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

[tikay]

it's been doing it since yesterday afaik tony and seems to be happening to most people as we discovered during rsq reveal when suitedjock couldn't give us the correct answers, just kept coming up blank

Sorry, Techies alerted.

No idea what's gone wrong.

[tikay]

Finally, the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Robert Price running well again, & if you cannot see his name, the guy in 191st is Chris Borin (sp).

   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   21            
   Buy In   $3,000            
   Game   H.O.R.S.E.            
   Date   09/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   452            
   Net Prize Pool   $1,247,520            
   First Place Prize   $311,899             
   Total Spots Paid Out   48            
   Players Remaining    197            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table #   Seat #
1   Amereno, Rob   Tucson   AZ   96,800   234   2
2   Debus, Frank   Hamburg   Germany   62,100   246   8
3   Golser, Markus   Salzburg   Austria   52,500   231   8
4   Lake, Scott   Bremerton   WA   51,600   232   2
5   Penn, Phillip Sr.   Omaha   NE   50,600   230   7
6   Akkari, Andre   Sao Paulo   Brazik   50,200   230   5
7   Singer, David   Las Vegas   NV   48,700   229   8
8   Keiner, Michael   Braunfels   Germany   46,500   227   5
9   Amaral, Chris   Fall River   MA   45,300   235   4
10   McKain, Brian   Madison   IN   44,500   244   4
11   Phillips, Dave   Naples   FL   43,400   241   3
12   Young, Justin   Morehead City   NC   42,900   237   5
13   Finne, Timothy   Fanwood   NJ   41,400   232   2
14   Limongi, Michele      Italy   40,500   238   6
15   Montgomery, Mans   Coeur D Alene   ID   37,700   250   1
16   Billirakis, Steve   Chicago   IL   37,100   238   8
17   Van Alstyne, James   Las Vegas   NV   36,600   244   1
18   Barbieri, Al "Sugar Bear"   Philadelphia   PA   36,000   245   8
19   Davidson, Matthew   Toronto   ON, Canada   36,000   247   7
20   Levi, David   Las Vegas   NV   35,600   244   6
21   Donev, Ivo   Bregenz   Austria   34,900   231   7
22   Murphy, Kevin   Highland Mills   NV   34,800   237   7
23   Price, Robert   Cornall   United Kingdom   34,700   204   1
24   Greenstein, Barry   Rancho Palos Verdes   CA   34,300   246   2
25   August, Leonard   North Bergen   NJ   33,500   234   4
26   Jurgens, Tad   Phoenix   AZ   33,400   227   7
27   Frangos, Nikolaos "Nick"   Mags Landing   NJ   33,300   230   6
28   Stoykov, Mihail   Sofia   Bulgaria   33,100   229   1
29   Brunson, Doyle   Las Vegas   NV   32,800   229   4
30   Mascio, Greg   Fullerton   CA   32,100   238   5
31   Potter, Jason   Tulsa   OK   31,240   249   7
32   Friedman, Perry   Las Vegas   NV   31,200   232   4
33   Rosario, Shirley   Downey   CA   31,100   248   7
34   Baker, David   Katy   TX   31,000   229   2
35   Argyros, Billy "Croc"   Donvale   Australia   30,200   228   4
36   Smith, Mallory   Aurora   CO   29,900   234   8
37   Cremen, Frank   Las Vegas   NV   29,900   231   6
38   Giang, Chau   Las Vegas   NV   29,800   242   7
39   Freiberg, Alex   Los Angeles   CA   29,800   241   2
40   Altizer, Von   American Canyon   CA   29,500   235   3
41   Chiovari, Richard   Chicago   IL   29,500   250   2
42   Franklin, Tom "Captain"   Gulfport   MS   29,200   233   4
43   Rood, David   Montreal   QC, Canada   29,000   245   6
44   DNR   DNR   DNR   28,800   234   6
45   Sexton, Keith   Dayton    OH   28,800   229   5
46   Binger, Michael   Las Vegas   NV   28,700   243   1
47   Moore, Pete   Atlanta   GA   28,100   236   4
48   Bari, Allen   West Orange   CA   28,100   246   5
49   Hawrilenko, Matt   Boston   MA   28,100   249   6
50   Salazar, Hernan   Santiago   Chile   28,000   246   7
51   Evdakov, Nikolay   Moscow   Russia   27,900   240   1
52   Lassen, Morten   Holte   Denmark   27,800   246   1
53   Juanda, John   Las Vegas   Neveada   27,700   232   3
54   Johnson, Marco   Walnut Creek   CA   27,600   250   3
55   Steury, Aaron   Fort Wayne    IN   27,400   233   8
56   Cozen, Glenn   Pasedena   CA   27,300   245   2
57   Soulier, Fabrice   Las Vegas   NV   26,200   237   4
58   Ma, John   Skokie   IL   26,000   228   5
59   Dickstein, Mark   New York City   NY   25,900   233   6
60   Tran, Loi   Irvine   CA   25,800   241   6
61   Mayrinck, Maria   Rio de Janeiro   Brazil   25,800   231   5
62   Makowsky, Daniel   Zurich   Switzerland   25,800   239   8
63   Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   25,300   246   4
64   Yancik, Stewart   Blue Springs   MO   25,200   249   3
65   Watson, Michael   Toronto   Canada   25,000   242   2
66   Heller, Adam   London   United Kingdom   24,800   234   3
67   Richburg, James   Long Beach   CA   24,700   231   2
68   Delvin, Stephen   Omagh   Ireland   24,500   236   5
69   Luske, Marcel   St. Juliens   Malta   24,400   235   2
70   Dovzhenko, Alexander      Russia   24,400   248   2
71   Le, Nghia   Shakopee   MN   24,300   204   4
72   Lauria, Bob   West Haven   CT   24,300   249   5
73   McMahan, William   Newprt   TN   23,900   248   4
74   Tulchinskiy, Mikail   Moscow   Russia   23,800   228   7
75   Madsen, Jeff   Los Angeles   CA   23,800   239   3
76   Smith, Gavin   Las Vegas   NV   23,500   244   3
77   Wong, Steve   Hoofddorp   Netherlands   23,300   236   1
78   Slezak, Bob   Omaha   NE   23,000   249   2
79   Ross, Michael   Las Vegas   NV   22,700   227   3
80   Schwartz, Ylon   Austin    TX   21,900   230   4
81   Ferguson, Chris   Pacific Palisades   CA   21,600   240   3
82   Rechnitzer, Gerard   Beverely Hills   CA   21,500   247   1
83   Ma, Tony   El Monte   CA   21,400   204   3
84   Leonidas, Toto   Los Angeles   CA   21,300   228   2
85   Bonomo, Justin   Las Vegas   NV   21,200   244   8
86   Wattel, Mike   Phoenix   AZ   21,000   240   2
87   Barbero, Jose   Buenos Aires   Argentina   20,800   243   2
88   Blanda, Bill   Galveston   TX   20,200   204   5
89   Mizok, Brian   Scranton   PA   20,200   241   8
90   Chiu, David   Las Vegas   NV   19,900   242   5
91   Harman, Jennifer   Las Vegas   NV   19,900   229   6
92   Davis, Martin   London   United Kingdom   19,700   203   4
93   Poels, Pat   Mesa   AZ   19,600   227   1
94   Paz, Jose   Santa Cruz   Bolivia   19,400   228   6
95   Sherr, Paul   Phoenix   AZ   19,300   248   6
96   Derei, Asher   London   United Kingdom   19,200   228   8
97   Ryan, Shawn   Bel Air   MD   19,100   250   6
98   Tryba, Chris   Sturbridge   MA   19,000   235   7
99   Shorr, Shannon   Las Vegas   NV   19,000   250   5
100   Okun, Jared   Las Vegas   NV   18,800   236   6
101   Kay, Casey   San Antonio   TX   18,700   235   5
102   Zoellner, Robert   Tulsa   OK   18,500   203   2
103   Valter, Farina      Italy   18,500   242   8
104   Glantz, Matt   Lafayette Hill   PA   18,200   247   6
105   Zimmerman, Raphael   Missoula   MT   18,000   245   5
106   Micon, Bryan   Las Vegas   NV   17,900   242   1
107   Zeidman, Cory   Coral Springs   FL   17,800   233   5
108   Marbleu, Philippe   Las Vegas   NV   17,800   244   2
109   Nadell, Brian   Las Vegas   NV   17,500   239   2
110   Fricke, Jimmy   Las Vegas   NV   17,500   228   1
111   Brodie, Richard   Kirkland   WA   17,300   227   8
112   Geary, Jim   Phoenix   AZ   17,100   248   8
113   Schaaf, James   Torrance   CA   17,100   235   6
114   Martin, Dan   Klamath Falls   OR   16,800   242   4
115   Seagle, Mickey   Marion   NC   16,800   238   1
116   Nassif, Edward   Ames   IA   16,700   237   8
117   Eikeng, Martin   Oslo   Norway   16,600   232   5
118   Zewin, Don   Las Vegas   NV   16,600   239   7
119   Kegel, Dr Prince of Docness   Santa Cruz   CA   16,500   230   1
120   Hanson, John   New York   NY   16,200   236   8
121   Aronesty, Joe   Miami Beach   FL   15,900   204   2
122   Fellows, Zac   Vancouver   BC, Canada   15,600   229   3
123   Aguiar, Jonathan   Las Vegas   NV   15,600   240   4
124   Rogers, John David   Darien   CT   15,400   242   6
125   Lamb, Gordon   Rochester   NY   15,200   236   7
126   Newitt, JD   Las Vegas   NV   15,100   229   7
127   Craig, Michael   Scottsdale   AZ   15,100   239   1
128   Deacon, Rob   Bullhead City   AZ   14,800   250   4
129   Galbraith, John   Las Vegas   NV   14,500   204   7
130   Schulman, Nick   New York   NY   14,400   231   4
131   Talebi, Rodeen   Los Angeles   CA   14,000   248   3
132   Quach, Daniel   Monrovia   CA   13,950   204   8
133   Brunson, Todd   Las Vegas   NV   13,700   236   2
134   Johns, Ian   Newcastle   WA   13,700   243   8
135   Bohlman, Scott   Homer Glen   IL   13,600   240   7
136   Sklansky, David   Teaneck   NJ   13,500   230   3
137   Park, Theodore   Las Vegas   NV   13,300   241   4
138   Zaichenko, Andrey   Moscow   Russia   13,000   232   8
139   Ramdin, Victor   Bronx   NY   12,900   230   2
140   Suharto, Darus   Toronto   ON, Canada   12,900   236   3
141   Do, Gary   Broomfield   CO   12,800   249   4
142   Rossi, Esther   Las Vegas   NV   12,400   203   5
143   Nassif, Gabriel   Paris   France   12,400   247   4
144   Lewis, Barbara   Las Vegas   NV   11,700   243   3
145   Shakaryan, Ernest   Saint-Petersburg   Russia   11,300   237   6
146   Shak, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   11,200   239   6
147   Newhouse, Mark   Chapel Hill   NC   11,200   234   5
148   Landowski, Benjamin   Hartland   WI   11,100   243   4
149   Gilbert, Zak   Reno   NV   11,100   231   1
150   Appel, William   Houston   TX   11,100   227   2
151   Chait, Craig   Los Angeles   CA   10,900   247   8
152   Smith, Justin   Orlando   FL   10,800   203   3
153   Perry, Ralph   Las Vegas   NV   10,800   241   7
154   Olson, Paul   Glenwood   MN   10,700   238   7
155   Chen, Bill   Lafayette Hill   PA   10,600   203   8
156   Rechnitzer, George   Los Angeles   CA   10,500   238   3
157   Chambers, Tom   Chicago   IL   10,500   247   5
158   Kim, Kelly   Whittier   CA   10,400   244   7
159   Huff, Wesley   Alameda   CA   10,300   203   6
160   Buckley, William   Phillipsburg   NJ   10,100   237   1
161   Johnston, Berry   Bethany   OK   9,900   243   7
162   Zhu, Yueqi   Rowland Heights   CA   9,600   245   3
163   Eller, David   Port Orange   FL   9,500   247   3
164   Cernuto, "Miami" John   Las Vegas   NV   9,100   237   2
165   McLoughlin, Steven   Las Vegas   NV   8,600   233   7
166   Tomko, Duane   Winter Haven   FL   8,600   238   4
167   Hofman, Ronnie   Dordrecht   Netherlands   8,500   232   1
168   Hillel, Aitan   Pasadena   CA   8,500   204   6
169   Womack, John   Lauderhill   FL   7,700   240   5
170   Salzer, Russell   New York   NY   7,500   240   8
171   Judah, Mel   London   United Kingdom   7,400   233   1
172   Brix, Eric   Little Canada   MN   7,400   233   3
173   Simpson, Michael "Bart"   Las Vegas   NV   7,200   239   5
174   Sexton, Paul   Henderson   NV   7,000   232   7
175   Longfellow, Karen   Indian Shores   FL   6,900   241   5
176   Partin, M.J.   Kula   HI   6,700   242   3
177   Lunkin, Vitaly   Moscow   Russia   5,900   248   5
178   Townsend, Charlie   Dagsboro   DE   5,600   239   4
179   Ware, Ron   Discovery Bay   CA   5,000   230   8
180   Sjavik, Jan   Oslo   Norway   4,900   249   1
181   Rodman, Blair   Las Vegas   NV   4,800   227   6
182   Koubi, Fuad   Van Nuys   CA   4,800   227   4
183   Brownstein, Peter   Scottsdale   AZ   4,600   253   8
184   Schultz, Dean   Akron   OH   4,500   231   3
185   Patrick, Mike   Burke   VA   4,400   241   1
186   Bierria, Corey   Atlanta   GA   4,300   228   3
187   Jett, Chip   Las Vegas   NV   4,300   250   8
188   Bihl, Thomas "Buzzer"   Frankfurt   Germany   4,200   240   6
189   Vuong, Alexandra   Rancho Palos Verdes   CA   4,200   243   5
190   Pereira, Christian   Buenos Aires   Argentina   4,100   203   4
191   Bjorin, Chris   London   United Kingdom   3,700   245   7
192   Alioto, Dario   Palermo   Italy   3,300   203   1
193   Rohrer, Erwin         2,800   235   1
194   Woo, David   Atlanta   GA   2,500   234   1
195   Love, Tom   Marietta   GA   2,300   232   6
196   Sheikh, Aurangzeb   Houston   TX   2,300   245   1
197   DNR   DNR   DNR   DNR   246   6

[kinboshi]

it's been doing it since yesterday afaik tony and seems to be happening to most people as we discovered during rsq reveal when suitedjock couldn't give us the correct answers, just kept coming up blank

Sorry, Techies alerted.

No idea what's gone wrong.

it's being sorted.

[Bongo]

it's been doing it since yesterday afaik tony and seems to be happening to most people as we discovered during rsq reveal when suitedjock couldn't give us the correct answers, just kept coming up blank

Sorry, Techies alerted.

No idea what's gone wrong.

Kin broke it! 

[NoflopsHomer]

Gogogogogo JP Kelly. Chip leader in the $1500 PLHE event with 18 left!!!!!!

[NoflopsHomer]

JP still CL 10 left.

Brock Parker just won back to back (or Brock to Brock) bracelets. Utter sicko.

[littlemissC]

final JP chip leader 

[brummieboy]

Good luck JP.

[Dewi_cool]

deserves own thread


http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=42424.0

[tikay]

Nearly but not quite for James Sudworth, still a stunmning performance though, but the headlines are stolen by a quite breathtaking achievement by Brock Parker - back to back Bracelets in Short-Handed play, where you need to be non-stop busy. He took inspiration from Tighty (Mark 2), I believe.


   2009 World Series of Poker            
   Final Results            
   Event #   19         
   Buy In   $2,500         
   Game   No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed         
   Date   08/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   1068         
   Net Prize Pool   $2,456,400         
   First Place Prize   $552,745          
   Total Spots Paid Out   108         
   Players Remaining    135         

               
               
   Final Results            
               
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1   Parker, Brock   $552,745   San Francisco   CA   
2   Serock, Joe   $341,783   Silver Spring   MD   
3   Crane, Russel   $220,633   Howell   NJ   
4   Rios, Jesse   $148,661   Salida   CA   
5   Wilson, Alexander   $104,323   New Haven   CT   
6   Newman, Clayton   $76,123   Athens   GA   
7   Sudworth, James   $54,777   Canterbury   United Kingdom   
8   Meinders, Brian   $54,777   Lakewood   NJ   
9   Kinkade, Jay   $39,376   Perth   Australia   
10   Ivarsson, Alexander   $39,376   Lund   Sweden   
11   Friesen, Brian   $28,297   Winnipeg   MB, Canada   
12   Levi, Yariv   $28,297   Woodland Hills   CA   
13   Mabuchi, Motoyuki   $20,117   Las Vegas   NV   
14   Bord, James   $20,117   Stanmore   United Kingdom   
15   Levy, Steven   $20,117   Peabody   MA   
16   Nguyen, Men   $20,117   Bell Gardens   CA   
17   Yakovenko, Nikolai   $20,117   College Park   MD   
18   Alekhin, Stanislav   $20,117   Moscow   Russia   
19   Duncan, Rory   $14,394   Battleford   SK, Canada   
20   Rennhack, Andrew   $14,394   Seattle   WA   
21   Rinaldi, Claudio   $14,394   Rancate   Switzerland   
22   Su, Stella   $14,394   Sunnyvale   CA   
23   Switzer, Brett   $14,394   Athens   GA   
24   James, Kenna   $14,394   Las Vegas   NV   
25   Katchalov, Eugene   $11,839   New York   NY   
26   Hinkle, Blair   $11,839   Columbia   MO   
27   Nevanlinna, Jussi   $11,839      Finland   
28   Houghton, Laurence   $11,839   London   United Kingdom   
29   Lindgren, Erick   $11,839   Las Vegas   NV   
30   Lederer, Howard   $11,839   Las Vegas   NV   
31   Rowe, Kyle   $10,366   Boardman   OH   
32   Zink, Daniel   $10,366   Bochum   Germany   
33   Judge, Michael   $10,366   Bensalem   PA   
34   Konst, Lennart   $10,366   Xanten-Vynen   Gremany   
35   Boyd, Craig   $10,366   Manchester   MO   
36   Rosewood, Sasha   $10,366   Santa Cruz   CA   
37   Carson, Russell   $9,186   Fredericton   NB, Canada   
38   Wetemans, Jasper   $9,186   Amsterdam   Netherlands   
39   Fyshe, Adam   $9,186   Ottawa   ON, Canada   
40   Manthe, Jeffrey   $9,186   San Diego   CA   
41   Schultz, Andrew   $9,186   Madison   WI   
42   Fuller, Richard   $9,186   Monroe   WA   
43   Gusic, Tomislav   $8,253   Mississuaga   ON, Canada   
44   Wood, Matthew   $8,253   Whitby   ON, Canada   
45   Mammon, Joshua   $8,253   Richmond   BC, Canada   
46   Gottman, William   $8,253   Palmyra   MO   
47   Pecht, Jason   $8,253   Lethridge   AB, Canada   
48   Garza, Jeffrey   $8,253   Norfolk   MA   
49   Edler, William   $7,418   Las Vegas   NV   
50   Kincaid, John   $7,418   Omaha   NE   
51   Marshak, Stuart   $7,418   Deerfield, IL   IL   
52   Woelfel, Wade   $7,418   Mankato, MN   MN   
53   Deeb, Shaun   $7,418   Troy   NY   
54   Croffut, Adam   $7,418   Shoreline   WA   
55   Chan, Terrence   $6,656   Vancouver   BC, Canada   
56   Begley, Timothy   $6,656   Freehold   NJ   
57   Venturini, Anthony   $6,656   Shelby Township   MI   
58   Bianco, Benedetto   $6,656   Elmont   NY   
59   Chen, Benny   $6,656   Scarborough   ON, Canada   
60   Kibler-Melby, Cort   $6,656   Shawnee   KS   
61   Klodnicki, Christopher   $5,993   Voorhees   NJ   
62   Dreibelbis, Jason   $5,993   Pottstown   PA   
63   Mixer, Michael   $5,993   E Greenwich   RI   
64   McGowan, Joe   $5,993   Las Vegas   NV   
65   Schuler, Thorsten   $5,993   Dietenhofen   Germany   
66   Graham, Steven   $5,993   Granite City   IL   
67   Lynn, Ye   $5,404   Bethesda   MD   
68   Flack, Layne   $5,404   Las Vegas   NV   
69   England, Carder   $5,404   Tucker   GA   
70   Cleveland, Richard   $5,404   Boynton Bch   FL   
71   Gabriel, Thomas   $5,404   Lake Mary   FL   
72   Stoykov, Mihail   $5,404   Philadelphia   PA   
73   Shei, Kenneth   $5,404   Las Vegas   NV   
74   Fox, Brett   $5,404   Long Beach   NY   
75   Udine, Joseph   $5,404   Philadelphia   PA   
76   Marsh, Bradley   $5,404   Mississauga   ON, Canada   
77   Belhumeur, David   $5,404   Huntington Beach   CA   
78   Kim, Ian   $5,404   Murrieta   CA   
79   Zaicik, Jacques   $4,863   Paris   France   
80   Faulkner, Brant   $4,863   Belvidere   IL   
81   Morra, Steven   $4,863   New Fairfield   CT   
82   Seidensticker, Tim   $4,863   Miami   FL   
83   Strassmann, Johannes   $4,863   Berlin   Germany   
84   Shlez, Vadim   $4,863   Brooklyn   NY   
85   Jaskiewicz, Jaroslaw   $4,863   Kamloops   BC, Canada   
86   Snipes, John   $4,863   New York   NY   
87   Levy, Adam   $4,863   Las Vegas   NV   
88   Cousineau, Anthony   $4,863   Daytona Beach   FL   
89   Serebryakov, Evgeny   $4,863   Moscow   Russia   
90   Fischer, Seth   $4,863   Palm Harbor   FL   
91   Harmetz, Daniel   $4,372   Sacramento   CA   
92   Elnasr, Nasr   $4,372   Berlin   Germany   
93   Blair, Eric   $4,372   West Hartford   CT   
94   Utnage, Anthony   $4,372   Bloomington   IN   
95   Smith, Joshua   $4,372   Greensboro   NC   
96   Bronstein, Noah   $4,372   Bellevue   WA   
97   Sterken, Rob   $4,372   Veghel   Netherlands   
98   Hanna, Mark   $4,372   Broomfield   CO   
99   Gross, Steven   $4,372   Marlsbro   NJ   
100   Channing, Neil   $4,372   London   United Kingdom   
101   Vanstratum, Caywood   $4,372   Cookeville   TN   
102   Robb, Richard   $4,372   Seneca   SC   
103   Traniello, Marco   $4,372   Las Vegas   NV   
104   Kaiser, Aaron   $4,372   Silver Spring   MD   
105   Rodeen, Talebi   $4,372   Los Angeles   CA   
106   Walters, Nicolas   $4,372   New York   NY   
107   Buzgon, Daniel   $4,372   Marlton   NJ   
108   Hruby, Martin   $4,372   Celakvice   Czech Republic   

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Event Headlines –

 

1.  Brock Parker Wins His Second WSOP Gold Bracelet This Year

 

2.  Parker Crowned King of Six-Handed Hold’em – With Two Wins in Short-Handed Variant   

 

3.  2009 WSOP Produces Repeat Winner – Again (Last Non-Duel Win Year at WSOP Was Ten Years Ago)

 

 

The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em champion 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 young 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 $552,745 for first place.  He was also awarded his second WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to the official records, Parker now has 2 wins, 4 final table appearances, and 13 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.

 

·        Parker currently has $1,041,050 in WSOP winnings.  With this victory, Parker becomes the 125th player in history to achieve $1 million in winnings at the WSOP.

 
 

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Winner Quotes --

 

·        On winning gold bracelet number 2:  “I can’t describe this.  This is just unreal.  It actually does not feel real to me.”

 

·        On why he’s so successful at Six-Handed poker:  “I like to play more hands.  Playing nine-handed is pretty boring.  I guess Six-Handed gets more motivated because I get to play in a lot of pots.”

 

·        On the difference between Six-Handed poker and the conventional nine-handed game:  “It’s more fun.  It’s more enjoyable to mix it up and play in more pots.

 

·        On what’s he’s being doing since his first gold bracelet victory four days ago:  “I played this tournament.  That’s it.  I went out and I ate and went home and tried to sleep – and I couldn’t.  So, I woke up with no sleep and played this tournament.  Then, it was until 1 am the first day and until 3 am the second day….I haven’t had much time to do much else other than sleep and play poker.”

 

·        On the advantages of immediately coming off a victory and playing in the next event:  I don’t know if people are afraid, but they think I’m running good.  They want to say out of my way and that helps with my confidence and lets me pull off things I might not (otherwise) pull.  I get to go with my gut a little bit more.”

 

·        On plans to play tomorrow and beyond:  “I’m probably going to play the next tournament.  I can’t ‘not’ do it, especially now.”   

 

·        On his current status as the leader in the 2009 WSOP “Player of the Year” standings:  “I’m excited for ‘Player of the Year.’  I want to try for that, for sure.  Especially now that they are making a big deal out of it.”

 

·        On being able to maintain focus:  “I started to think about (the bracelet and the money) a little bit.  But I push it out of my head.  I was worried I might get too caught up in it.  But the hands keep coming.  If you keep getting hands -- that is enough pressure, because you have to play to win every pot.”