2009 World Series of Poker

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2009 World Series of Poker
Location Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesMay 27 – July 15
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Cada
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The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 27 to July 15. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event. The "November Nine" concept returned for the second year, with the finalists of the Main Event returning to finish the tournament on November 7.

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Event schedule

#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em866 Andrew Cohen $83,778Paul Peterson Results
2$40,000 No Limit Hold'em201 Vitaly Lunkin $1,891,012 Isaac Haxton Results
3$1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better918 Thang Luu $263,135Ed Smith Results
4$1,000 No Limit Hold'em6,012 Steve Sung $771,106 Peter Vilandos Results
5$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha809 Jason Mercier $237,415Steven Burkholder Results
6$10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud142Freddie Ellis$373,744 Eric Drache Results
7$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,791Travis Johnson$666,853Steve Karp Results
8$2,500 2-7 Draw Lowball147 Phil Ivey $96,361 John Monnette Results
9$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed1,459Ken Aldridge$428,259Carman Cavella Results
10$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha453Rami Boukai$244,862Najib Bennani Results
11$2,000 No Limit Hold'em1,646Anthony Harb$569,199Peter Rho Results
12$10,000 World Championship Mixed Event194Ville Wahlbeck$492,375 David Chiu Results
13$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,088 Keven Stammen $506,786Angel Guillen Results
14$2,500 Limit Hold'em Short Handed367 Brock Parker $223,688 Daniel Negreanu Results
15$5,000 No Limit Hold'em655Brian Lemke$692,658Fabian Quoss Results
16$1,500 Seven Card Stud359 Jeff Lisandro $124,959 Rodney H. Pardey Results
17$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em World Championship1,060 Lisa Hamilton $195,390Lori Bender Results
18$10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better179 Daniel Alaei $445,898 Scott Clements Results
19$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed1,068 Brock Parker $552,745Joe Serock Results
20$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em633 J.P. Kelly $194,434Marc Tschirch Results
21$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.452Zac Fellows$311,899 James Van Alstyne Results
22$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout1,000Jeff Carris$313,673 Jason Somerville Results
23$10,000 World Championship 2-7 Draw Lowball96 Nick Schulman $279,742Ville Wahlbeck Results
24$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,506 Peter Vilandos $607,256Andy Seth Results
25$2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better376 Phil Ivey $220,538Ming Lee Results
26$1,500 Limit Hold'em643Tomas Alenius$197,488Jason Tam Results
27$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better198 Roland De Wolfe $246,616Brett Richey Results
28$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,638Mike Eise$639,331Jeff Chang Results
29$10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em256Leo Wolpert$625,682 John Duthie Results
30$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha436 J. C. Tran $235,685Jeff Kimber Results
31$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.770 James Van Alstyne $247,033Tad Jurgens Results
32$2,000 No Limit Hold'em1,534Ángel Guillén$530,548Mika Paasonen Results
33$10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em185 Greg Mueller $460,836Pat Pezzin Results
34$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,095 Eric Baldwin $521,932Jonas Klausen Results
35$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha363Richard Austin$409,484 Sorel Mizzi Results
36$2,000 No Limit Hold'em1,695Jordan Smith$586,212 Ken Lennaárd Results
37$10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better164 Jeff Lisandro $431,656 Farzad Rouhani Results
38$2,000 Limit Hold'em446Marc Naalden$190,770Steven Cowley Results
39$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,715Ray Foley$657,969 Brandon Cantu Results
40$10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha295 Matt Graham $679,379 Vitaly Lunkin Results
41$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout280 Péter Traply $348,728Andrew Lichtenberger Results
42$2,500 Mixed Event412Jerrod Ankenman$241,637Sergey Altbregin Results
43$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em World Championship2,707Michael Davis$437,358Scott Buller Results
44$2,500 Razz315 Jeff Lisandro $188,370 Michael Craig Results
45$10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em275 John Kabbaj $633,335 Kirill Gerasimov Results
46$2,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better424Derek Raymond$229,192Mark Tenner Results
47$2,500 Mixed Hold'em527Bahador Ahmadi$278,804John McGuiness Results
48$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better762 Brandon Cantu $228,867 Lee Watkinson Results
49$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. 95 David Bach $1,276,802John Hanson Results
50$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout572 Greg Mueller $194,854Marc Naalden Results
51$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,781Carsten Joh$664,426Andrew Chen Results
52$3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em854Jorg Peisert$506,800 Jason DeWitt Results
53$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better467David Halpern$159,390William Kohler Results
54$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,818Tony Veckey$673,276Jason Wheeler Results
55$2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball257 Abe Mosseri $165,521Masayoshi Tanaka Results
56$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Short Handed928 Matt Hawrilenko $1,003,163Josh Brikis Results
57$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em6,494 Joe Cada $8,547,042 Darvin Moon Results

Main Event

The $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold 'em Main Event began on July 3 with the first of four starting days. There were 6,494 total entries. [1] After reaching the final table of nine players on July 15, the final table was once again delayed until November 7. The Main Event once again was a draw for many celebrities to play including:

The highest number of participants for a single day was Day 1D at 2,809, with Day 1B the lowest with 873. [2] According to news reports, as many as 500 players, including Patrik Antonius, T. J. Cloutier, Layne Flack and Ted Forrest, were denied entry because capacity was filled. [3]

Players started with 30,000 chips, up from 20,000 in previous Main Events.

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)		Day of
Elimination
Amarillo Slim 1972 2A
Doyle Brunson 1976 and 1977 1B
Bobby Baldwin 1978 5 (352nd place)
Tom McEvoy 1983 1C
Berry Johnston 1986 2A
Johnny Chan 1987 and 1988 2A
Phil Hellmuth 1989 4 (436th place)
Jim Bechtel 1993 3
Dan Harrington 1995 5 (252nd place)
Huck Seed 1996 1D
Scotty Nguyen 1998 2B
Chris Ferguson 2000 4 (561st place)
Carlos Mortensen 2001 3
Robert Varkonyi 2002 2B
Chris Moneymaker 2003 1B
Greg Raymer 2004 3
Joe Hachem 2005 6 (103rd place)
Jamie Gold 2006 1C
Jerry Yang 2007 1A
Peter Eastgate 2008 6 (78th place)

Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
14th Ben Lamb $633,022
18th Andrew Lichtenberger $500,557
21st Jonathan Tamayo $352,832
24th Antonio Esfandiari $352,832

November Nine

As in 2008, the final nine players returned on November 7 to complete the event. These players were as follows:

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)		WSOP
Bracelets		WSOP
Cashes*		WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of the United States.svg Darvin Moon 58,930,000 (30.2%)00$0
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Buchman 34,800,000 (17.9%)09$320,893
Flag of the United States.svg Steven Begleiter29,885,000 (15.3%)00$0
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Shulman 19,580,000 (10.0%)015$289,551
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Cada 13,215,000 (6.8%)02$28,214
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Schaffel12,390,000 (6.4%)02$92,166
Flag of the United States.svg Phil Ivey 9,765,000 (5.0%)738$3,843,018
Flag of France.svg Antoine Saout 9,500,000 (4.9%)00$0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Akenhead 6,800,000 (3.5%)02$525,867

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2009 Main Event.

Harrah's deposited the remaining prizepool of $15,847,250 into a risk-free interest-bearing account back on July 16, 2009 up until November 2, 2009. This was the total money left over in the prize pool after each member of the November Nine was paid out ninth-place money ($1,263,602). The remaining money accrued $1,321 in interest and was distributed throughout the payouts. [4] The 2009 final table lasted for 364 hands, including 88 hands of heads up play. [5]

Final table

PlaceNamePrize
1st Joe Cada $8,547,042
2nd Darvin Moon $5,182,928
3rd Antoine Saout $3,479,670
4th Eric Buchman $2,502,890
5th Jeff Shulman $1,953,452
6thSteven Begleiter$1,587,160
7th Phil Ivey $1,404,014
8thKevin Schaffel$1,300,231
9th James Akenhead $1,263,602

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