boudreau, Kevin   Colorado Springs   CO   62,600   58   7
Black, Andrew   Dublin   Ireland   62,500   63   2
Iacobellis, Christian   Rye   NY   61,100   64   8
Lee, Tom   Denver   CO   59,700   69   6
Alcober, Ben   Chino Hills      58,900   71   5
Sass, Alan   Las Vegas   NV   58,500   62   6
Mcwhirter, Michael   Vancouver   BC, Canada   58,200   62   3
Collins, Phil   Charleston   SC   58,100   79   2
Braband, Tom   Osh Kosh   WI   57,600   73   5
McCormick, Thomas   Fargo   ND   56,900   69   1
Hinkle, Blair   Kansas City   MO   56,800   68   5
Heimiller, Daniel   Inglewood      56,200   65   6
Farris, Michael   Pelham   NH   56,000   53   7
Jurgens, Tad   Phoenix   AZ   55,800   72   2
Kottler, Jeremy   Los Angeles      55,500   63   6
Bedoya, Kenny   San Diego      55,200   62   5
Sexton, Mike   Henderson   NV   55,000   64   2
Illingworth, Danny   San Diego      54,800   68   4
Merrifield, Steven   Fairmont   WV   53,800   67   5
Mallardi, Michael   Cary   IL   53,800   60   1
Hamagami, Clark   Vancouver   BC, Canada   53,800   74   6
Lopez, Efrain   Miami   FL   53,500   70   7
Lazar, Scott   Studio City      53,000   60   2
Cousineau, Anthony   Daytona Beach   FL   51,500   71   2
Lee, Chris   Clarksville   MD   50,800   63   7
Torelli, Alec   Orange      50,600   65   8
Ramos, Felipe   Sao Paulo   Brazil   50,500   75   2
Giang, Chau   Las Vegas   NV   49,800   62   2
Fund, Gregg   Myrtle Beach   SC   47,300   67   1
Charania, Mohsin   Chicago   IL   47,200   69   5
Gerasimova, Liya   Yukutiya   Russia   47,100   65   3
Farmer, Shawn   Galt      46,900   58   5
Leach, Mike   Toronto   ON, Canada   45,800   60   3
Landfish, Steven   St. Albans   VT   43,900   67   7
Rousso, Vanessa   Las Vegas   NV   43,900   58   4
Liu, Eric   ROCKVILLE   MD   42,900   71   1
Arieh, Josh   Atlanta   GA   42,400   70   9
Lindgren, Erick   Las Vegas   NV   42,000   61   5
Nguyen, Anh   Toronto   ON, Canada   41,600   66   3
Franklin, Tom   Gulfport   MS   41,600   60   6
Popov, Alexey   Moscow   Russia   41,400   64   4
Kim, Kelly   Whittiev      41,100   72   7
Liebert, Kathy   Las Vegas   NV   41,000   59   5
Nielsen, Martin   London   United Kingdom   40,400   65   7
Thorson, Greg   Miami Beach   FL   40,300   65   1
Boatman, Barny   Hendon   England   39,600   66   4
Aguilar, Ryan   Irvine      38,600   75   7
Friedlander, Gary   Bellaire   TX   38,200   67   6
Lademan, Jason   Okemos   MI   38,100   68   2
Slaubaugh, Cody   Rugby   ND   36,700   66   8
Moore, Chris   Chicago   IL   35,900   73   4
Neu, Matthias   Floershein   Germany   35,800   74   2
Puzantyan, Allan   Montreal   QC, Canada   35,000   74   8
Dewitt, Jason   Mishawaka   IN   35,000   68   3
Snead, Paul   Kings Park   NY   34,800   75   6
McGowan, Joe   Las Vegas   NV   34,400   79   5
Pahuja, Vinny   New York   NY   34,200   74   3
Weisfisch, Ryan   Aventura   FL   33,900   58   6
Mahoney, Jared   Abington   MA   33,400   67   8
Williams, Jeff   Atlanta   GA   33,300   62   1
Inselberg, David   Long Beach   NY   32,600   70   6
Corsi, John   Northville   MI   32,600   64   3
Chon, Bill   Lafayette Hill   PA   31,900   73   9
Blumlein, Frank   Frankfurt   Germany   31,100   74   5
Lawson, Ted   Las Vegas   NV   31,000   73   2
Keller, Thomas   Scottsdale   AZ   30,700   70   8
Gracz, Maciek   Raleigh   NC   30,000   62   8
Kopp, Billy   Erlanger   KY   29,900   62   7
Ramdin, Annand   Bronx   NY   29,300   70   4
Brogdon, Edward   Litchfield Park   AZ   29,300   72   4
Tran, Theo   Las Vegas   NV   29,300   61   1
Mahiout, Francis   Paris   France   28,900   66   6
Millar, Alex   London   United Kingdom   26,300   72   8
Venturini, Anthony   Detroit   MI   26,300   68   1
Haddad, Jamal   Sterling Heights   MI   26,300   67   3
Marino, Frankie   San Diego      24,900   58   1
Winzeler, Hans   Miami   FL   24,800   73   3
Leonard, Stephen   Melbourne   Australia   24,600   74   4
Voulgaris, Bob   Los Angeles      24,400   59   8
Dehn, Thomas   Stellenbosch   South Africa   23,500   71   6
Phan, Young   Garden Grove      22,400   59   1
Mortensen, Carlos   Henderson   NV   22,300   61   9
Ebanks, Joe   Stow   OH   21,800   58   8
Boyd, Craig   St. Louis   MO   21,500   67   9
Martin, Daniel   Klamath Falls   OR   20,700   59   9
Utnage Jr., Tony   Bloomington   IN   20,100   70   2
Bowen, Davis   Lumberton   NC   20,000   64   5
Desveaux, Scott   Toronto   ON, Canada   19,100   59   6
Karp, Ryan   Washington   DC   19,100   69   3
Sorenson, Josh   Littleton   CO   16,400   60   9
Fish, Darryll   Las Vegas   NV   15,100   60   4
Adler, Al   Bakersfield      14,600   69   8
Bartello, Vince   Las Vegas   NV   14,500   64   1
Hyman, Matthew   Santa Barbara      12,000   70   5
Grech, Joseph   London   United Kingdom   9,100   59   3
Kotelnikov, Ruslan   Moscow   Russia   9,000   69   2
Racener, John   Tampa   FL   7,800   64   6
Jouve, Emmanuel   Paris   France   1,400   71   9
Frankenberger, Andrew   New York   NY   did not report   71   3

neil stewart glasgow is a blonde cant remember his name on ere puggy32 i think on pocket etc had some monster cashes online stays in new zealand now

Good spot, & delighted to see that somone is keeping me honest.

I have revisited the post & awarded Neil the coveted enboldenment - I see no reason why, even though he's a Scot, we should not consider him a Brit for the duration of the WSOP.*

* Please take that with a pinch of salt.

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Brock (which is short for John) has a background in Magic, which, I seem to recall, several notable poker players also share. Any blonde come the "Magic" Route?



The Winner
 
 
 
·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Six-Handed Limit Hold’em championship is Brock Parker, from Silver Spring, MD.
 
 
 
·        Parker is a 27-year-old professional poker player.  His real first name is John, but he goes by “Brock.”
 
 
 
·        Parker first started playing poker about ten years ago.  But his interest in the game evolved from the card game Magic.
 
 
 
·        Magic is a card game that is similar to poker in that it combines skill, psychology, and luck.  By the time he took his turn in the spotlight of a WSOP final table Parker and others were accustomed to the pressure of playing in front of crowds and for money.  Magic tournaments usually give away prize money which attracts big crowds.
 
 
 
·        Parker is one of a number of top poker players from the Washington, DC area.  He lives just north of the nation’s capital.  Two other close friends and former WSOP gold bracelet winners, Eric Froehlich and Alex Borteh who live nearby, were both on hand to cheer for Parker.  He is also near tournament pro Justin Bonomo, who lives close by.
 
 
 
·        Another top player who is close to Parker and got his start in poker via Magic is David Williams, who won a gold bracelet in 2006.   
 
 
 
·        Two-time gold bracelet winner Eric Froehlich stated that he got his start in poker, due largely to Parker’s influence.  “We all played magic together,” Froehlich stated.  “But Brock was the good poker player.  We watched him play and he made all this money and it looked like fun, so we got into it also.  I think a lot of (Magic players) who first got into poker came to it because of Brock...He was part of the Magic scene and he is responsible for many of us becoming poker players.” 
 
 
 
·        Parker’s friends noted that Limit Hold’em is his best game.  This is somewhat contrary to conventional wisdom which suggests most younger players prefer No-Limit Hold’em. 
 
 
 
·        Parker has known most of his poker friends since he was in his teens. 
 
 
 
·        “He’s an online legend, and it’s well deserved,” said Alex Borteh.
 
 
 
·        Borteh added:  “Daniel is great as a player and a person.  But a lot of people get famous because the toot their own horns.  People don’t know Brock because he does not post on poker forums all day or draw attention to himself.  He is a below-the-radar kind of guy”   
 
 
 
·        Parker collected $223,697 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.
 
 
 
·        Parker laughed off the “David versus Goliath” description of the result.  “Yeah right, whatever,” he said.
 
 

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The Final Table
 
 
 
·        The final table contained only one former WSOP gold bracelet winner – Daniel Negreanu, from Las Vegas, NV.  Nevertheless, that was enough of a presence to attract a standing-room only crowd throughout the competition.
 
 
 
·        The runner up was Daniel Negreanu, from Las Vegas, NV.  The four-time WSOP gold bracelet winner held the chip lead during most of the finale.  But Negreanu had a tough time later and ended up finishing second.  While he has four outright wins, he has three second-place finishes, as well. 
 
 
 
·        Negreanu had a shot to win his third Limit Hold’em competition at the WSOP, which would have tied him with Phil Hellmuth in that category.  Instead, Negreanu fell just short.
 
 
 
·        Negreanu was well aware that his final adversary, Brock Parker, was a first-rate player.  However, many spectators viewed the battle as a “David Versus Goliath” battle, with the popular Negreanu getting slain at the end by a relative “unknown.”  Not true.  Fact is, Parker is an extraordinary player, known to many of the top tournament players in the game.
 
 
 
·        When Negreanu lost the final hand and busted out second, there was an audible shock in the air, not only for what had happened, but how quickly the final hand came once the two finalists were heads up.  Negreanu was gracious and congratulatory towards Parker, then exited quickly to play in another tournament. 
 
 
 
·        The third-place finisher was Tommi Horkko, from Tampere, Finland.  It’s extraordinary to consider that Horkko came within two spots of joining fellow countryman Villa Wahlbeck as the only Finnish gold bracelet winners in history.  It’s even more of an oddity that this came close to occurring on consecutive days.  Finland went 39 previous years without a gold bracelet and within the past two days has earned a first- and third-place “finish.”
 
 
 
·        The fourth-place finisher was Kevin Hong, from Los Angeles, . 
 
 
 
·        The fifth-place finisher was former WSOP gold bracelet winner, Barry Shulman, from Las Vegas, NV.  Shulman is the publisher of Card Player magazine, the longest-running publication in poker.  Shulman won his gold bracelet in the Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better event in 2002. 
 
 
 
·        The sixth-place finisher was Kyle Ray, from Fayetteville, GA.
 
 
 
·        There was no defending champion from last year.  The event was not offered in 2008.
 
 

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Why, when I enter "" (as in California) is it suddenly showing the A of clubs?

It was fine before Saturday, & I have not touched any knobs.

Kinboshi was asked to make an alteration to ensure the SAS hand histories on the new board appeared as card notations not C A D A etc (I've put gaps in) given the problems in importing IPoker HHs

this will be a bi-product of that

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The Event
 
 
 
·        The $2,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em event attracted 367 entrants.  This created a prize pool totaling $844,100.  The top 36 finishers collected prize money.
 
 
 
·        Six-Handed Hold'em emphasizes short-handed poker skills.  Rather than a full table comprised of nine players, each table is played six-handed (or less, as players bust out).  This generally requires competitors to play cards out of the standard range of starting-hands.  It also makes post-flop skill paramount to victory.  The game was included on the WSOP schedule as a concerted effort to measure as diverse a range of poker skills as possible.
 
 
 
·       Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em first made its WSOP debut in 2005.  This is the sixth six-handed tournament played in WSOP history.
 
 
 
·       Several observers noted that the heads-up match between Parker and Negreanu was perhaps another illustration of a symbolic torch being passed to another generation of poker players.  A decade ago when Negreanu won his first gold bracelet, many believed poker was about to change.  They were right.  Now, Negreanu is in his 30s and there is a new generation of challengers.
 
 
 
·        Negreanu went card dead at the worst possible time of the tournament,  He lost most of the final hands dealt and finally went out just as spectators were settling in for a long heads-up showdown.  The final hand of the night came when Negreanu had K-10 and made a pair of tens.  But Parker had an ace and made a pair of aces, which collected the final pot of the night.
 
 
 
·        Parker was cheered to victory by his own rooting section, comprised of fellow poker pros, two of which were previous WSOP gold bracelet winners – Alex Borteh and Eric “E-Fro” Froehlilch.