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

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OK, some of them are mainly big in the States (and only known to those of us not yet 170 years old who watch movies and stuff ; ) but you cant argue with Matt Damon, Sarah Silverman, Rob Schneider, George Alexander, Hank Azaria (and even Ben Affleck) being celebs.

I can't argue? Yes I can.

I've not heard of one of them. What were they, in Celeb Big Brother, or Celebrity Love Island, or somesuch?

Where's Eminem, Britney, Perry Como, Timothy West, Mr & Mrs Beckham, Jordan & Andre?

who?

Keep up Boldie please. Tikays relation.

Lol.

I'm afraid these plastic celebs leave me cold. The World Of Celebrity is a very odd place. Whole racks of magazines, whole TV Channels feed our hunger for these shallow beings.

Anyway, this is the wrong thread for me to go off on one about real people & Celebs.

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Back to the WSOP proper now.

"JonnyBax from Muttontown"! Legend.

   2009 World Series of Poker            
   End of Day Two Results            
   Event #   35         
   Buy In   $5,000          
   Game   Pot Limit Omaha         
   Date   17/06/2009         
   Number of Entries   363         
   Net Prize Pool   $1,706,100          
   First Place Prize   $409,484         
   Total Spots Paid Out   36         
   Players Remaining    11         
               
   TABLE 150            
   Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Seat
1   Palevic, Rifat   Malmi   Finland   949,000   1
2   Austin, Richard   Louisville   KY   537,000   7
3   Ramos, Felipe   Sao Paulo   Brazil   372,000   5
4   Hindin, Don   Danbury   CT   342,000   4
5   Ngai, Samuel   Edmonton   AB, Canada   207,000   3
               
   TABLE 151            
   Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Seat
1   Josephy, Cliff "JonnyBax"   Muttontown   NY   805,000   7
2   Mizzi, Sorel   Toronto   ON, Canada   969,000   5
3   Jetten, Peter   Toronto   ON, Canada   370,000   2
4   Marcus, Van   Melbourne   Australia   482,000   1
5   Nielsen, Jeppe   Copenhagen   Denmark   242,000   3
6   Baron, Isaac   Menlo Park   CA   176,000   8
               
   In the Money Finishers            
               
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country   
1      $409,484         
2      $253,048         
3      $166,771         
4      $116,748         
5      $86,516         
6      $67,663         
7      $55,687         
8      $48,112         
9      $43,539         
10      $32,330         
11      $32,330         
12   Tatalovich, Richard   $32,330   Scottsdale   AZ   
13   Sofer, Evan   $24,448   Henderson   NV   
14   Perry, Rafael   $24,448   Las Vegas   NV   
15   Giannetti, Matthew   $24,448   Las Vegas   NV   
16   Ulliott, David   $18,732   Hull   United Kingdom   
17   Newman, Clayton   $18,732   Athens   GA   
18   Kabbaj, Jean-Michel   $18,732   London   United Kingdom   
19   Hourani, Adam   $14,433   Troy   MI   
20   Wegher, Marco   $14,433   Monclassico   Italy   
21   Soulier, Fabrice   $14,433   Las Vegas   NV   
22   Watson, Michael   $14,433   Toronto   ON, Canada   
23   Hougaard, Jesper   $14,433   Copenhagen   Denmark   
24   Oshea, John   $14,433   Churchtown   United Kingdom   
25   Begley, Timothy   $14,433   Freehold   NJ   
26   Ochana, Edward   $14,433   Chicago   IL   
27   Marmorstein, Phillip   $14,433   Gurnwald   Germany   
28   Cantor, Jonathan   $11,345   New York   NY   
29   Smyth, James   $11,345   Belfast   Hungary   
30   Chen, Andrew   $11,345   Mississauga   ON, Canada   
31   Evdakov, Nikolay   $11,345   Moscow   Russia   
32   Lellouche, Anthony   $11,345   Paris   France   
33   Lisandro, Jeffrey   $11,345   Salerno   Italy   
34   Bari, Allen   $11,345   West Orange   NJ   
35   Sarrafzadeh, Steve   $11,345   Roslyn   WA   
36   Smith, Justin   $11,345   Orlando   FL   

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"Guillaume De La Gorce" fom London?

   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   36            
   Buy In   $2,000            
   Game   No Limit Hold'em            
   Date   18/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   1695            
   Net Prize Pool   $3,084,900            
   First Place Prize   $586,212             
   Total Spots Paid Out   171            
   Players Remaining    213            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table #   Seat #
1   Cole, Corwin   San Diego   CA   185,700   62   4
2   Botond, Balazs   Budapest   Hungary   160,000   74   1
3   De La Gorce, Guillaume   London   United Kingdom   148,700   70   9
4   Dirksen, Dustin   Las Vegas   NV   145,000   86   6
5   Sparta, Philip   Fairfax   VA   145,000   74   2
6   Terrell, Karec   Brownstown    IN   143,900   64   4
7   Rich, Jordan   Portland   OR   128,900   59   6
8   Goethals, Theo   Olds   AB, Canada   126,400   63   9
9   Plens, Jonathan   Toronato   ON, Canada   123,800   85   3
10   Gray, Jason   Portland   OR   122,700   70   3
11   Mirzikinian, Warwick   Sydney   Australia   121,200   85   9
12   Adler, Adam   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   119,400   62   8
13   Cutler, Joe   Bay Shore   NY   119,100   71   8
14   Roux, Anthony   London   United Kingdom   114,200   68   2
15   White, Adam   Tempe   AZ   113,400   69   4
16   Huang, Yue Fan   San Francisco   CA   110,400   59   8
17   Smith, Jordan   College Station   TX   110,100   70   4
18   Roberts, Jamie   London   United Kingdom   109,900   68   1
19   Switzer, Brett   Athens   GA   109,900   74   3
20   Yaginuma, Jesse   Silver Spring   MD   109,700   75   4
21   Mozingo, Chris   Alexandria   VA   108,100   64   1
22   Kovacs, Andras   Budapest   Hungary   100,100   79   4
23   White, Andrew   Galashiels   Scotland   98,500   63   1
24   Baldwin, Joseph   Tacoma   WA   95,100   79   7
25   Almira, Scripcenco   Paris   France   95,000   86   3
26   McNally, Steve   Henderson   NV   92,300   85   5
27   Demes, Brandon   Tempe   AZ   91,500   68   5
28   Martin, Michael   New York   NY   90,000   80   7
29   DeMaci, Christopher   Stanton   CA   88,800   58   6
30   Deeb, Shaun   Las Vegas   NV   88,500   60   6
31   Molinari, Matt   New York   NY   88,300   87   5
32   Mihaly, Greg   Seabrook   TX   83,100   59   1
33   Brown, Jamie   London   United Kingdom   82,300   79   9
34   Lippert, Adam   Brooklyn   NY   82,100   85   6
35   Tovish, Nina   Washington   DC   82,000   81   8
36   Miner, William   Chicago   IL   78,800   69   5
37   Levy, Elliott   Arlington Heights   IL   76,000   66   3
38   Vance, Matt   Lowville   NY   75,900   73   3
39   Harder, Christian   Annapolis   MD   75,400   61   9
40   James, Kenna   Las Vegas   NV   75,200   69   6
41   Rheem, David   Sunny Isles Beach   FL   74,600   70   6
42   Suharto, Darus   Toronto   ON, Canada   74,200   69   8
43   Woodall, Warren   Los Angeles   CA   74,100   59   2
44   Wan, Jeffrey   Staten Island   NY   73,100   62   9
45   Seden, Andrew   London   United Kingdom   72,900   80   6
46   Ward, Denis   Thonder Bay   ON, Canada   72,500   62   3
47   Yanovski, Leonid   Haifa   Israel   70,800   71   6
48   Neckar, Johnny   Las Vegas   NV   69,100   66   5
49   Andrews, Scott   Graham   TX   69,000   86   9
50   Krause, Andreas   Heilbronn   Germany   66,600   85   7
51   Parizon, Michael   Canton   MI   65,300   65   3
52   Romanello, Roberto   Gorseinon   United Kingdom   64,500   91   1
53   Abboud, Tark   Valencia   Venezuela   63,300   70   5
54   Coetzer, Conrad   Johannesburg   South Africa   63,100   58   4
55   Salas, Damian   Chascomus   Argentina   62,800   58   1
56   Cheung, Robert   Vancouver   BC, Canada   62,600   75   6
57   Semisoshenko, Maxim   St. Peterburg   Russia   60,800   59   5
58   Zelinka, Robert   Delray Beach   FL   60,500   61   6
59   Tabb, Steven   Newton   MA   60,100   61   5
60   Kornuth, Chance   Las Vegas   NV   59,500   72   7
61   Anton, Danny   Gaithershurs   MD   59,400   69   1
62   O'Brien, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   57,900   80   1
63   Bramlett, Bradley   The Colony   TX   57,200   60   3
64   Fennell, Jason   Santa Maria   CA   55,600   91   4
65   Kam, Leo   Ottawa   ON, Canada   55,400   72   1
66   Atchison, Pat   Fort Worth   TX   55,400   91   2
67   Tsinis, Arkadiy   Las Vegas   NV   55,290   81   5
68   Jaffee, Jared   Brooklyn   NY   55,100   73   8
69   Dominski, Paul   Minnentonka   MN   53,600   74   4
70   Hollink, Rob   Growingen   Neverlands   53,500   67   2
71   Geoum, In Sun   New York   NY   53,400   67   7
72   Berube, Antoine   Quebec City   QC, Canada   53,400   91   5
73   Bain, Gary   Vancouver   BC, Canada   51,500   73   4
74   Heger, Will   Union City   NJ   51,100   68   8
75   Grondin, Laurence   Montreal   QC, Canada   51,000   68   9
76   Wheeler, Terry   Sacramento   CA   49,600   61   4
77   Rustemoglu, James   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   49,100   67   4
78   Fox, David   Coram   NY   48,800   58   8
79   Reinkemeier, Tobias   Brighton   United Kingdom   48,800   64   2
80   Gianluca, Marcucci   Claviere   Italy   48,600   64   5
81   Todd, Eugene   Brooklyn   NY   48,500   71   4
82   Cappello, Joseph   New Rochelle   NY   47,600   87   2
83   Meyers, Brandon   Robbinsdale   MN   46,800   64   3
84   Tuttle, Jeremy   Salt Lake City   UT   46,700   85   4
85   Wong, Brandon   Fresno   CA   46,600   79   2
86   Panone, Donavan   Marietta    GA   45,900   59   7
87   Paris, Bryan   Menlo Park    CA   45,900   70   2
88   Vinsant, Jeremiah   Murtfreesboro   TN   45,500   66   6
89   Goldberg, Paul   Charleston   SC   45,200   67   7
90   Doyle, Ryan   Minnetonka   MN   43,600   69   9
91   Vazquez, Francisco   Dallas   TX   41,700   61   2
92   Bradpiece, Jerome   London   UK   41,500   62   2
93   Xu, Dong   Los Angeles   CA   41,400   86   2
94   Morneau, Joe   Candia   NH   41,300   74   9
95   Axman, Ingemar   Trogstad   Norway   40,800   64   8
96   Firestone, Bobby   Santa Barbara   CA   40,400   60   7
97   Powell, Jack   London   UK   40,000   80   2
98   Batey, Andrew      Australia   38,900   81   3
99   Depalma, Wayne   Lakewood   CO   38,200   74   7
100   Sileo, James   Woodland Hills   CA   37,700   65   4
101   Shlez, Vadim   New York   NY   37,600   81   7
102   Brown, Kyle   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   37,500   64   6
103   Vitagliano, Umberto   Rome   Italy   37,500   68   3
104   Conaway, John   Buffalo   NY   37,400   66   1
105   Barbieri, Al   Philadelphia   PA   37,000   81   9
106   Juan, Jose Perez   Buenos Aires   Argentina   36,800   73   9
107   Gabriel, Thomas   Gainesville   FL   36,400   60   9
108   Reeder, Brent   Santee   CA   36,000   80   3
109   Manuel, Bevand   Paris   France   35,500   81   1
110   Becker, Jeff   Las Vegas   NV   35,400   87   6
111   Tighe, David   Birmingham   UK   34,700   73   5
112   Fukui, Ibuki   Avon   CO   34,600   79   8
113   Mrozek, Mike   Houston   TX   34,200   70   8
114   Dekorver, Pieter   Leeuwarden   Netherlands   34,100   67   9
115   Ma, Hieu "Tony"   El Monte   CA   34,000   64   9
116   Connaly, Charles   Pasadena   TX   33,900   86   7
117   Suttle, Brian   Boerne   TX   33,400   73   2
118   Hoefs, Steven   Avalon   CA   33,300   63   3
119   Vullion, Pascal      France   33,200   71   5
120   Bivins, David   Browns Mills   NJ   33,200   79   1
121   Westmoreland, Michael   St. Louis   MO   33,100   74   8
122   Tokarczyk, George   Bunke   SD   33,000   66   2
123   McCormack, Francis   Kildare   Ireland   33,000   67   6
124   McClain, James   Riverside   CA   33,000   63   7
125   Chotikul, Jeffrey   Centreville   VA   32,400   71   2
126   Campbell, Rhynie   Las Vegas   NV   32,300   61   1
127   Koon, Jason   Pittsburgh   PA   31,800   75   5
128   Pechac, Jim   Phoenix   AZ   31,700   65   5
129   Heinrichs, Ben   Chico   CA   31,200   80   9
130   Brown, Robert   Roseville   CA   30,900   63   4
131   Nielsen, Toke   Aarhus   Denmark   30,300   75   9
132   Lennaard, Ken   Stockholm   Sweden   30,200   58   2
133   Horton, Brian   Richardson   TX   30,100   72   5
134   Brockington, Mark   Edmonton   AB, Canada   29,600   68   7
135   Goodson, Robert   Chandler   AZ   29,300   87   1
136   Dolan, Charles   Westminster   CA   29,000   65   1
137   Wong, Marty   Napa   CA   28,800   66   7
138   O'Shaughnessy, Ian   Trois-Rivieres   QC, Canada   28,500   85   2
139   Myung, John   Vienna   VA   27,800   58   7
140   Buechner, Andrew   Narberth   PA   27,800   71   7
141   Egan, Andrew   Wilmington   DE   27,700   61   3
142   Bibi, Steve   Plymouth   MI   27,400   74   5
143   Burbick, Corey   Davie   FL   27,300   72   2
144   Morris, Brian   Chicago   IL   27,200   91   9
145   Goldstein, Larry   Farmingville   NY   26,600   59   3
146   Rinaldi, Riccardo   Lucca   Italy   26,200   79   6
147   Forde, Stephen   Cork   Ireland   25,900   72   6
148   Downend, Jim   Media   PA   25,800   81   2
149   Ryan, Steve   Brooklyn   NY   25,600   87   4
150   De Mel, Priyan   London   United Kingdom   24,800   79   3
151   Fyshe, Adam   Ottawa   ON, Canada   24,600   67   8
152   Wheeler, Jason   San Diego   CA   24,400   71   9
153   Binger, Michael   Las Vegas   NV   24,400   63   8
154   Chen, Tommy   San Francisco   CA   24,400   73   7
155   Butzberger, Joseph   Dallas   TX   23,900   86   1
156   Becker, Brandon   Loveland   OH   23,800   73   1
157   Haglund, Gary   Colorado Springs   CO   23,600   85   8
158   Gerasimova, Liya   Yakutiya   Russia   23,400   68   4
159   King, Steven   Visalia   CA   22,800   76   1
160   Childs, Bill   Southern Pines   NC   22,700   62   1
161   Druif, Pieter   Oostwoud   Netherlands   22,700   72   8
162   Purvis, Blake   Montgomery   AL   22,500   61   8
163   Patzel, Oliver   Hamburg   Germany   22,400   66   4
164   Kelly, Kevin   Scottsdale   AZ   22,100   72   9
165   Levi, Dennis   Jersey City   NJ   22,000   81   6
166   Santiago, Alex   West Hartford   CT   21,900   68   6
167   Brendo, Oddvar   Stavanger   Norway   21,800   73   6
168   Kishnev, Sergey   Moscow   Russia   21,800   67   3
169   Yates, Ken   Friendswood   TX   21,800   70   1
170   Whitley, David   Homestead   FL   21,600   75   8
171   Hamby, Jared   Henderson   NV   21,600   80   8
172   Palacios, Bolivar   Santiago   Panama   21,200   66   8
173   Woods, Darren   Grimslry   United Kingdom   21,000   59   9
174   Patrick, Sacrispeyre   Paris   France   20,900   91   3
175   Green, Adam   Washington   DC   20,900   87   7
176   Lagarde, Matthew   College Park   MD   20,500   72   4
177   Thacker, Kyle   Naples   FL   20,000   71   3
178   Petersen, Jesper   Thaarhusc      19,500   58   5
179   Blackwell, Trevor   Honolulu   HI   19,500   60   4
180   Mayer, Aaron   Los Angeles   CA   19,300   69   2
181   Battaglia, Jeff   Chicago   IL   19,200   63   2
182   Howard, Nick   Las Vegas   NV   19,000   58   9
183   Carson, Dick   Tyler   TX   19,000   86   5
184   Mazzie, Robby   Pittsburgh   PA   18,400   64   7
185   Pahuja, Vinny   New York   NY   18,000   75   2
186   Sackler, Jason   Orlando   FL   17,500   87   8
187   White, John   Portland   OR   17,400   79   5
188   Arvanitis, Chris   Montreal   QC, Canada   17,400   80   4
189   Martsev, Andrey   St. Peterburg   Russia   17,200   87   3
190   Rightmire, Rob   Glenwood Springs   CO   16,600   66   9
191   Sumi, Carl   San Jose   CA   16,400   62   6
192   Wright, Joel   Chino Hills   CA   16,100   65   7
193   Hobson, Greg   Portland   OR   15,300   70   7
194   Butler, Ashley   Tampa   FL   15,200   75   3
195   Pinchot, Dale   Trenton   NJ   15,200   60   5
196   Wilcox, David   Olatha   KS   15,000   75   1
197   Bergstrom, Christian   Sundbyburg   Sweden   14,500   65   8
198   Fenlon, Jarrett   Richmond   CA   14,400   58   3
199   Masaki, Yuji   Hiroshima   Japan   13,500   91   6
200   McGowan, Joe   Las Vegas   NV   13,100   74   6
201   Linden, Eric   Las Vegas   NV   12,900   65   6
202   Gray, Robert   Atlanta   GA   12,500   67   5
203   Pendergrast, Scott   Chathom   NJ   12,300   69   3
204   Boehm, Thomas   Kronshagen   Germany   11,500   65   2
205   Rebecca, Tom   Wheaton   IL   10,900   63   6
206   Wiley, Matt   Canton   MI   10,700   59   4
207   Tobin, Daniel   Calagary   AB, Canada   9,800   72   3
208   Young, Jim   Seattle   WA   9,700   60   1
209   Cyons, Brendan   Covina   CA   9,500   65   9
210   Wagner, Gunter   Mulheim   Germany   7,600   67   1
211   Shorr, Shannon   Las Vegas   NV   6,200   60   8
212   Tipton, John   Penngrove    CA   3,400   60   2
213   Myers, Gary   Crystal Lake    IL   DNR   62   7

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   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   37            
   Buy In   $10,000            
   Game   World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better            
   Date   18/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   164            
   Net Prize Pool   $1,541,600            
   First Place Prize   $431,656             
   Total Spots Paid Out   16            
   Players Remaining    110            
                  
   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table   Seat
1   Le, Tuan   Los Angeles   CA   234,000   161   8
2   Mariani, Frank   Los Angeles   CA   111,300   158   8
3   Berman, Lyle   Las Vegas   NV   109,500   167   4
4   Lisandro, Jeff   Salerno   Italy   105,400   163   8
5   Sklar, Richard   Las Vegas   NV   96,200   164   6
6   Kassela, Frank   Rossville   TN   90,600   161   6
7   Brix, Eric   Saint Cloud   MN   90,000   158   4
8   Schneider, Tom   Scottsdale   AZ   83,300   164   4
9   Jurgens, Tad   Phoenix   AZ   82,500   167   3
10   Minieri, Dario   Rome   Italy   81,500   167   2
11   Alaei, Daniel   Los Angeles    CA   79,900   160   2
12   Brunson, Todd   Las Vegas   NV   79,500   166   4
13   Jett, Chip   Las Vegas   NV   77,700   167   8
14   Schulman, Nick   New York   NY   73,000   169   1
15   Sheikh, Aurangzeb   Houston   TX   72,900   159   6
16   Koral, Thomas   Skokie   IL   71,600   158   5
17   Grapenthien, Matt   Chicago   IL   69,900   166   6
18   Filippi, Amnon   New York   NY   68,400   170   6
19   Buss, Jerry   Los Angeles   CA   67,800   162   5
20   Saab, Doug   Birmingham   AL   66,000   161   2
21   Benyamine, David   Las Vegas   NV   65,400   169   3
22   Hennigan, John   Las Vegas   NV   64,900   169   8
23   Phan, Tim   Westminster   CA   63,100   165   2
24   Andrzejwski, Pawel   Park Ridge   IL   62,900   157   7
25   Tehan, Joe   Las Vegas   NV   62,600   161   3
26   Lind, George III   Gilbert   AZ   62,400   163   7
27   Anthony, Richard   New York   NY   61,600   162   1
28   Rinaldi, Claudio   Rancate   Switzerland   61,600   159   2
29   Houshiar, Homan   Calgary   AB, Canada   59,600   163   1
30   Sitar, Destin   Las Vegas   NV   59,600   166   5
31   Limongi, Michele   Termoli   Italy   59,500   165   1
32   Rivera, Anthony   St. Louis   MO   59,000   163   2
33   Leonidas, Toto   Los Angeles   CA   58,600   162   3
34   Lederer, Howard   Las Vegas   NV   57,500   158   1
35   Jung, Alexander   Neue Uppiu   Germany   57,000   170   8
36   Sexton, Mike   Henderson   NV   53,400   165   7
37   Rouhani, Farzad   Germantown   MD   51,000   164   5
38   Van Alstyne, James   Las Vegas   NV   50,200   157   5
39   Sung, Steve   Torrance   CA   47,900   160   4
40   Turner, Jon   Henderson   NV   47,200   159   8
41   Heimiller, Dan   St. Charles   MO   47,000   158   7
42   Mountain, Josh   Oceanside   CA   45,900   163   5
43   Boyd, Dutch   Columbia   MO   45,400   161   5
44   Friedman, Perry   Las Vegas   NV   45,300   170   7
45   Hoang, John   Fountain Valley   CA   45,100   160   8
46   Raymer, Greg   Raleigh   NC   45,000   166   3
47   Michael, Joseph   Austin   TX   44,100   166   2
48   Landrum, Sabyl   Folsom   CA   44,100   158   6
49   Duke, Annie   Portland   OR   43,500   168   7
50   Mosseri, Abraham   New York   NY   42,600   167   5
51   Bronshtein, Yuval   Charleston   SC   41,000   164   1
52   Chambers, Tom   Chicago   IL   40,000   168   5
53   Elezra, Eli   Henderson   NV   39,700   170   1
54   Lauria, Bob   Norwich   United Kingdom   39,600   162   6
55   Golser, Markus   Anthering   Austria   39,200   160   6
56   Ferguson, Chris   Pacific Palisades   CA   38,300   159   4
57   Cousineau, Tony   Las Vegas   NV   38,000   159   5
58   Buckley, William   Phillipsburg   NJ   37,300   160   1
59   Juanda, John   Las Vegas   NV   37,200   161   1
60   Clements, Scott   Mt. Vernon   WA   36,700   159   1
61   Wattel, Mike   Phoenix   AZ   35,800   161   4
62   Fricke, James   Las Vegas   NV   35,800   170   5
63   Chiu, David   Las Vegas   NV   35,700   157   1
64   Chen, Bill   Lafayette Hill   PA   35,500   160   5
65   Bell, Chris   Raleigh   NC   34,700   166   7
66   Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   33,100   167   6
67   Serock, Joe   Albuquerque   NM   31,800   161   7
68   Friets, Neal   Keene   NH   30,600   165   4
69   Marsters, Tim   Brisbane   CA   30,400   162   4
70   Chad, Norman   Los Angeles    CA   30,300   163   3
71   Violette, Cyndy   Las Vegas   NV   29,000   167   1
72   Reslock, Chris   Atlantic City   NJ   28,800   164   8
73   Fu, Tian   Cypress   CA   28,100   163   6
74   Miami, John   Las Vegas   NV   27,900   166   1
75   Billirakis, Steve   Chicago   IL   27,700   168   6
76   Nguyen, Scotty   Las Vegas   NV   26,400   162   8
77   Smith, Justin   Orlando   FL   26,400   162   2
78   Chen, Yan   Irvine   CA   26,300   170   3
79   Longfellow, Karen   Indian Shores   FL   25,500   168   8
80   Heimowitz, Lonnie   Monticello   NY   24,900   160   7
81   Fellows, Zac   Vancouver   BC, Canada   24,700   157   6
82   Seidel, Erik   Henderson   NV   23,900   159   3
83   Appleman, Mickey   Fort Lee   NJ   23,300   158   3
84   John, David   Las Vegas   NV   23,200   169   6
85   Guo, Yuebin   New York   NY   23,200   158   2
86   Dang, Danny   Whittier   CA   22,700   165   8
87   Isaia, Alessio   Roccobruna   Italy   22,500   160   3
88   Bulichev, Ilia   Moscow   Russia   22,200   157   4
89   Rao, Pat   Huntington Beach   CA   21,600   169   2
90   Sklansky, David   Teaneck   NJ   19,300   165   3
91   Dickstein, Mark   New York   NY   18,700   170   4
92   Thomas, Jerri   Hamilton   OH   18,600   167   7
93   Rabtsov, Kirill   Moscow   Russia   17,800   165   6
94   Richey, Brett   New York   NY   15,500   164   7
95   Matusow, Mike   Las Vegas   NV   15,000   169   4
96   Singer, David   Las Vegas   NV   14,700   164   2
97   Brown, Chad   Las Vegas   NV   14,500   169   7
98   Zaichenko, Andrey   Moscow   Russia   13,800   157   8
99   Bonyadi, Farzad   Los Angeles   CA   13,800   157   2
100   Phan, Young   Irvine   CA   13,500   157   3
101   Harmetz, Dan   Sacramento   CA   12,900   159   7
102   Seed, Huck   Las Vegas   NV   11,700   168   3
103   Hellmuth, Phil   Palo Alto   CA   11,200   169   5
104   Giang, Chau   Las Vegas   NV   9,900   168   1
105   Gerasimov, Kirill   Moscow   Russia   9,600   164   3
106   Amaral, Chris   Fall River   MA   5,000   168   2
107   Zhu, Rich   Rowland Heights   CA   4,000   168   4
108   Dehkharghani, Ray   Huntington Beach   CA   3,300   162   7
109   Brunson, Doyle   Las Vegas   NV   DNR   166   8
110   Thomas, Harry   Hamilton   OH   DNR   170   2
                  

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"Guillaume De La Gorce" fom London?

   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   36            
   Buy In   $2,000            
   Game   No Limit Hold'em            
   Date   18/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   1695            
   Net Prize Pool   $3,084,900            
   First Place Prize   $586,212             
   Total Spots Paid Out   171            
   Players Remaining    213            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table #   Seat #
1   Cole, Corwin   San Diego      185,700   62   4
2   Botond, Balazs   Budapest   Hungary   160,000   74   1
3   De La Gorce, Guillaume   London   United Kingdom   148,700   70   9
4   Dirksen, Dustin   Las Vegas   NV   145,000   86   6
5   Sparta, Philip   Fairfax   VA   145,000   74   2
6   Terrell, Karec   Brownstown    IN   143,900   64   4
7   Rich, Jordan   Portland   OR   128,900   59   6
8   Goethals, Theo   Olds   AB, Canada   126,400   63   9
9   Plens, Jonathan   Toronato   ON, Canada   123,800   85   3
10   Gray, Jason   Portland   OR   122,700   70   3
11   Mirzikinian, Warwick   Sydney   Australia   121,200   85   9
12   Adler, Adam   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   119,400   62   8
13   Cutler, Joe   Bay Shore   NY   119,100   71   8
14   Roux, Anthony   London   United Kingdom   114,200   68   2
15   White, Adam   Tempe   AZ   113,400   69   4
16   Huang, Yue Fan   San Francisco      110,400   59   8
17   Smith, Jordan   College Station   TX   110,100   70   4
18   Roberts, Jamie   London   United Kingdom   109,900   68   1
19   Switzer, Brett   Athens   GA   109,900   74   3
20   Yaginuma, Jesse   Silver Spring   MD   109,700   75   4
21   Mozingo, Chris   Alexandria   VA   108,100   64   1
22   Kovacs, Andras   Budapest   Hungary   100,100   79   4
23   White, Andrew   Galashiels   Scotland   98,500   63   1
24   Baldwin, Joseph   Tacoma   WA   95,100   79   7
25   Almira, Scripcenco   Paris   France   95,000   86   3
26   McNally, Steve   Henderson   NV   92,300   85   5
27   Demes, Brandon   Tempe   AZ   91,500   68   5
28   Martin, Michael   New York   NY   90,000   80   7
29   DeMaci, Christopher   Stanton      88,800   58   6
30   Deeb, Shaun   Las Vegas   NV   88,500   60   6
31   Molinari, Matt   New York   NY   88,300   87   5
32   Mihaly, Greg   Seabrook   TX   83,100   59   1
33   Brown, Jamie   London   United Kingdom   82,300   79   9
34   Lippert, Adam   Brooklyn   NY   82,100   85   6
35   Tovish, Nina   Washington   DC   82,000   81   8
36   Miner, William   Chicago   IL   78,800   69   5
37   Levy, Elliott   Arlington Heights   IL   76,000   66   3
38   Vance, Matt   Lowville   NY   75,900   73   3
39   Harder, Christian   Annapolis   MD   75,400   61   9
40   James, Kenna   Las Vegas   NV   75,200   69   6
41   Rheem, David   Sunny Isles Beach   FL   74,600   70   6
42   Suharto, Darus   Toronto   ON, Canada   74,200   69   8
43   Woodall, Warren   Los Angeles      74,100   59   2
44   Wan, Jeffrey   Staten Island   NY   73,100   62   9
45   Seden, Andrew   London   United Kingdom   72,900   80   6
46   Ward, Denis   Thonder Bay   ON, Canada   72,500   62   3
47   Yanovski, Leonid   Haifa   Israel   70,800   71   6
48   Neckar, Johnny   Las Vegas   NV   69,100   66   5
49   Andrews, Scott   Graham   TX   69,000   86   9
50   Krause, Andreas   Heilbronn   Germany   66,600   85   7
51   Parizon, Michael   Canton   MI   65,300   65   3
52   Romanello, Roberto   Gorseinon   United Kingdom   64,500   91   1
53   Abboud, Tark   Valencia   Venezuela   63,300   70   5
54   Coetzer, Conrad   Johannesburg   South Africa   63,100   58   4
55   Salas, Damian   Chascomus   Argentina   62,800   58   1
56   Cheung, Robert   Vancouver   BC, Canada   62,600   75   6
57   Semisoshenko, Maxim   St. Peterburg   Russia   60,800   59   5
58   Zelinka, Robert   Delray Beach   FL   60,500   61   6
59   Tabb, Steven   Newton   MA   60,100   61   5
60   Kornuth, Chance   Las Vegas   NV   59,500   72   7
61   Anton, Danny   Gaithershurs   MD   59,400   69   1
62   O'Brien, Daniel   Las Vegas   NV   57,900   80   1
63   Bramlett, Bradley   The Colony   TX   57,200   60   3
64   Fennell, Jason   Santa Maria      55,600   91   4
65   Kam, Leo   Ottawa   ON, Canada   55,400   72   1
66   Atchison, Pat   Fort Worth   TX   55,400   91   2
67   Tsinis, Arkadiy   Las Vegas   NV   55,290   81   5
68   Jaffee, Jared   Brooklyn   NY   55,100   73   8
69   Dominski, Paul   Minnentonka   MN   53,600   74   4
70   Hollink, Rob   Growingen   Neverlands   53,500   67   2
71   Geoum, In Sun   New York   NY   53,400   67   7
72   Berube, Antoine   Quebec City   QC, Canada   53,400   91   5
73   Bain, Gary   Vancouver   BC, Canada   51,500   73   4
74   Heger, Will   Union City   NJ   51,100   68   8
75   Grondin, Laurence   Montreal   QC, Canada   51,000   68   9
76   Wheeler, Terry   Sacramento      49,600   61   4
77   Rustemoglu, James   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   49,100   67   4
78   Fox, David   Coram   NY   48,800   58   8
79   Reinkemeier, Tobias   Brighton   United Kingdom   48,800   64   2
80   Gianluca, Marcucci   Claviere   Italy   48,600   64   5
81   Todd, Eugene   Brooklyn   NY   48,500   71   4
82   Cappello, Joseph   New Rochelle   NY   47,600   87   2
83   Meyers, Brandon   Robbinsdale   MN   46,800   64   3
84   Tuttle, Jeremy   Salt Lake City   UT   46,700   85   4
85   Wong, Brandon   Fresno      46,600   79   2
86   Panone, Donavan   Marietta    GA   45,900   59   7
87   Paris, Bryan   Menlo Park       45,900   70   2
88   Vinsant, Jeremiah   Murtfreesboro   TN   45,500   66   6
89   Goldberg, Paul   Charleston   SC   45,200   67   7
90   Doyle, Ryan   Minnetonka   MN   43,600   69   9
91   Vazquez, Francisco   Dallas   TX   41,700   61   2
92   Bradpiece, Jerome   London   UK   41,500   62   2
93   Xu, Dong   Los Angeles      41,400   86   2
94   Morneau, Joe   Candia   NH   41,300   74   9
95   Axman, Ingemar   Trogstad   Norway   40,800   64   8
96   Firestone, Bobby   Santa Barbara      40,400   60   7
97   Powell, Jack   London   UK   40,000   80   2
98   Batey, Andrew      Australia   38,900   81   3
99   Depalma, Wayne   Lakewood   CO   38,200   74   7
100   Sileo, James   Woodland Hills      37,700   65   4
101   Shlez, Vadim   New York   NY   37,600   81   7
102   Brown, Kyle   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   37,500   64   6
103   Vitagliano, Umberto   Rome   Italy   37,500   68   3
104   Conaway, John   Buffalo   NY   37,400   66   1
105   Barbieri, Al   Philadelphia   PA   37,000   81   9
106   Juan, Jose Perez   Buenos Aires   Argentina   36,800   73   9
107   Gabriel, Thomas   Gainesville   FL   36,400   60   9
108   Reeder, Brent   Santee      36,000   80   3
109   Manuel, Bevand   Paris   France   35,500   81   1
110   Becker, Jeff   Las Vegas   NV   35,400   87   6
111   Tighe, David   Birmingham   UK   34,700   73   5
112   Fukui, Ibuki   Avon   CO   34,600   79   8
113   Mrozek, Mike   Houston   TX   34,200   70   8
114   Dekorver, Pieter   Leeuwarden   Netherlands   34,100   67   9
115   Ma, Hieu "Tony"   El Monte      34,000   64   9
116   Connaly, Charles   Pasadena   TX   33,900   86   7
117   Suttle, Brian   Boerne   TX   33,400   73   2
118   Hoefs, Steven   Avalon      33,300   63   3
119   Vullion, Pascal      France   33,200   71   5
120   Bivins, David   Browns Mills   NJ   33,200   79   1
121   Westmoreland, Michael   St. Louis   MO   33,100   74   8
122   Tokarczyk, George   Bunke   SD   33,000   66   2
123   McCormack, Francis   Kildare   Ireland   33,000   67   6
124   McClain, James   Riverside      33,000   63   7
125   Chotikul, Jeffrey   Centreville   VA   32,400   71   2
126   Campbell, Rhynie   Las Vegas   NV   32,300   61   1
127   Koon, Jason   Pittsburgh   PA   31,800   75   5
128   Pechac, Jim   Phoenix   AZ   31,700   65   5
129   Heinrichs, Ben   Chico      31,200   80   9
130   Brown, Robert   Roseville      30,900   63   4
131   Nielsen, Toke   Aarhus   Denmark   30,300   75   9
132   Lennaard, Ken   Stockholm   Sweden   30,200   58   2
133   Horton, Brian   Richardson   TX   30,100   72   5
134   Brockington, Mark   Edmonton   AB, Canada   29,600   68   7
135   Goodson, Robert   Chandler   AZ   29,300   87   1
136   Dolan, Charles   Westminster      29,000   65   1
137   Wong, Marty   Napa      28,800   66   7
138   O'Shaughnessy, Ian   Trois-Rivieres   QC, Canada   28,500   85   2
139   Myung, John   Vienna   VA   27,800   58   7
140   Buechner, Andrew   Narberth   PA   27,800   71   7
141   Egan, Andrew   Wilmington   DE   27,700   61   3
142   Bibi, Steve   Plymouth   MI   27,400   74   5
143   Burbick, Corey   Davie   FL   27,300   72   2
144   Morris, Brian   Chicago   IL   27,200   91   9
145   Goldstein, Larry   Farmingville   NY   26,600   59   3
146   Rinaldi, Riccardo   Lucca   Italy   26,200   79   6
147   Forde, Stephen   Cork   Ireland   25,900   72   6
148   Downend, Jim   Media   PA   25,800   81   2
149   Ryan, Steve   Brooklyn   NY   25,600   87   4
150   De Mel, Priyan   London   United Kingdom   24,800   79   3
151   Fyshe, Adam   Ottawa   ON, Canada   24,600   67   8
152   Wheeler, Jason   San Diego      24,400   71   9
153   Binger, Michael   Las Vegas   NV   24,400   63   8
154   Chen, Tommy   San Francisco      24,400   73   7
155   Butzberger, Joseph   Dallas   TX   23,900   86   1
156   Becker, Brandon   Loveland   OH   23,800   73   1
157   Haglund, Gary   Colorado Springs   CO   23,600   85   8
158   Gerasimova, Liya   Yakutiya   Russia   23,400   68   4
159   King, Steven   Visalia      22,800   76   1
160   Childs, Bill   Southern Pines   NC   22,700   62   1
161   Druif, Pieter   Oostwoud   Netherlands   22,700   72   8
162   Purvis, Blake   Montgomery   AL   22,500   61   8
163   Patzel, Oliver   Hamburg   Germany   22,400   66   4
164   Kelly, Kevin   Scottsdale   AZ   22,100   72   9
165   Levi, Dennis   Jersey City   NJ   22,000   81   6
166   Santiago, Alex   West Hartford   CT   21,900   68   6
167   Brendo, Oddvar   Stavanger   Norway   21,800   73   6
168   Kishnev, Sergey   Moscow   Russia   21,800   67   3
169   Yates, Ken   Friendswood   TX   21,800   70   1
170   Whitley, David   Homestead   FL   21,600   75   8
171   Hamby, Jared   Henderson   NV   21,600   80   8
172   Palacios, Bolivar   Santiago   Panama   21,200   66   8
173   Woods, Darren   Grimslry   United Kingdom   21,000   59   9
174   Patrick, Sacrispeyre   Paris   France   20,900   91   3
175   Green, Adam   Washington   DC   20,900   87   7
176   Lagarde, Matthew   College Park   MD   20,500   72   4
177   Thacker, Kyle   Naples   FL   20,000   71   3
178   Petersen, Jesper   Thaarhusc      19,500   58   5
179   Blackwell, Trevor   Honolulu   HI   19,500   60   4
180   Mayer, Aaron   Los Angeles      19,300   69   2
181   Battaglia, Jeff   Chicago   IL   19,200   63   2
182   Howard, Nick   Las Vegas   NV   19,000   58   9
183   Carson, Dick   Tyler   TX   19,000   86   5
184   Mazzie, Robby   Pittsburgh   PA   18,400   64   7
185   Pahuja, Vinny   New York   NY   18,000   75   2
186   Sackler, Jason   Orlando   FL   17,500   87   8
187   White, John   Portland   OR   17,400   79   5
188   Arvanitis, Chris   Montreal   QC, Canada   17,400   80   4
189   Martsev, Andrey   St. Peterburg   Russia   17,200   87   3
190   Rightmire, Rob   Glenwood Springs   CO   16,600   66   9
191   Sumi, Carl   San Jose      16,400   62   6
192   Wright, Joel   Chino Hills      16,100   65   7
193   Hobson, Greg   Portland   OR   15,300   70   7
194   Butler, Ashley   Tampa   FL   15,200   75   3
195   Pinchot, Dale   Trenton   NJ   15,200   60   5
196   Wilcox, David   Olatha   KS   15,000   75   1
197   Bergstrom, Christian   Sundbyburg   Sweden   14,500   65   8
198   Fenlon, Jarrett   Richmond      14,400   58   3
199   Masaki, Yuji   Hiroshima   Japan   13,500   91   6
200   McGowan, Joe   Las Vegas   NV   13,100   74   6
201   Linden, Eric   Las Vegas   NV   12,900   65   6
202   Gray, Robert   Atlanta   GA   12,500   67   5
203   Pendergrast, Scott   Chathom   NJ   12,300   69   3
204   Boehm, Thomas   Kronshagen   Germany   11,500   65   2
205   Rebecca, Tom   Wheaton   IL   10,900   63   6
206   Wiley, Matt   Canton   MI   10,700   59   4
207   Tobin, Daniel   Calagary   AB, Canada   9,800   72   3
208   Young, Jim   Seattle   WA   9,700   60   1
209   Cyons, Brendan   Covina      9,500   65   9
210   Wagner, Gunter   Mulheim   Germany   7,600   67   1
211   Shorr, Shannon   Las Vegas   NV   6,200   60   8
212   Tipton, John   Penngrove       3,400   60   2
213   Myers, Gary   Crystal Lake    IL   DNR   62   7

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Bugger. Will Edit it.

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6   Terrell, Karec   Brownstown    IN   143,900   64   4

i believe should be 43,900, unfortunately.  probs mistake when he wrote on bag

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   35      
   Buy In   $5,000       
   Date   Pot Limit Omaha      
   Game   17/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   363      
   Net Prize Pool   $1,706,100       
   First Place Prize   $409,484      
   Players to Cash   36      

   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Austin, Richard   $409,484   Louisville    KY
2   Mizzi, Sorel   $253,048   Toronto   ON, Canada
3   Josephy, Cliff   $166,771   Syosset   NY
4   Hindin, Daniel   $116,748   Danbury   CT
5   Palevic, Rifat   $86,516   Bunkeflostrand   Sweden
6   Ramos, Felipe   $67,663   Sao Paulo   Brazil
7   Marcus, Van   $55,687   Melbourne   Australia
8   Jetten, Peter   $48,112   Toronto   ON, Canada
9   Ngai, Samuel   $43,539   Edmonton   AB, Canada
10   Baron, Isaac   $32,330   Los Gatos   CA
11   Nielson, Jeppe   $32,330   Copenhagen   Denmark
12   Tatalovich, Richard   $32,330   Scottsdale   AZ
13   Sofer, Evan   $24,448   Henderson   NV
14   Perry, Rafael   $24,448   Las Vegas   NV
15   Giannetti, Matthew   $24,448   Las Vegas   NV
16   Ulliott, David   $18,732   Hull   United Kingdom
17   Newman, Clayton   $18,732   Athens   GA
18   Kabbaj, Jean-Michel   $18,732   Watford   United Kingdom
19   Hourani, Adam   $14,433   Troy   MI
20   Wegher, Marco   $14,433   Monclassico   Italy
21   Soulier, Fabrice   $14,433   Las Vegas   NV
22   Watson, Michael   $14,433   Toronto   ON, Canada
23   Hougaard, Jesper   $14,433   Copenhagen   Denmark
24   Oshea, John   $14,433   Churchtown   Isle of Man
25   Begley, Timothy   $14,433   Freehold   NJ
26   Ochana, Edward   $14,433   Elgin   IL
27   Marmorstein, Phillip   $14,433   Munich   Germany
28   Cantor, Jonathan   $11,345   New York   NY
29   Smyth, James   $11,345   Greenisland   Ireland
30   Chen, Andrew   $11,345   Mississauga   ON, Canada
31   Evdakov, Nikolay   $11,345   Moscow   Russia
32   Lellouche, Anthony   $11,345   Paris   France
33   Lisandro, Jeffrey   $11,345   Salerno   Italy
34   Bari, Allen   $11,345   West Orange   NJ
35   Sarrafzadeh, Steve   $11,345   Roslyn   NY
36   Smith, Justin   $11,345   Kissimmee   FL

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Ooooh! Fair play to the boy, too. It's his absolute right.


Official Report 

Event #35

Pot-Limit Omaha

Buy-In:  $5,000

Number of Entries:  363

Total Net Prize Pool:  $1,706,100

Number of Places Paid:  363

First Place Prize:  $409,484

June 17-19, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Richard Austin Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

 

The Winner --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha champion is Richard Austin, from Jeffersonville, IN.

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL MEDIA/READERS: 

 

Following Austin’s victory, he declined to be interviewed.  Furthermore, Austin refuses to participate in the traditional WSOP gold bracelet ceremony.  This means there will be no gold bracelet ceremony held on Saturday, June 20th. 

 

Austin is the first WSOP winner to decline participation in post-tournament activities.  All other 34 gold bracelet winners this year have agreed to participate in interviews and festivities.
 

The WSOP Media and Pubic Relations makes every effort to provide as much background information about the winner as possible.  However, coverage of this tournament (Event 35) is, by necessity, limited to facts and figures about the event, rather than the winner.

 

 

·        Austin collected $409,484 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to the official records, Austin now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 1 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  He has $409,484 in career WSOP winnings.

 

 

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Winner Quotes (Richard Austin) –

 

 

NOTE:  The winner refused to be interviewed.

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table contained only former WSOP gold bracelet winner – Cliff Josephy (1 win).

 

·        The final table included players from five different nations – including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Sweden, and the United States.

 

·        The runner up was Sorrel Mizzi, from Toronto, ON (Canada).  He has numerous wins and cashes in major events worldwide.  However, Mizzi has yet to win a WSOP title.  Mizzi now has two runner-up finishes and over $600,000 in WSOP winnings.  He picked up $253,048 for second place in this event.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Cliff Josephy (a.k.a. “JohnnyBax”), from Syosset, NY.  He won his gold bracelet in the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud event in 2005.  Third place paid $166,771.

·        The fourth-place finisher was Dan Hindin, from Danbury, CT.  He is a 24-year-old former trader-turned poker pro.  This was his first time to cash in a WSOP event – which paid $116,748.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Rifat Palevic, from Malmoe, Sweden.  He is a 29-year-old poker pro.  Palevic won a major event in Prague (Czech Republic) last year. 

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Felipe “Mojave” Ramos, from Sao Paulo, Brazil.  He is a 26-year-old poker pro.  Ramos has cashed in several tournaments on both the Latin American Poker Tour and European Poker Tour.  Had Ramos managed to win this event, he would have become only the second South American player in history to win a WSOP gold bracelet.  The first (and only) was his fellow countryman Alexandre Gomes, from Brazil, who won in 2008.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Van Marcus, from Melbourne, Australia.  He is a 26-year-old student.  Van Marcus won the Asian Pacific Poker Tour Main Event in Manila (Philippines) last year.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Peter Jetten, from Toronto, ON (Canada).  He is a 24-year-old poker pro.  Jetten finished as the runner up in last year’s $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha world championship.

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Samuel Ngai, from Edmonton, AB (Canada).  He is a 26-year-old poker pro. 

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        Turnout for this year’s $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha championship increased by a whopping 138 percent over last year – the biggest increase for any tournament so far this year.  This year, there were 363 entries as opposed to 152 last year.

 

·        It should be noted that last year’s $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha championship included the option for re-buys.  There are no re-buy events this year.

 

·        This is the 24th of 35 tournaments completed thus far at this year’s WSOP, with more than a $1 million prize pool.

 

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Wow, interesting Call by the winner here, though we don't know the relative stacks.


The Event --

 

·        The $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha championship attracted 363 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $1,706,100.  The top 36 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

 

·        The End of Day One chip leader was Jesper Hougaard, from Copenhagen, Denmark.  He ended up finishing 23rd.

 

·        The chip leader coming into the final table was Cliff Josephy.  He ended up taking third place.

 

·        Winner Richard Austin came into the final table ranked fourth out of nine players.  When play became three-handed, he had both of his opponents covered by about a 2 to 1 margin.

 

·        The decisive moment of the tournament took place on the very final hand.  In a monstrous three-way pot, with the gold bracelet at stake, Austin got very lucky against both of his opponents who were holding superior cards:

 

AUSTIN:     - - -

MIZZI:         -  - -

JOSEPHY: - - -  

 

Mizzi and Josephy were the early aggressors.  Both re-raised enough times to be all-in pre-flop.  Austin called the raise with the inferior hand.

 

The flop came:   - -

 

Josephy had flopped a monster, with the top set (kings).  Mizzi held an overpair (aces).  Austin had a flush draw and an inside straight draw.

 

The turn came:  

 

The turn gave no improvement to any of the three players, although Josephy was in the lead with a set of kings when the final card was dealt.

 

The river came:  

 

The river gave Austin a club-flush.  He had both of his opponents covered in chips and therefore won the tournament.
 

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WSOP Statistics –

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #35, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 33,533 entries.  $60,575,288 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Through Event #35 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:

 

United States – 25

United Kingdom – 2

Canada – 2

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Australia – 1

Sweden – 1

Mexico – 1

 

Note:  Last year 19 of the 59 gold bracelet events were won by non-Americans (32 percent).  In, 2007, the number was 15 of 55 (29 percent).  In 2006, the number was 5 of 45 (11 percent).

 

·        Event #35 winner Richard Austin is to be classified as an amateur player.  However, it should be noted that little his known about this player.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:

 

            Professionals --            23 wins(Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey-1, 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, Phil Ivey-2, Pete Vilandos, Tomas Alenius, Roland de Wolfe, J.C. Tran, James Van Alstyne, Angel, Guillen, Greg Mueller, Eric Baldwin)              Amateurs --      6 wins(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Richard Austin)              Semi-Pros --     4 wins            (Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert)  ·        Nine of the 35 winners this year (26 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners.  There have been two double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker and Phil Ivey.

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event 35, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as follows (with point totals):

 

255 – Ville Wahlbeck

225 – Phil Ivey

220 – Brock Parker

220 – James Van Alstyne

195 – Roland de Wolfe

175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos

175 – Angel Guillen

165 – Daniel Alaei

160 – Steve Sung

155 – Daniel Negreanu

150 – Rami Boukai