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

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The Event --

 

·        The $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em championship attracted 633 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $864,045.  The top 63 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The chip leader at the end of Day One was Jason Dewitt, from Mishawaka, IN.  He ended up finishing third.

 

·        The chip leader coming into the final table (end of Day Two) was John-Paul Kelly.  He ended up winning the tournament.

 

·        The final table lasted about five hours.

 

·        Kelly held onto the final table chip lead from start to finish.  The closest any player came to his stack size was two different occasions when Marc Tshirch and Jason Dewitt each came within a 3 to 2 margin of the lead.  But neither was able to seize the lead away from Kelly.

 

·        The final hand of the tournament came when Kelly’s aggressive semi-bluffing on early rounds led to a big payoff.  Kelly was dealt A-Q and bet aggressively both pre- and post-flop, despite holding no pair.  Tschirch had A-5 and called two big bets as the board showed 8-5-4.  A queen on the turn turned the tables and allowed Kelly (suddenly holding top pair) to put his opponent his opponent all in with a big bet.  Tschirch called and failed to improve, giving the victory.

 

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WSOP Statistics --

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #21, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 21,505 entries.  $43,129,625 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Through Event #21 – the nationalities of winners reads as follows:

 

United States – 16

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Australia – 1

United Kingdom – 1

 

Note:  Last year 19 of the 59 gold bracelet events were won by non-Americans (32 percent).

 

·        Event #20 winner John-Paul Kelly is to be classified as a professional player.  He plays full-time.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:

 

            Professionals --            13 wins(Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey, Rami Boukai, Anthony Harb, Ville Wahlbeck, Keven Stammen, Brock Parker-1, Jeffrey Lisandro, Daniel Alaei, Brock Parker-2, John-Paul Kelly)              Amateurs --      3 wins            (Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson)              Semi-Pros --     3 wins            (Vitaly Lunkin. Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton)  ·        Six of the 20 winners this year (30 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners.

 

·        In the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings, Brock Parker (Silver Spring, MD) is the current leader.  Second place belongs to Ville Wahlbeck (Helsinki, Finland), who at the time of this report is going deep in Event #23.  Daniel Negreanu (Las Vegas, NV) remains within striking distance.  John Monnette and Jeffrey Lisandro are also very much in the running.  Still, with 36 events still undecided, “anyone can win.”
             

 

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Errors and Omissions (Previous Reports) --

 

·        Yesterday’s report (Event 19) should have mentioned that the WSOP has now produced multiple gold bracelet winners in every year since 1999, which was the last year which included all single-winners.  Brock Parker won Event 19, which gives him two gold bracelets this year.

 

·        NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A WSOP TOURNAMENT – At the WSOP Circuit event held at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, there was an error in the results.  The EVENT 11 report which concluded in April contained a misspelling.  The 15th-place finisher was MICHAEL JUKICH (not JURICH, as we incorrectly reported).  He is from Pacific Beach, CA.  

 

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Less excitingly, well for the Brits anyway, here's the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. results & splurge.

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   21      
   Buy In   $3,000      
   Date   H.O.R.S.E.      
   Game   09/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   452      
   Net Prize Pool   $1,247,520      
   First Place Prize   $311,899       
   Players to Cash   48      
            
   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Fellows, Zac   $311,899   Vancouver   BC, Canada
2   Van Alstyne, James   $192,866   Las Vegas   NV
3   Finne, Timothy   $126,199   Fanwood    NJ
4   Limongi, Michele   $87,264   Napoli   Italy
5   Amaral, Christopher   $63,536   Fall River    MA
6   Eikeng, Martin   $48,590   Oslo   Norway
7   Nassif, Gabriel   $38,947   Paris   France
8   Hawrilenko, Matthew   $32,647   Boston    MA
9   Yancik, Stewart   $23,777   Blue Springs    MO
10   Smith, Gavin   $23,777   Las Vegas    NV
11   Cremen, Frank   $17,939   Las Vegas    NV
12   Derei, Asher   $17,939   London   United Kingdom
13   Blanda, William   $14,209   Galveston    TX
14   Steury, Aaron   $14,209   Fort Wayne    IN
15   Heller, Adam   $11,477   London   United Kingdom
16   Giang, Chau   $11,477   Las Vegas    NV
17   Baker, David   $8,782   Katy    TX
18   Schwartz, Ylon   $8,782   Autsin    TX
19   Debus, Frank   $8,782      
20   Mckain, Brian   $8,782   Madison    IN
21   Okun, Jared   $8,782   Las Vegas    NV
22   Mcmahan, William jr.   $8,782   Newport    TN
23   Billirakis, Steve   $8,782   Bourbonnais    IL
24   Shak, Daniel   $8,782   Las Vegas    NV
25   Leonidas, Alfredo   $6,449   Los Angeles    CA
26   Luske, Marcel   $6,449   Almere Buiten   
27   Dickstein, Mark   $6,449   New York    NY
28   Huff, David   $6,449   Alameda    CA
29   Golser, Markus   $6,449   Anthering   
30   Frangos, Nikolaos   $6,449   Mays Landing    NJ
31   Lake, Scott   $6,449   Bremerton    WA
32   Phillips, Dale   $6,449   Naples    FL
33   Schaaf, James   $5,838   Torrance    CA
34   Paz, Jose   $5,838   Santa Cruz    BL
35   Tatalovich, Richard   $5,838   Scottsdale    AZ
36   Glantz, Matthew   $5,838   Lafayette Hill    PA
37   Singer, David   $5,838   Las Vegas    NV
38   Watson, Michael   $5,838   Toronto    ON
39   Poels, Patrick   $5,838   Mesa    AZ
40   Sklansky, David   $5,838   Las Vegas    NV
41   Soulier, Fabrice   $5,277   Las Vegas    NV
42   Delvin, Stephen   $5,277   Omagh Co. Tyrone   
43   Greenstein, Barry   $5,277   Rancho Palos Verdes    CA
44   Sarkeshik, Ali   $5,277      
45   Jurgens, Tad   $5,277   Long Beach    CA
46   Hillel, Aitan   $5,277   Pasadena    CA
47   Davis, Martin   $5,277   London   United Kingdom
48   Tulchinskiy, Mikail   $5,277   Moscow   Russia

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He reminds me vey much of a famous British pokerist.

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Event Headlines –

 

1.  Zac Fellows Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  Canada Joins Circle of WSOP Winners – Vancouver’s Zac Fellows Takes HORSE Event

 

3.  Attendance Up for Another WSOP Event Over Last Year

 

 

The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $3,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. champion is Zac Fellows, from Vancouver, BC (Canada).

 

·        Fellows is also listed under the name “Zachary Fellows” at some poker sites.

 

·        Fellows is 25-years-old.  He started playing poker at the age of 17.

 

·        Fellows is an Internet affiliate.  He earns most of his living from marketing and referring players to various online sites.

 

·        Fellows is an avid table tennis player.  He is highly-competitive, which is what led to his interest in poker.

 

·        Fellows is a huge movie fan.  His favorite movie of all-time is “The Shawshank Redemption.”

 

·        Fellows earned some redemption in this event.  At his last final table in the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em championship last year, Fellows came in second.  He vowed to win given another chance and accomplished that feat in this tournament.

 

·        Fellows collected $311,899 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to the official records, Fellows now has 1 wins, 2 final table appearances, and 3 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.

 

·        Fellows currently has $481,284 in WSOP winnings. 

 

·        At the poker table, Fellows wore his lucky hat.  His baseball hat says “Lucky” on the bill.

 
 

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He reminds me vey much of a famous British pokerist.

Steve Davis/Gazza. Of course

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A gracious winner, who readily admits he ran good.


Winner Quotes --

 

·        On winning his first WSOP gold bracelet:  “It’s unbelievable.  It’s surreal.  Even right now, it’s not going to sink in for a couple of more days.  This is something that everybody wants.  It’s something everybody goes after.  I fell really lucky and very fortunate to come out on top.”

 

 

 

·        On luck versus skill in poker tournaments:  “You have to run good and you have to play good.  A lot of guys do one, but not the other.  I was fortune to do both today.”

 

·        On his heads-up strategy:  “I don’t play a lot of heads-up HORSE.  But a lot of the guys who are here with me do.  I talked to them and developed a strategy.  I would be aggressive with the good steal card in the Stud games and just try and put the pressure on (my opponents).”

 

·        On what it takes to win:  “I ran really good.  I have to be honest.  James (Van Alstyne) is an excellent player.  If we ran this ten times, he might come out on top more than me.  He didn’t run good heads-up against me – it’s as simple as that.  At the end, I flopped top set and I got the bracelet for it.  I can’t complain.  Things went very well today.”
 

·        On his opponent, James Van Alstyne:  “James definitely has a gold bracelet in his future.”

 

·        On the stamina required to win this event:  “I was pretty sleep deprived.  In HORSE there is so much memorizing of cards.  Your brain is working overtime.  I think in No-Limit you can relax a little more.  There was one point where I looked at the tournament clock and it was literally like a blur.  I have 20/20 vision.  I said, ‘I don’t know what’s going on.”

 

·        On finishing second at his last final table, and finishing first this time:  “I think the experience is important.  You learn to take it a little better.  I remember that I ran really bad when I lost before.  I was sort of like James last time.  I ran bad and I could not get a hand.  Nothing was going for me.  This time, when that sort of thing happened to me at the final table, it did not rattle me as much.  Experience is always good.”

 

 

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A gracious loser, too.

The Final Table --

 

·        The final table contained no former WSOP gold bracelet winners.  This was the eighth of 21 finales held so far this year with no former winners -- which guaranteed a first-time champion.

 

·        Five different nations were represented at the final table – including Canada, France, Italy, Norway, and the United States.

 

·        Five of the nine finalists were aged 30 and under.

 

·        The runner up was James Van Alstyne, from Las Vegas, NV.  Van Alstyne has a long history of success at the WSOP, but no wins.  His first cash came back in 1994.  Van Alstyne was chip leader during much of the finale, but ran poorly late in the event.  This was his fifth final table appearance and 12th time to cash at the WSOP.

 

·        Van Alstyne said afterward:  “I fell alright.  I mean, I ran unlucky at the end, but then again I was lucky to be in that spot (playing heads-up for a bracelet).  I ran very well for three days – right until the heads-up.  So, I really cant’ complain too much.”
 

·        The third-place finisher was Timothy Finne, from Fanwood, NJ.  Up to this point, Finne had played mostly in local nightly tournaments at various casinos.  This was his highest finish at the WSOP after four previous in-the-money finishes.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Michele Limongi, from Naples, Italy.  He previously made two final tables in the Italian Poker Championship.  This was his highest WSOP finish ever.



·        The fifth-place finisher was Chris Amaral, from Fall River, MA.  Two months ago, Amaral won a WSOP Circuit gold ring at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Martin Eikeng, from Oslo, Norway.  He previously finished as the runner up in the Norwegian Poker Championship (HORSE).

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Gabriel Nassif, from Paris, France.  Nassif is another Magic the Gathering player (a growing list which includes former winners such as Brock Parker, Eric Froehlich, David Williams, and many others) who has converted to poker.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Matt Hawrilenko, from Boston, MA.  He concentrates primarily on high-stakes cash games played online. 

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Stewart Yancik, from Blue Springs, MO.  This marked his first time to cash in a WSOP event.

 

 

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Other In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Other former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Chau Giang (3 wins) who finished 16th, Steve Billirakis who finished 23rd, David Singer who finished 27th, Pat Poels who finished 39th, David Sklansky who finished 40th, and Berry Greenstein who finished 43rd.

 

·        Three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Chau Giang finished 16th.  He now has 47 lifetime cashes, which ties him for eighth on the all-time list.

 

·        Gavin Smith (Las Vegas, NV) remains snake bitten at the WSOP.  On everyone’s list as one of the top players yet to have won a WSOP gold bracelet, Smith took 10th place in this event.  James Van Alstyne, the runner up, also belongs on this short list.

 

·        Ylon Schwartz, who finished fourth in last year’s WSOP Main Event, finished 18th.  He currently ranks 20th on the all-time money-winnings list at the WSOP, with nearly $4 million in earnings.

 

·        Daniel Shak, perhaps best known as the co-winner of the 2007 “Ante-Up For Africa” Charity event at the WSOP (he donated his entire six-figure cash prize to the cause) finished 24th.

 

·        The defending champion from 2008 was Jens Voertmann, from Dortmund, Germany.  He entered this year’s tournament, but did not cash.

 

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        Attendance for this tournament increased by 9 percent over last year.  This year’s event attracted 452 entries.  Last year’s event attracted 414 entries.

 

·        H.O.R.S.E. is an acronym for the five most popular poker games played inside American cardrooms today.  H.O.R.S.E. tournaments include a rotation of the following games -- Hold'em, Omaha High-Low Split, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split (also called Eight-or-Better).  Many purists consider H.O.R.S.E. to be the ultimate test of poker skill, since it requires that players play all games well in order to win.  This claim was perhaps best illustrated at the 2006 World Series of Poker, where H.O.R.S.E. returned to the tournament schedule after a long hiatus.  For more than two decades, the late poker legend Chip Reese had been widely regarded as the best all-around player in the world.  Appropriately, he won the inaugural tournament which cost $50,000 to enter and became the first H.O.R.S.E. world champion.

 

·        The rotation of games in this tournament lasts eight hands.  In other words – following eight dealt hands of Hold'em, there are eight hands of Omaha High-Low followed by eight hands of Razz, and so forth.

 

·        This is the first of three H.O.R.S.E. tournaments on the 2009 WSOP schedule. There is the $50,000 buy-in world championship and a $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament still to come.

 

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The Event --

 

·        The $3,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship attracted 452 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $1,247,520.  The top 48 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The chip leader at the end of Day One was Rob Amereno, from Tucson, AZ.  He did not cash in this event.

 

·        The chip leader coming into the final table was James Van Alstyne.  He ended up finishing second.

 

·        The final table lasted about ten hours, making it the second-longest finale of this year’s WSOP, so far.

 

·        Zac Fellows was second in chips during most of the finale.  Once heads-up play began, he gained momentum and mostly dominated play during the final hour.  Once Fellows had the chip lead, he never lost it.

 

·        When heads-up play began, Fellows and Van Alstyne were close in chips.  They battled heads-up for nearly two hours.

 

·        The final hand of the tournament came in Limit Hold’em when Fellows was dealt 6-6 and made a full-house when the final board showed 6-5-3-J-3.  Van Alstyne’s last chips were committed on the turn and he revealed A-5, which was a pair of fives with a straight draw.  The board paired, which sealed Van Alstyne’s fate as the runner up and gave Fellows the title.

 

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Now the overnights. This is the Shootout. Don't bother looking fior the Brits.

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   22         
   Buy In   $1,500          
   Game   No Limit Hold'em Shootout         
   Date   10/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   999         
   Net Prize Pool   $1,363,635          
   First Place Prize   $313,673         
   Total Spots Paid Out   100         
   Players Remaining    10         
               
   FINAL TABLE DETAILS            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat
1   Jason Somerville   $450,000    Long Island   NY   1
2   Christopher Moore   $450,000    Chicago   IL   2
3   Joseph Cutler   $450,000    Bay Shore   NY   3
4   Jeffrey Carris   $450,000    Las Vegas   NV   4
5   Michael Mcneil   $450,000    Wheeling   WV   5
6   Joshua Tieman   $450,000    Chicago   IL   6
7   Eugene Katchalov   $450,000    New York   NY   7
8   Ralph Shannon   $450,000    Atlanta   GA   8
9   Andrew Margolis   $450,000    Chicago   IL   9
10   Brandon Wong   $450,000    Fresno   CA   10
               
   In the Money Finishers            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1      $313,673         
2      $194,004         
3      $124,158         
4      $82,322         
5      $56,440         
6      $39,968         
7      $29,195         
8      $21,981         
9      $17,045         
10      $13,609         
11   Alvarado, Juan   $5,236    Las Vegas   NV   
12   Amourette, Antoine   $5,236    Pontivy   France   
13   Badecker, Andrew   $5,236    Verona   CT   
14   Baker, David   $5,236    Rochester Hills   MI   
15   Banizuraij, Sami   $5,236    Salt Lake City   UT   
16   Beevers, Joseph   $5,236    Edgeware   New Zealand   
17   Berkey, Matthew   $5,236    Erie   PA   
18   Bibby, Brent   $5,236    Guelph   ON, Canada   
19   Binger, Nicholas   $5,236    Raleigh   NC   
20   Blanco, Cristiano   $5,236    Roma   Italy   
21   Block, Keith   $5,236    New City   NY   
22   Bolotin, Aleksandr   $5,236    Brooklyn   NY   
23   Boyd, Howard   $5,236    West Chester   OH   
24   Boyd, Russell   $5,236    Fresno   CA   
25   Braband, Thomas   $5,236    Oshkosh   WI   
26   Brossia, Kyle   $5,236    Perrysburg   OH   
27   Brunetti, Franco   $5,236    West Hollywood   CA   
28   Burum, Chad   $5,236    Novato   CA   
29   Casper, Joel   $5,236    Chicago   IL   
30   Chan, Ping   $5,236    Scarborough   ON, Canada   
31   Chin, Ronnie   $5,236    Levittown   NY   
32   Cousineau, Anthony   $5,236    Las Vegas   NV   
33   Davis, Jared   $5,236    Philadelphia   PA   
34   Deniro, Joseph   $5,236    Studio City   CA   
35   Do, Quinn   $5,236    El Monte   CA   
36   Dolan, John   $5,236    Bonita Springs   FL   
37   Dong, Zelong   $5,236    Saint Louis   MO   
38   Fikac, Robert   $5,236    Sterling   VA
39   Fixel, Alan   $5,236    Jacksonville   FL
40   Forden, Dana   $5,236    Brooks   AB, Canada
41   Freeman, Scott   $5,236    Oak Park   CA
42   Fric, Bowen   $5,236    Calgary   AB, Canada
43   Frierson, Gary   $5,236    Houston   TX
44   Fuller, Thomas   $5,236    Boulder   CO
45   Fung, Steven   $5,236    Walnut   CA
46   Garaventa, Jody   $5,236    Youngsville   NC
47   Gavatin, Mats   $5,236    Stockholm   Sweden
48   Gross, Steven   $5,236    Glassboro   NJ
49   Hamagami, Clark   $5,236    Kelowna   BC, Canada
50   Hamby, Jared   $5,236    Henderson   NV
51   Hang, Tam   $5,236    Lynnwood   WA
52   Hanks, Brent   $5,236    Fillmore   NY
53   Harris, Maura   $5,236    Ellisville   MO
54   Haynie, Derric   $5,236    Lincoln   CA
55   Hirleman, Daniel   $5,236    Tempe   AZ
56   Husa, Robert   $5,236    Brookfield   IL
57   Jaffe, Jonathan   $5,236    Enfield   CT
58   Jelinek, Petr   $5,236    Praha    Czechoslovakia
59   Jetten, Peter C   $5,236    Toronto   ON, Canada
60   Johnson, Samuel   $5,236    Parker   CO
61   Kahlmeyer, Tim   $5,236       
62   Keesey, Paul   $5,236    Huntington Beach   CA
63   Klodnicki, Christopher   $5,236    Voorhees   NJ
64   Landry, Kai   $5,236    Biloxi   MS
65   Liesy, Marco   $5,236    Speyerer   Germany
66   Ly, Phong   $5,236    San Jose   CA
67   Mackoff, Jonas   $5,236    North Vancouver   BC, Canada
68   Marks, Tyson   $5,236    Missoula   MT
69   Massimiliano, Lupi   $5,236    Roma   Italy
70   Michael, John   $5,236    Atherton   CA
71   Moorer, William   $5,236    Moncks Corner   SC
72   Nguyen, Anh Van   $5,236    Toronto   ON, Canada
73   Rabtsov, Kirill   $5,236       Russia
74   Racener, John   $5,236    Port Richey   FL
75   Ramdin, Annand   $5,236    Las Vegas   NV
76   Saltus, Brian   $5,236    Boise   ID
77   Sander, Marc   $5,236    Hamburg   Germany
78   Scott, Andrew   $5,236       China
79   Scruggs, Shay   $5,236    Bryan   TX
80   Shulman, Barry   $5,236    Las Vegas   NV
81   Siegal, Jeffrey   $5,236    Daly City   CA
82   Simhai, Michael   $5,236    Beverly Hills   CA
83   Skampa, Jan   $5,236    Praha   Czechoslovakia
84   Smurfit, Peter   $5,236    Aventura   FL
85   Sowers, James   $5,236    Charlotte   NC
86   Stothmann, Malte   $5,236    Frankfurt   Germany
87   Stout, Matthew   $5,236    Galloway   NJ
88   Tang, Gary   $5,236    Ithaca   NY
89   Thorson, Gregory   $5,236    Miramar   FL
90   Tran, Theobald   $5,236    Las Vegas   NV
91   Trenck, Erika   $5,236    Las Vegas   NV
92   Tsinis, Arkadiy   $5,236    Las Vegas   NV
93   Tuthill, Nathan   $5,236    Falmouth   VA
94   Vechnak, William   $5,236    Raymore   MO
95   Velador, Jose   $5,236    Lake Elsinore   CA
96   Vohra, Rajesh   $5,236    Lake Worth   FL
97   Wood, Matthew   $5,236    Whitby   ON, Canada
98   Woodward, Matthew   $5,236    Waterboro   ME
99   Yanovski, Leonid   $5,236    Haifa   Israel
100   Yarlagadda, Srinivasa   $5,236    Sarasota   FL

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The Lowballl. Roland remains in contention, though he's a bit thin.

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   23         
   Buy In   $10,000         
   Game   World Championship 2-7 Draw Lowball         
   Date   11/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   96         
   Net Prize Pool   $902,400         
   First Place Prize   $279,751          
   Total Spots Paid Out   14         
   Players Remaining    10         
               
   Table 151            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat #
1   Vince Musso   765,500   Birmingham   AL   6
2   Nick Schulman   300,000   New York   NY   3
3   Archie Karas   264,500   Boulder City   NV   5
4   Steve Sung   212,500   Torrance   CA   2
5   David Benyamine   139,000   Las Vegas   NV   7
6   Justin Smith   122,500   Orlando   FL   1
               
   Table 152            
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country   Seat #
1   Ville Wahlbeck   481,000   Helsinki   Finland   3
2   John Juanda   387,000   Las Vegas   NV   6
3   Michael Binger   108,000   Las Vegas   NV   2
4   Roland De Wolfe   102,000   London   United Kingdom   5
               
   In the Money Finishers            

   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1      $279,751         
2      $172,863         
3      $112,041         
4      $75,964         
5      $53,783         
6      $39,696         
7      $30,492         
8      $24,545         
9      $19,870         
10      $19,870         
11   Zalewski, Hertzel   $19,870   Houston    TX   
12   Pescatori, Max   $17,885   Las Vegas    NV   
13   Harmetz, Daniel   $17,885   Sacramento    CA   
14   Gray, Jason   $17,885   Woodford Green   United Kingdom   

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This is promising, Brits, Shrewdies & blondes galore, & the best three players in Brighton.

   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   24            
   Buy In   $1,500            
   Game   No Limit Hold'em            
   Date   11/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   2,506            
   Net Prize Pool   $3,420,690            
   First Place Prize   $607,256             
   Total Spots Paid Out   270            
   Players Remaining    270            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table    Seat
1   McCaffrey, Glenn   Londonderry   NH   187,800   93   1
2   Fish, Darryll   Las Vegas   NV   157,900   86   9
3   Meyer, Marcus   Zionsville   IN   153,000   72   1
4   Hamrick, Dean   East Lansing   MI   134,700   88   9
5   Linn, Mike   La Jolla   CA   125,800   58   8
6   Montgomery, Seth   Ottawa   ON, Canada   123,000   88   8
7   Marshak, Stuart   Chicago   IL   122,600   58   2
8   Barwacz, Ryan   Fremont   CA   120,800   81   3
9   Powell, Jack   London   United Kingdom   116,900   93   5
10   Carroll, Cory   Halifax   NS, Canada   114,400   74   2
11   Panayote, Pete   Houston   TX   113,800   88   2
12   Yeh, Anthony   Las Vegas   NV   111,400   92   4
13   O'Donnell, Neel   Vancouver   WA   110,300   79   4
14   Penno, Travis   Vancouver   BC, Canada   104,900   72   8
15   Champlin, Benny   Jonesville   LA   100,500   65   1
16   Fitzpatrick, Brian   Fallston   MD   97,500   83   6
17   Mahrenholz, Karl   London   United Kingdom   97,200   81   4
18   Nguyen, Binh   Las Vegas   NV   96,900   63   7
19   Sparks, Chris   Royal Oak   MI   95,000   58   7
20   Shuchleis, Victor   Mexico City   Mexico   93,400   59   7
21   Heimiller, William   Tucson   AZ   92,000   66   4
22   Stjernvang, Helge   Kolsas   Norway   88,800   85   8
23   Hickey, Emmett   Arlington   TX   86,400   73   7
24   Derke, Nicholas   Las Vegas   NV   84,500   59   4
25   Jaffray, Alan   Henderson   NV   84,200   67   8
26   Ly, Dau 'Tommy'   Duluth   GA   83,500   75   5
27   Winters, Thomas   Marble Falls   TX   83,300   88   1
28   Halprin, Michael   St. Petersburg   FL   83,100   65   4
29   Galic, Dragan   Schneverdingen   Germany   82,800   81   1
30   Vilayvanh, Souvanh   Richland   NJ   82,700   72   9
31   Tobin, Kara Scott   Brighton   United Kingdom   81,700   80   7
32   Truijers, Roberto   Oostvoorne   Netherlands   81,400   59   2
33   Downey, Michael   Woodside   NY   80,100   80   2
34   Plumley, Dale   Wasilla   AK   78,900   62   8
35   Fox, David   Coram   NY   78,400   69   5
36   Naalden, Marc   Antwerpen   Netherlands   76,300   73   2
37   Michalowski, Rafal   Syosset   NY   75,100   86   6
38   Dietrich, Mike   Centralia   ON, Canada   74,300   68   2
39   Mcfayden, Neil   London   United Kingdom   74,200   74   1
40   Waliany, Javed   Franklin   NC   72,300   88   2
41   Daneshgar, David   Westlake Village   CA   72,200   79   2
42   Kim, Allen   Los Angeles   CA   71,500   66   6
43   Nehorayan, Robert   Los Angeles   CA   71,000   65   3
44   Morales, Roberto   Cedar Creek   TX   71,000   61   4
45   Gray, Craig   Portland   OR   70,400   79   6
46   Van Horn, Archie   Ada   OK   67,500   79   3
47   Lerman, David   Granada Hills   CA   67,200   92   3
48   Frisk, James   Arvada   CO   67,000   59   8
49   Paasonen, Mika   Mameenlinna   Finland   66,900   82   6
50   Shulruf, Joel   Buffalo Grove   IL   66,600   65   7
51   Davoudi, Ali   Houston   TX   63,600   82   3
52   Hogg, John M.   Gary   IN   63,500   86   8
53   Yarosh, Daryl   Green Pond   NJ   62,500   69   9
54   Dylewski, Jakub   Vancouver   BC, Canada   62,400   63   8
55   Marchese, Charlie   Shoreham   NY   61,900   68   1
56   Brummelhuis, Michiel   Amsterdam   Netherlands   61,900   81   7
57   Gall, Zsombor   Saly   Hungary   61,600   70   1
58   Haun, Ben   San Francisco   CA   61,200   68   4
59   Collom, John   Houston   TX   60,800   85   4
60   Gurian, Philip   Boca Raton   FL   60,700   65   5
61   Schreiber, Daniel   San Diego   CA   60,700   91   5
62   Nguyen, Van Dung   Hoogvliet   Netherlands   60,000   62   9
63   Nixon, John   Toronto   ON, Canada   59,400   86   3
64   Gordon, Larry   Jarvie   AB, Canada   57,800   69   7
65   Bonavida, Ray   Los Angeles   CA   57,100   62   3
66   Le, Nam   Huntington Beach   CA   57,000   62   2
67   Lewis, Todd   Bayside   NY   56,800   58   1
68   Kelly, William   Cleveland   OH   56,600   72   2
69   Chicotsky, David   Fort Worth   TX   56,400   64   1
70   Heather, Nicholas   Dublin   Ireland   55,000   67   6
71   Carello, John   New Rochelle   NY   54,600   62   6
72   Conkright, John   Lexington   KY   54,400   80   4
73   Cho, David   Salt Lake City   UT   53,600   80   8
74   Kwaysser, Valdemar   Budapest   Hungary   52,600   82   2
75   Lam, Mitchell   Henderson   NV   52,200   71   5
76   Santos, Gualter   Rio De Janeiro   Brazil   52,100   63   5
77   Higashihara, Keith   Antioch   CA   51,900   91   4
78   Schmaus, Dean   Altamonte Springs   FL   51,300   71   2
79   Agarwal, Aditya   Kolkatta   India   50,800   79   8
80   Hermans, Ernst   Leiderdorp   Netherlands   50,700   66   7
81   Rasmussen, Thayer   St. Petersburg   FL   50,200   73   8
82   Busquet, Olivier   New York City   NY   47,700   85   5
83   Greco, Michael   London   United Kingdom   47,600   91   9
84   Fernandez, Joe   Turlock   CA   47,300   75   6
85   Horenstein, Peter   Port Chester   NY   47,200   74   5
86   Brenes, Humberto      Costa Rica   47,100   75   2
87   Kongslie, Dean   Salem   OR   46,900   86   4
88   Austin, Daniel   San Jose   CA   46,900   63   2
89   Thomas, Yuri   Los Angeles   CA   46,900   73   1
90   Moorman, Chris   Brighton   United Kingdom   46,700   63   4
91   Rho, Peter   Las Vegas   NV   46,300   93   8
92   Patry, Guillaume   Quebec   QC, Canada   46,000   63   9
93   McRoy, Christopher S.   West Frankfort   IL   45,600   65   2
94   Golias, Joseph   Beaumont   TX   45,000   66   3
95   Pereira, Christian   Buenos Aires   Argentina   44,100   69   1
96   Yeh, Philip   Las Vegas   NV   43,900   85   6
97   Mudd, Greg   Orange    CA   42,900   68   3
98   Min, Wootae   Las Vegas   NV   42,500   75   3
99   Anirudh, Seth   Las Vegas   NV   42,400   61   5
100   Manley, Kevin   Arlington Heights   IL   42,300   71   4
101   Baker, David   Katy   TX   41,400   73   3
102   Faulkner, Douglas   Rancho Cucamonga    CA   40,900   75   7
103   Mullally, Brian   Garden Grove   CA   40,700   92   3
104   Crittenden, David   Montclair   NJ   40,400   91   1
105   Dirksen, Dustin   Las Vegas   NV   40,200   72   3
106   van Loon, Michel   Rotterdam   Netherlands   40,200   93   7
107   Woods, Grant   Lakeside   CA   39,500   80   6
108   Horner, Brent   Leeds   United Kingdom   39,300   64   6
109   Sanchez, Luis   La Habra Heights   CA   39,000   58   6
110   Linde, Dylan   Coeur d'Alene   ID   38,200   64   9
111   Ho, Hoang   Irvine   CA   38,000   72   5
112   Stemper, Patrick   Austin   TX   38,000   64   5
113   Terrell, Kenneth   Roswell   GA   37,500   74   3
114   Barclay, Stuart   Brighton   United Kingdom   37,200   62   1
115   Mubasher, Rami   Cedar Creek   TX   37,100   85   1
116   Norton, Randall   Frankenmuth   MI   36,900   83   7
117   Mezza, Pedro   Pinares De San Cristobal   Guatamala   36,800   93   4
118   Haiman, David   Bronx   NY   36,600   74   7
119   Godinez, Gerardo   Mexico City   Mexico   36,600   67   2
120   Khalili, Sohale   Los Angeles   CA   36,400   63   3
121   Karp, Ryan   Washington   DC   35,700   70   4
122   Blakeley, Chris   San Francisco   CA   35,600   72   4
123   Cunningham, Kemp   Lenexa   KS   35,000   83   3
124   Grenon, Yues   Ottawa   ON, Canada   34,900   82   1
125   Lennaard, Ken   Stockholm   Sweden   34,800   73   6
126   Futhey, Wilbur   Crossville   TN   33,900   60   4
127   Boustani, Rocky   Dallas   TX   33,600   80   9
128   Tommy   Orange County   CA   33,600   66   9
129   Di Giovanni, Steven   Mississauga   ON, Canada   33,500   73   5
130   Boutin, Burt   Las Vegas   NV   33,300   93   9
131   Welch, Ryan   Nashville   TN   33,100   70   8
132   Derbyshire, Martin   Vancouver   BC, Canada   32,900   83   9
133   DelGrosso, Marcello   Toronto   ON, Canada   32,800   71   1
134   Fagen, Patrick   Urbandale   IA   32,600   59   3
135   Acorda, Felimon   Kona   HI   32,600   73   4
136   Correa, Roberto   Houston   TX   32,300   74   6
137   Roulier, Chris   Los Angeles   CA   32,000   65   6
138   Febers, Paul   Wishaw   United Kingdom   32,000   81   6
139   Sheloh, Jacob   North Mankato   MN   32,000   87   4
140   Sawyer-Smith, Susan   Northville   MI   31,400   60   9
141   Pandurangan, Gokula   Fremont   CA   31,200   81   8
142   Rodgville, Scott   Elkridge   MD   31,000   62   7
143   McCormack, Chris   Manhattan Beach   CA   31,000   71   7
144   Moore, Terrence   San Antonio   TX   30,800   83   1
145   Porter, Devin   Provo   UT   30,800   72   6
146   Berg, Darren   Madison   WI   30,700   92   8
147   Munro, Karen   Whitehorse   YT, Canada   30,700   91   3
148   Leonard, Stephen   Melbourne   Australia    30,600   86   5
149   Yalouskikh, Aliaksandr   Las Vegas   NV   30,500   60   2
150   Bry, Mike   Manvel   ND   30,100   67   3
151   Ketteringham, Mark   Los Angeles   CA   30,000   86   1
152   Braun, Chris   Pollock Pines   CA   29,100   82   5
153   Roberti, Simon   San Costaneo   Italy   28,700   79   1
154   Link, Robert   Livonia   MI   28,400   64   3
155   Banghart, Jeff   Bennington   NE   27,900   60   3
156   Chalendard, Marie   Montpellier   France   27,700   83   8
157   Lutz, Tom   Las Vegas   NV   27,700   71   9
158   Wolfe, Matthew   Windsor   ON, Canada   27,600   79   5
159   Korolev, Alexander   Moscow    Russia   27,600   87   5
160   Burgio, Vince   West Hills   CA   27,400   61   3
161   Melioli, Marco   Reggio Emilia   Italy   27,100   81   5
162   Sebok, Joe   San Fransisco   CA   26,900   61   9
163   Martin, Dan   Klamoth Falls   OR   26,300   67   5
164   Gibralter, David   Rockwall   TX   26,200   69   8
165   Wernette, Michael   Chicago   IL   25,700   81   2
166   Mizrachi, Robert   Las Vegas   NV   25,500   87   6
167   Wheeler, Jason   San Diego   CA   25,400   68   9
168   Miyashiro, Ivan   Honolulu   HI   25,300   74   9
169   Manole, Mihai   Targoviste   Romania   25,200   92   7
170   Howerton, Frank Loy   Bixby   OK   25,100   82   8
171   Prins, Michael   Seattle   WA   23,600   93   6
172   Peters, Dudley   Friendship   MD   23,500   85   2
173   Ferraro, Mark   San Jose   CA   23,300   71   8
174   Pender, Dallin   Brooklyn Park   MN   23,100   62   4
175   Feldman, Andrew   Watford   United Kingdom   23,000   91   2
176   Minning, Chris   Pflugerville   TX   22,600   83   4
177   Maher, Mike   Las Vegas   NV   22,500   80   3
178   Silver, Joel   Porter Ranch   CA   22,500   66   5
179   Johnson, Keith   Des Plaines   IL   22,400   59   9
180   Hartner, Brian   Midvale   UT   22,200   67   9
181   Tran, David   Sacramento   CA   22,100   71   6
182   Perry, Andrew   Waukesha   WI   21,900   61   7
183   Villines, Joseph   Henderson   KY   21,900   86   7
184   Arnett, Bryan   North Port   FL   21,700   68   6
185   Blair, Eric   West Hartford   CT   21,600   60   5
186   MacNeil, Christopher   Peabody   MA   21,600   60   6
187   Von Spannenberg, Tore Schlid   Berlin   Germany   21,600   75   9
188   Vaghefi, Farid   Las Vegas   NV   21,400   68   5
189   Herra, Michael   Fort Moltave   AZ   21,300   69   6
190   Zangara, Louis   Sherwood   OR   21,000   70   9
191   Garshofsky, Mitchell   Las Vegas   NV   21,000   60   8
192   Magallon, Anthony   Avenel   NJ   20,900   59   1
193   Mahoney, Jared   Abington   MA   20,900   65   9
194   Tran, Khoa   Garden Grove   CA   20,200   64   7
195   Samanek, Josef   Brno   Czech Republic   20,200   61   1
196   Cavanaugh, John   Berlin   CT   20,200   75   4
197   Pena, Ernesto   Corona   CA   20,200   70   2
198   Siedlecki, Mike   Chicago   IL   20,200   61   8
199   Wilk, Steve   Helotes   TX   20,100   62   5
200   Azevedo, Franklin   Dos Palos   CA   20,100   67   1
201   Meyer, Ken   Tucson   AZ   20,000   70   3
202   Seden, Andrew   London   United Kingdom   19,900   83   5
203   Haver, James   Tulsa   OK   19,700   91   6
204   de Korver, Pieter   Leeuwarden   Netherlands   19,600   64   8
205   Hilger, Matthew   Swanee   GA   19,600   67   4
206   Dobrilovic, Tom   West Nyack   NY   19,500   70   5
207   Liu, Eric   San Francisco   CA   19,000   61   6
208   Sundin, Eric   Stockholm   Sweden   18,600   58   5
209   Platt, Chris   Las Vegas   NV   17,800   81   9
210   Wood, Bill   Manakin Sabot   VA   17,700   75   8
211   England, Carder   Auburn   NY   17,700   58   4
212   Stewart, Kirk   Lompoc   CA   17,500   66   1
213   Huettman, Kurt   Las Vegas   NV   17,400   58   9
214   Rosenfeldt, Jack   Hobro   Denmark   17,300   88   4
215   Mu, Wei Mao   Pearl City   HI   17,000   93   2
216   Crizaldo, Manuel   Las Vegas   NV   16,900   85   7
217   Norris, Joshua   Toronto   ON, Canada   16,900   69   4
218   Sisley, Todd   Toronto   ON, Canada   16,800   88   5
219   Finlay, Andy   Salt Lake City   UT   16,400   66   8
220   Simmons, Joe   Shreveport   LA   16,300   67   7
221   Martin, Capt. Eddylee   Cayman Brac   Cayman Islands   15,700   64   4
222   Bury, Michael   Jupiter   FL   15,400   60   1
223   Malish, Michael   Kansas City   MO   15,400   66   2
224   Kay, Matt   Waterloo   IA   15,300   93   3
225   McLaughlin, Tom   Burlington   CT   15,100   79   9
226   Heyden, David   Ashland    OR   15,000   87   9
227   Nodine, Noah   Norman   OK   14,900   92   6
228   Kimber, Jeff   Newcastle   United Kingdom   14,700   70   7
229   Pecht, Jason   Lethbridge   AB, Canada   14,500   82   4
230   Self, Wes   Florence   AL   14,200   82   9
231   Dyer, Greg   Minneapolis   MN   13,900   65   8
232   Binsky, Bob   Hallandale Beach   FL   13,800   82   7
233   Giblin, Shauna   Magnolia   TX   13,500   88   6
234   Simm, Stephen   Cleveland   OH   13,400   69   3
235   Mullens, Andrew   Miami   FL   13,100   87   3
236   Griner, Billy   Monroe   MI   12,900   86   2
237   Butt, James   Buckley   WA   12,600   80   1
238   Krueger, Russ   Scottsdale   AZ   12,400   87   2
239   Kleimann, Bryan Scott   Columbus   TX   12,400   75   1
240   Lum, Sheldon   New York   NY   12,400   74   8
241   Hill, Mike   Stockport   United Kingdom   12,200   80   5
242   Crawford, Gabriel   Farmington Hills   MI   12,000   68   7
243   Banfield, Melanie   Johannesburg   South Africa   11,600   74   4
244   Atkinson, Bruce   Brishton   United Kingdom   11,500   68   8
245   Klaning, Jens   Aarhus   Denmark   11,300   58   3
246   Paul-Ambrose, Stephen   Kingston   ON, Canada   11,200   72   7
247   Cole, Daniel   San Antonio   TX   10,700   63   6
248   Goldklang, David   Mill Valley   CA   10,700   59   6
249   Clark, Michael   Rancho Mirage   CA   10,700   92   1
250   Napoli, John   Daytona Beach   FL   10,400   85   3
251   Minaya, Manny   Tampa   FL   9,100   88   3
252   Madsen, Lars   Kerteminde   Denmark   8,600   63   1
253   Adams, Michael   Dolgeville   NY   8,400   85   9
254   Pellegrini, Edward   Tylertown   MS   8,300   61   2
255   Gaybba, Johan   Capetown   South Africa   8,000   59   5
256   Sita, Damon   Alexandria   VA   7,800   69   2
257   Koegler, Michael   New York   NY   7,700   92   5
258   Bagley, Keith   Warwick   RI   7,700   87   7
259   Ojala, Toni   Turku   Finland   6,800   70   6
260   Wimberly, Wilbur   Goliad   TX   6,800   91   8
261   Dorsch, Scott   Independence   MO   6,700   79   7
262   Hakim, Jeffrey   Beirut   Lebanon   6,700   87   8
263   Elias, Michael   Long Beach   CA   6,200   92   9
264   Rivera, Jorge   Brooklyn   NY   6,000   87   1
265   Goo, Christopher   St. Louis   MO   5,700   64   2
266   Sargent, Cory   Greenwood   IN   3,800   83   2
267   Virtanen, Petri   Hanko   Finland   3,700   71   3
268   Hougaard, Lars   Copenhagen   Denmark   2,700   91   7
269   Broadworth, Mark   Sterling Heights   MI   2,500   73   9
270   James, David   Gilbert   AZ   DNR   60   7