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

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Odds and Ends --

 

·        This game is rarely played anywhere except at the very highest levels.  It is rarely spread inside public cardrooms -- either as cash games or tournaments.  In fact, the WSOP is one of the few places where this poker variant is offered.

 

·        Deuce-to-Seven Draw Triple Draw Lowball means the worst, or lowest ranked hand wins the pot.  The very best possible 2-7 lowball hand is 2-3-4-5-7 of mixed suits.  An ace counts as a high card.  Flushes and straights count against the player.  While a wheel (A-2-3-4-5) is the perfect hand in standard lowball, in Deuce-to-Seven it is usually a losing hand since the straight counts against the player.  Players may draw up to three times to make their hand.

 

·        There is some difference of opinion as to where and when this game originated.  Since the 1930s, variations of lowball have been spread throughout California and Nevada.  According to poker theorist David Sklansky, Limit 'Double-Draw' Lowball was first spread at the (now defunct) Vegas World during the early 1980s.  Others cited a game called “Ten-Handed Triple-Draw Lowball” as the forbearer of Triple Draw, which was played at 'Amarillo Slim's' Super Bowl of Poker tournaments in Reno and Lake Tahoe during the period 1979 through 1984.  Since ten-handed poker could only accommodate perhaps three or four players at most due to the number of cards needed to complete a hand, reducing the number of cards (to five) enabled more players to sit in the game.

 

·        The most convincing theory about the origin of Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball comes from Doc Jennings, who claims to have spread a five-card variant of the game in and around Fort Smith, AR during the late 1980s.  However, Berry Johnston claims to have first played the Triple Draw in Oklahoma during the 1970s.  One thing is clear: When Mississippi legalized casino gambling in 1991, Doc Jennings took Triple-Draw Lowball to the Hollywood Casino in Tunica, which eventually became a cash game offered regularly inside the cardroom.  This was the first time the game was officially sanctioned inside a licensed casino.  Players who gravitated to this game over the years included Keith Lehr, Berry Johnston, Robert Williamson III (all former gold bracelet winners), and others.

 

·        Triple Draw was first introduced at the WSOP in 2002.  John Juanda won the first Triple Draw tournament.  In 2003, Men 'the Master' Nguyen won the event.  The game took a three-year hiatus from 2004-2006 and returned in 2007, with a $1,000 buy-in event.  Hence, this is only the fifth Triple-Draw Lowball event ever played at the WSOP.

 

·        Last year's event attracted 238 entries. Entries increased by 8 percent to 258 players.  This was the largest Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball tournament in poker history.

 

·        The official WSOP gold bracelet ceremony takes place on the day following the winner’s victory.  The ceremony takes place on at center stage of the main tournament room and begins during the break of the noon tournament.  The ceremony usually starts around 2:20 pm.  The national anthem of the winner’s nation is played.  The entire presentation is open to public and media.  Video and photography is permitted by both media and the public.

 

·        Abe Mosseri’s gold bracelet ceremony will take place on July 3rd, which is Day 1-A of the WSOP Main Event.

 

 

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WSOP Lowball Records --

 

·        Poker Hall of Fame inductee Billy Baxter holds every conceivable record in any category relating to Lowball poker.  He has dominated this form of poker in a manner that is historically unprecedented.  Only poker legend Bill Boyd, who enjoyed similar domination in Five-Card Draw poker (which is no longer spread at the WSOP) can arguably rival Baxter’s complete mastery of a single game.

 

·        All of Billy Baxter’s seven WSOP gold bracelets were won playing various forms of Lowball.

 

·        Billy Baxter has 16 WSOP cashes in Lowball events, the most of any player in this form of poker.  To give some measure of Baxter’s excellence, the current second-place leaders in Lowball career cashes are Bobby Baldwin and “Oklahoma Johnny” Hale, with 9 each.

 

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The Event --

 

·        The $2,500 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball championship attracted 258 entries.  The total prize pool amounted to $593,400.  The top 24 finishers collected prize money.

 

·        The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

 

·        Eventual winner Abe Mosseri started play at the final table ranked third in chips, out of eight players.  The early chip leader was Bradley Libson, who ended up busting out in sixth place.

 

·        When heads-up play began, Mosseri and the eventual runner-up finisher MasaYoshi Tanaka were about even in chips.  It took Mosseri about an hour to defeat his final foe and win his first WSOP title.

 

·        The tournament officially began on Monday, June 29th, at 5 pm.  The tournament officially ended on Wednesday, July 1st, at 9:30 pm.

 

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   End of Day Two Results         
   Event #   56      
   Buy In   $5,000      
   Game   No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed      
   Date   01/07/2009      
   Number of Entries   928      
   Net Prize Pool   $4,361,600      
   First Place Prize   $1,003,218       
   Total Spots Paid Out   90      
   Players Remaining    16      
            
   Table 58         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Peter Feldman   1,328,000   Harper Woods   MI
2   Matthew Waxman   1,132,000   Parkland   FL
3   Thorsten Schaefer   1,094,000   Rodgau   Germany
4   Alexander Venovsky   684,000   Orlando   FL
5   Aurelien Guiglini   549,000   London   UK
6   Josh Brikis   294,000   Pittsburgh   PA
            
   Table 59         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Rory Mathews   1,358,000   Edinburgh   UK
2   James St. Hilaire   876,000   College Park   MD
3   Jonas Wexler   848,000   Southampton   UK
4   John Conkright   749,000   Lexington   KY
5   Eugene Katchalov   356,000   New York   NY
            
   Table 60         
   Name   Chip Count   City   State/Country
1   Matt Hawrilenko   1,327,000   Boston   MA
2   Robert Kay   1,213,000   Johannesburg   South Africa
3   Faraz Jaka   778,000   San Jose    CA
4   Sean Keeton   641,000   Melbourne   Australia
5   Frank Calo   569,000   Syracuse   NY
            
   In the Money Finishers         

   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1      $1,003,218.00      
2      $619,608.00      
3      $400,525.00      
4      $269,983.00      
5      $189,555.00      
6      $138,393.00      
7      $100,229.00      
8      $100,229.00      
9      $72,446.00      
10      $72,446.00      
11      $52,295.00      
12      $52,295.00      
13      $37,378.00      
14      $37,378.00      
15      $37,378.00      
16      $37,378.00      
17   Zaichenko, Andrey   $37,378.00   Moscow   Russia
18   Milisits, Ryan   $37,378.00   Pittsburg   PA
19   Vanfleet, Jonathan   $26,823.00   Austin   TX
20   Vlastaris, Leandro   $26,823.00   Las Vegas   NV
21   Davis, Raymond   $26,823.00   Bell   CA
22   Chiu, David   $26,823.00   Rowland Hgts   CA
23   Hinkle, Blair   $26,823.00   Columbia   MO
24   Hellmuth, Phillip   $26,823.00   Palo Alto   CA
25   Nemirovsky, Dmitry   $22,156.00      
26   Deeb, Shaun   $22,156.00   Troy   NY
27   Roberts, Brent   $22,156.00   Staten Island, NY   
28   Sheikh, Aurangzeb   $22,156.00   Las Vegas   NV
29   Seth, Anirudh   $22,156.00   Las Vegas   NV
30   Bonding, Lars   $22,156.00   Las Vegas   NV
31   Hackworth, Trevor   $19,452.00   Bowling Green   OH
32   Dicken, Darrel   $19,452.00   Waterloo   IA
33   Feklisov, Sergey   $19,452.00   Moscow   Russia
34   Raghavan, Ravik   $19,452.00   Northbrook   IL
35   Pan, Qinghai   $19,452.00   Las Vegas   NV
36   Childs, William   $19,452.00   Southern Pines   NC
37   Shorr, Shannon   $17,271.00   Birmingham   AL
38   Edler, William   $17,271.00   Las Vegas   NV
39   Cao, Rui   $17,271.00   Paris   France
40   Martsev, Andrey   $17,271.00   Saint Petersburgs   Russia
41   Gorodetskiy, Ilya   $17,271.00   Moscow   Russia
42   Chen, William   $17,271.00   Lafayette Hill   PA
43   Ray, John   $15,527.00   Bullard   TX
44   LaGarde, Matthew   $15,527.00   Salisbury   MD
45   Boyd, Craig   $15,527.00   Manchester   MO
46   Stevenson, William   $15,527.00   Palatine   IL
47   Miner, William   $15,527.00   Chicago   IL
48   Templeton, Joshua   $15,527.00   Cleveland   TN
49   Timoshenko, Yevgeniy   $13,957.00   Mukilteo   WA
50   Paster, Jason   $13,957.00   Hamilton   NJ
51   Byrum, Jeremy   $13,957.00   Rosenberg   TX
52   Ventsko, Vladimir   $13,957.00   San Francisco   CA
53   Braband, Thomas   $13,957.00   Oshkosh   WI
54   Mizzi, Sorel   $13,957.00   Toronto   ON Canada
55   Dambrosia, Jeffrey   $12,561.00   Henderson   NV
56   Iacofano, Kevin   $12,561.00   Las Vegas   NV
57   Peters, David   $12,561.00   Findlay   CH
58   DePalma, Wayne   $12,561.00   Lakewood   CO
59   Stothmann, Malte   $12,561.00   Frankfurt   Germany
60   Weinstein, Steven   $12,561.00   Andes   NY
61   Tehan, Joe   $11,296.00   Las Vegas   NV
62   Tach, Farukh   $11,296.00   Rotterdam   Netherlands
63   Bonomo, Justin   $11,296.00   Las Vegas   NV
64   Wetemans, Jasper   $11,296.00   Amsterdam   Netherlands
65   Russell, Warren   $11,296.00   Delta   BC Canada
66   Seepe, Udo   $11,296.00   Unna   Germany
67   Gargano, Anthony   $10,162.00   Sterling Heights   MI
68   Aguiar, Jonathan   $10,162.00   Las Vegas   NV
69   Childs, William   $10,162.00   Alexandria   VA
70   Boutin, Burt   $10,162.00   Henderson   NV
71   Rosenblum, Russell   $10,162.00   Las Vegas   NV
72   Rusnak, Francis   $10,162.00   Chicago   IL
73   Entin, Jonas   $10,162.00   Los Angeles   CA
74   Schreiber, Daniel   $10,162.00   San Diego   CA
75   Coutroulis, Jeffrey   $10,162.00   Tampa   FL
76   Luu, Hieu   $10,162.00   Riverside   VCA
77   Rintala, Voitto   $10,162.00   Helsinki   Finland
78   Veldhuis, Alexander   $10,162.00   Rotterdam   Netherlands
79   Shei, Kenneth   $9,159.00   Las Vegas   NV
80   Severino, Jose   $9,159.00   Panama City   Panama
81   Kitai, Davidi   $9,159.00   Brussels   Belgium
82   Helppi, Juha   $9,159.00   Helsinki   Finland
83   Kravchenko, Alexander   $9,159.00   Moscow   Russia
84   Pinteric, Domen   $9,159.00   Kamnik   Germany
85   Jamshidi, Sirious   $9,159.00   Broomall   PA
86   Ramirez, Juan   $9,159.00   Harlingen   TX
87   Gaspard, Jean   $9,159.00   Evanston   IL
88   Nasvall, Andreas   $9,159.00   Uppsala   Sweden
89   Nyberg, Dean   $9,159.00   Woodcroft   Australia
90      $9,159.00      

[vinni]

i wonder if rory wants the brithish national anthem played if he won it .

[Geo the Sarge]

i wonder if rory wants the brithish national anthem played if he won it .

Scotland The Brave FTW!!!

Geo

[glorious]

i wonder if rory wants the brithish national anthem played if he won it .

Scotland The Brave FTW!!!

Geo

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   2009 World Series of Poker         
   Final Results         
   Event #   54      
   Buy In   $1,500       
   Date   No Limit Hold'em      
   Game   29/06/2009      
   Number of Entries   2,818      
   Net Prize Pool   $3,846,570       
   First Place Prize   $673,276      
   Players to Cash   297      

   Final Results         
            
   Name   Prize   City   State/Country
1   Veckey, Tony   $673,276   Lake in the Hills   IL
2   Wheeler, Jason   $418,122   San Diego   CA
3   Chaplin, Joseph   $276,029   New York   NY
4   Konkin, Sergey   $195,213   Moscow   Russia
5   Malott, Andrew   $147,131   Chandler   AZ
6   Bonita, Christopher   $117,358   Winthrop   MA
7   Demaci, Christopher   $98,933   Stanton   CA
8   Jaoui, David   $87,855   Paris   France
9   Remic, Miha   $81,970   Ljubljana   Slovenia
10   Ratcliff, Mike   $57,506   Martinsville   IN
11   Tsinis, Arkadiy   $57,506   Las Vegas   NV
12   Green, Brian   $57,506   Chico   TX
13   Lambertz, Felix   $40,350   Varel   Germany
14   Tran, Thai   $40,350   Houston   TX
15   Rajkumar, Vivek   $40,350   Seattle   WA
16   Spagnuolo, John   $28,310   Cumming   GA
17   Lundwall, Todd   $28,310   Chandler   AZ
18   Rosini, Kevin   $28,310   Willow Grove   PA
19   Christensen, Jon Ho   $19,848   Oslow   Norway
20   Rubinfeld, Steven   $19,848   Danville   CA
21   Stern, Matthew   $19,848   New York   NY
22   Chow, Wayne   $19,848   London   ON, Canada
23   Gamelas-Nunes, Pablo   $19,848   Aveiro   Portugal
24   Narboni, Philippe   $19,848   Veigy-Foncenex   France
25   Hayes, Eric   $19,848   Moorestown   NJ
26   Outram, Stephen   $19,848   Laveen   AZ
27   Maher, Michael   $19,848   Las Vegas   CA
28   Wong, Brandon   $15,578   Clovis   CA
29   Desai, Kiran   $15,578   San Jose    CA
30   Norris, Joshua   $15,578   Toronto    ON, Canada
31   Svarstad, Kim   $15,578      
32   Nguyen, Kenny   $15,578   Lynwood    IL
33   Farrell, John   $15,578   Manorville    NY
34   Pender, Dallin   $15,578   Gilbert    AZ
35   Mcfarlane, Omar   $15,578   Lake Worth    FL
36   Gall, Zsombor   $15,578      Hungary
37   Ristl, Florian   $11,616   Leonding   Austria
38   Burks, Gary   $11,616   Gladewater    TX
39   Merchan, Henry   $11,616   Barquisimeto   Venezuela
40   Sica, Michael   $11,616   No Brunswick    NJ
41   Brown, Daniel   $11,616   Sky Poker   United Kingdom
42   Rodriquez, Mario   $11,616   Miami    FL
43   Woo, David   $11,616   Stone Mountain    GA
44   Pfeifer, Randall   $11,616   East Amherst    NY
45   Knodler, Eric   $11,616      
46   Gray, Craig   $9,116   Portland    OR
47   Kerstetter, Jamie   $9,116   Monroe Twp    NJ
48   Black, Scott   $9,116   Longview    WA
49   Boivin, Donald   $9,116   Annapolis Aa    MD
50   Heintschel, Christopher   $9,116   Escondido    CA
51   Le, Tuong   $9,116   San Jose    CA
52   Rahme, Raymond   $9,116      
53   Arias, Jorge   $9,116   Caracas   Venezuela
54   Hicks, Raymond   $9,116   Salem   NH
55   Collins, Jason   $7,462   Los Angeles   CA
56   Perry, Bruce   $7,462   Dickson   TN
57   Tea, Vanna   $7,462   Signal Hill    CA
58   Hodges, Jason   $7,462   Las Vegas    NV
59   Seliga, Edmund   $7,462   La Grange    IL
60   Ojala, Toni   $7,462   Turku   Finland
61   Vizmanos, Adrian   $7,462   Las Vegas    NV
62   Allis, Michael   $7,462   Post Falls    ID
63   Singh, Bhupinder   $7,462   Sacramento    CA
64   Thomas, Jason   $6,269   Harrisburg    PA
65   En, Richard   $6,269   Largley    BC, Canada
66   Reed, Jason   $6,269   Anchorage    AK
67   Tinney, Chad   $6,269   Prince George    BC, Canada
68   Leggett, John   $6,269   Plano    TX
69   McGowan, Jonathan   $6,269   San Diego    CA
70   Lacariere, Vincent   $6,269   Fremont    CA
71   Kouaho, Joseph   $6,269   Plano    TX
72   Zeh, Mark   $6,269   Cleveland    OH
73   Blangenwitsch, Martial   $5,385   Pfastatt   France
74   Chotikul, Jeffrey   $5,385   Centreville    VA
75   Corcoran, Craig   $5,385   St Catharines    ON, Canada
76   Martin, Chad   $5,385   Newmarket    ON, Canada
77   Palmer, Benjamin   $5,385   Las Vegas    NV
78   Cote, Daniel   $5,385   St-Eustache    QC, Canada
79   Mammon, Joshua   $5,385   Richmond    BC, Canada
80   Gomes, Alexandre   $5,385   Curitiba   Brazil
81   Chambon, Gregory   $5,385   Saint Etienne   France
82   Vandijk, Bernard   $4,654   Vroomshoop   Netherlands
83   Morneau, Joseph   $4,654   Candia    NH
84   Ratkai, Istvan   $4,654   Budapest   Hungary
85   Meinertsen, Christopher   $4,654   Copenhagen   Denmark
86   Morciano, Biagio   $4,654   Tricase   Italy
87   Schwarz, Klaus   $4,654   Kierspe   Germany
88   Musalem, Francisco   $4,654   Miami    FL
89   Nguyen, Van   $4,654   Bell Gardens   CA
90   Yutuc, George   $4,654   San Clemente   CA
91   Keating, Alexander   $4,077   Saratoga   CA
92   Teng, Andrew   $4,077   London   United Kingdom
93   Salerno, Jesus   $4,077      
94   Vandenbergh, Tycho   $4,077      
95   Mikkelsen, Jeppe   $4,077   Aarhus C   Denmark
96   Madden, Patrick   $4,077   Lexington   KY
97   Kjaer, Peter   $4,077   Broenshoed   Denmark
98   Benjosef, Nadav   $4,077      
99   Ly, Dau   $4,077   Duluth   GA
100   Flannigan, Jerry   $3,615   Concord    NC
101   Foley, Michael   $3,615   Wilmington    NC
102   Kishnev, Sergey   $3,615   Dusseldorf   Germany
103   Keys, James   $3,615   Suffolk   United Kingdom
104   Chang, David   $3,615   Cerritos    CA
105   Kweskin, Aaron   $3,615   Huntington Beach    CA
106   Wyatt, Trent   $3,615      
107   Amiryan, Dmitry   $3,615   Volgograd   Russia
108   Serle, Steven   $3,615   Highland Beach    FL
109   Dsilva, John   $3,615      
110   Pechac, James   $3,615   Phoenix    AZ
111   Lee, Richard   $3,615   San Antonio    TX
112   Chiniara, Haysam   $3,615   Montreal    CA
113   Raimondi, Peter   $3,615   Grimsby    ON, Canada
114   Bolotin, Aleksandr   $3,615   Brooklyn    NY
115   Motsakov, Pasi   $3,615      
116   Root, Nathan   $3,615   Charlotte    MI
117   Kelsey, Kevin   $3,615   Broken Arrow    OK
118   Starner, Philip   $3,615   Belleview    FL
119   Ium, Michael   $3,615   Toronto    ON, Canada
120   Durand, Michael   $3,615   Rexford    NY
121   Griffiths, Darren   $3,615   Waterdown    ON, Canada
122   Bechard, Bryan   $3,615   Niagra Falls    NY
123   Finlay, Robert   $3,615   Thornton Cleveleys   United Kingdom
124   Naidoo, Nersan   $3,615      
125   Foschi, Geno   $3,615   Henderson    NV
126   Campbell, Christopher   $3,615   Longview    WA
127   Deandrade, Jose   $3,615   E Providence    RI
128   Cooney, Rose   $3,615   Collierville    TN
129   Mortensen, Carlos   $3,615   Henderson    NV
130   Hartman, Craig   $3,615   Syracuse    IN
131   Garbedian, Paul   $3,615   Paris    ON, Canada
132   Yu, Peter   $3,615   Buena Park    CA
133   Machado, Roberto   $3,615   Maia   Portugal
134   Emanuel, Kaj   $3,615   Amsterdam   Netherlands
135   Lawson, John   $3,615   Toronto    ON, Canada
136   Lepore, Gabriels   $3,308      
137   Tsaoussis, Charalampos   $3,308       Greece
138   Eyring, Kevin   $3,308   Windham    NH
139   Mudriyan, Marat   $3,308   Concord    CA
140   Maguire, Thomas   $3,308   Florham Park    NJ
141   Sorenson, Richard   $3,308   Olympia    WA
142   Nguyen, Ut   $3,308   Bell Gardens    CA
143   Lin, Jinyun   $3,308   San Jose    CA
144   Lussier, Suzanne   $3,308   Chateauguay    QC, Canada
145   Vester, Steen   $3,308   Frederiksberg   Denmark
146   Hohenwalter, Robert   $3,308   Oshikosh    WI
147   Bownds, David   $3,308   Amarillo    TX
148   Ho, Qui   $3,308   North Charleston    SC
149   Larsen, Dan   $3,308   Viborg   Denmark
150   Steele, Dane   $3,308   Helotes    TX
151   Converse, Jack   $3,308   Yorba Linda    CA
152   Koeppl, Paul   $3,308   Wauconda    IL
153   Mitchell, Thad   $3,308   San Antonio    TX
154   Kling, Lauren   $3,308   Las Vegas    NV
155   Taranova, Victoriya   $3,308   Tver   Russia
156   Embert, Ulian   $3,308      
157   Larcheveque, Eric   $3,308   Neuilly Sur Seine   France
158   Houtsma, John   $3,308   Roswell    GA
159   Shawe, Lawrence   $3,308   West Palm Beach    FL
160   Blumel, Florian   $3,308   Dueren   Germany
161   Skelton, Jerry   $3,308   Miami Beach    FL
162   Tollefsen, Henrik   $3,308   Trondheim   Norway
163   Chuor, Kenny   $3,308   Midway City    CA
164   Chung, Vincent   $3,308   Monterey Park    CA
165   Basa, Ernesto   $3,308   Hayward    CA
166   Alston, Gregory   $3,308   Dublin    CA
167   Kokkeler, Michael   $3,308   Junction City    OR
168   Nguyen, Dangkhoa   $3,308   Waldorf    MD
169   Harb, Anthony   $3,308   Canton    MI
170   Muller, Frank   $3,308   Aachen   Germany
171   Makhija, Amit   $3,308   Brookfield    WI
172   Vogel, Nicolas   $3,077   Goeppingen   Germany
173   Fuller, Thomas   $3,077   Boulder    CO
174   Batell, Michael   $3,077   Las Vegas    NV
175   Ripley, Craig   $3,077   Innisfil    ON, Canada
176   Kuerschner, Matthias   $3,077   Dusseldorf   Germany
177   Eckhart, Ryan   $3,077   Woodbury    MN
178   Allen, Travis   $3,077   Las Vegas    NV
179   Lehmann, Michael   $3,077      Ontario, Canada
180   Terrell, Kenneth   $3,077   Lawrenceville    GA
181   Zarifis, Steven   $3,077   Coupeville    WA
182   Wooka, Kim   $3,077   Osaka   Japan
183   Shepherd, Andrew   $3,077   Manchester   United Kingdom
184   Nalder, Brett   $3,077   Ogden    UT
185   Shimada, Roy   $3,077   Honolulu    HI
186   Eolis, Wendeen   $3,077   New York    NY
187   Lee, Sanford   $3,077   Richmond    BC, Canada
188   Uliana, Ronaldo   $3,077   Sao Paolo    Spain
189   Dull, Jonathan   $3,077   Fresno    CA
190   Cooper, Glenn   $3,077   Santa Monica    CA
191   Ho, Keoki   $3,077   Los Angeles    CA
192   Yang, Michael   $3,077   Glendale    CA
193   Pohl, Jason   $3,077   Austin    TX
194   Mcdevitt, Victor   $3,077   Hebron    KY
195   Simer, Steven   $3,077   Pardeeville    WI
196   Dabul, Veronica   $3,077   Buenos Aires   Argentina
197   Mass, Alex   $3,077   Dortmund   Germany
198   Lovdal, Morten   $3,077   Skien   Norway
199   Zartman, Kyle   $3,077   Sherwood    OR
200   Andre, Julien   $3,077   Vitry/Orne   France
201   Stafsholt, Edward   $3,077   Grants Pass    OR
202   Serebryakov, Evgeny   $3,077   Moscow   Russia
203   Polishuk, Matthew   $3,077   London    ON, Canada
204   Branco, Paulo   $3,077   Lisbon   Portugal
205   Kwon, In   $3,077   Toronto    ON, Canada
206   Fritzer, Rip   $3,077   El Cajon    CA
207   Adornetto, Eric   $3,077   Hamburg    NY
208   Richie, Jennifer   $2,923   Anchorage    AK
209   Jacquet, Xavier   $2,923   Paris    France
210   Calonnec, Frank   $2,923   Lyon   France
211   Howe, Jody   $2,923   Delta    BC, Canada
212   De Grande, Eric   $2,923      
213   Blackwell, Thomas   $2,923   Hatfield    PA
214   Falkenstein, Daniel   $2,923   Huntington Beach    CA
215   Chen, Zhiliang   $2,923   Shanghai   China
216   Jelinek, Petr   $2,923   Praha   Czech Republic
217   Maestro, Antonio   $2,923      
218   Lazzari, Enrico   $2,923   Via Roma   Italy
219   Rey, Andres   $2,923   Sacramento    CA
220   Grimme, Diana   $2,923   Niedersachsen   Germany
221   Paris, Bryan   $2,923   Dana Pointe    CA
222   Tito, Eugene   $2,923   Glendale    CA
223   Wyrick, Richard   $2,923   Lake Mary    FL
224   Biddulph, Lee   $2,923      
225   Arnold, Todd   $2,923   Pompano Beach    FL
226   Legros, Julien   $2,923   Poitiers    France
227   Mckernan, Timothy   $2,923   St Louis    MO
228   Decamps, Olivier   $2,923   St Orens De Gameville   France
229   Miller, Matthew   $2,923   St Cloud    MN
230   Nguyen, Men   $2,923   Bell Gardens    CA
231   Hamrick, Dean   $2,923   East Lansing    MI
232   Yuen, Lance   $2,923   Vancouver    BC, Canada
233   Crislip, Aaron   $2,923   Waipahu    HI
234   Daly, Thomas   $2,923   Stone Ridge    NY
235   Kovacs, Andras   $2,923   Falkenberg   Sweden
236   Husain, James   $2,923   North Vancourer    BC, Canada
237   Percy, Thomas   $2,923   Spring Grove    IL
238   Becko, Ingo   $2,923   Bad Homburg   Germany
239   Khan, Hevad   $2,923   Las Vegas    NV
240   Karman, Antonino   $2,923   Budapest   Hungary
241   Casas, Jeffrey   $2,923   Kenilworth    IL
242   Tamashiro, Gavin   $2,923   Waipahu    HI
243   Joseph, Jeffrey   $2,923   East Amherst    NY
244   Smith, Howard   $2,923   Bedford   United Kingdom
245   Warady, David   $2,923   Santa Ana    CA
246   Eberle, Gerald   $2,923   Bregenz   Austria
247   Romate, Jan   $2,923      
248   Noor, Michael   $2,923   Ajax    ON, Canada
249   Reinhold, John   $2,923   Playa Del Rey    CA
250   Wunderlich, Chris   $2,923   Gilbert    AZ
251   Lanne, Julien   $2,923   Bourges   France
252   Edenshaw, Robert   $2,923   Hydaburg    AK
253   Harper, Garrett   $2,769   Loudon    TN
254   Krueger, Russell   $2,769   Scottsdale    AZ
255   Thrane, Robert   $2,769   St. Paul    MN
256   Tkachenko, Alexey   $2,769   Moscow   Russia
257   Rao, Costantino   $2,769   Brampton   ON, Canada
258   Epstein, Scott   $2,769   Las Vegas    NV
259   Richardson, Todd   $2,769   Harpswell    ME
260   Dreamell, Jules   $2,769   Swartsjo   Sweden
261   Varriano, Anthony   $2,769   Waterloo    ON, Canada
262   Urhausen, Joseph   $2,769   Wickrange   Luxembourg
263   Frey, Waylon   $2,769   New Braunfels    TX
264   Osso, Rizziero   $2,769   Harrington Park    NJ
265   Brooks, Geoffrey   $2,769   Bletchley    United Kingdom
266   Jones, Michael   $2,769   Olympia    WA
267   De Vries, Lambert   $2,769   Groningen   Netherlands
268   Narcisse, Claude   $2,769      
269   Brautigam, Philip   $2,769   Stahnsdorf   Germany
270   Matteucci, James   $2,769   Roswell    NM
271   Rossignon, Benoit   $2,769   Rheims   France
272   Scudieri, Thomas   $2,769   Chandler    AZ
273   Nazario, Gustavo   $2,769   Somerset    KY
274   Dorsch, Scott   $2,769   Independence    MO
275   Hom, John   $2,769   San Rafael    CA
276   Invie, Thomas   $2,769   Beaverton    OR
277   Borteh, Alexander   $2,769   Lewis Center    OH
278   Dolan, Christopher   $2,769   Grand Prairie    AB, Canada
279   Sinopoli, Frank   $2,769   Hollywood    FL
280   Bowerman, Christian   $2,769   Stockton    CA
281   Mungoiv, Heriot   $2,769   Midlothian    VA
282   Gore, Jeffrey   $2,769   Chico    CA
283   Minor, Daniel   $2,769   Elizabethtown    PA
284   Compton, Mark   $2,769   Longiview    TX
285   Tran, Theobald   $2,769   Las Vegas    NV
286   Joost, Brent   $2,769   Defiance    OH
287   Devan, Patrick   $2,769   Tampa    FL
288   Hower, Craig   $2,769   Union    WA
289   Gearhart, Mark   $2,769   Tampa    FL
290   Skidmore, Kenneth   $2,769   Oakdale    PA
291   Molloy, Denise   $2,769   La Jolla    CA
292   Jensen, Frederik   $2,769   Copenhagen   Denmark
293   Shulman, Allyn   $2,769   Las Vegas    NV
294   Steer, Alan   $2,769   Sussex   United Kingdom
295   Brackenbury, Terry   $2,769   Carthage    IL
296   Shpur, Taylor   $2,769   Witherbee    NY
297   Alchenberger, Christopher   $2,769   Downingtown    PA

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2009 World Series of Poker Presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

Las Vegas, Nevada

 

Official Report

Event #54

No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-In:  $1,500

Number of Entries:  2,818

Total Net Prize Pool:  $3,846,570

Number of Places Paid:  297

First Place Prize:  $673,276

June 29-July 1, 2009

 

 

Tournament Highlights:

 

Event Headlines –

 

1.  Tony Veckey Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

 

2.  First WSOP Entry Ever Nets Veckey $673,276 and Gold Bracelet

 

3.  Another WSOP Event Sells-Out – Tenth Full-Capacity Tournament This Year is the Most Ever

 

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The Champion --

 

·        The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em champion is Tony Veckey, from Lake In the Hills, IL,

 

·        Veckey is a 30-year-old software engineer.  He works for Motorola.  He has worked there ever since graduating from college.

 

·        Veckey is a graduate of Devry University.

 

·        Veckey has been playing poker recreationally, but seriously, for about two years.

 

·        This was the first WSOP tournament Veckey had ever entered.  He intended to play in the previous No-Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #51).  But it was sold out.  He decided to play in this event instead.

 

·        Veckey collected $673,276 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

 

·        According to official records, Veckey now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 1 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  His career WSOP earnings now total $673,276.

 

·        Veckey stated he does not intend to play in this year’s WSOP Main Event.  He plans to return to work and may play in next year’s Main Event.

 

·        Veckey’s most memorable hand at the final table was actually one he folded.  Veckey folded after being dealt pocket kings pre-flop, when he was convinced his opponent, who made an all-in re-raise, held pocket aces.  Veckey tabled his kings face up, much ot the astonishment of the other players and the crowd.  Although the other player’s cards were not shown, the rare fold (pocket kings is almost never folded pre-flop) was discussed throughout play at the final table.  Veckey certainly enjoyed getting the last laugh as he ended up as the winner.

 

 

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Winner Quotes (Tony Veckey) --

 

·        On making the rare fold of kings pre-flop:  “He (the opponent) was playing very tight.  He re-raised my re-raise.  So, I thought he had aces and just folded.  That is the first time I have ever folded kings pre-flop.”

 

·        On what motivated him to come to the WSOP:  “I like seeing the pictures of all the money.  I said – ‘Oh, I have to go and enter that!”

 

·        On his goals coming into this tournament:  “I said to myself – I want to cash.  That’s it.  Just make it past the first day.  I am going to make it to Day Two, so I can cash.  But then I saw I had a chance to win the gold bracelet.”

 

·        On his future plans:  “I am going to go back to work.  That is what I am going to do.  But if I win the Main Event next year, that will be a tougher decision.”

 

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The Final Table --

 

·        The final table included no former WSOP gold bracelet winners.  This was the 16th final table at this year’s WSOP which guaranteed a first-time winner.

 

·        This was arguably the least experienced lineup of any final table held at this year’s WSOP.  The combined previous WSOP prize money winnings of the top nine finishers combined coming into the final table was $59,113 – which is about the sum received by the 10th-place finisher alone in this tournament.  Just by making the final table, every player was guaranteed to earn their biggest career payout, to date.

 

·        The final table included players from four different nations – including France, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States.

 

·        The final table was played nine-handed.  Five of the nine players had never cashed previously in a WSOP event before.

 

·        The runner up was Jason Wheeler, from San Diego, CA.  He is a poker pro.  Wheeler cashed for the fourth time at this year’s WSOP.  Second place paid $418,122.

 

·        The third-place finisher was Joseph Chaplin, from New York, NY.  He made a stunning comeback in this tournament, being down to only 315 chips at one point on Day One (starting stack was 4,500).  Chaplin has enjoyed some success in big online tournaments.  Note:  Joseph Chaplin is actually related to movie legend Charlie Chaplin.

 

·        The fourth-place finisher was Sergey Konkin, from Moscow, Russia.  This was his first WSOP entry.

 

·        The fifth-place finisher was Andrew Malott, from Chandler, AZ.  This was his first time to cash in a WSOP event.

 

·        The sixth-place finisher was Christopher Bonita, from Winthrop, MA.  He has previous cashes on the WSOP Circuit, Heartland Poker Tour, and in various online tournaments.    

 

·        The seventh-place finisher was Christopher Demaci, from Stanton, CA.  He cashed in this year’s Latin American Poker Tour championship in Argentina.  Demaci has also cashed in other WSOP events, as well as some online tournaments.

 

·        The eighth-place finisher was David Jaoui, from Paris, France.  He is a former actor, turned poker pro.

 

·        The ninth-place finisher was Miha Remic, from Ljubljana, Slovenia.

 

 

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i wonder if rory wants the brithish national anthem played if he won it .

Scotland The Brave FTW!!!

Geo

+1

Rory out in 11th.

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In-the-Money Finishers --

 

·        Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Alexandre Gomes, Alex Borteh, David Woo, John Hom, Michael “Little Man” Sica, Men “the Master” Nguyen, and Anthony Harb.

 

·        Men “the Master” Nguyen’s 230th-place showing in this event gives him 65 cashes at the WSOP.  This currently ranks second on the all-time list.

 

·        The defending champion in the event from 2008 was Dan Daneshgar, from Westlake Village, CA.  He entered this year’s tournament, but did not cash.