The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino , the 2009 series began on May 27 and featured 57 poker championships in several variants . All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15. The final table of the Main Event, known as the November Nine , was suspended until November, to allow for better television coverage.[ 1] Following the WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money, which this year ranged from US$87,778 for the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em to US$8,546,435 for the Main Event.
WSOP game variants
Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas Hold 'em . Hold 'em is a community card game where each player may use any combination of the five community cards and the player's own two hole cards to make a poker hand, in contrast to poker variants such as stud or draw in which each player holds a separate individual hand. Between 2000 and 2009, hold'em surpassed seven-card stud as the most common game in U.S. casinos.[ 2] Seven-card stud is a poker variant wherein each player is dealt two hole cards and one face-up to start the hand, followed by three more face-up cards one at a time, and then another hidden card, with betting after each round. Another poker variant played is Omaha , a game in which each player is dealt four hole cards and must use exactly two of them in conjunction with three community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. Other games played at the 2008 tournament included Razz , HORSE , and Deuce-to-Seven.
Within each of these poker variants a myriad of options exist. For example, depending on the betting structure, a tournament might be described as no limit , limit or pot-limit . Games may also include other variations on the rules governing the execution of the specific game such as shootout , eight or better , or heads up.
2009 highlights
There were 57 events, two more than in 2008 . The main event had 6,494 buy-ins, 350 fewer than the previous year. Other changes for 2009 include the elimination of rebuy events and the introduction of triple starting chips.[ 3]
In recognition that 2009 was the 40th WSOP, the tournament started with a special $40,000 No-Limit event. As one of the most expensive poker tournaments ever, the event attracted what considered to be one of the toughest poker fields ever assembled.[ 4] Poker pro, Vitaly Lunkin , won his second bracelet in this event. Lunkin then finished in second place at the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha event and the $50,000 HORSE Championship, finishing the summer with over $2.7 million.[ 4] David Bach , a player with several final table appearances, won his first bracelet in the $50,000 HORSE Championship. At 18 hours and 44 minutes the final table of the $50K HORSE event was the second longest final table in WSOP history.[citation needed ]
Jeff Lisandro became the fifth player to ever win three bracelets in the same year, and the first ever to win bracelets in all three stud variants offered at the WSOP (stud high-only, stud high-low, and Razz) in the same year. Poker superstar Barry Greenstein , said that "A lot of people might have said before this year, we may not ever see another guy win three bracelets because the fields are so big... Lisandro proved them wrong."[ 4] He was the first player to do so since Phil Ivey did it in 2002. By winning two bracelets, Ivey, considered by many to be the best overall poker player in the world,[ 4] became the youngest player to ever amass seven WSOP bracelets. The milestone means he is tied with Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter at sixth place on the most bracelets list .
Due to capacity limitations, the 2009 WSOP turned away over 500 players from the Main Event.[citation needed ] Patrik Antonius , T. J. Cloutier , Layne Flack , Ted Forrest , Brandon Adams , Richard Ashby , and Mickey Appleman were among the notable players turned away from the Main Event. 1996 WSOP champion Huck Seed would have been included in that list, if he had not won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship which meant he was guaranteed entry into the 2009 WSOP Main Event.[ 5]
Another tournament which met its capacity limits was the "$1,000 buy-in Stimulus Special." This event set a new record for a non-main event tournament with 6,012 participants.[ 6] [ 7]
Results
Key
*
Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame
(#/#)
This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in 2009. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament.
Place
The place in which the player finished.
Name
The player who made it to the final table
Prize ($)
The amount of money, in U.S. Dollars ($), awarded for each finish at the event's final table
Event 1: $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em
2-Day Event: Wednesday, May 27 to Thursday, May 28
Number of buy-ins: 866
Total prize pool: $389,700
Number of payouts: 81
Winning hand: 6 ♣ 6 ♥
Reference: [ 8]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Andrew Cohen (1/1)
$83,778
2nd
Paul McPeterson
$51,787
3rd
Casey Kuhn
$33,923
4th
Grant Yasui
$23,483
5th
Jun Dulay
$17,127
6th
Bobby Rooney
$13,125
7th
John McAvoy
$10,545
8th
Ferdinand Boleski
$8,866
9th
Sammy Porter
$7,782
Event 2: $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
4-Day Event: Thursday, May 28 to Sunday, May 31
Number of buy-ins: 201
Total prize pool: $7,718,400[a]
Number of payouts: 27
Winning hand: A ♠ A ♥
Reference: [ 9]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Vitaly Lunkin (1/2)
$1,891,012
2nd
Isaac Haxton
$1,168,566
3rd
Greg Raymer (0/1)
$774,927
4th
Dani Stern
$548,315
5th
Justin Bonomo
$413,166
6th
Alec Torelli
$329,730
7th
Lex Veldhuis
$277,940
8th
Noah Schwartz
$246,834
9th
Ted Forrest (0/5)
$230,317
Event 3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Friday, May 29 to Sunday, May 31
Number of buy-ins: 918[b]
Total prize pool: $1,253,070
Number of payouts: 90
Winning hand: Q ♣ 9 ♦ 8 ♣ 7 ♦
Reference: [ 10]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Thang Luu (1/2)
$263,135
2nd
Ed Smith
$162,110
3rd
Ming Reslock
$106,373
4th
Robert Price
$73,405
5th
Pascal Leyo
$53,293
6th
Jordan Rich
$40,612
7th
Jim Geary
$32,404
8th
Freddy Deeb (0/2)
$27,029
9th
Senovio Ramirez III
$23,520
Event 4: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
5-Day Event: Saturday, May 30 to Wednesday, June 3[c]
Number of buy-ins: 6,012[d]
Total prize pool: $5,410,800
Number of payouts: 621
Winning hand: K ♠ K ♥
Reference: [ 11]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Steve Sung (1/1)
$771,106
2nd
Peter Vilandos (0/1)
$473,283
3rd
James Matz
$313,826
4th
Larry Sidebotham
$227,254
5th
Nathan Mullen
$175,851
6th
Dan Heimiller (0/1)
$145,009
7th
Jeff Oakes
$126,613
8th
Phong Huynh
$117,414
9th
Danny Fuhs
$114,168
Event 5: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: Monday, June 1 to Wednesday, June 3
Number of buy-ins: 809
Total prize pool: $1,042,085
Number of payouts: 81
Winning hand: Q ♣ J ♦ 8 ♦ 2 ♠
Reference: [ 12]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jason Mercier (1/1)
$237,415
2nd
Steven Burkholder
$146,748
3rd
Kevin Iacofano
$96,128
4th
Matt Giannetti
$66,544
5th
Chris Biondino
$48,533
6th
Jonathan Tare
$37,192
7th
Dario Alioto (0/1)
$29,882
8th
An Tran (0/1)
$25,122
9th
Vic Park
$22,053
Event 6: $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud
3-Day Event: Monday, June 1 to Wednesday, June 3
Number of buy-ins: 142
Total prize pool: $1,134,800
Number of payouts: 16
Winning hand: 8 ♦ 8 ♥ 4 ♥ 9 ♥ 3 ♦ J ♥ 2 ♥
Reference: [ 13]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Freddie Ellis (1/1)
$373,744
2nd
Eric Drache
$231,014
3rd
Ville Wahlbeck
$152,915
4th
Max Pescatori (0/2)
$107,959
5th
Hasan Habib (0/1)
$80,969
6th
Ivan Schertzer
$64,297
7th
Greg Mueller
$53,886
8th
Tim Phan
$47,532
Event 7: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 2 to Thursday, June 4
Number of buy-ins: 2,791
Total prize pool: $3,809,715
Number of payouts: 297
Winning hand: A ♦ Q ♠
Reference: [ 14]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Travis Johnson (1/1)
$666,853
2nd
Steve Karp
$414,116
3rd
Michael Ciotola
$273,385
4th
Mark Salinaro
$193,343
5th
Craig McConville
$145,721
6th
Brian McInnis
$116,234
7th
Walter Wright
$97,985
8th
James McClain
$87,013
9th
Anthony Esposito
$81,185
Event 8: $2,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 2 to Thursday, June 4
Number of buy-ins: 147
Total prize pool: $338,100
Number of payouts: 21
Winning hand: 7 ♣ 6 ♦ 5 ♥ 4 ♥ 2 ♠
Reference: [ 15]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Phil Ivey (1/6)
$96,361
2nd
John Monnette
$59,587
3rd
Yan Chen
$38,892
4th
Eric Kesselman (0/1)
$26,757
5th
Rodeen Talebi
$19,346
6th
Raphael Zimmerman
$14,663
7th
Elia Ahmadian
$11,627
Event 9: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed
3-Day Event: Wednesday, June 3 to Friday, June 5
Number of buy-ins: 1,459
Total prize pool: $1,991,535
Number of payouts: 144
Winning hand: K ♠ Q ♦
Reference: [ 16]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ken Aldridge (1/1)
$428,259
2nd
Carman Cavella
$264,814
3rd
Peter Gould
$170,953
4th
Bryce Yockey
$115,230
5th
Charles Furey
$80,896
6th
Manny Minaya
$59,049
Event 10: $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
3-Day Event: Wednesday, June 3 to Friday, June 5
Number of buy-ins: 453
Total prize pool: $1,041,900
Number of payouts: 45
Winning hand: 9 ♣ 9 ♠
Reference: [ 17]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Rami Boukai (1/1)
$244,862
2nd
Najib Bennani
$151,335
3rd
Ben Grundy
$99,574
4th
Cornel Cimpan
$69,546
5th
Daniel Makowsky
$51,313
6th
Paul Parker
$39,904
7th
Pawel Andrzejewski
$32,653
8th
John Kabbaj
$28,006
9th
Sigi Stockinger
$25,151
Event 11: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Thursday, June 4 to Saturday, June 6
Number of buy-ins: 1,646
Total prize pool: $2,995,720
Number of payouts: 171
Winning hand: Q ♠ 10 ♦
Reference: [ 18]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Anthony Harb (1/1)
$569,199
2nd
Peter Rho
$350,019
3rd
Jim Geary
$230,670
4th
Adam Adler
$161,768
5th
Jonathan McGowan
$116,833
6th
Adrian Dresel-Velasquez
$92,867
7th
Scott Hall
$76,390
8th
Michael Dyer
$65,905
9th
Brent Sheirbon
$59,315
Event 12: $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event
3-Day Event: Thursday, June 4 to Saturday, June 6
Number of buy-ins: 194
Total prize pool: $1,823,600
Number of payouts: 24
Winning hand: A ♦ Q ♦ 8 ♦ 8 ♠ (Omaha-8)
Reference: [ 19]
Final Table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ville Wahlbeck (1/1)
$492,375
2nd
David Chiu (0/4)
$304,176
3rd
Scott Dorin
$199,940
4th
Mark Gregorich
$139,159
5th
Huck Seed (0/4)
$102,286
6th
James Van Alstyne
$79,181
7th
Mike Wattel (0/1)
$64,373
8th
Todd Brunson (0/1)
$54,854
Event 13: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 7
Number of buy-ins: 1,088
Total prize pool: $2,502,400
Number of payouts: 117
Winning hand: J ♠ J ♣
Reference: [ 20]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Keven Stammen (1/1)
$506,786
2nd
Ángel Guillén
$312,800
3rd
Shawn Glines
$202,694
4th
Bahador Ahmadi
$139,934
5th
Torrey Reily
$100,446
6th
Antoine Berube
$75,547
7th
Oktay Altinbas
$59,356
8th
Matthew Lynn
$48,621
9th
Gregg Merkow
$41,439
Event 14: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Short Handed
3-Day Event: Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 7
Number of buy-ins: 367
Total prize pool: $844,100
Number of payouts: 36
Winning hand: A ♦ J ♠
Reference: [ 21]
Event 15: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Saturday, June 6 to Monday, June 8
Number of buy-ins: 655
Total prize pool: $3,078,500
Number of payouts: 63
Winning hand: A ♦ 8 ♣
Reference: [ 22]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Brian Lemke (1/1)
$692,658
2nd
Fabian Quoss
$427,912
3rd
Thomas Keller (0/1)
$280,852
4th
Mike Sowers
$194,931
5th
Lika Gerasimova
$142,688
6th
Danny Illingworth
$109,872
7th
Isaac Baron
$88,784
8th
Billy Kopp
$75,115
9th
Christian Iacobellis
$66,403
Event 16: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
3-Day Event: Saturday, June 6 to Monday, June 8
Number of buy-ins: 359
Total prize pool: $490,035
Number of payouts: 40
Winning hand: A ♦ K ♦ 5 ♦ K ♠ 10 ♦ 8 ♦ 6 ♥
Reference: [ 23]
Event 17: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em World Championship
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 7 to Tuesday, June 9
Number of buy-ins: 1,060
Total prize pool: $964,600
Number of payouts: 117
Winning hand: Q ♠ 8 ♠
Reference: [ 24]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Lisa Hamilton (1/1)
$195,390
2nd
Lori Bender
$120,575
3rd
Mari Lou Morelli
$78,132
4th
Angel Pedroza
$53,940
5th
Kimberly Cunningham
$38,719
6th
Kim Rios
$29,121
7th
Lisa Parsons
$22,880
8th
Dawn Thomas
$18,742
9th
Lisa Santy
$15,973
Event 18: $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 7 to Tuesday, June 9
Number of buy-ins: 179
Total prize pool: $1,682,600
Number of payouts: 18
Winning hand: A ♦ K ♣ K ♥ 4 ♣
Reference: [ 25]
Event 19: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed
3-Day Event: Monday, June 8 to Wednesday, June 10
Number of buy-ins: 1,068
Total prize pool: $2,456,400
Number of payouts: 108
Winning hand: Q ♠ Q ♦
Reference: [ 26]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Brock Parker (2/2)
$552,745
2nd
Joe Serock
$341,783
3rd
Russell Crane
$220,633
4th
Jesse Rios
$148,661
5th
Alexander Wilson
$104,323
6th
Clayton Newman
$76,123
Event 20: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 9 to Thursday, June 11
Number of buy-ins: 633
Total prize pool: $864,045
Number of payouts: 63
Winning hand: A ♠ Q ♥
Reference: [ 27]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
J.P. Kelly (1/1)
$194,434
2nd
Marc Tschirch
$120,102
3rd
Jason DeWitt
$78,826
4th
Kyle Carlston
$54,711
5th
Aaron Virchis
$40,048
6th
Kirk Steward
$30,837
7th
Erik Seidel (0/8)
$24,919
8th
Andrew Radel
$21,082
9th
Ravi Raghavan
$18,637
Event 21: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 9 to Thursday, June 11
Number of buy-ins: 452
Total prize pool: $1,247,520
Number of payouts: 48
Winning hand: 6 ♥ 6 ♠ (Hold'em)
Reference: [ 28]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Zac Fellows (1/1)
$311,899
2nd
James Van Alstyne
$192,866
3rd
Tim Finne
$126,199
4th
Michele Limongi
$87,264
5th
Chris Amaral
$63,536
6th
Martin Eikeng
$48,590
7th
Gabriel Nassif
$38,947
8th
Matt Hawrilenko (1/1)
$32,647
Event 22: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
3-Day Event: Wednesday, June 10 to Friday, June 12
Number of buy-ins: 1,000
Total prize pool: $1,363,635
Number of payouts: 100
Winning hand: K ♣ 5 ♦
Reference: [ 29]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jeff Carris (1/1)
$313,673
2nd
Jason Somerville
$194,004
3rd
Andrew Margolis
$124,158
4th
Christopher Moore
$82,322
5th
Joseph Cutler
$56,440
6th
Brandon Wong
$39,968
7th
Eugene Katchalov
$29,195
8th
Michael McNeil
$21,981
9th
Joshua Tieman
$17,045
10th
Mike Shannon
$13,609
Event 23: $10,000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
3-Day Event: Wednesday, June 10 to Friday, June 12
Number of buy-ins: 96
Total prize pool: $902,400
Number of payouts: 14
Winning hand: 7-5-4-3-2
Reference: [ 30]
Event 24: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Thursday, June 11 to Saturday, June 13
Number of buy-ins: 2,506
Total prize pool: $3,420,690
Number of payouts: 270
Winning hand: A ♥ 5 ♣
Reference: [ 31]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Peter Vilandos (1/2)
$607,256
2nd
Andy Seth
$372,855
3rd
Michael Greco
$248,855
4th
Glenn McCaffrey
$176,165
5th
Dean Hamrick
$132,380
6th
Alan Jaffray
$105,699
7th
David Lerman
$88,937
8th
Ronnie Kevin
$79,017
9th
Brian Fitzpatrick
$73,886
Event 25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Thursday, June 11 to Saturday, June 13
Number of buy-ins: 376
Total prize pool: $864,800
Number of payouts: 40
Winning hand: Q ♦ Q ♠ 3 ♣ 5 ♣ 8 ♠ 7 ♣ Q ♣
Reference: [ 32]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Phil Ivey (2/7)
$220,538
2nd
Ming Lee
$136,292
3rd
Carlos Mortensen (0/2)
$89,342
4th
Dutch Boyd (0/1)
$61,919
5th
Jon Turner
$45,237
6th
Eric Buchman
$34,747
7th
Tom Koral
$27,993
8th
Peter Gelencser
$23,600
Event 26: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Friday, June 12 to Sunday, June 14
Number of buy-ins: 643
Total prize pool: $877,695
Number of payouts: 63
Winning hand: A ♠ 4 ♣
Reference: [ 33]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Tomas Alenius (1/1)
$197,488
2nd
Jason Tam
$122,000
3rd
Al Barbieri
$80,072
4th
Glenn Engelbert
$55,576
5th
Demetrios Arvanetes
$40,681
6th
Dominik Kulicki
$31,325
7th
Rep Porter (0/1)
$25,313
8th
Kim-Phong Duong
$21,416
9th
Cole Miller
$18,932
Event 27: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Friday, June 12 to Sunday, June 14
Number of buy-ins: 198
Total prize pool: $930,600
Number of payouts: 18
Winning hand: A ♦ Q ♣ 8 ♦ 4 ♥
Reference: [ 34]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Roland De Wolfe (1/1)
$246,616
2nd
Brett Richey
$152,618
3rd
Scott Clements (0/2)
$101,063
4th
Robert Campbell
$72,121
5th
Alex Kravchenko (0/1)
$53,881
6th
Andrew Black
$42,993
7th
John Racener
$36,200
8th
Armando Ruiz
$32,105
9th
Anthony Lellouche
$29,965
Event 28: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Saturday, June 13 to Monday, June 15
Number of buy-ins: 2,638
Total prize pool: $3,600,870
Number of payouts: 270
Winning hand: 8 ♥ 7 ♦
Reference: [ 35]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Mike Eise (1/1)
$639,331
2nd
Jeff Chang
$392,494
3rd
Rico Ramirez
$261,963
4th
Jason Potter
$185,444
5th
Barry Berger
$139,353
6th
Zack Fritz
$111,266
7th
Avi Braz
$93,622
8th
Jose Luis Franco
$83,180
9th
Mike Zulker
$77,778
Event 29: $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
4-Day Event: Saturday, June 13 to Tuesday, June 16
Number of buy-ins: 256
Total prize pool: $2,406,400
Number of payouts: 32
Winning hand: 5 ♥ 3 ♥
Reference: [ 36]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Leo Wolpert (1/1)
$625,682
2nd
John Duthie
$386,636
SF
Jamin Stokes
$214,289
SF
Nathan Doudney
$214,289
QF
Johnny Chan * (0/10)
$92,580
QF
Dustin Woolf
$92,580
QF
Steve O'Dwyer
$92,580
QF
Bryan Pellegrino
$92,580
Event 30: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 14 to Tuesday, June 16
Number of buy-ins: 436
Total prize pool: $1,002,800
Number of payouts: 45
Winning hand: K ♠ Q ♥ 8 ♣ 8 ♥
Reference: [ 37]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
J.C. Tran (1/2)
$235,685
2nd
Jeff Kimber
$145,656
3rd
Jean-Philippe Leandri
$95,837
4th
Ross Boatman
$66,936
5th
Dallas Flowers
$49,387
6th
Rami Boukai (1/1)
$38,407
7th
Chad Layne
$31,427
8th
Theo Jorgensen (0/1)
$26,955
9th
John Juanda (0/4)
$24,207
Event 31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 14 to Tuesday, June 16
Number of buy-ins: 770
Total prize pool: $1,051,050
Number of payouts: 72
Winning hand: 7 ♠ 6 ♦ 10 ♣ 5 ♥ Q ♦ 10 ♥ 4 ♦ (Stud)
Reference: [ 38]
Event 32: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Monday, June 15 to Wednesday, June 17
Number of buy-ins: 1,534
Total prize pool: $2,791,880
Number of payouts: 171
Winning hand: 3 ♠ 3 ♦
Reference: [ 39]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ángel Guillén (1/1)
$530,548
2nd
Mika Paasonen
$326,000
3rd
Jason Boyes
$214,000
4th
Steve Kohner
$150,000
5th
Eric Ladny
$108,883
6th
Daniel Makowsky
$86,548
7th
Chris MacNeil
$71,192
8th
Antoine Amourette
$61,421
9th
Clark Hamagami
$55,279
Event 33: $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Monday, June 15 to Wednesday, June 17
Number of buy-ins: 185
Total prize pool: $1,739,000
Number of payouts: 18
Winning hand: 5 ♠ 5 ♦
Reference: [ 40]
Event 34: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 16 to Thursday, June 18
Number of buy-ins: 2,095
Total prize pool: $2,859,675
Number of payouts: 216
Winning hand: 10 ♣ 10 ♥
Reference: [ 41]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Eric Baldwin (1/1)
$521,932
2nd
Jonas Klausen
$322,371
3rd
James Taylor
$213,046
4th
Benjamin Scholl
$150,133
5th
Roland De Wolfe (1/1)
$112,957
6th
Andrew Youngblood
$89,222
7th
Steven Bradbury
$74,352
8th
Martin Jacobson
$65,487
9th
Eric DeFontes
$60,335
Event 35: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: Wednesday, June 17 to Friday, June 19
Number of buy-ins: 363
Total prize pool: $1,706,100
Number of payouts: 36
Winning hand: Q ♥ J ♠ 8 ♣ 5 ♣
Reference: [ 42]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Richard Austin (1/1)
$409,484
2nd
Sorel Mizzi
$253,048
3rd
Cliff Josephy (0/1)
$166,771
4th
Dan Hindin
$116,748
5th
Rifat Palevic
$86,516
6th
Felipe Ramos
$67,663
7th
Van Marcus
$55,687
8th
Peter Jetten
$48,112
9th
Samuel Ngai
$43,539
Event 36: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Thursday, June 18 to Saturday, June 20
Number of buy-ins: 1,695
Total prize pool: $3,084,900
Number of payouts: 171
Winning hand: 9 ♦ 7 ♦
Reference: [ 43]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jordan Smith (1/1)
$586,212
2nd
Ken Lennaárd
$360,439
3rd
Laurence Grondin
$237,537
4th
Joe Morneau
$166,584
5th
Anthony Roux
$120,311
6th
Pat Atchison
$95,631
7th
Almira Skripchenko
$78,664
8th
Andrew Seden
$67,867
9th
Jonathan Plens
$61,081
Event 37: $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Thursday, June 18 to Saturday, June 20
Number of buy-ins: 164
Total prize pool: $1,541,600
Number of payouts: 16
Winning hand: 2 ♠ 6 ♦ 6 ♠ 10 ♣ 10 ♥ K ♥ 5 ♥
Reference: [ 44]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jeff Lisandro (2/3)
$431,656
2nd
Farzad Rouhani (0/1)
$266,804
3rd
Mike Wattel (0/1)
$176,605
4th
Frank Mariani
$124,684
5th
Yan Chen
$93,513
6th
Abe Mosseri
$74,258
7th
Doyle Brunson * (0/10)
$62,234
8th
Justin Smith
$54,896
Event 38: $2,000 Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Friday, June 19 to Sunday, June 21
Number of buy-ins: 446
Total prize pool: $811,720
Number of payouts: 45
Winning hand: Q ♣ 8 ♠
Reference: [ 45]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Marc Naalden (1/1)
$190,770
2nd
Steven Cowley
$117,902
3rd
Ian Johns (0/1)
$77,576
4th
Tommy Hang
$54,182
5th
Alex Keating
$39,977
6th
Danny Qutami
$31,088
7th
Jared O'Dell
$25,439
8th
Jameson Painter
$21,819
9th
Rep Porter (0/1)
$19,594
Event 39: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Saturday, June 20 to Monday, June 22
Number of buy-ins: 2,715
Total prize pool: $3,705,975
Number of payouts: 280
Winning hand: Q ♥ J ♦
Reference: [ 46]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Ray Foley (1/1)
$657,969
2nd
Brandon Cantu (0/1)
$403,951
3rd
Wei Mu
$269,609
4th
Alex Jacob
$190,857
5th
Tyler Spalding
$143,421
6th
Jonathan Markham
$114,514
7th
Chairud Vangchailued
$96,355
8th
Richard Lutes
$85,608
9th
Patrick O'Connor
$80,049
Event 40: $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: Saturday, June 20 to Monday, June 22
Number of buy-ins: 295
Total prize pool: $2,773,000
Number of payouts: 27
Winning hand: 10 ♣ 10 ♥ 6 ♣ 5 ♠
Reference: [ 47]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Matt Graham (1/2)
$679,379
2nd
Vitaly Lunkin (1/2)
$419,832
3rd
Van Marcus
$278,409
4th
Robin Keston
$196,994
5th
Ferit Gabriellson
$148,439
6th
Stefan Mattsson
$118,463
7th
Josh Arieh (0/2)
$99,856
8th
Richard Austin (1/1)
$88,681
9th
Barry Greenstein (0/3)
$82,746
Event 41: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 21 to Tuesday, June 23
Number of buy-ins: 280
Total prize pool: $1,316,000
Number of payouts: 30
Winning hand: A ♠ K ♦
Reference: [ 48]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Péter Traply (1/1)
$348,728
2nd
Andrew Lichtenberger
$215,403
3rd
Maxim Lykov
$145,063
4th
Danny Wong
$105,609
5th
Nasr El Nasr
$82,697
Event 42: $2,500 Mixed Event
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 21 to Tuesday, June 23
Number of buy-ins: 412
Total prize pool: $947,600
Number of payouts: 40
Winning hand: 6 ♣ 5 ♠ (Hold'em)
Reference: [ 49]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jerrod Ankenman (1/1)
$241,637
2nd
Sergey Altbregin
$149,342
3rd
Chris Klodnicki
$97,897
4th
Jeff Tims
$67,848
5th
Jon Turner
$49,569
6th
Eric Crain
$38,075
7th
Layne Flack (0/6)
$30,674
8th
Dario Alioto (0/1)
$25,860
Event 43: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em World Championship
3-Day Event: Monday, June 22 to Wednesday, June 24
Number of buy-ins: 2,707
Total prize pool: $2,463,370
Number of payouts: 270
Winning hand: A ♠ 9 ♦
Reference: [ 50]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Michael Davis (1/1)
$437,358
2nd
Scott Buller
$268,507
3rd
Barry Bounds
$179,210
4th
Michael Morusty
$126,863
5th
Charles Simon
$95,332
6th
Dan DeLatorre
$76,118
7th
Art Duncan
$64,047
8th
Richard McCall
$56,903
9th
Robert Beck
$53,208
Event 44: $2,500 Razz
3-Day Event: Monday, June 22 to Wednesday, June 24
Number of buy-ins: 315
Total prize pool: $724,500
Number of payouts: 32
Winning hand: 10-8-4-4-9-7-J
Reference: [ 51]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jeff Lisandro (3/4)
$188,370
2nd
Michael Craig
$116,405
3rd
Ryan Fisler
$76,261
4th
Warwick Mirzikinian
$52,773
5th
Eric Rodawig
$38,471
6th
Kenna James
$29,473
7th
Steve Diano
$23,669
8th
Allen Bari
$19,880
Event 45: $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 23 to Thursday, June 25
Number of buy-ins: 275
Total prize pool: $2,585,000
Number of payouts: 27
Winning hand: A ♥ A ♣
Reference: [ 52]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
John Kabbaj (1/1)
$633,335
2nd
Kirill Gerasimov
$391,369
3rd
Eric Baldwin (1/1)
$259,534
4th
Davidi Kitai (0/1)
$183,638
5th
J.C. Alvarado
$138,375
6th
Jason Lester (0/1)
$110,431
7th
Eugene Todd
$93,085
8th
Isaac Haxton
$82,668
9th
Darryll Fish
$77,136
Event 46: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 23 to Thursday, June 25
Number of buy-ins: 424
Total prize pool: $975,200
Number of payouts: 45
Winning hand: 3 ♦ 4 ♣ 5 ♣ 10 ♠
Reference: [ 53]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Derek Raymond (1/1)
$229,192
2nd
Mark Tenner
$141,647
3rd
Scott Bohlman
$93,199
4th
Fabio Coppola
$65,094
5th
Josh Schlein
$48,028
6th
Sirous Jamshidi
$37,350
7th
Michael Keiner (0/1)
$30,562
8th
Mark Gregorich
$26,213
9th
Pat Poels (0/2)
$23,541
Event 47: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em
3-Day Event: Wednesday, June 24 to Friday, June 26
Number of buy-ins: 527
Total prize pool: $1,212,100
Number of payouts: 54
Winning hand: J ♦ 3 ♦ No-Limit Hold'em
Reference: [ 54]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Bahador Ahmadi (1/1)
$278,804
2nd
John McGuiness
$172,227
3rd
Ylon Schwartz
$112,967
4th
Karlo Lopez
$78,628
5th
Barry Greenstein (0/3)
$57,671
6th
Matt Woodward
$44,520
7th
Randy Haddox
$36,084
8th
Hasan Habib (0/1)
$30,641
9th
Zachary Humphrey
$27,199
Event 48: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Thursday, June 25 to Saturday, June 27
Number of buy-ins: 762
Total prize pool: $1,040,130
Number of payouts: 72
Winning hand: A ♥ 10 ♣ 7 ♣ 4 ♦
Reference: [ 55]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Brandon Cantu (1/2)
$228,867
2nd
Lee Watkinson (0/1)
$141,873
3rd
Mathieu Jacqmin
$92,946
4th
Ted Weinstock
$64,727
5th
Tommy Vedes
$47,617
6th
Steve Jelinek
$36,893
7th
Aaron Sias
$30,028
8th
Ronnie Hofman
$25,618
9th
William McMahan
$22,862
Event 49: $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
5-Day Event: Friday, June 26 to Tuesday, June 30
Number of buy-ins: 95
Total prize pool: $4,560,000
Number of payouts: 16
Winning hand: 4 ♦ 7 ♦ 6 ♠ A ♣ A ♠ Q ♥ 9 ♠ (Razz)
Reference: [ 56]
Event 50: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
3-Day Event: Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28
Number of buy-ins: 572
Total prize pool: $779,024
Number of payouts: 64
Winning hand: K ♦ 5 ♥
Reference: [ 57]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Greg Mueller (2/2)
$194,854
2nd
Marc Naalden (1/1)
$120,614
3rd
Millie Shiu
$77,138
4th
David Williams (0/1)
$51,145
5th
Matthew Sterling
$35,058
6th
Flaminio Malaguti
$24,824
7th
Joep Van Den Bijgaart
$18,136
8th
Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Barbero
$13,655
Event 51: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Saturday, June 27 to Monday, June 29
Number of buy-ins: 2,781
Total prize pool: $3,796,065
Number of payouts: 297
Winning hand: 6 ♦ 6 ♣
Reference: [ 58]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Carsten Joh (1/1)
$664,426
2nd
Andrew Chen
$412,632
3rd
David Walasinski
$272,405
4th
Steven Levy
$192,650
5th
Owen Crowe
$145,199
6th
Thibaut Durand
$115,817
7th
Georgios Kapalas
$97,634
8th
Jason Helder
$86,702
9th
Nathan Page
$80,894
Event 52: $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em[e]
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 28 to Tuesday, June 30
Number of buy-ins: 854
Total prize pool: $2,357,040
Number of payouts: 81
Winning hand: 9 ♥ 9 ♦
Reference: [ 59]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Jörg Peisert (1/1)
$506,800
2nd
Jason DeWitt
$313,227
3rd
Benjamin Gilbert
$205,180
4th
Michael Noda
$142,035
5th
Jason Somerville
$103,591
6th
Michael Katz
$79,385
7th
Karga Holt
$63,781
8th
William Erickson
$53,622
9th
Wes Watson
$47,070
Event 53: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better
3-Day Event: Sunday, June 28 to Tuesday, June 30
Number of buy-ins: 467
Total prize pool: $637,455
Number of payouts: 48
Winning hand: 9 ♥ 2 ♠ 4 ♥ 7 ♣ K ♣ K ♦ 4 ♠
Reference: [ 60]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
David Halpern (1/1)
$159,390
2nd
William Kohler
$98,550
3rd
Max Stern (0/3)
$64,484
4th
Chad Brown
$44,589
5th
Matt Savage
$32,465
6th
Zak Gilbert
$24,828
7th
Brian Swinford
$19,901
8th
Allie Prescott
$16,682
Event 54: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: Monday, June 29 to Wednesday, July 1
Number of buy-ins: 2,818
Total prize pool: $3,846,570
Number of payouts: 297
Winning hand: 9 ♥ J ♣
Reference: [ 61]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Tony Veckey (1/1)
$673,276
2nd
Jason Wheeler
$418,122
3rd
Joseph Chaplin
$276,029
4th
Sergey Konkin
$195,213
5th
Andrew Malott
$147,131
6th
Christopher Bonita
$117,358
7th
Chris DeMaci
$98,933
8th
David Jaoui
$87,855
9th
Miha Remic
$81,970
Event 55: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
3-Day Event: Monday, June 29 to Wednesday, July 1
Number of buy-ins: 257
Total prize pool: $593,400
Number of payouts: 24
Winning hand: 7-6-5-3-2
Reference: [ 62]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Abe Mosseri (1/1)
$165,521
2nd
Masayoshi Tanaka
$102,313
3rd
Julie Schneider
$66,285
4th
John Juanda (0/4)
$44,941
5th
Blair Rodman (0/1)
$31,818
6th
Brad Libson
$23,484
Event 56: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed
3-Day Event: Tuesday, June 30 to Thursday, July 2
Number of buy-ins: 928
Total prize pool: $4,361,600
Number of payouts: 90
Winning hand: J ♥ J ♦
Reference: [ 63]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Matt Hawrilenko (1/1)
$1,003,218
2nd
Josh Brikis
$619,609
3rd
Faraz Jaka
$400,526
4th
Sean Keeton
$269,983
5th
Jonas Wexler
$189,555
6th
Matthew Waxman
$138,394
Event 57: $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
13-Day Event: Friday, July 3 to Wednesday, July 15
Final Table: [f] Saturday, November 7 to Tuesday, November 10
Number of buy-ins: 6,494
Total prize pool: $60,043,650
Number of payouts: 648
Winning hand: 9 ♦ 9 ♣
Reference: [ 64]
Final table
Place
Name
Prize
1st
Joe Cada (1/1)
$8,546,453
2nd
Darvin Moon
$5,182,601
3rd
Antoine Saout
$3,479,485
4th
Eric Buchman
$2,502,787
5th
Jeff Shulman
$1,953,395
6th
Steven Begleiter
$1,587,133
7th
Phil Ivey (2/7)
$1,404,002
8th
Kevin Schaffel
$1,300,228
9th
James Akenhead
$1,263,602
References
a The $7.7 million prize pool was the largest non-main event prize pool in WSOP history.[ 6]
b The 918 players set a record turnout for an Omaha event at the WSOP.[ 6]
c Event 5 was originally scheduled to end on June 2, but because of the size of the field the tournament was extended a day.
d Event 4 had the lowest buy-in of all the open events since the 2006 WSOP. Dubbed the "$1,000 buy-in Stimulus Special," it set a new record for a non-main event tournament with 6,012 participants. This number would have been larger, but the tournament was capped at 6,012 players.[ 6] [ 7]
e Like all the Pot Limit Omaha events, event 52 was a "Triple Chance" event. In these events players had access to three equal units of chips. For example, in a $2500 event, players have access to a total of 7500 in chips, but they had to option to start with either 2500, 5000 or all 7500. If they started with 2500, and lost those chips, they could access another 2500 or their remaining 5000. They were not eliminated until they had lost all 7500 of their possible starting chips. Thus the event was not a rebuy event (There were no rebuy events in 2009 WSOP.), but rather one where players could lose all their chips during the first three rounds but not be eliminated until they lost all 7500 chips. If a player started with less than the full 7500, at the end of three rounds any remaining available 2500 units were added to the player's stacks, and anyone losing all their chips after that point would be eliminated.
f The final table of the Main Event is now known as the November Nine as the nine players have to wait until November to determine who the champion is.
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^ "World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (Event 29)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 30)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "H.O.R.S.E. (Event 31)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em (Event 32)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "World Championship Limit Hold'em (Event 33)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em (Event 34)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 35)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em (Event 36)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 37)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Limit Hold'em (Event 38)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em (Event 39)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 40)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (1,000 player max) (Event 41)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Mixed Event (Event 42)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (Event 43)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Seven Card Razz (Event 44)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 45)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 46)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) (Event 47)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event 48)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 49)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Limit Hold'em Shootout (1,000 player max) (Event 50)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em (Event 51)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em (Event 52)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 53)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em (Event 54)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (Event 55)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
^ "No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (Event 56)" . 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker . Harrah's Entertainment. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31 .
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