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

[tikay]

Not entirely sure why Harrah's sent me this, but they did, so here it is.

It's a list of Entrants. Worth the wait, then.

Good to see Michael Watson playing this.

He's from Newfoundland, which I believe is technically classified as an "emerging poker nation".


   2009 World Series of Poker         
   List of Entrants         
   Event #   27      
   Buy In   $5,000       
   Game   Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better      
   Date   12-Jun-09      
   Number of Entries   198      
   Net Prize Pool   $470,000       
   First Place Prize   $124,551      
   Total Spots Paid Out   18      
            
   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Table, Seat #
1   ABECASSIS, MICHEL   PARIS    France   Brasilia 231/6
2   ADAMS, THOMAS   WHITEHALL   PA   Brasilia 240/8
3   AKOPYAN, SARKIS   MOSCOW   Russia   Brasilia 231/7
4   ALAEI, DANIEL   WEST HOLLYWOOD   CA   Brasilia 247/2
5   ALIOTO, DARIO   PALERMO   Italy   Brasilia 230/8
6   APPLEMAN, MICKEY   FORT LEE   NJ   Brasilia 229/9
7   ASHBY, RICHARD   VATFORD   United Kingdom   Brasilia 246/7
8   BACH, DAVID   ATHENS   GA   Brasilia 248/3
9   BARTLOG, MARK   HAMBURG   Germany   Brasilia 231/9
10   BAXTER, MICHAEL   PACIFIC PLSDS   CA   Brasilia 239/6
11   BEEVERS, JOSEPH   EDGEWARE   United Kingdom   Brasilia 227/2
12   BELL, CHRISTOPHER   RALEIGH   NC   Brasilia 227/5
13   BEVAND, MANUEL   PARIS   France   Brasilia 234/7
14   BINGER, MICHAEL   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 245/7
15   BJORIN, CHRIS   LONDON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 240/7
16   BLACK, ANDREW   DUBLIN    United Kingdom   Brasilia 228/4
17   BLOCH, ANDREW   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 248/7
18   BOATMAN, BARNY   LONDON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 234/3
19   BOATMAN, ROSS   LONDON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 236/7
20   BORD, JAMES   STANMORE   United Kingdom   Brasilia 237/5
21   BOWERMAN, CHRISTIAN   FRESNO   CA   Brasilia 240/6
22   BOWKER, KYLE   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 244/3
23   BOWLING, DUSTIN   COVINGTON   IN   Brasilia 241/6
24   BUENO, PATRICK   SURESNES    France   Brasilia 227/4
25   BULYCHEV, ILYA   MO CUTUCOVH      Brasilia 241/2
26   CALHOUN, CARSON   FALLS CHURCH   VA   Brasilia 230/2
27   CAMPBELL, ROBERT   NORTH MIAMI   FL   Brasilia 229/1
28   CANNON, KYLE   ROCKVILLE   MD   Brasilia 246/4
29   CARTER, BRENT   OAK PARK   IL   Brasilia 228/3
30   CERNUTO, JOHN   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 247/7
31   CHANTHABOUASY, STEVE   CLACKAMAS   OR   Brasilia 236/8
32   CHIU, DAVID   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 234/5
33   CLEMENTS, SCOTT   MOUNT VERNON   WA   Brasilia 235/9
34   CORPUZ, MARTIN   MOUNTAIN VIEW   CA   Brasilia 227/6
35   COUSINEAU, ANTHONY   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 238/3
36   COVINGTON, JAMES   CHARLOTTE   NC   Brasilia 239/2
37   CRAWFORD, JOSHUA   DORCHESTER   MA   Brasilia 239/5
38   DAENINCKX, OLIVER         Brasilia 234/8
39   DANZER, GEORGE   PASSAU   OK   Brasilia 234/9
40   DAVIS, MARTIN   LONDON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 242/4
41   DEWOLFE, ROLAND   ARKLEY HERTS      Brasilia 246/1
42   DICKSTEIN, MARK   NEW YORK   NY   Brasilia 232/3
43   DIDIER, MARC   SALT LAKE CITY   UT   Brasilia 248/9
44   ELEZRA, ELIAHU   HENDERSON   NV   Brasilia 248/4
45   ERDMAN, TRAVIS   BURLINGAME   CA   Brasilia 227/1
46   ESQUEVIN, ARNAUD      France   Brasilia 231/1
47   EVDAKOV, NIKOLAY   MOSCOW   Russia   Brasilia 238/4
48   FABIAN, GABOR   BUDAPEST   Hungary   Brasilia 248/2
49   FERGUSON, CHRISTOPHER   PACIFIC PALISADES   CA   Brasilia 248/1
50   FERNANDEZ, JACOBO   HOLLYWOOD   FL   Brasilia 243/3
51   FILIPPI, AMNON   NEW YORK   NY   Brasilia 241/8
52   FISCHMAN, SCOTT   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 227/8
53   FITOUSSI, BRUNO   SCEAUX   France   Brasilia 245/2
54   FLACK, DEE   WHITEWOOD   SD   Brasilia 238/5
55   FORCE, LEIF   TALLAHASSEE   FL   Brasilia 231/3
56   FORWALTERFRIEDMAN, PATRI   MOUNTAIN VIEW   CA   Brasilia 229/6
57   FOULIAS, ANDREAS   CHANDLER   AZ   Brasilia 233/7
58   FREEDMAN, BRUCE   PLANTATION   FL   Brasilia 235/8
59   FRIEDMAN, PERRY   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 229/5
60   FUHS, DANIEL   SCOTTSDALE   AZ   Brasilia 227/7
61   FULLER, RICHARD   SNOHOMISH   WA   Brasilia 247/4
62   GAZES, WILLIAM   NEW YORK   NY   Brasilia 241/3
63   GEARY, JAMES   TUCSON   AZ   Brasilia 238/2
64   GERASIMOV, KIRILL   MOSCOW   Russia   Brasilia 228/1
65   GIANNOKOSTAS, GREGORY   ATLANTA   GA   Brasilia 230/4
66   GLADWELL, JAMES   REDDICK   FL   Brasilia 240/1
67   GOLSER, MARKUS   ANTHERING   Austria   Brasilia 247/6
68   GOULD, PETER   SOUTHEND ON SEA   United Kingdom   Brasilia 241/9
69   GOULD, ALAN   PLANTATION   FL   Brasilia 243/1
70   GOWEN, CLONIE   SACHSE   TX   Brasilia 244/7
71   GRAHAM, MATTHEW   PEARLAND   TX   Brasilia 233/9
72   GUTH, JOHN   VANCOUVER   WA   Brasilia 244/6
73   HANNA, SALIM   GILBERT   AZ   Brasilia 229/7
74   HANSEN, THOR   EL SEGUNDO   CA   Brasilia 239/9
75   HARDWICK, JOSHUA   HARRISON   OH   Brasilia 242/6
76   HARKIN, JEREMY   VANCOUVER   WA   Brasilia 228/2
77   HARMETZ, DANIEL   SACRAMENTO   CA   Brasilia 238/8
78   HARTMANN, ANTHONY   RICHFIELD   MN   Brasilia 236/4
79   HEIMILLER, DANIEL   HENDERSON   NV   Brasilia 247/9
80   HEMMING, TERRENCE   SEATTLE   WA   Brasilia 232/4
81   HOLLINK, ROBERTUS   GRONINGEN   Netherlands   Brasilia 246/2
82   HOOSHMAND, KIA   JERSEY CITY   NJ   Brasilia 232/7
83   HOPKINS, DARRELL   MIDLAND   TX   Brasilia 230/1
84   HORST, ALEXANDER         Brasilia 230/6
85   HUGHES, RYAN   PHOENIX   AZ   Brasilia 233/5
86   ISAIA, ALESSIO   ROCCABRUNA   Italy   Brasilia 242/5
87   IVEY, PHILLIP   UNIVERSITY CITY   MO   Brasilia 240/9
88   JACKSON, JOHN   RALEIGH   NC   Brasilia 239/7
89   JETT, CHARLES   HENDERSON   NV   Brasilia 236/9
90   JOHN, DAVID   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 245/1
91   JOHNSTON, BERRY   BETHANY   OK   Brasilia 246/9
92   JUANDA, JOHNSON   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 245/4
93   KABBAJ, JEAN   LONDON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 248/5
94   KAHLMEYER, TIM         Brasilia 238/1
95   KARP, JEFFREY   BRANDON   FL   Brasilia 232/6
96   KASSIN, CHARLES   SANTA MONICA   CA   Brasilia 245/5
97   KEGEL, DR   SANTA CRUZ   CA   Brasilia 229/4
98   KESSLER, ALLEN   HUNTINGDON VALLEY   PA   Brasilia 241/7
99   KHOUEIS, SAMIR   PENDLE HILL NSW   United Kingdom   Brasilia 243/6
100   KOSTRITSYN, ALEXANDER   MOSCOW   Russia   Brasilia 243/5
101   KRAVCHENKO, ALEXANDER   MOSCOW   Russia   Brasilia 244/1
102   KRUEGER, QUENTIN   WINNIPEG   MB, Canada   Brasilia 238/7
103   LADOWSKY, STEPHEN   TORONTO   ON, Canada   Brasilia 237/1
104   LANGMANN, FLORIAN   PULSNITZER   Germany   Brasilia 243/8
105   LAWSON, TED   PLANTATION   FL   Brasilia 237/8
106   LEFKOWITZ, MATTHEW   INVERNESS   CA   Brasilia 245/6
107   LELLOUCHE, ANTONY   PARIS   France   Brasilia 237/7
108   LIEBERT, KATHLEEN   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 244/8
109   LIND, GEORGE   GILBERT   AZ   Brasilia 229/2
110   LINDGREN, ERICK   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 245/8
111   LISANDRO, JEFFREY   SALERNO   Italy   Brasilia 239/8
112   LONGFELLOW, KAREN   PLANT CITY   FL   Brasilia 231/2
113   MADDEN, PATRICK   LEXINGTON   KY   Brasilia 242/7
114   MARANGOZ, UGUR   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 237/6
115   MARCUS, VAN   BLOSSOM PARK   ON, Canada   Brasilia 237/4
116   MARKHOLT, LEE   EATONVILLE   WA   Brasilia 235/2
117   MATUSOW, MICHAEL   HENDERSON   NV   Brasilia 233/3
118   MCGLYNN, JOHN   LOS ANGELES   CA   Brasilia 242/2
119   MCKINLEY, CAMERON   VANCOUVER   WA   Brasilia 230/3
120   MCMAHAN, WILLIAM   STRAWBERRY PLAINS   TN   Brasilia 248/6
121   MERCIER, JASON   DAVIE   FL   Brasilia 239/3
122   MINAYA, MANELIC   TAMPA   FL   Brasilia 235/3
123   MIZRACHI, ROBERT   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 247/5
124   MONNETTE, JOHN   IRVINE   CA   Brasilia 242/9
125   MOORE, PETER   NORCROSS   GA   Brasilia 248/8
126   MURPHY, KEVIN   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 233/4
127   NEGREANU, DANIEL   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 232/9
128   NEWITT, JASON   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 242/3
129   NGUYEN, SCOTTY   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 234/4
130   NIERGARTH, NICHOLAS   ELKHORN   WI   Brasilia 237/2
131   NOWAKOWSKI, DAVID   VOORHEES   NJ   Brasilia 241/1
132   OBRIEN, GEORGE   AURORA   CO   Brasilia 233/8
133   OSHEA, JOHN   CHURCHTOWN   United Kingdom   Brasilia 240/2
134   OZKAN, ENDER   SANTA ANA   CA   Brasilia 228/7
135   PABLOU, HARRIS   QUEENSLAND   Australia   Brasilia 235/5
136   PAGLIUCA, GERARD   CARY   NC   Brasilia 232/8
137   PAPPAS, GREGORY   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 231/5
138   PARKER, PAUL   BRIGHTON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 234/2
139   PESCATORI, MASSIMILIANO   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 246/8
140   PESEK, MICHAEL   CAROL STREAM   IL   Brasilia 239/4
141   PETERSEN, KEVIN   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 233/1
142   PHILLIPS, JUSTIN   OREGON CITY   OR   Brasilia 235/1
143   PICKERING, JAMIESON   QUEENS LAND   Australia   Brasilia 243/9
144   PRICE, ROBERT   CORNWELL   United Kingdom   Brasilia 241/4
145   RABTSOV, KIRILL      Russia   Brasilia 232/1
146   RACENER, JOHN   PORT RICHEY   FL   Brasilia 242/8
147   RAMIREZ 111, SENOVIO   MERCEDES   TX   Brasilia 236/6
148   RAPOPORT, ALIN   NORWICH   United Kingdom   Brasilia 240/4
149   RESLOCK, CHRIS   ATLANTIC CITY   NJ   Brasilia 238/6
150   RHEEM, DAVID   SUNNY ISLES BEACH   FL   Brasilia 237/9
151   RICHEY, BRETT   NEW YORK   NY   Brasilia 244/4
152   RIOS, JESSE   WESTMINSTER   CA   Brasilia 228/5
153   ROMANELLO, ROBERTO   GORSEINON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 235/7
154   ROUPE, THOMAS   HOUSTON   TX   Brasilia 234/1
155   RUDD, RALPH   DOWNEY   CA   Brasilia 246/5
156   RUIZ, ARMANDO   TAMARAC   FL   Brasilia 245/9
157   SANTONI, LUIS   PEMBROKE PINES   FL   Brasilia 229/3
158   SEIDEL, ERIK   HENDERSON   NV   Brasilia 232/5
159   SEXTON, MICHAEL   HENDERSON   NV   Brasilia 227/3
160   SHAFFER, BRETT   BELOIT   KS   Brasilia 247/1
161   SHARASKIN, IGOR      Russia   Brasilia 236/2
162   SHEMMER, YADIN   LONDON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 233/6
163   SHIPLEY, JOHN   SHIRLEY SOLIHULL   United Kingdom   Brasilia 231/8
164   SHIRK, JOHN   CLAYTON   NC   Brasilia 236/3
165   SHORR, SHANNON   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 228/6
166   SHULMAN, BARRY   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 244/9
167   SINGER, DAVID   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 228/9
168   SINGER, NATHAN   COTATI   CA   Brasilia 240/3
169   SINGLETARY, MATTHEW   WESLEY CHAPEL   FL   Brasilia 230/7
170   SIX, MICHAEL   NASHVILLE   TN   Brasilia 236/1
171   SKLANSKY, DAVID   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 227/9
172   SKLAR, RICHARD   NORTHRIDGE   CA   Brasilia 246/3
173   SMITH, DANIEL   FOLSOM   CA   Brasilia 244/5
174   SMITH, JORDAN   KEMP   TX   Brasilia 233/2
175   SMITH, JUSTIN   KISSIMMEE   FL   Brasilia 242/1
176   SOFER, EVAN   ARCADIA   CA   Brasilia 247/8
177   SOLOMON, MICHAEL   NEW YORK   NY   Brasilia 231/4
178   SOULIER, FABRICE   BARBENTANE   NV   Brasilia 238/9
179   STEICKE, DAVID   ROME   Italy   Brasilia 234/6
180   STEPHENS, JOHN   OCALA   FL   Brasilia 237/3
181   STOCKINGER, SIGI   LINZ   Austria   Brasilia 235/4
182   SUNAR, SURINDER   WOLVERHAMPTON   United Kingdom   Brasilia 247/3
183   TALEBI, RODEEN   DALLAS   TX   Brasilia 230/5
184   TAM, KENNY   HOUSTON   TX   Brasilia 228/8
185   TANG, BENJAMIN   SCOTTSDALE   AZ   Brasilia 243/7
186   TRANIELLO, MARCO   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 236/5
187   VANALSTYNE, JAMES   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 241/5
188   VEITZER, SCOTT   OMAHA   NE   Brasilia 239/1
189   VELDHUIS, ALEXANDER   ROTTERDAM   Netherlands   Brasilia 245/3
190   WATSON, MICHAEL   ST. JOHNS NEW FOUNDLAND   ON, Canada   Brasilia 243/2
191   WEGHER, MARCO         Brasilia 243/4
192   WIESNER, NATHANIEL   AMARILLO   TX   Brasilia 229/8
193   WILK, STEVEN   SAN ANTONIO   TX   Brasilia 235/6
194   WILLIS, ROBERT   GRENADA   MS   Brasilia 246/6
195   YAKOVENKO, NIKOLAI   NEW YORK   NY   Brasilia 240/5
196   YANCIK, STEWART   KANSAS CITY   MO   Brasilia 230/9
197   YEUNG, PHILIP   LAS VEGAS   NV   Brasilia 232/2
198   ZIMMERMAN, RAPHAEL   MISSOULA   MT   Brasilia 244/2

[Rupert]

not sure i get the michael watson reference but er he plays as SirWatts online and is v v good, won last years bellagio cup at the end of the series

[tikay]

A Shrewdie troubles the scorers, Flushy must be coining it.

Bruce Atkinson's name caught my eye. His non-stop "Elvis" routine is cringeworthy, & many years beyond it's sell-by-date, & he's old, & all old peeps are a pain in the butt, obviously. But it's his 15th or 16th WSOP Cash, & he sits patiently at the Table in his somewhat garish shirt beaming broadly, waiting for Premiums, & really enjoys his poker. For that, he gets my respect. He runs an outfit called (something like) the European Poker Hall of Fame, which dishes out gongs & Lifetime Awards every year in Paris on a sort of old pals basis. He writes to me every year looking for TV Coverage, the angle being he wants paying for that coverage. I love unbounded optimism & enthusiasm, & that's what Bruce does. In his European Hall of Fame thingie, he rejoices in the title of "President". I don't know why, but that always tickles me.

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   End of Day Two 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    19      
            
   Table 153         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Glenn Mccaffrey   $737,000   Londenderry   NH
2    Benny Champlin   $623,000   Jonesville   WA
3    Stuart Marshak   $616,000   Chicago   IL
4    Mihai Manole   $436,000   Targoviste   Romania
5    Roberto Correa   $309,000   Houston   TX
6    Ali Davoudi   $254,000   Houston   TX
            
   Table 154         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1    Alan Jaffray   $1,193,000   Henderson   NV
2    David Lerman   $589,000   Granada Hills   CA
3    Brian Fitzpatrick   $582,000   Fallston   MD
4    Souvanh Vilayvanh   $523,000   Richland   NJ
5    Gualter Santos   $512,000   Rio De Janeiro   Brazil
6    Chris Sparks   $202,000   Royal Oak   MI
            
   Table 155         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1     Andy Seth   $1,407,000   Las Vegas   NV
2   Roberto Truijers   $681,000   Oostuoorne   Netherlands
3   Dean Hamrick   $629,000   East Lansing   MI
4   Andrew Seden   $575,000   London   United Kingom
5   Michael Greco   $546,000   London   United Kingom
6   Ernst Hermans   $518,000   Leiden   Netherlands
7    Pete Vilandos   $325,000   Houston   TX
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1      $607,256      
2      $372,855      
3      $248,855      
4      $176,165      
5      $132,380      
6      $105,699      
7      $88,937      
8      $79,017      
9      $73,886      
10      $51,755      
11      $51,755      
12      $51,755      
13      $36,225      
14      $36,225      
15      $36,225      
16      $25,347      
17      $25,347      
18      $25,347      
19      $17,753      
20   Nguyen, Van Dung   $17,753   Hoogvliet   Netherlands
21   Morales, Roberto   $17,753   Cedar Creek   TX
22   Crittenden, David   $17,753   Montclair   NJ
23   Welch, Ryan   $17,753   Nashville   TN
24   Gray, Craig   $17,753   Portland   OR
25   Roulier, Chris   $17,753   Burbank   CA
26   Barwacz, Ryan   $17,753   Fremont   CA
27   Goldklang, David   $17,753   Mill Valley   CA
28   Wood, William   $14,093   Manakin Sabot   VA
29   Derbyshire, Martin   $14,093   Toronto   ON, Canada
30   Meyer, Marcus   $14,093   Zionsville   IN
31   Patry, Guillaume   $14,093   Quebec   QC, Canada
32   Simmons, Joe   $14,093   Shreveport   LA
33   Sundin, Erik   $14,093   Stockholm   Sweden
34   Chicotsky, David   $14,093   Fort Worth   TX
35   Dietrich, Michael   $14,093   Centralia   ON
36   Barclay, Stuart   $14,093   Worthing W Sussex   United Kingdom
37   Le, Tommy   $10,604   Tustin   CA
38   Silver, Joel   $10,604   Porter Ranch   CA
39   Downey, Michael   $10,604   Woodside   NY
40   Austin, Daniel   $10,604   San Jose   CA
41   Agarwal, Aditya   $10,604   Kolkatta   India
42   Griner, Billy   $10,604   Monroes   MI
43   Febers, Paul   $10,604   Wishaw   United Kingdom
44   Yarosh, Daryl   $10,604   Green Pond   NJ
45   Hickey, Emmett   $10,604   Arlington, TX   TX
46   Gordon, Larry   $8,380   Jarvie   AB, Canada
47   Rho, Peter   $8,380   Las Vegas   NV
48   Dirksen, Dustin   $8,380   Las Vegas   NV
49   Melioli, Marco   $8,380   Reggio Emilia   Italy
50   Lewis, Todd   $8,380   New York   NY
51   Manley, Kevin   $8,380   Arlington Heights   IL
52   Mcroy, Christopher   $8,380   West Frankfort   IL
53   Kleimann, Bryan   $8,380   Columbus   TX
54   Shulruf, Joel   $8,380   Buffalo Grove   IL
55   Grenon, Joseph   $6,875   Orleans   ON
56   Hakim, Jeffrey   $6,875   Wexford   PA
57   Boustani, Rocky   $6,875   Dallas   TX
58   Tobin, Kara   $6,875   Bringhton   United Kingdom
59   Zangara, Louis   $6,875   Sherwood   OR
60   Frisk, James   $6,875   Arvada   CO
61   Delgrosso, Marcello   $6,875   Toronto   ON, Canada
62   Derke, Nicholas   $6,875   Avondale   PA
63   Stjernvang, Helge   $6,875   Kolsas   Norway
64   Sisley, Todd   $5,815   Toronto   ON, Canada
65   Mu, Wei   $5,815   Pearl City   HI
66   Galic, Dragan   $5,815   Schneverdingen   Germany
67   Roberti, Simon   $5,815   San Costaneo   Italy
68   Banghart, Jeffrey   $5,815   Bennington   NE
69   Nguyen, Binh   $5,815   Las Vegas   NV
70   Pellegrini, Edward   $5,815   Destrehan   LA
71   Dobrilovic, Tomislav   $5,815   West Nyack   NY
72   Ferraro, Mark   $5,815   San Jose   CA
73   Vanhorn, Archibald   $5,028   ADA   OK
74   Yalouskikh, Aliaksandr   $5,028   Las Vegas   NV
75   Waliany, Javed   $5,028   Franklin   NC
76   Yeh, Anthony   $5,028   Las Vegas   NV
77   England, Carder   $5,028   Tucker   GA
78   Krueger, Russell   $5,028   Scottsdale   AZ
79   Wheeler, Jason   $5,028   Chula Vista   CA
80   Ly, Dau   $5,028   Duluth   GA
81   Baker, David   $5,028   Katy   TX
82   Naalden, Marcus   $4,344   Antwerpen   Netherlands
83   Heimiller, William   $4,344   Las Vegas   NV
84   Bonavida, Raymond   $4,344   Redondo Beach   CA
85   Plumley, Dale   $4,344   Wasilla   AK
86   Burgio, Vincent   $4,344   West Hills   CA
87   Gurian, Philip   $4,344   Boca Raton   FL
88   Hogg, John   $4,344   Gary   IN
89   Lum, Mitchell   $4,344   Henderson   NV
90   Crawford, Gabriel   $4,344   Farmington Hills   MI
91   Azevedo, Franklin   $3,796   Dos Palos   CA
92   Haver, James   $3,796   Tulsa   OK
93   Odonnel, Neel   $3,796   Vancouver   WA
94   Di Giovanni, Steven   $3,796   Mississauga   ON
95   Horner, Brent   $3,796   Leeds   United Kingdom
96   Halprin, Michael   $3,796   St Petersburg   FL
97   Yeh, Philip   $3,796   Las Vegas   NV
98   Penno, Travis   $3,796   Vancouver   BC, Canada
99   Fish, Darryll   $3,796   Las Vegas   NV
100   Golias, Joseph   $3,352   Beaumont   TX
101   Pender, Dallin   $3,352   Gilbert   AZ
102   Cavanaugh, John   $3,352   Berlin   CT
103   Pandurangan, Gokula   $3,352   Freemont   CA
104   Sebok, Joe   $3,352   Rancho Palos Verdes   CA
105   Conkright, John   $3,352   Los Angeles   CA
106   Tran, Khoa   $3,352   Garden Grove   CA
107   Napoli, John   $3,352   Daytona Beach   FL
108   Braun, Christopher   $3,352   Pollock Pines    CA
109   Fox, David   $3,352   Coram   NY
110   Linn, Michael   $3,352   La Jolla    CA
111   Nehorayan, Robert   $3,352   Sherman Oaks    CA
112   Cory, Carroll   $3,352   Dartmouth    NS Canada
113   Maher, Michael   $3,352   Las Vegas    NV
114   Paasonen, Mika   $3,352   Hameenlinna    Finland
115   Thomas, Yuri   $3,352   Los Angeles    CA
116   Shuchleis, Victor   $3,352   Mexico City    Mexico
117   Haiman, David   $3,352   Bronx    NY
118   Cho, David   $3,352   Salt Lake City    UT
119   Kongslie, Dean   $3,352   Las Vegas    NV
120   Perry, Andrew   $3,352   Waukesha    WI
121   Wolfe, Matthew   $3,352   Windsor     ON Canada
122   Porter, Devin   $3,352   Provo    UT
123   Schreiber, Daniel   $3,352   San Diego    CA
124   Powell, Jack   $3,352   London    United Kingdom
125   Nixon, John   $3,352   Torronto    ON Canada
126   Rasmussen, Thayer   $3,352   Largo    FL
127   Winters, Thomas   $3,352   Marble Falls    TX
128   Butt, James   $3,352   Buckley    WA
129   Mahrenholz, Karl   $3,352   London   United Kingdom
130   Self, David   $3,352   Hermosa Beach    CA
131   Kimber, Jeff   $3,352   London    United Kingdom
132   Godinez, Gerardo   $3,352   Mexico City    Mexico
133   Futhey, Wilbur   $3,352   Crossville    TN
134   Stewart, Kirk   $3,352   Lompoc    CA
135   Horenstein, Peter   $3,352   Portchester    NY
136   Wootae, Min   $3,044   Las Vegas    NV
137   Peters, Dudley   $3,044   Friendship    MD
138   Sawyer-smith, Susan   $3,044   Northville    MI
139   Michalowski, Rafal   $3,044   Syosset    NY
140   Karp, Ryan   $3,044   West Chester    PA
141   Madsen, Lars   $3,044      Denmark
142   James, David   $3,044   Gilbert    AZ
143   McCormack, Chris   $3,044   Manhatten Beach    CA
144   Berg, Darren   $3,044   Fitchburg    WI
145   Bagley, Keith   $3,044   E Greenwich    RI
146   Heyden, David   $3,044   Ashland    OR
147   Korolev, Alexander   $3,044   Moscow   Russia
148   Blakeley, Christopher   $3,044   San Francisco    CA
149   Vaghefi, Farid   $3,044   Las Vegas    NV
150   Schmaus, Dean   $3,044   Altamonte    FL
151   Kelly, William   $3,044   Concord    OH
152   Von Spannenberg, Tore   $3,044   Berlin   Germany
153   Van Loon, Michel   $3,044   Rotterdam   Netherlands
154   Tran, David   $3,044   Sacramento    CA
155   Cole, Daniel   $3,044   San Antonio    TX
156   Martin, Eddylee   $3,044   Cayman Brac    United Kingdom
157   Meyer, Kenneth   $3,044   Tuscon    AZ
158   Bury, Michael   $3,044   Jupiter    FL
159   Munro, Karen   $3,044   Whitehorse    YT
160   Carello, John   $3,044   New Rochelle    NY
161   Daneshgar, David   $3,044   Westlake Vlg    CA
162   Busquet, Olivier   $3,044   New York    NY
163   Norton, Randall   $3,044   Freeland    MI
164   Simm, Stephen   $3,044   Cleveland Hts    OH
165   Brummelhuis, Michiel   $3,044   Amsterdan    Netherlands
166   Sanchez, Luis   $3,044   La Habra Hts    CA
167   Magallon, Anthony   $3,044   Avenel    NJ
168   Bry, Michael   $3,044   Aurora    IL
169   Link, Robert   $3,044   Livonia    MI
170   Fernandez, Jose   $3,044   Turlock    CA
171   Leonard, Stephen   $3,044   South Yarra    Australia
172   Boutin, Burt   $3,044   Henderson    NV
173   Minning, Christopher   $3,044   Pflugerville    TX
174   Pena, Ernesto   $3,044   Corona    CA
175   Hartner, Brian   $3,044   Northglenn    CO
176   Stemper, Patrick   $3,044   Austin    TX
177   Mullally, Brian   $3,044   Garden Grove    CA
178   Heather, Nicholas   $3,044   Dublin   Ireland
179   Faulkner, Douglas   $3,044   Rnch Cucamnga    CA
180   Huettman, Kurt   $3,044   Las Vegas    NV
181   Linde, Dylan   $2,839   Coeur D'alene    ID
182   Ho, Hoang   $2,839   Irvine    CA
183   Khalili, Sohale   $2,839   Los Angeles    CA
184   Collom, John   $2,839   Houston    TX
185   Marchese, Charles   $2,839   Shoreham    NY
186   Pereira, Christian   $2,839   Buenos    Argentina
187   Higashihara, Keith   $2,839   Antioch    CA
188   Cunningham, Kemp   $2,839   Lenexa    KS
189   Rodgville, Scott   $2,839   Elkridge    MD
190   Miyashiro, Ivan   $2,839   Honolulu    HI
191   Villines, Joseph   $2,839   Henderson    KY
192   Siedlecki, Michael   $2,839   Chicago    IL
193   Kwaysser, Valdemar   $2,839   Budapest   Hungry
194   Blair, Eric   $2,839   West Hartford    CT
195   Garshofsky, Mitchell   $2,839   Las Vegas    NV
196   Chalendard, Marie   $2,839   Montpellier   France
197   Wernette, Michael   $2,839   Farmington Hills    MI
198   Arnett, Bryan   $2,839   North Port    FL
199   Mubasher, Rami   $2,839   Cedar Crwwk    TX
200   Ketteringham, Mark   $2,839   Santa Monica    CA
201   Moorman, Christopher   $2,839   Brighton    SU
202   Martin, Daniel   $2,839   Klamath Falls    OR
203   Kay, Matthew   $2,839   Waterloo    ON
204   Johnson, Keith   $2,839   Des Plaines    IL
205   Le, Namthien   $2,839   Huntington Beach    CA
206   Gaybba, Johan   $2,839   Cape Town   NJ
207   Herra, Michael   $2,839   Fort Mohave    AZ
208   Banfield, Melanie   $2,839   Johannesburg   South Africa
209   Moore, Terrence   $2,839   San Antonio    TX
210   Fagen, Patrick   $2,839   Urbandale    IA
211   Lutz, Thomas   $2,839   Oregon    OH
212   Lum, Sheldon   $2,839   New York    NY
213   Mizrachi, Robert   $2,839   Las Vegas    NV
214   Macneil, Christopher   $2,839   Peabody    MA
215   Samanek, Josef   $2,839   Mead   Czech Republic
216   Gall, Zsombor   $2,839   Gardony   Hungary
217   Feldman, Andrew   $2,839   Bushey Herts    UK
218   Haun, Benjamin   $2,839   San Francisco    CA
219   Adams, Michael   $2,839   Great Falls    MT
220   Kim, Allen   $2,839   Los Angeles    CA
221   Clark, Michael   $2,839   Rancho Mirage    CA
222   Mahoney, Jared   $2,839   Abington    MA
223   Mudd, Gregory   $2,839   Orange    CA
224   Hilger, Matthew   $2,839   Suwanee    GA
225   Brenes, Humberto   $2,839   Miami   FL
226   Wilk, Steven   $2,668   Helotes    TX
227   Atkinson, Bruce   $2,668   Brighton    United Kingdom
228   Acorda, Felimon   $2,668   Kailua-Kona    HI
229   Howerton, Frank   $2,668   Bixby    OK
230   Woods, Grant   $2,668   Lakeside    CA
231   Sheldon, Jacob   $2,668   No Mankato    MN
232   Terrell, Kenneth   $2,668   Lawrenceville    GA
233   Rivera, Jorge   $2,668   Brooklyn    NY
234   Dylewski, Jakub   $2,668   Surrey    BC
235   Mullens, Andrew   $2,668   Miami    FL
236   Rosenfeldt, Jack   $2,668   Redondo Beach    CA
237   Nodine, Noah   $2,668   Norman    OK
238   Platt, Christopher   $2,668   Las Vegas    NV
239   Mezza Morales, Pedro   $2,668   San Cristoval    MX
240   Binsky, Bobby   $2,668   Halndle Bch    FL
241   Liu, Eric   $2,668   Rockville    MD
242   Dyer, Gregory   $2,668   Minneapolis    MN
243   Finlay, Andrew   $2,668   Herriman    UT
244   Mclaughlin, Thomas   $2,668   Roxbury Crossing    MA
245   Gibralter, David   $2,668   Rockwall    TX
246   Crizaldo, Manuel   $2,668   Las Vegas    NV
247   Elias, Michael   $2,668   Long Beach    CA
248   Lennaard, Ken   $2,668   Stockholm   Sweden
249   Norris, Joshua   $2,668   Toronto    ON
250   Prins, Michael   $2,668   Seattle    WA
251   Malish, Michael   $2,668   Kansas City    MO
252   Wimberly, Wilbur   $2,668   Goliad    TX
253   McFayden, Neil   $2,668   London   United Kingdom
254   Koegler, Michael   $2,668   New York    NY
255   Sita, Damon   $2,668   Alexandria    VA
256   Hill, Michael   $2,668   Stockport   United Kingdom
257   Virtanen, Petri   $2,668   Hanko   Finland
258   Montgomery, Scott   $2,668   Perth    ON
259   Klaning, Jens   $2,668   Aarhus    Denmark
260   Ojala, Toni   $2,668   Turku   Finland
261   Pecht, Jason   $2,668   Lethridge    AB
262   Hougaard, Lars   $2,668   Copenhagen    Denmark
263   Broadworth, Mark   $2,668   Sterling Heights    MI
264   Sargent, Cory   $2,668   Greenwood    IN
265   Minaya, Manelic   $2,668   Tampa    FL
266   Giblin, Shauna   $2,668   Magnollia    TX
267   Dorsch, Scott   $2,668   Independence    MO
268   Paul Ambrose, Steven   $2,668   Kingston    ON
269   Goo, Christopher   $2,668   St Charles    MO
270   Dekorver, Pieter   $2,668   Leeuwarden   Netherlands

[tikay]

Another of those odd Events that the Billy Big-Names so love for trophy-hunting purposes.

It is a shame, I think, that Poker players as a whole have become so fixated on Hold 'Em to the exclusion of almost everything else, so I lhope Harrrahs don't drop these Events. I don't think they will, because, over time, as Harrah's seeks to further monetise the WSOP Brand, the annual total of Events will eventually rise to over a hundred, so it's entirely possible that the Event range will become even more eclectic, & it may even branch out into non-poker Events, such as Padooki. (sp).

In my dreams, DTD would host an Annual European Poker Championhip, over 2 or 3 weeks, hosting all the different poker variants, & it would be a knockout success, & I'd play every Event. No other Venue in Europe could do it, but they could do it with their eyes shut. I can dream, it's free.

 
   2009 World Series of Poker         
   End of Day Two Results         
   Event #   25      
   Buy In   $2,500      
   Game   Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better      
   Date   12/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   376      
   Net Prize Pool   $864,800      
   First Place Prize   $220,538       
   Total Spots Paid Out   40      
   Players Remaining    14      
            
   Table 150         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1    Jon Turner   465,000   Henderson   NV
2    Dutch Boyd   236,000   Columbia   MO
3    Steve Wong   226,000   Hoofd Dorp   Netherlands
4    Frank Debus   218,000   Hamburg   Germany
5    Eric Buchman   213,000   Valley Stream   NY
6    Phil Ivey   161,000   Las Vegas   NV
7    Tom Koral   139,000   Skokie    IL
            
   Table 151         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1    Carlos Mortensen   328,000   Henderson   NV
2    Blair Rodman   290,000   Las Vegas   NV
3    Matt Kelly   184,000   Fort Worth   TX
4    Peter Gelencser   156,000   Budapest   Hungary
5    Ming Lee   97,000   Natick   MA
6    Mark Scott   95,000   Las Vegas   NV
7    Chad Brown   23,000   Las Vegas   NV
            
   In the Money Finishers:         
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1      $220,538      
2      $136,292      
3      $89,342      
4      $61,919      
5      $45,237      
6      $34,747      
7      $27,993      
8      $23,600      
9      $16,517      
10      $16,517      
11      $13,274      
12      $13,274      
13      $10,481      
14      $10,481      
15   Emerson, Alan   $8,198   Phoenix   AZ
16   Davis, Raymond   $8,198   Bell   CA
17   Brownstein, Peter   $6,434   Scottsdale   AZ
18   Javani, Javid   $6,434   Los Angeles   CA
19   Spivack, Stuart   $6,434   Tucson   AZ
20   Rosario, Shirley   $6,434   Downey   CA
21   Sitar, Dustin   $6,434   Las Vegas   NV
22   Tran, Loi   $6,434   Irvine   CA
23   Smith, Gavin   $6,434   Las Vegas   NV
24   Kassela, Frank   $6,434   Rossville   TN
25   Toft, Robert   $5,197   Yardley   PA
26   Zuo, Xiaowei   $5,197   Cerritos   CA
27   Presby, Colin   $5,197   Wernersvile   PA
28   Sorensen, Jan   $5,197   Odense   Denmark
29   Bac, Dao   $5,197   San Diego   CA
30   Mascio, Gregory   $5,197   Fullerton   CA
31   Saab, Douglas   $5,197   Birmingham   AL
32   Chau, Giang   $5,197   Las Vegas   NV
33   Tenner, Mark   $4,393   Henderson   NV
34   Isra, Roland   $4,393   Forest Hill   NY
35   Taylor, Esther   $4,393   Las Vegas   NV
36   Vuong, Alexandra   $4,393   Rancho Palos Verdes   CA
37   Hohn, Steven   $4,393   Overland Park   KS
38   Thomas, Darin   $4,393   Carlsbad   CA
39   Kline, Carol   $4,393   Las Vegas   NV
40   Corkins, Hoyt   $4,393   Las Vegas   NV

[tikay]

Limit Hold-Em. Each to their own.

   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   26            
   Buy In   $1,500             
   Game   Limit Hold'em            
   Date   12/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   643            
   Net Prize Pool   $877,695             
   First Place Prize   $197,509            
   Total Spots Paid Out   63            
   Players Remaining    124            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table   Seat
1   Von Halle, Jan   Hamburg   Germany   68,300   62   4
2   Kulicki, Dominik   Amsterdam   Netherlands   61,100   70   2
3   Chen, Bill   Lafayette Hill   PA   60,600   66   8
4   Keikoan, Matt   San Rafael   CA   48,300   70   6
5   Levine, Josh   Portland   OR   47,800   59   7
6   Porter, Rep   Woodinville   WA   44,900   58   2
7   Bonomo, Justin   Las Vegas   NV   44,800   71   8
8   Bromberg, Corey   Los Angeles   CA   43,700   64   9
9   Boeken, Noah   Amsterdam   Netherlands   42,400   67   5
10   Brodie, Richard   Kirkland   WA   41,500   69   8
11   Seber, Bill   Houston   TX   40,800   69   5
12   Eichel, William   Parker   SD   40,100   63   5
13   Harris, Nikki   Carlsbad   CA   39,400   66   6
14   Darden, Paul   Las Vegas   NV   39,300   64   5
15   Yek, Kuong   Woodbury   MN   38,100   59   3
16   Burkart, Alexander   Heilbronn   Germany   38,100   68   6
17   Damany, Paul   Beckenham   United Kingdom   37,700   58   9
18   Cordone, Joseph   Las Vegas   NV   37,700   65   6
19   Blanco, Christiano   Rome   Italy   37,400   70   1
20   Hart, Daniel   Chicago   IL   37,200   70   4
21   Glickstein, Rich   Columbia   SC   37,200   60   4
22   Engelbert, Glenn D.   Gloucester Township   NJ   37,000   62   8
23   Lackner, Daniel   Kundl   Australia   36,700   63   2
24   Buckley, Jim   Los Angeles   CA   36,000   60   2
25   Cicconi, Guy   Las Vegas   NV   35,900   68   7
26   Arvanetes, Demetrios   Las Vegas   NV   35,100   62   3
27   Zimmerman, John   Las Vegas   NV   34,900   65   9
28   Clemento, Jack   Philadelphia   PA   34,300   58   3
29   Rae, William   Clarksville   TN   34,100   68   9
30   Devonshire, Bryan   Henderson   NV   34,100   67   9
31   Ho, Tam   Las Vegas    NV   33,500   71   1
32   Yu, Benjamin   Palo Alto   CA   32,700   60   8
33   Kerstine, Andrew   Orange   CA   32,700   66   1
34   Ellis, Michael   London   United Kingdom   32,600   60   1
35   Greenstein, Barry   San Jose   CA   32,200   62   9
36   Nack, Reinhard   Hamburg   Germany   31,200   64   6
37   Price, Craig   Phoenix   AZ   31,000   61   7
38   Neilan, Craig   Waterford   CT   30,900   62   6
39   Ramdin, Annand   Bronx   NY   30,900   63   1
40   Bailey, Earle   Birmingham   AL   29,800   61   4
41   Olson, David   Dallas   TX   29,300   61   2
42   Dong, Zelong   Vestavia Hills   AL   29,200   67   1
43   Minnullin, Albert   Moscow   Russia   28,100   67   7
44   DeFusco, Marc   Mesa   AZ   27,200   60   5
45   McCarrel, Casey   Lafayette   CA   27,200   59   6
46   DeNiro, Joe   Studio City   CA   27,000   67   4
47   Morgan, Douglas   Martinez   CA   26,500   58   7
48   Cornell, Tyler   San Clemente   CA   26,100   68   1
49   Smith, Jason   Chandler   AZ   25,900   61   5
50   Svendsen, Katja Sophie   Copenhagen   Denmark   25,200   63   9
51   Alenius, Tomas   Stockholm   Sweden   24,800   62   7
52   Reed, Michael   Pittsburgh   PA   24,500   66   4
53   Winchester, Chris   Las Vegas   NV   24,300   63   8
54   Tom, Phil   Las Vegas   NV   24,100   64   1
55   Dunning, Jerry   Sarasota   FL   24,000   63   4
56   Chi, Peter   Las Vegas   NV   23,600   70   8
57   Varner, John   Dayton   OH   23,600   65   4
58   Boltryk, Rado   Glenview   CA   23,100   58   1
59   Barbieri, Al   Philadelphia   PA   23,000   66   9
60   Tam, David   San Diego   CA   23,000   69   4
61   Burner, Dale   Los Angeles   CA   22,100   65   5
62   Corning, Doug   Portland   OR   21,500   58   5
63   Li, Luke   Palo Alto   CA   21,300   58   4
64   Chobot, Tony   Goleta   CA   20,600   69   2
65   Ebenhoeh, Tim   Lansing   MI   20,500   71   2
66   Hartmann, Marco   Hannover   Germany   20,400   64   2
67   Neumann, Eva   Los Angeles   CA   20,400   62   1
68   Spears, James   Houston   TX   20,300   61   1
69   Rood, David   Brantford    ON, Canada   19,300   67   6
70   Ham, Eben   Santa Monica   CA   19,200   61   3
71   Hammel, Philippe   Beverly Hills   MI   19,000   68   8
72   Burnette, Charles   Woodbridge   VA   18,100   65   2
73   Ashmore, John   Colorado Springs   CO   18,100   62   2
74   Tam, Jason   Markham   ON, Canada   17,700   60   9
75   May, David   Plantation   FL   17,400   71   4
76   Meek, James   Mississauga    ON, Canada   16,900   62   5
77   Lopez, Jacinto   Grand Prairie   TX   16,700   69   9
78   Alston, Gregory   Miami Beach   FL   16,600   59   8
79   Miller, Cole   Auburn   CA   16,600   69   6
80   Miller, Brian   Duluth   GA   16,300   64   4
81   Horrocks, John   Henderson   NV   16,200   61   8
82   Sojack, Edward   Dunedin   FL   15,800   60   6
83   Harroch, Richard   San Francisco   CA   15,700   64   8
84   Hill, Christina   Dallas   TX   15,600   58   8
85   Donev, Ivo   Bregenz   Austria   15,400   61   9
86   Timberlake, Gene   Houston   TX   15,200   59   4
87   Kawashige, Noah   Honolulu   HI   14,800   61   6
88   Cowley, Steve   Richmond   VA   14,200   65   3
89   Altman, Bobby   Keller   TX   13,800   67   3
90   Oshiro, Dean   Washogul   WA   13,500   60   2
91   Chong, Philip   Berkeley   CA   13,200   69   3
92   Dickenson, Ken   Cypress   TX   13,100   70   7
93   Elizabeth, Shannon   Los Angeles   CA   13,000   59   9
94   Argyros, Billy   Melbourne   Australia   12,800   66   7
95   Shamseddin, Soheil   Houston   TX   12,600   67   8
96   Zewin, Joe   Las Vegas   NV   12,600   63   6
97   Holmes, Joe   San Clemente   CA   12,500   59   1
98   Manfrede, Karen   St. Louis   MO   12,100   66   5
99   Van Horne, Bob   Carlsbad   CA   11,700   66   3
100   Wan, Lap   Los Angeles   CA   11,600   65   1
101   Bichler, Robert   Pasadena   CA   11,100   65   8
102   Duong, Kieu   Mays Landing   NJ   10,800   67   2
103   Johnston, Ray   Fullerton   CA   10,600   58   6
104   Lawrence, Mike   Richmond   VA   10,300   64   3
105   Leibowitz, Gabe   Brooklyn   NY   10,300   69   7
106   Li, Yan Peng   Las Vegas   NV   10,200   59   5
107   Anderson, Kriston   Terre Haute   IN   10,100   69   1
108   Omealia, James   Rumson   NJ   10,100   65   7
109   Dominic, Peter   Charlotte   NC   9,400   63   3
110   Thomas, Larry   San Leandro   CA   9,200   68   3
111   Cooper, Dick   Elko   NV   9,000   70   5
112   Courson, Brent   Grand Rapids   MI   8,400   60   3
113   Beral, Arash   Los Angeles   CA   8,300   63   7
114   Schiffman, Mike   Henderson   NV   7,200   68   5
115   Duong, Kim-Phong   Toronto    ON, Canada   6,600   68   2
116   Schulatz, Wayne   Las Vegas   NV   5,800   64   7
117   Frazier, Bill   North Pole   AK   5,800   68   4
118   Drucker, Linda   Las Vegas    NV   5,700   59   2
119   Hudson, Jeffrey   Sierra Madre   CA   5,400   70   3
120   Cardinal, Jack   Chandler   AZ   4,400   71   9
121   Webb, Daniel   Edina   MN   4,000   66   2
122   Mendes, Stan   Mesa   AZ   3,600   71   3
123   Stein, Joshua   Palo Alto   CA   3,200   71   5
124   Mullins, Bill   Henderson   NV   2,800   71   6

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I expect you all know the outcome of this by now (I don't, as it happens), so no comment really on Chufty, Roland, & Co, but the man I most want (wanted?) to win this would be Anhony Lellouche. As Frogs go, he's super-cool, & a man I've had so much poker fun with. He's almost a poker-hero of mine, & at the Nosebleed Levels, I don't have many oif those.

   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   27            
   Buy In   $5,000            
   Game   Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better            
   Date   12/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   198            
   Net Prize Pool   $930,600            
   First Place Prize   $246,616             
   Total Spots Paid Out   18            
   Players Remaining    59            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table   Seat
1   Newitt, J.D.   Las Vegas   NV   185,900   88   4
2   Ramirez III, Sergio   Mercedes   TX   134,200   82   6
3   DeWolfe, Roland   London   United Kingdom   130,800   78   4
4   Filippi, Amnon   New York   NY   128,100   84   4
5   Tang, Benjamin   Scottsdale   AZ   123,800   78   9
6   Ashby, Richard   Vatford   United Kingdom   122,300   77   4
7   Lellouche, Anthony   Paris   France   100,100   82   3
8   Black, Andrew   Dublin   United Kingdom   97,000   88   8
9   Yancik, Stewart   Blue Springs   MO   95,300   77   1
10   Ruiz II, Armando   Tarmac   FL   92,600   76   2
11   Lisandro, Jeff   Salerno   Italy   92,000   78   6
12   Kirill, Rabtsov   Moscow   Russia   86,200   84   7
13   Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   78,300   76   5
14   Baxter, Mike   Pacific Palisades   CA   76,900   76   4
15   Gabor, Fabian   Budapest   Hungary   70,600   82   5
16   Racener, John   Tampa   FL   66,100   76   7
17   Bartlog, Mark   Certaldo Megognano   Italy    63,000   78   5
18   Foulias, Andreas   Phoenix   AZ   59,800   88   3
19   Clements, Scott   Mt. Vernon   WA   58,800   77   7
20   Isaia, Alessio   Roccabruna   Italy   57,000   82   9
21   Danzer, George   Bad Oeynhausen   Germany   54,400   76   3
22   Bell, Chris   Raleigh   NC   51,600   83   1
23   Shulman, Barry   Las Vegas   NV   49,800   82   2
24   Elezra, Eli   Las Vegas   NV   47,300   77   8
25   Matusow, Mike   Las Vegas   NV   46,200   77   2
26   Corpuz, Martin   Mtn. View   CA   43,300   84   3
27   Ivey, Phil   University City   MO   40,800   84   6
28   Bloch, Andy   Las Vegas   NV   36,100   83   2
29   Campbell, Robert   Miami   FL   35,900   84   2
30   Giannokostas, Gregory   Atlanta   GA   35,600   88   6
31   Friedman, Patri   Mountain View   CA   33,600   78   1
32   Tam, Kenny   Houston   TX   32,300   76   9
33   Ozkan, Ender   Santa Ana   CA   31,500   77   3
34   Krueger, Quentin   Winninpeg   MB, Canada   31,000   83   8
35   Kravchenko, Alex   Tver   Russia   30,900   76   6
36   Beevers, Joe   Hendon   United Kingdom   30,700   82   4
37   Richey, Brett   New York   NY   29,100   76   1
38   John, David   Las Vegas   NV   26,600   77   5
39   Freedman, Bruce H.   Plantation   FL   26,300   83   9
40   Mercier, Jason   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   25,000   83   7
41   Sexton, Mike   Henderson   NV   25,000   83   5
42   Reslock, Chris   Atlantic City   NJ   23,700   84   9
43   Singer, Nathan   Santa Rosa   CA   23,700   88   1
44   Guth, John   Vancouver   WA   23,300   78   3
45   Petersen, Kevin   Plano   TX   22,500   88   7
46   Solomon, Michael   New York   NY   20,000   77   9
47   Longfellow, Karen   Indian Shores   FL   18,400   88   2
48   Murphy, Kevin   Highland Mills   NY   18,300   82   8
49   Cousineau, Tony   Daytona Beach   FL   18,000   78   8
50   Binger, Michael   Las Vegas   NV   17,700   84   5
51   Rapoport, Al   Norwich   United Kingdom   17,000   77   6
52   Singletary, Matthew   Tampa   FL   16,200   78   7
53   Appleman, Mickey   Fort Lee   NJ   14,000   88   5
54   Wiesner, Nathan   Amarillo   TX   13,900   76   8
55   Boatman, Ross   Henderson   NV   11,000   82   1
56   Ladowsky, Stephen   Toronto   ON, Canada   8,800   83   6
57   Kassin, Charles   Santa Monica   CA   7,600   83   4
58   Gould, Alan   Plantation    FL   7,500   82   7
59   Lefkowitz, Matt   Inverness   CA   6,200   84   1

[tikay]

NOTABLE NUGGETS THRU WSOP EVENT#20

 

The following tables are below:

Most Events Entered – Individuals
Money Leaderboard – Individuals
Money Leaderboard – By Location
Highest Cash Percentage to Entries – Individuals
Lowest Cash Percentage to Entries – Individuals
Highest Cash Percentage to Entries – By Location
Lowest Cash Percentage to Entries – By Location
 

Total Entrants thru 20 events – 21,047 Total Prize Money Awarded – $42,094,034

     

 

1. PLAYERS WITH MOST EVENTS ENTERED THRU EVENT#20

 

 
 Player Name
 Entries
 
 
Black Andrew 14
 
Evdakov Nikolay 12
 
Baker David 12
 
Isra Roland 12
 
Dickstein Mark 12
 
Kassela Frank 12
 
Schwartz Noah 12
 
Tran Justin 11
 
Daneshgar David 11
 
Harmetz Daniel 11
 
Liebert Kathleen 11
 
Mizzi Sorel 11
 
Binger Michael 11
 
Buchanan Shawn 11
 
Young Jason 11
 
Von Halle Jan 11
 
Shorr Shannon 11
 
Negreanu Daniel 10
 
Lindgren Erick 10
 
Alaei Daniel 10
 
Traniello Marco 10
 
Seif Mark 10
 
Helm Bradley 10
 
Lehmann Markus 10
 
Montgomery Scott 10
 
Chen William 10
 
Failla Emanuel 10
 
Chan Terrence 10
 
     

 

2. INDIVIDUAL PLAYER MONEY LEADERBOARD THRU EVENT#20

 

Player Name
 Money Won
 
Lunkin Vitaly $1,907,667
 
 
Haxton Isaac $1,171,870
 
 
Parker Brock $784,527
 
 
Raymer Greg $774,927
 
 
Sung Steve $771,338
 
 
Lemke Brian $692,690
 
 
Wahlbeck Ville $676,930
 
 
Johnson Travis $666,853
 
 
Harb Anthony $571,472
 
 
Stern Daniel $548,315
 
 
Stammen Keven $506,786
 
 
Vilandos Pete $473,282
 
 
Alaei Daniel $452,330
 
 
Aldridge Ken $428,259
 
 
Quoss Fabian $427,911
 
 
Karp Steve $417,362
 
 
Bonomo Justin $413,165
 
 
Serock Joe $376,741
 
 
Chiu David $376,034
 
 
Ellis Freddie $373,751
 
 
     

 

3. MONEY BY LOCATION LEADERBOARD THRU EVENT#20

 

Location
 Money Won
 
California $7,517,558
 
Nevada $7,188,309
 
Russia $2,214,325
 
New York $2,088,915
 
Florida $1,870,194
 
Texas $1,634,061
 
Pennsylvania $1,509,114
 
North Carolina $1,489,745
 
Michigan $1,245,152
 
New Jersey $1,177,281
 
United Kingdom $1,130,517
 
Arizona $1,054,183
 
Ohio $1,008,178
 

 

4. HIGHEST CASH PERCENTAGE TO ENTRY (MIN. 4 EVENTS) THRU EVENT#20

(Cashes, Entrries, Ratio)

Wahlbeck Ville, 3, 4, 75%.
 
Woelfel Wade, 3, 4, 75%.
 
Tunkel Jeffrey, 3, 4, 75%.
 
Schock Mitchell, 3, 4, 75%.
 
Bartlema Wolbert, 3, 4, 75%.
 
Fish Darryll, 4, 6, 67%.
 
Mabuchi Motoyuki, 3, 5, 60%.
 
Parker Brock, 4, 7, 57%.
 

 

5. LOWEST CASH PERCENTAGE TO ENTRY (MIN. 10 EVENTS) THRU EVENT#20

 


 
Cashes Entries Ratio
 
Black Andrew 1 14 7%
 
Isra Roland 1 12 8%
 
Dickstein Mark, 1, 12, 8%.
 
Kassela Frank, 1, 12, 8%.

Schwartz Noah, 1, 12, 8%.

Binger Michael, 1, 11, 9%.
 
Buchanan Shawn, 1, 11, 9%.
 
Young Jason, 1, 11, 9%.
 
Von Halle Jan, 1, 11, 9%.
 
Shorr Shannon, 1, 11, 9%.
 
Traniello Marco, 1, 10, 10%.
 
Seif Mark, 1, 10, 10%.
 
Helm Bradley, 1, 10, 10%.
 
Lehmann Markus, 1, 10, 10%.
 
Montgomery Scott, 1, 10, 10%.
 
Chen William, 1, 10, 10%.
 
Failla Emanuel, 1, 10, 10%.
 
Chan Terrence, 1, 10, 10%.
 

 

 

6. HIGHEST CASH PERCENTAGE BY LOCATION THRU EVENT#20

 

Country, Cashes, Entries, Ratio.
 
India, 1, 1, 100%.
 
South Korea, 1, 1, 100%.
 
 
Cayman Islands, 2, 2, 100%.
 
 
Saskatchewan, Canada, 5, 9, 55.55%.
 
 
Slovakia, 1, 2, 50%.
 
 
Turkey, 1, 2, 50%.
 
 
Virgin Islands, 1, 3, 33.33%.
 
 
Finland, 8, 27, 29.6%.
 
 
Chile, 1, 4, 25%.
 
 
Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1, 4, 25%.
 
 
Australia, 14, 60, 23.33%.
 
 
Sweden, 11, 53, 20.75%.
 
 
Austria, 3, 15, 20%.
 
 
Dominican Republic, 1, 5, 20%.
 
 
New Brunswick, Canada, 3, 16, 18.75%.
 
 
Norway, 3, 19, 15.78%.
 

Netherlands, 17, 108, 15.74%.
 
 
Rhode Island, 2, 13, 15.38%.
 
 
Nevada, 292, 2043, 14.29%.
 
Mexico, 4, 28, 14.28%.
 
 
Maine, 3, 21, 14.28%.
 
 
       

 

7. LOWEST CASH PERCENTAGE BY LOCATION THRU EVENT#20

 

Country, Cashes, Entries, Ratio.
 
District of Columbia, 1, 28, 3.57%.
 
Oklahoma, 6, 144, 4.16%.
 
Manitoba, Canada, 1, 24, 4.16%.
 
Nebraska, 2, 41, 4.87%.
 
South Dakota, 2, 37, 5.40%.
 
New Hampshire, 2, 30, 6.66%.
 
 
 

 

[tikay]

Thank goodness Joe flew the Flag. Clearly not an Event th Brits excel in.

   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   22      
   Buy In   $1,500       
   Date   No Limit Hold'em Shootout      
   Game   10/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   999      
   Net Prize Pool   $1,363,635       
   First Place Prize   $313,673      
   Players to Cash   100      

   Final Results:         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Carris, Jeffery   $313,673   Las Vegas   NV
2   Somerville, Jason   $194,004   Long Island   NY
3   Margolis, Andrew   $124,158   Chicago   IL
4   Moore, Christopher   $82,322   Chicago   IL
5   Cutler, Joseph   $56,440   Bay Shore   NY
6   Wong, Brandon   $39,968   Fresno   CA
7   Katchalov, Eugene   $29,195   New York   NY
8   McNeil, Michael   $21,981   Wheeling   WV
9   Tieman, Joshua   $17,045   Chicago   IL
10   Shannon, Ralph   $13,609   Atlanta   GA
11   Tsinis, Arkadiy   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
12   Skampa, Jan   $5,236   Prama     Czech Republic
13   Liesy, Marco   $5,236   Speyer    GM
14   Jaffe, Jonathan   $5,236   W Springfield    MA
15   Brossia, Kyle   $5,236   Perrysburg    OH
16   Klodnicki, Christopher   $5,236   Voorhees    NJ
17   Fuller, Thomas   $5,236   Boulder    CO
18   Vohra, Rajesh   $5,236   Lake Work    FL
19   Siegal, Jeffrey   $5,236   Daly City    CA
20   Binger, Nicholas   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
21   Chin, Ronnie   $5,236   Seaford    NY
22   Jelinek, Petr   $5,236   Praha     Czech Republic
23   Saltus, Brian   $5,236   Scottsdale    AZ
24   Tang, Gary   $5,236   Chicago    IL
25   Thorson, Gregory   $5,236   Miami Beach    FL
26   Jetten, Peter   $5,236   Toronto    ON, Canada
27   Fikac, Robert   $5,236   Sterling    VA
28   Fixel, Alan   $5,236   Jacksonville    FL
29   Burum, Chad   $5,236   Navato    CA
30   Brunetti, Franco   $5,236   Los Angeles    CA
31   Amourette, Antoine   $5,236   Rrennes   France
32   Yarlagadda, Srinivasa   $5,236   Sarasota    FL
33   Trenck, Erika   $5,236   Henderson    NV
34   Tran, Theobald   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
35   Tuthill, Nathan   $5,236   Fredericksburg    VA
36   Kahlmeyer, Tim   $5,236   Heide   Germany
37   Freeman, Scott   $5,236   Los Angeles    CA
38   Racener, John   $5,236   Port Richey    FL
39   Wood, Matthew   $5,236   Whitby    ON, Canada
40   Hirleman, Daniel   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
41   Harris, Maura   $5,236   Chesterfield    MO
42   Vechnak, William   $5,236   Raymore    MO
43   Fric, Bowen   $5,236   Calgary    AB, Canada
44   Boyd, Howard   $5,236   W Chester    OH
45   Woodward, Matthew   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
46   Ly, Phong   $5,236   San Jose    CA
47   Block, Keith   $5,236   Pomona    NY
48   Cousineau, Anthony   $5,236   Daytona Beach    FL
49   Scruggs, Shay   $5,236   College Station    TX
50   Bolotin, Aleksandr   $5,236   Brooklynn    NY
51   Do, Quinn   $5,236   El Monte    CA
52   Ramdin, Annand "Victor"   $5,236   Bronx    NY
53   Shulman, Barry   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
54   Landry, Kai   $5,236   Biloxi    MS
55   Nguyen, Anh Van   $5,236   Mississauga    ON, Canada
56   Garaventa, Jody   $5,236   Raleigh    NC
57   Blanco, Cristiano   $5,236   Roma   Italy
58   Hamby, Jared   $5,236   Henderson    NV
59   Alvarado, Juan   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
60   Forden, Dana   $5,236   Lethbridge    AB, Canada
61   Fung, Steven   $5,236   Walnut    CA
62   Massimiliano, Lupi   $5,236   Rome   Italy
63   Badecker, Andrew   $5,236   Vernon    CT
64   Chan, Ping   $5,236   Markham    ON, Canada
65   Simhai, Michael   $5,236   Los Angeles    CA
66   Casper, Joel   $5,236   Chicago    IL
67   Haynie, Derric   $5,236   Lincoln    CA
68   Michael, John   $5,236   Henderson    NV
69   Davis, Jared   $5,236   Philadelphia    PA
70   Beevers, Joseph   $5,236   Herts   United Kingdom
71   Dong, Zelong   $5,236   Vestavia Hills    AL
72   Hang, Tam   $5,236   Lynnwood    WA
73   Gross, Steven   $5,236   Marlsbro    NJ
74   Braband, Thomas   $5,236   Oshkosh    WI
75   Hamagami, Clark   $5,236   Vancouver    BC, Canada
76   Scott, Andrew   $5,236   Central    HK
77   Mackoff, Jonas   $5,236   North Vancouver    BC, Canada
78   Stout, Matthew   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
79   Frierson, Gary   $5,236   Houston    TX
80   DeNiro, Joe   $5,236   Studio City    CA
81   Sowers, James   $5,236   Charlotte    NC
82   Husa, Robert   $5,236   Brookfield    IL
83   Moorer, William   $5,236   Moncks Corner    SC
84   Hanks, Brent   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
85   Banizuraij, Sami   $5,236   Salt Lake City    UT
86   Smurfit, Peter Alan   $5,236   Aventura    FL
87   Gavatin, Mats   $5,236   Lidingo   Sweden
88   Rabtsov, Kirill   $5,236   Moscow   Russia
89   Marks, Tyson   $5,236   Missoula    MT
90   Stothmann, Malte   $5,236   Frankfurt   Germany
91   Johnson, Samuel   $5,236   Parker    CO
92   Yanovski, Leonid   $5,236   Haifa    Israel
93   Berkey, Matthew   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
94   Bibby, Brent   $5,236   Cambridge    ON, Canada
95   Velador, Jose   $5,236   Corona    CA
96   Baker, David   $5,236   Rochester Hills    MI
97   Boyd, Russell   $5,236   Las Vegas    NV
98   Sander, Marc   $5,236   Maspalomas Gran Canaria    Spain
99   Dolan, John   $5,236   Bonita Springs    FL
100   Keesey, Paul   $5,236   Huntington Beach    CA

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Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Jeff Carris Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  WSOP No-Limit Hold’em Shootout Sells Out

 

 

The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout champion is Jeff Carris, from Las Vegas , NV .

 

·        Carris is a 23-year old professional poker player.  He is originally from Wadsworth , OH .

 

·        Carris graduated from the University of Akron ( Akron , Ohio ).  He earned his degree in criminal justice two years ago.

 

·        Carris brought along a large cheering section to the final table.  His supporters all wore bright orange t-shirts, which were made up the previous night.  The shirts were lettered with the words, “Jeff ‘the Wildcat’ Carris,” with a photo of his face plastered on a wildcat.

 

·        Carris’ parents flew in on a red-eye flight at the last minute from Ohio to watch their son play at the final table and win his first major victory.

 

·        Carris moved to Las Vegas two years ago, just prior to the start of the 2007 WSOP.

 

·        Carris collected $313,673 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to the official records, Carris now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 2 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.

 

·        Carris’ only previous cash at the WSOP was a 138th-place finish in last year’s $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event during opening weekend.

 

·        Carris currently has $318,232 in WSOP winnings. 

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Winner Quotes (Jeffrey Carris) --

 

 

·        On what it means to win a WSOP gold bracelet:  “Before the final table, I didn’t even realize I wanted a bracelet.  But when you get that far, it’s all you think about.”

 

·        On his large cheering section:  “I knew it was going to be crazy because they all said they were going to be drunk....They stayed up all night until 10 am making those shirts.  I had no idea what was going to be on them.”

 

·        On his future plans and pursuing a career in criminal justice:  “Not for now.  We’ll see.”

 

·        On how he started playing poker:  “It started in high school and then, there was the big poker boom.  That was pretty much it.”

 

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table contained no former WSOP gold bracelet winners.  This was the ninth of 22 finales held so far this year with no former winners -- which guaranteed a first-time champion.

 

·        This was the first all-American final table of the 2009 WSOP (other than the Casino Employees Championship).  All top ten finishers live in the United States.

 

·        The Shootout final table was comprised of ten players, instead of nine in a conventional Hold’em finale.  This is necessary because of the Shootout format.

 

·        Six of the ten finalists were aged 28 and under.

 

·        Three of the ten finalists were from Chicago .

 

·        The runner up was Jason Somerville, from Stony Brook , NY .  He does not normally play in many tournaments, but has cashed six times at the WSOP.   Somerville is a poker instructor at an online site.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Andrew Margolis, from Chicago , IL .  He is a recreational player who works full time in marketing.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Chris Moore, from Chicago , IL .  Moore holds a number of impressive finishes at other major poker tournaments.  But this was his highest WSOP finish yet.



·        The fifth-place finisher was Joe Cutler, from Bay Shore , NY .  

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Brandon Wong, from Fresno , CA .  This was his fourth WSOP final table appearance.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Eugene, Katchalov, from New York , NY .  He is originally from the Ukraine and has a number of high cashes in other major event.  Katchalov bought his parents a new home after he won a big event back in 2007.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Michael McNeil, from Wheeling , WV .

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Josh Tieman, from Chicago , IL .

 

·        The tenth-place finisher was Mike Shannon, from Atlanta , GA.  He is the Vice President of an optical company who got his start as a former Army optician.

 

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Other In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Other former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Tony Cousineau, Quinn Do, Jose-Luis Veladro, Peter Smurfit, and Russ “Dutch” Boyd.

 

·        The Cousineau cash express keeps rolling along.  He cashed for the fourth time at this year’s Series.  Cousineau added to his enviable (yet frustrating) record as the player with the most cashes in WSOP history without winning a gold bracelet – which now stands at 38.

 

·        The defending champion from 2008 was Jason Young, from Suffern, NY.  He did not enter this year’s tournament.

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        Attendance for this tournament was the same as last year, with 100 starting tables.  Since the tournament format requires players to win a series of single-table shootouts, entries were limited to 1,000 players.  The event sold-out the night before the event began.

 

·        A “Shootout” means the objective is to win all the chips at a table in order to advance to the next round.  On Day One, the tournament began with 999 players competing in what amounted to a ten-handed Sit n' Go.  One player from each table (the winner) progressed to play in the second round.  On Day Two, the 100 winners were divided into ten tables, each playing a ten-handed Sit n' Go.  The ten winners from this round progressed to Day Three and took seats at the final table – which was played ten-handed.  Essentially, the winner of the tournament was required to win three consecutive Sit n' Go’s.

 

·        A Shootout emphasizes short-handed poker skills.  This generally requires competitors to play cards out of the standard range of starting-hand requirements.  It also makes post-flop skill paramount to victory.  In a sense, each round is a “final table” for all the competitors since the objective is to eliminate opponents.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.  On Day Three, the final table was dealt out on ESPN’s secondary table.  The feature table, located nearby, hosted the $10,000 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball championship finale.  Most days at the WSOP this year will include two final tables.

 

 
 

 

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The Event --

 

·        The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout championship attracted 999 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $1,313,673.  The top 100 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        At the start of each round, all players started with the same number of chips.  So, there was no End of Day One chip leader.

 

·        There was no chip leader at the start of the final table (see above).

 

·        The final table lasted about eight hours.

 

·        When heads-up play began, Carris enjoyed a 3 to 1 chip lead over Jason Somerville.  Play lasted about 20 minutes.

 

·        The final hand of the tournament came Somerville was short-stacked and pushed all-in.  The bet was called by Carris who won the final hand of the tournament with king-high.
 

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WSOP Statistics –

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #23, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 22,600 entries.  $45,345,698 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Top Ten Ranked WSOP Players (Ratio Cashes/Entries) – Through Event 23:

 

Ville Wahlbeck           4 cashes / 5 tournaments entered         80 percent

Wade Woeful             3 cashes / 4 tournaments entered         75 percent

Jeffrey Tunkel            3 cashes / 4 tournaments entered         75 percent

Mitchell Schock         3 cashes / 4 tournaments entered         75 percent

Wolbert Bartlema       3 cashes / 4 tournaments entered         75 percent

Darryll Fish                4 cashes / 6 tournaments entered         67 percent

Motoyuki Mabuchi     3 cashes / 5 tournaments entered         60 percent

Brock Parker              4 cashes / 7 tournaments entered         57 percent

 

 

·        Through Event #23 – the nationalities of winners reads as follows:

 

United States – 18

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Australia – 1

United Kingdom – 1

Canada – 1

 

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

 

·        Event #22 winner Jeff Carris is to be classified as a professional poker player.  He plays poker full-time and is a regular on the tournament circuit.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:

 

            Professionals --             15 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, Jeff Carris, Nick Schulman)              Amateurs --       4 wins            (Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows)              Semi-Pros --     3 wins            (Vitaly Lunkin. Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton)  ·        Six of the 23 winners this year were previous gold bracelet winners.  There has been one double winner for 2009, Brock Parker.

 

·        In the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings, Ville Wahlbeck ( Helsinki , Finland ) has regained the lead – cashing in four $10,000 buy-in world championship events.  Brock Parker ( Silver Spring , MD ) remains very much in contention for the top spot.  Still, with 34 events still undecided, the race remains wide open.