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

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   2009 World Series of Poker               
   End of Day One Results               
   Event #   51            
   Buy In   $1,500             
   Game   No Limit Hold'em            
   Date   27/06/2009            
   Number of Entries   2,781            
   Net Prize Pool   $3,796,065             
   First Place Prize   $664,426            
   Total Spots Paid Out   297            
   Players Remaining    349            

   Last Name, First Name   City   State/Country   Chip Count   Table   Seat
1   Bonita, Christopher   Winthrop   MA   131,700   178   9
2   Price, Ryan   Johannesburg   South Africa   130,000   178   1
3   Slaubaugh, Cody   Rugby   ND   125,900   181   1
4   Huynh, Phong   Atlanta   GA   123,300   184   3
5   Van Zadelhoff, Steven   Deil   Netherlands   118,000   181   4
6   Armstrong, Kevin   Fair Oaks Ranch   CA   117,700   181   5
7   Helder, Jason   Lancaster   PA   117,700   181   7
8   Le, Hon   Bell Gardens   CA   115,900   166   8
9   Shelton, Kenneth   Dallas   TX   105,600   195   7
10   Potter, Jason   Tulsa   OK   100,100   158   4
11   Vanchiro, Jeffrey   Brooklyn   NY   95,400   189   5
12   Thibaud, Durand   Angentan   France   93,600   178   4
13   Bogdan, Aurel         91,300   177   3
14   McFadgen, Michael   Toronto   ON, Canada   88,900   165   2
15   Gharibian, Tro   Los Angeles   CA   88,100   184   8
16   Crowe, Owen   Halifat   Canada   88,000   190   4
17   Saleh, Christopher   Scunthorpe   UK   87,200   186   1
18   Hudson, Michael   Lake In The Hills   IL   86,900   162   3
19   Subilia, Sam   Wells   ME   85,300   152   4
20   Stocker, William   Palo Alto   CA   84,900   197   3
21   Jesus Breda, Jorge   Vila Velma   Brazil   83,400   169   2
22   Benvenuti, Michael   Newport Beach   CA   82,300   183   2
23   McClellan, Fitz   Tacoma   WA   80,200   158   8
24   Pfund, Doug   New Hudson   MI   79,900   194   7
25   Nakhoul, Ben   Wakefield   MA   79,700   174   2
26   Vegas, Carlos         79,200   160   7
27   Anderson, Chapin   Aloha   OR   78,900   171   3
28   Filippi, Amnon         77,700   167   4
29   Kenna, Stephen   Dunboyne   Ireland   77,300   169   6
30   Rodriguez, Miguel   Madrid   Spain   75,600   190   7
31   Trujillo, Clint   Grand Junction   CO   75,200   174   5
32   Hasten, Michael   Peoria   IL   75,000   163   7
33   Gagliano, Michael   Rockaway   NJ   74,700   176   6
34   Walasinski, David   Columbus   OH   72,900   182   9
35   Pilot, Shawn   North Hills   CA   71,600   193   9
36   Meyers, Brandon   Robbinsdale   MN   71,600   169   1
37   Nguyen, Men "The Master"   Bell Gardens   CA   71,200   174   3
38   Chen, Andrew   Mississouga   ON, Canada   71,200   161   9
39   Brickman, Robert   Jacksonville   FL   70,600   168   1
40   Fleischer, Terry   Las Vegas   NV   69,900   188   7
41   Diaz, Robert   Tierra Verde   FL   69,300   180   6
42   Belloso, Rafael   Caracas   Venezuela   68,400   170   6
43   Braband, Tom   Oshkosh   WI   67,300   157   9
44   Souza, Marc   Walnut Creek   CA   66,900   163   4
45   Hawk, William   Bothell   WA   66,300   197   1
46   Mertz, Jasper   Lyngby      65,200   187   3
47   Roberts, Jamie   London   UK   62,800   162   4
48   Marquez, Marco      Portugal   62,500   186   3
49   Florian, Schramm   Maisach   Germany   60,600   192   3
50   Tuthill, Nathan   Fredericksburg   VA   60,300   186   9
51   Samy, Khireddine   Roubaix   France   58,900   164   7
52   Barabino, Rick   New Tork   NY   58,800   172   7
53   Bessa, Sergio   Almancil   Portugal   58,200   195   4
54   Barclay, Stuart   Brighton   United Kingdom   57,800   197   8
55   Leconte, Venceslas   Conde-sur-Vire   France   57,800   184   4
56   Joh, Carsten   Reutlingen   Germany   57,700   178   5
57   Floyd, Chris   Rancho Cucamonga   CA   57,600   159   7
58   Garcia San Martin, Fernando   Elche   Spain   57,500   175   4
59   Stefanelli, Bruno   Seorrano   Italy   57,300   188   6
60   Hohn, Steve   Overland Park   KS   56,600   174   6
61   Drover, Mark   St. John's   NF, Canada   55,400   157   7
62   Johnson, Keith   Nottingham   United Kingdom   55,100   171   9
63   Vilela, Diego   Rio De Janeiro   Brazil   54,800   172   5
64   Ventsko, Vladimir   San Francisco   CA   53,800   166   9
65   Mifsud, Brandon   Gilbert   AZ   53,500   188   3
66   Pantling, Andrew   Toronto   ON, Canada   52,900   173   1
67   Kuether, Joe   Elm Grove   WI   52,700   157   2
68   Montes, Diego      Peru   52,400   180   2
69   Dillon, Bob   Battle Creek   MI   52,100   192   2
70   Beck, Hayward   Los Angeles   CA   52,000   167   2
71   Hurwich, Scott   Orlando   FL   51,400   164   3
72   Sheirbon, Brent   The Dalles   OR   51,300   162   2
73   Christensen, Tim   Northfield   MN   51,100   193   1
74   Drake, Christopher   Leavenworth   KS   50,900   185   2
75   Marsh, Edward   Lafayette   LA   50,700   169   4
76   Brady, Matt   Havertown   PA   50,500   180   7
77   Goldklang, David   Mill Valley   CA   50,300   166   1
78   Scott, Eric   San Francisco   CA   49,500   169   7
79   Dias, A.      Portugal   49,400   196   6
80   Labbe, Leo   Las Vegas   NV   48,800   187   6
81   Richardson, Adam   Poway   CA   48,600   184   2
82   Dorin, Scott   New York   NY   48,000   195   8
83   Godfrey, Dave   Port Coquitlam   BC, Canada   48,000   168   4
84   Haabak, Jesse   Grand Forks   ND   47,100   190   3
85   Russmeier, Julian   Berlin   Germany   47,000   186   8
86   Garner, Markie   Prairieville,    LA   46,000   183   8
87   Boylan, Christopher   Windsor   CA   45,400   172   2
88   Wingert, Damian   Westminster   CA   45,100   164   1
89   Li, Tingjian   Thousand Oaks   CA   44,800   165   1
90   Gee, William   Pflugerville   TX   44,300   190   9
91   NG, Jason   Henderson   NV   44,200   161   8
92   Pappas, Cliff   Scottsdale   AZ   43,900   164   5
93   Olesch, Gordon   Odenburg   Germany   43,400   160   4
94   Snoek, Dirk   Gronincen   Netherlands   43,100   190   1
95   Marcum, Gary   Clermont   FL   42,600   168   8
96   Hartwick, Greg   Bolton   ON, Canada   42,300   172   9
97   Vargo, Eric         42,200   162   9
98   Cousineau, Tony   Daytona Beach   FL   42,000   193   8
99   Guertin, Lee   Eden Prairie   MN   41,800   181   3
100   Kapalas, Georgios   Athens   Greece   41,800   166   6
101   Szilasi, Viktoria   Budapest   Hungary   41,800   158   5
102   Younger, Jason   Bakersfield   CA   41,500   182   6
103   Tran, Angie   Houston   TX   41,400   167   9
104   Oman, Carl   Vancouver   WA   41,300   192   9
105   Reitman, Joe   Los Angeles   CA   41,200   180   8
106   Clemente, Vito   Sherman Oaks   CA   41,000   184   6
107   St. Amour, Mark   Galloutin   TN   40,800   162   6
108   Blanchar, Richard   Ft. Lauderdale   FL   40,700   189   4
109   Adams, Marco   Holland    Netherlands   40,600   185   3
110   Peterson, Dale   Bothell   WA   40,500   194   2
111   Nasser, Walid      Venezuela   40,500   169   8
112   Higgins, Shawn   Austin   TX   40,000   195   9
113   Zillmer, John   Glenmoore   PA   39,800   157   3
114   Rusley, Ryan   Columbus   MT   39,500   195   3
115   Dias Lopes, Tiago   Porto   Portugal   39,500   187   8
116   Levy, Steven   Peabody   MA   39,400   192   1
117   David, Jouli   Paris   France   39,300   192   4
118   Pock, Allen   Irving   CA   39,300   170   3
119   Gibbons, Paul (William)   Madison   WI   39,000   161   7
120   Orr, Anthony   Poynette   WI   38,900   165   4
121   Saro, Ovasapyan   Glendale   CA   38,800   162   7
122   Ducatezeiler, Andres   Buenos Aires   Argentina   38,700   196   1
123   O’Neill, Craig   Saltburn   United Kingdom   38,000   171   6
124   Coulon, Christine   Gurnee    IL   37,700   191   9
125   Sanburn, Keith   Thompson   MB, Canada   37,700   173   7
126   Nguyen, Khiem      Germany   37,600   183   3
127   Ioannis, Bouzalas   Athens   Greece   37,600   161   4
128   Sgroi, Antoine   Paris   France   37,500   173   3
129   Zurawski, Chris   Glen Ellyn   IL   37,200   163   5
130   Singh, Bhupinder   Sacramento   CA   37,200   160   2
131   Myrick, Steven   Bakersfield   CA   37,000   191   8
132   Grimard, Anthony   Newaygo   MI   37,000   178   7
133   Collins, Lehi   Sacremento   CA   37,000   165   3
134   Pahuja, Vinny   New York City   NY   36,900   193   6
135   Ha, Lawrence   West Hollywood   CA   36,900   187   4
136   Millar, Daniel   Northhampton   MA   36,900   185   9
137   Mazursky, Jon   Austin   TX   36,900   179   2
138   Vaiese, Anthony   Seattle   WA   36,800   196   2
139   Lupovich, Eric   Mont-Royal   QC, Canada   36,800   175   1
140   Hinkle, Grant   Overland Park   KS   36,700   178   6
141   Payne, Billie   Arlington   TX   36,100   165   5
142   Gelencser, Peter   Budapest   Hungary   35,900   182   2
143   Korkis, Sam   Calabasas    CA   35,900   166   5
144   Amer, June   Pembroke Pines   FL   35,800   182   4
145   Kiiski, Lauri   Tampere   Finland   35,600   181   9
146   Jacob, Alex         35,100   177   5
147   Riser, Larkin   Shreveport   LA   35,000   184   5
148   Kershaw, Jim   Langton   ON, Canada   34,900   197   4
149   De Bruyn, Guido   Amsterdam   Netherlands   34,700   180   9
150   Hjelm, Ben   Montgomery   AL   34,600   159   2
151   Paasonen, Mika   Hameenlinna   Finland   34,500   169   3
152   Thavisin, Ben   Grevenbroich   Germany   34,000   190   2
153   Treasure, Matt   Croton on Hudson   NY   33,900   183   1
154   Bremstahler, Thomas   Cologne   Germany   33,900   160   3
155   Desmond, Casey   Phoenix   AZ   33,800   193   3
156   Cowan, Chris   Kettering   OH   33,800   158   6
157   Panepinto, Richard   Indianapolis   IN   33,600   176   1
158   Fussner, Joshua   Peoria   IL   33,600   159   6
159   Martinez, Martin   Sydney   Australia   33,000   176   9
160   Nishijima, Thiago   Sao Paulo   Brazil   32,900   192   6
161   Bailey, Bryan   Florence   KY   32,900   183   7
162   Weenink, Herman   Gouda   Netherlands   32,900   172   3
163   Felix, Duane   New Rochelle   NY   32,700   173   2
164   Lytle, Mike         32,500   168   2
165   Huang, Derrick   New York   NY   32,100   188   9
166   Walterscheid, Mel   Muenster   TX   31,800   184   1
167   Fee, Mark   Cincinnati   OH   31,700   161   2
168   Henson, David   Austin   TX   31,600   168   6
169   Lamar, Justin   Santa Barbara   CA   31,400   189   3
170   Viox, Chris   Glen Carbon   IL   31,400   175   8
171   Schussler, Erin   Lonsdale   MN   31,300   172   6
172   Holiman, Brady   Athens   TX   31,200   174   4
173   Ripley, Craig   Barrie   Canada   31,200   159   9
174   Reiken, Jace   Lincoln Park   NJ   31,000   176   3
175   Worrmann, Michael   Gelsenkirchen   Germany   30,300   177   9
176   Restrepo, Daniel   Boca Raton   FL   30,200   165   8
177   Jones, Lindsay   Irvine   CA   29,800   184   7
178   Svendsen, Bertil   Kristinsand   Norway   29,700   187   1
179   Wong, William   Aurora   IL   29,700   167   1
180   Suffel, Doug   Sault St Marie   Canada   29,600   189   9
181   Mizrachy, Marc   Towaco   NJ   29,600   167   8
182   Manole, Mihai   Targoviste   Romania   29,600   161   6
183   Guerrero, Juan   Mission   TX   29,000   181   2
184   Rahmani, Ibrahim   Vaxio   Sweden   29,000   173   9
185   Kovacs, Gabor      Hungary   28,900   196   5
186   Wanzer, Scott   Tuscon   AZ   28,700   170   2
187   Dimitrios, Charilas   Athens   Greece   28,600   158   3
188   Shearer, Randy   Pekin   IL   28,500   176   7
189   Brown, Tom   Kent   OH   28,400   178   8
190   Abdalla, Jake   Boston   MA   28,300   194   5
191   Turner, Andrew   Plymouth   MI   28,300   159   5
192   Herman, Robert   Reno   NV   28,000   159   1
193   Flores, Michael   Dallas   TX   27,900   197   6
194   Slusarek, Patryk      Poland   27,800   197   2
195   Schlein, Joshua   Baltimore   MD   27,800   186   5
196   Brill, Joshua   Cambridge   OH   27,700   196   4
197   Smith, Alex   Highland Park   NJ   27,600   171   8
198   Cox, Kyle   Astoria   NY   27,600   170   1
199   Figueroa, Victor   Orlando   FL   27,600   167   7
200   Leckey, Paul   Ballycastle   United Kingdom   27,200   197   5
201   Lange, Mark   Phoenix   AZ   27,000   177   6
202   Van Coevordenm, Tosao   Amsterdam   Netherlands   27,000   175   2
203   Pavlis, Jan   Svitavy   Czech Republic   27,000   174   7
204   Smith, Charles   Red Oak   TX   27,000   171   2
205   Toth, Alex   Anacortes   WA   27,000   163   1
206   Hendrickson, Shaun   Tallahassee   FL   26,900   179   8
207   Crain, Josh   Denver   CO   26,900   177   4
208   Mead, Darrell   Peoria   IL   26,900   177   1
209   Hall, Richard   Wilkes Barre   PA   26,900   160   9
210   Bulent, Seri   Melbourne   Australia   26,600   163   8
211   Kenny, Albert      Ireland   26,500   185   8
212   Sisneros, Frederick   Ranchos De Ta   NM   26,100   164   2
213   Cebula, Dale   Mosinee   WI   26,000   197   9
214   Robbins, Greg   Mooresville   NC   25,700   192   7
215   Harder, Charles   Fort Collins   CO   25,600   188   2
216   Perez, Martin   Kingwood   TX   25,200   182   7
217   Daukas, Scott   Olympia   WA   25,100   189   7
218   Reinartz, Sebastian      Germany   25,100   158   9
219   Chew, Nelson   Milpitas   CA   24,900   180   1
220   Harris, Chris   Cleveland   MS, Canada   24,800   185   7
221   Erskine, Duane   Orangeville   ON, Canada   24,700   188   8
222   Thompson, Gregory   Charlotte   NC   24,700   168   9
223   O'Donnell, Kevin   Scottsdale   AZ   24,500   171   7
224   Holland, Ian   San Diego   CA   24,300   191   4
225   Roschek, Mark   Hayward   CA   24,200   189   2
226   Gonzales, Raul   St. Petersburg   FL   24,000   186   2
227   Makdessi, Rabih   Solon   OH   24,000   183   6
228   Black, Scott   Longview   WA   23,900   189   8
229   Derke, Nicholas   Las Vegas   NV   23,700   176   5
230   Martin, Jesse   Northboro   MA   23,300   164   9
231   Mecklinger, Jay   Toronto   ON, Canada   23,200   190   6
232   Luber, Benjamin   Los Angeles   CA   22,500   194   6
233   Colaiacovo, Paulo   Etobicoke   Canada   22,500   166   4
234   Carli, Doug "Rico"   Alliance   OH   22,400   172   8
235   Frank, Joshua   Miami   FL   22,400   164   8
236   Venkataraman, Kalyan   Pasadena   CA   22,200   172   1
237   Chambers, Frank   Littleton   CO   22,000   182   3
238   Crawford, Andrew   Sao Paulo    Brazil   22,000   175   5
239   Risener, Kevin   Trinity   FL   21,900   182   5
240   Gray, Jason   Portland   OR   21,900   157   5
241   Benhamou, Brian   Paris   France   21,800   187   2
242   Shechtman, Steven   Hollywood   FL   21,600   159   3
243   Pionke, Edward   Chicago   IL   21,400   166   3
244   Jimenez, Lucito   Corona   CA   21,217   176   8
245   Krempf, Jozef   Tat   Hungary   20,900   185   6
246   Terrell, Kenneth   Roswell   GA   20,600   190   8
247   Kwan, Bill   Calgary   AB, Canada   20,600   182   1
248   Ian, Michael   Toronto   ON, Canada   20,200   191   1
249   Rosario, Ritchie   Clovis   CA   20,100   188   5
250   Duong, Tom   Fremont   CA   20,000   192   5
251   Vassort, Pierre   Lyon   France   19,700   196   8
252   Soffar, Adam   Houston   TX   19,600   165   6
253   Persson, Magnus   Gothenburg   Sweden   19,500   171   5
254   Fleming, Greg   Calgary   Canada   19,400   172   4
255   Mews, Arne   Cologne   Germany   19,400   169   5
256   Erdman, Travis   San Francisco   CA   19,100   174   1
257   Jaddi, Sam   Pembroke Pines   FL   19,000   167   5
258   Scherr, John   Charlotte   NC   18,900   171   4
259   Ornstein, Eric   Centereach   NY   18,900   170   4
260   Rodriguez, Jorge   Las Vegas   NV   18,800   193   5
261   Kantelberg, John   Etobicoke   ON, Canada   18,800   177   7
262   Robins, Kevin   Tempe   AZ   18,700   192   8
263   Smoot, Scott   Brunswick   OH   18,700   181   8
264   Tipper, Chris   Perksburg   West Virginia   18,500   173   8
265   LaVecchia, Patrick   Phildelphia   PA   18,500   158   7
266   Szilasi, Viktoria   Budapest   Hungary   18,300   196   9
267   Araujo, Marcio      Brazil   18,300   181   6
268   Petzing, Jim   Chicago   IL   18,200   174   8
269   Narboni, Philippe   Veigy   France   18,100   191   5
270   Malone, Joshua   Cincinnati   OH   18,100   178   2
271   Wade, Daniel   Richmond   VA   17,900   191   2
272   Paladenic, Joe   Sierra Vista   AZ   17,700   188   1
273   Cooke, Chris      Ireland   17,600   189   6
274   Lugo, Pablo   Caracas   Venezuela   17,600   180   5
275   Doria, Mario   Melbourne   Australia   17,500   180   3
276   Fisher, Cole   Orange County   CA   17,400   179   6
277   Moore, Kenneth   San Antonio   TX   17,300   194   4
278   Andrew, Howard   Martinez   CA   17,200   191   6
279   Tomberlin, Eric   Orange Park   FL   17,200   183   9
280   Wong, Norris   Edmonton   AB, Canada   17,200   168   5
   Nguyen, Sang   Garden Grove   CA   16,800   185   5
   McClana, David   Lexington   SC   16,700   187   5
   Mahoney, Jared   Abington   MA   16,500   158   1
   Winters, Ronald   Lake Havasu City   AZ   16,300   195   2
   Seatelli, JeanPaul   Bastia   France   16,300   173   4
   Thomas, Robert   Chicago   IL   16,300   165   9
   Calvin, Neil   Sammamish   WA   16,100   193   4
   Catron, Vance   Ketchikan   AK   16,100   179   7
   Hakverdian, Mher   Los Angeles   CA   16,100   161   1
   Himelstein, Michael   Indianapolis   IN   15,900   195   6
   Bryant, Anthony   La Grange   GA   15,700   188   4
   Page, Nathan   Happy Valley   OR   15,300   175   6
   Wiesner, Brett   Las Vegas   NV   15,200   163   2
   Legros, Julien   Poitiers   France   15,100   157   8
   McDaniel, Marc   Mt Pleasant   TX   14,900   180   4
   Valkenburg, Paulus   Prague   Czech Republic   14,800   162   5
   Matern, Mike   Herten   Germany   14,600   174   9
   Bacon, Robert   Myrtle Beach   SC   14,600   166   2
   McIntyre, Luke   Sydney   Australia   14,500   162   1
   Koo, Thomas   San Jose   Costa Rica   14,300   157   1
   Kim, Doug   New York   NY   14,200   170   9
   Cohen, Jay   Boca Raton   FL   13,900   187   7
   Brunson, Barney   McKinney   TX   13,900   168   7
   Blanda, Anthony   Las Vegas   NV   13,800   182   8
   Newman, Tom   Charlotte   NC   13,800   161   5
   Loredo, Francisco         13,600   194   3
   Peters, Mike   Toledo   OH   13,300   176   2
   Bremer, Gary   Oak Creek   WI   13,200   179   1
   Cabral, Clive   Pearl City    HI   13,100   193   7
   Wong, Nelson   Edmonton   Canada   12,900   196   3
   De Anda, Ricardo   Monterry   Spain   12,800   175   7
   Patzel, Oliver   Hamburg   Germany   12,700   185   1
   Fajg, Stephan   Lyon   France   12,700   176   4
   Meyer, David   Madison   WI   12,600   178   3
   Niski, Mariusz   Koszalin   Poland   12,100   195   1
   Lieu, Kiet   Tustin   CA   11,800   168   3
   Newell, Marc   Stroudsburg   PA   11,700   186   6
   Davis, Richard   Flower   TX   11,400   189   1
   Gonzalez, Ruben   Rancho Cucamonga   CA   11,300   186   7
   Kloeber, Ross   Peoria   AZ   10,800   183   5
   Dubeau, Jason   Timmins   ON, Canada   10,100   173   5
   Lenoble, Rick   Coral Spring   FL   10,100   163   9
   Gates, Thomas   St. Charles   IL   9,600   170   7
   Baudys, Martin   Las Vegas   NV   9,500   197   7
   Lebiszczak, Allan   Saskatoon   Canada   9,500   185   4
   Lai, Anthony      Australia   9,500   179   3
   Truelove, Ben   Las Vegas   NV   9,400   160   5
   Jakobsson, Vesa   Helsinki   Finland   9,300   175   9
   Urban, Joan   Amarillo   TX   9,100   160   1
   Bierschbach, Pete   Midland   MI   8,900   194   9
   Tong, Will   Bayside   NY   8,300   179   9
   Renfrow, William   Bakersfield   CA   8,000   177   8
   Furfaro, Sean   Waterloo   ON, Canada   7,900   191   7
   David Soble, Harold   Alexandria   VA   7,700   175   3
   Passantino, Benedetto   Evesham   UK   7,400   159   4
   Nesburg, Phillip   St. Louis Park   MN   7,000   190   5
   Jamieson, Jack   Thunder Bay   ON, Canada   6,900   164   6
   Johnson, Jared   Greenwood   IN   6,400   193   6
   Hill, Jerry   Bakersfield   CA   6,100   170   8
   Miller, Steven   Key Largo   FL   5,400   184   9
   Gabriel, Marcel   Mount Currie   Canada   5,300   187   9
   Vetters, Michael   Austin   TX   5,100   163   3
   Kukler, Ken   Valparaiso   IN   4,400   179   5
   Schaefer, Greg   Grand Junction   CO   3,900   186   4
   Sigal, Jenia         3,300   167   6
   Miltiadous, Miltiades         DNR   183   4
   Zeidler, Kevin   Scaramento   CA   DNR   179   4
   Bass, Larry   Tamarac   FL   DNR   177   2
   Beyeler, Kevin         DNR   160   8

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Omitted from yesterday's batch, here's Cantu, the Hi-Lo scooper.

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IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL MEDIA:  Please note that Event #54 ($1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em) is completely SOLD OUT.  We kindly ask that you help us to inform players that the event is at full capacity.
 

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   50      
   Buy In   $1,500      
   Date   Limit Hold'em Shootout      
   Game   28/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   571      
   Net Prize Pool   $779,415      
   First Place Prize   $194,909       
   Players to Cash   64      

   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Mueller, Greg    $194,909   Vancouver   BC, Canada
2   Naalden, Marc    $120,614   Roosendaal   The Netherlands
3   Shiu, Millie   $77,138   Las Vegas   NV
4   David, Williams   $51,145   Las Vegas   NV
5   Sterling, Matthew   $35,058   Brownstown   IN
6   Malaguti, Flaminio   $24,824   Greenville   NC
7   Van Den Bijgaart, Joep   $18,136   Nijmegen   Netherlands
8   Barbero, Jose    $13,655   Buenos Aires   Argentina
9   Hoivold, Andreas   $4,356   Kristiansand   Norway
10   Ponzio, Ben   $4,356   Elmwwood Park   IL
11   Tanniru, Robert   $4,356   Henderson   NV
12   Neckar, Jonathan   $4,356   Las Vegas   NV
13   Schneider, Thomas   $4,356   Scottsdale   AZ
14   Petersen, Jacob   $4,356   Baton Rouge   LA
15   Buchanan, Shawn   $4,356   Abbottsford   BC
16   Panos, Peter   $4,356   Orland Park   IL
17   Brenes, Humberto   $4,356   San Jose   Costa Rica
18   Halioua, Michel   $4,356   Thornhill   ON, Canada
19   Pan, Qinghai   $4,356   Las Vegas   NV
20   Ray, Kyle   $4,356   Fayetteville   GA
21   Michaud, Norman   $4,356   Bakersfield   CA
22   Heimiller, Daniel   $4,356   Las Vegas   NV
23   Ray, Robert   $4,356   Moss Point   MS
24   Dang, Trai   $4,356   Whittier   CA
25   Ginzburg, Roman   $4,356   Los Angeles   CA
26   Leah, Michael   $4,356   Brooklyn   NY
27   Kraus, Daniel   $4,356   Karlsrune   GM
28   Boudreau, Jeffrey   $4,356   Evergreen Park   IL
29   Dwek, Jonathan   $4,356   Toronto    ON, Canada
30   Byrne, Michael   $4,356   Oak Laun   IL
31   Konst, Lennart   $4,356   Xanten-Vynen   Germany
32   Bellande, Jean Robert   $4,356   Las Vegas   NV
33   Campbell, Robert   $4,356      
34   Binger, Nicholas   $4,356   Las Vegas   NV
35   Witteles, Ronald   $4,356   Palo Alto   CA
36   Gallman, James   $4,356   Granbury   TX
37   Parker, John   $4,356   Silver Springs   MD
38   Goddard, Brian   $4,356   Huntington Bh   CA
39   Early, Benjamin   $4,356   Chester   VA
40   Lauria, Bob   $4,356   Norwich   CT
41   Siegal, Jeffrey   $4,356   Daly City   CA
42   Beasley, William   $4,356   Hollywood   FL
43   Thorpe, Michael   $4,356   La Mesa   CA
44   Oliveira, Raul   $4,356   Rio de Janeiro   Brazil
45   Hagen, Andreas   $4,356   Hafrsfjord   Norway
46   Plastik, David   $4,356   Las Vegas   NV
47   Helppi, Juha   $4,356   Helsinki   Finland
48   Hiatt, Samuel   $4,356   Dekalb   IL
49   Wan, Lap   $4,356   Alhambra   CA
50   Cordovez, Diego   $4,356   Las Vegas    NV
51   Pechac, James   $4,356   Phoenix    AZ
52   Shlez, Vadim   $4,356   Brooklyn    NY
53   Buckley, James   $4,356   Los Angeles    CA
54   Haakenson, Erik   $4,356   San Francisco    CA
55   Kittle, Scott   $4,356   Redlands    CA
56   Geary, Jim   $4,356   Glendale    AZ
57   Snow, Alan   $4,356   Lynnwood    WA
58   Kim, Steve   $4,356   San Jose    CA
59   Locicero, Marco   $4,356   Iseo   Italy
60   Patelidas, Antonio   $4,356   Las Vegas    NV
61   Keown, Clinton   $4,356   Evansville    IN
62   Henson, Raymond   $4,356   Spring    TX
63   Toh, William   $4,356   Las Vegas    NV
64   Lennaard, Ken   $4,356   Norrtalje   Sweden

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Official Report 

Event #50

Limit Hold’em Shootout

Buy-In:  $1,500

Number of Entries:  571

Total Net Prize Pool:  $779,024

Number of Places Paid:  64

First Place Prize:  $194,854

June 26-28, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Greg “FBT” Mueller Wins Second WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  Three Former WSOP Gold Bracelet Winners Finish 1-2-3 in Limit Hold’em Shootout

 

3.  “2009 – Year of the Repeat?” – Another Former Champion Wins Yet Again

 

4.  A WSOP First – 2009 Series Produces Four Double-Winners (Previous Mark of Three Double Winners in a Single Year Falls with Mueller’s Victory)

 

 

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The Champion --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in Limit Shootout champion is Greg Mueller, from Vancouver, BC (Canada). 

 

·        “FBT” stands for “Full-Blown Tilt.”

 

·        Mueller is a 37-year-old professional poker player.  He is a regular player on the major tournament circuit.

 

·        Prior to playing poker for a living, Mueller played professional ice hockey in Europe.  He played for nine seasons for a team based in Germany.  He retired in 1999.

 

·        Mueller is fluent in both English and German languages.

 

·        Mueller has done modeling and has been featured in television commercials.

 

·        Mueller is 6’4” and weighs 225 pounds.

 

·        Mueller started playing poker seriously on his many road trips while a hockey pro.  He insists that poker is a game that allows him to exercise the same competitive instincts he utilized as a pro athlete.

 

·        Mueller’s first WSOP cash took place in 2003.

 

·        Prior to his first victory which took place on July 17th, Mueller endured two emotionally-crushing runner-up finishes.  He appeared on the first ESPN broadcast of the 2007 and lost heads-up to Steve Billirakis, who at the time became the youngest WSOP gold bracelet winner in history.  Last year, he finished second again, losing the gold bracelet to Philip Tom. 

 

·        Mueller says he has played about half of the events on this year’s schedule, to date.

 

·        Mueller collected $194,854 for first place.  He was also awarded his second WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        In Event #33, Mueller won the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em World Championship.  This victory (again, in Limit Hold’em) reaffirms his status at the best limit tournament player in the world at this time.

 

·        This was Mueller’s third final table appearance at this year’s WSOP – finishing 1st, 1st, and 7th.

 

·        According to official records, Mueller now has 2 wins, 6 final table appearances, and 19 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  His career WSOP earnings now total $1,516,206.

 

·        Mueller becomes the fourth player to win two (or more) gold bracelets at this year’s WSOP – joining Jeffrey Lisandro, Phil Ivey, and Brock Parker.

 

·        This is the first time in the 40-year-history of the WSOP that four players have won gold bracelets within a single year.  The previous record was three players in one year, which has happened two times (1993 and 2002).

 

 

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Winner Quotes (Greg Mueller) --

 

·        On winning a second WSOP gold bracelet so quickly after winning his first:  “They say good things come in threes.  There are still two more events, so who knows?  It feels unbelievable, especially because the player I beat (Marc Naalden) is such a great Limit Hold’em player.  He was the player coming into today who I thought would be the toughest to beat.  I’m really, really happy with this one.”

 

·        On his confidence level playing Limit Hold’em (as opposed to other games):  “A few times I valued bet with ace-high, and got paid off.  When (Naalden) turned his cards over and was staring at the board (in defeat), it just pumped me up more because I was really making some thin value bets.”

 

·        On former gold bracelet winners finishing 1-2-3 at the final table and the experience factor:  “Oh, experience is important big time.  The last two final tables I won I caught a lot of cards and got lucky for sure.  But when you get into this situation, experience counts.  You don’t panic when you get into a negative situation.  It’s just like in sports.  You see sports team when they get into a playoff drive -- they sign a 40-year-old experienced player who might be a little slower.  But the experience is more important.”

 

·        One what he is doing different this year than in years past:  “I know the tournament is won late in the night.  If I lose a hand early, I’m not going to get rattled.  If I miss a bet, I’m just going to shake it off.  These are long tournaments, and I think that adjustment has really helped me.” 

 

·        On the comparison between his first win and his second:  “Obviously, the first victory is really special.  It’s your first accomplishment.  But winning two in one year is so tough and it puts me into a very elite category.  Phil Ivey did it and the others, too.  It also shows that my first win was not a fluke and that I can play a good Limit Hold’em game.” 

 

·        On feeling pressure to win:  “There was less pressure this time, because I (had) already won one.  But you always want to win.  If I would have got second, I would have gone home and pouted.  But as far as pressure goes, I don’t think I had much pressure until I got heads-up and had the chip lead.  Then, I said to myself – ‘I can’t blow this.’  That’s when the pressure comes.”

 

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table included three former WSOP gold bracelet winners – David Williams (1 win), Greg “FBT” Mueller (1 win), and Marc Naalden ( 1 win) .

 

·        The final table included players from four different nations – including Argentina, Canada, Holland, and the United States.

 

·        This is unquestionably becoming the “Year of the Repeat Winner.”  There have already been 14 former champions who won bracelets again this year.  Four players are repeat winners during this year alone.  It was notable that the top three finishers in this event were all former winners.  This comes after the final table held on the previous day, when the top two finishers were former bracelet winners.   

·        It was particularly striking that the top two finishers both previously won their gold bracelets playing Limit Hold’em.

 

·        The runner up was Marc Naalden, from Antwerp, Belgium (Note:  He is Dutch).  Naalden won the $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em event, held last week.  For second place, Naalden collected $120,614 in prize money. 

 

·        The third-place finisher was David Williams, from Las Vegas, NV.  He won his gold bracelet in 2006 playing Seven-Card Stud.  Williams is perhaps best known for his second-place finish to Greg Raymer in the 2004 WSOP Main Event.  Williams has now accrued over $4.3 million in career WSOP earnings.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Millie Shiu, a.k.a. “Poker Snoopy.”  She is from Las Vegas, NV.  Shiu missed becoming the first female gold bracelet winner at this year’s WSOP.  She was the sixth female to make it to a final table in 2009.  Shiu is a poker pro who previously worked as a hair stylist.   

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Matt Sterling, from Brownstown, IN.  He won a WSOP Circuit gold ring at Harrah’s Rincon last year.  With was Sterling’s eighth time to cash at the WSOP.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Flaminio Malaguti, from Greenville, NC.  This was his first time to cash in three years at the WSOP.

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Joep Van Den Bigaart, from Nijmegen, Holland.  This was his first time to cash at the WSOP. 

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was Jose “Nacho” Barbero, from Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Had Barbero won, he would have become only the second South American WSOP gold bracelet champion in history (Alexandre Gomes, from Brazil was the first).  This was Barbero’s fifth time to cash, and was his highest WSOP finish, to date.
 

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Marc Naalden, David Williams, Greg Mueller, Humberto Brenes, Tom Schneider, Ben Ponzio, Brock Parker, and Dan Heimiller.

 

·        Humberto Brenes’ in-the-money finishes gives him 55 for his career.  This currently ranks fifth on the all-time cashes list – behind Phil Hellmuth, Men “the Master” Nguyen, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, and Berry Johnston.

 

·        Dan Heimiller’s in-the-money finish gives him 36 for his career.  This currently ranks 29th on the all-time cashes list.

 

·        The defending champion in the event from 2008 was Matthew Graham, from Pearland, TX.  He entered this year’s tournament, but did not cash.

 

 

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Odds and Ends --

 

·       A shootout tournament means players advance based on winning a series of table matches.  The shootout format is single elimination.  The number of matches depends on the number of tournament entries.  In this event, the winner was required to win three consecutive matches.

 

·       Each match is played like a single-table satellite, with only one winner from each table. 

 

·       Day One began with 571 players.  There were 64 matches played – with an average of 8 players starting at each table.  The shortest match lasted 7 hours.  The longest match lasted 13 hours.  At the end of Day One, 64 players (all the winners) advanced to Day Two.

 

·       Day Two resumed with 64 players.  There were 8 matches played with 8 players starting at each table.  At the end of Day Two, 8 players (all the winners) advanced to Day Three, which was the final table.

 

·       Day Three resumed with 8 players, which was the final table.

 

·        The ESPN broadcast stage was dark on this day.

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The Event --

 

·        The $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em championship attracted 571 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $779,024.  The top 64 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

 

·        All events at this year’s WSOP give players triple chips (three times the amount of the buy-in).  Players began Round 1 with 4,500 in chips.  Winners advanced and began Round 2 with 45,000 in chips.  Winners advanced and began Round 3 with 450,000 in chips.

 

·        When heads-up play began, Mueller enjoyed a 4 to 1 chip advantage over Naalden.  The Dutch player drew event and then took the lead temporarily, in a duel that lasted two hours.  But Mueller regained his advantaged and gradually wore down Naalden in a fury of raises and re-raises whenever he believed he held the edge.  The final hand came when Mueller and Naalden both flopped top pair (kings), but Mueller’s higher kicker played and scooped the pot.

 

·        After Mueller’s win, several experienced poker players watching the action remarked that Mueller never seemed to miss a bet and was able to extract the most chips out of his opponent when he held the advantage during a hand.  This was arguably the key difference in the match.

 

·        For the third consecutive night, the final table drew a very large and enthusiastic crowd.  Several hundred spectators crammed around the ESPN secondary stage and cheered back and forth as favored players traded chips.  Mueller and Naalden seemed to enjoy the most vocal crowd support, which was fitting since they ended up finishing 1-2.

 

·        The final table lasted about nine hours – about average in duration.

 

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WSOP Statistics –

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event #50, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 46,283 entries.  $97,204,540 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

 

·        Multiple Gold Bracelet Winners at the 2009 WSOP:

 

Jeffrey Lisandro -- 1st, 1st, 1st

Brock Parker -- 1st, 1st

Phil Ivey -- 1st, 1st

Greg Mueller – 1st, 1st

 

·        Gold Bracelet Plus 2nd-Place Finishers at the 2009 WSOP:

 

Ville Wahlbeck -- 1st, 2nd (+ 3rd)

James Van Alstyne -- 1st, 2nd (+ 6th)

Pete "The Greek" Vilandos -- 1st, 2nd

Angel Guillen -- 1st, 2nd

Vitaly Lunkin -- 1st, 2nd

Brandon Cantu – 1st, 2nd

Marc Naalden – 1st, 2nd

 

·        Multiple Top-Three Finishers at the 2009 WSOP:

 

Ville Wahlbeck -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Steve Sung -- 1st, 3rd

Scott Clements -- 2nd, 3rd

Eric Baldwin – 1st, 3rd

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Through Event #50 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:

 

United States – 33

United Kingdom – 3

Canada – 3

Australia – 2

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Sweden – 1

Mexico – 1

Italy – 1

Holland – 1

Hungary – 1

Iran – 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 #50 winner Greg Mueller is to be classified as a professional player.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard currently reads (not counting Casino Employees Event):

 

            Professionals --            36 wins(Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey-1, Rami Boukai, Anthony Harb, Ville Wahlbeck, Keven Stammen, Brock Parker-1, Jeffrey Lisandro- 1, 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-1, Eric Baldwin, Jordan Smith, Jeffrey Lisandro-2, Richard Austin, Marc Naalden, Matt Graham, Peter Traply, Jerrod Ankenman, Jeffrey Lisandro-3, John Kabbaj, Jeff Ahmadi, Brandon Cantu, Greg Mueller-2)              Amateurs --      6 wins(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Michael T. Davis)             Semi-Pros --     7 wins(Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert, Ray Foley, Derek Raymond, Jeff Ahmadi) ·        Fourteen of the 50 winners this year (28 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners.  There have been three double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker, Phil Ivey, and Greg “FBT” Mueller.  There has been one triple winner in 2009 -- Jeffrey Lisandro.

 

·        Through the conclusion of Event 48, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as follows (with point totals):

 

355 – Jeffrey Lisandro

275 – Ville Wahlbeck

242 – Phil Ivey

227 – Brock Parker

220 – James Van Alstyne

195 – Roland de Wolfe

185 – Vitaly Lunkin

180 – Angel Guillen

175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos

170 – Daniel Negreanu

 

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