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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

No-Limit Hold’em (Event 34)

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 to Thursday, June 18, 2009
Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $2,859,675
Entries: 2,095

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Eric Baldwin $521,991
2.Jonas Klausen $322,371
3.James Taylor $213,045
4.Benjamin Scholl $150,132
5.Roland De Wolfe $112,957
6.Andrew Youngblood $89,221
7.Steven Bradbury $74,351
8.Martin Jacobson $65,486
9.Eric DeFontes $60,339

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 35)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 to Friday, June 19, 2009
Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $1,706,100
Entries: 363

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Richard Austin $409,484
2.Sorel Mizzi $253,048
3.Cliff (JohnnyBax) Josephy $166,771
4.Dan Hindin $116,748
5.Rifat Palevic $86,516
6.Felipe Ramos $67,663
7.Van Marcus $55,687
8.Peter Jetten $48,112
9.Samuel Ngai $43,539

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

No-Limit Hold’em (Event 36)

Thursday, June 18, 2009 to Saturday, June 20, 2009
Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $3,084,900
Entries: 1,695

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Jordan Smith $586,212
2.Ken Lennaard $360,439
3.Laurence Grondin $237,537
4.Joe Morneau $166,584
5.Anthony Roux $120,311
6.Pat Atchison $95,631
7.Almira Skripchenko $78,664
8.Andrew Seden $67,867
9.Jonathan Plens $61,081

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

World Championship Seven Card Stud H/L-8 (Event 37)

Thursday, June 18, 2009 to Saturday, June 20, 2009
Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $1,541,600
Entries: 164

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Jeffrey Lisandro $431,656
2.Farzad Rouhani $266,804
3.Mike Wattel $176,605
4.Francis Mariani $124,684
5.Yan Chen $93,513
6.Abraham Mosseri $74,258
7.Doyle Brunson $62,234
8.Justin Smith $54,896

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Stars Aligning for AUFA



Stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Garrett, Mekhi Phifer, and top poker professional Phil Hellmuth have joined the growing list of celebrities who plan to play in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament July 2 at the 40th annual World Series of Poker. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars are expected to go all in for the 3rd Ante Up For Africa (AUFA) Celebrity-Charity poker tournament.

Annually, the largest celebrity poker tournament in Las Vegas, the event is accessible for the public to play with their favorite stars or watch as spectators. A full house of celebrities will join Academy Award Nominee, Don Cheadle and “Celebrity Apprentice Star” and WSOP Bracelet winner Annie Duke at the event taking place during the 2009 WORLD SERIES OF POKER® (WSOP) at Rio in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 2 at 2 PM.

This No-Limit Hold’em poker tournament has an entry fee of $5,000 and provides entrants the opportunity to walk away with a six-figure payday. The event allows players to rub elbows with top Hollywood stars, athletes and poker professionals while contributing to a great cause.

Celebrities and athletes will join poker’s most notable players to raise public awareness and funds to support the victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.

Among those confirmed to participate, subject to availability, are Cheadle, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Brad Garrett, Cedric The Entertainer, Charles Barkley, Danny Masterson, Hank Azaria, Herschel Walker, Jason Alexander, Kenny Smith, Marlon Wayans, Montel Williams, Reggie Miller, Tia Carrere, Sarah Silverman, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Cheryl Hines, Mekhi Phifer, Rob Schneider; Poker Professionals Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Tiffany Michelle, Erik Seidel and Phil Hellmuth with more to be confirmed.

The tournament will feature a fast-paced structure designed to complete the competition within five hours. Seating for the tournament is open to anyone age 21 or older. Players can register in person at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, or online through June 18, 2009 at World Series of Poker Presented by Jack Link's Beef Jerky - Official Tournament Coverage and Results under the registration tab.

This event, as is every World Series of Poker tournament, is open to the public for viewing and admission is free. The event will take place in the famed Amazon Ballroom in the Rio Convention Center, just one day prior to the start of the WSOP Main Event, the game’s most prestigious poker event.

Cheadle, an accomplished poker player, and Duke, who has more than $4 million in tournament winnings, are committed to raising both public awareness about the tragedy in Darfur and funds to aid its victims. As the world’s richest sporting event, the WSOP awarded more than $180 million in 2008 and attracted participants from a record 124 nations.

In the previous events, many of the in the money finishers volunteered to donate half of their winnings to the charity. Proceeds from the event will go to the ENOUGH Project and Refugees Unternational, organizations whose goals include raising public awareness and providing aid to the survivors of Darfur.

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Limit Hold’em (Event 38)

Friday, June 19, 2009 to Sunday, June 21, 2009
Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $811,720
Entries: 446

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Marc Naalden $190,770
2.Steve Cowley $117,902
3.Ian Johns $77,576
4.Tam (Tommy) Hang $54,182
5.Alex Keating $39,977
6.Danny Qutami $31,088
7.Jared O'Dell $25,439
8.Jameson Painter $21,819
9.Ralph (Rep) Porter $19,594

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

No-Limit Hold’em (Event 39)

Saturday, June 20, 2009 to Monday, June 22, 2009
Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,705,975
Entries: 2,715

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Ray Foley $657,969
2.Brandon Cantu $403,951
3.Wei Mu $269,609
4.Alex Jacob $190,857
5.Tyler Spalding $143,421
6.Jonathan Markham $114,514
7.Chairud Vangchailued $96,355
8.Richard Lutes $85,608
9.Patrick O'Connor $80,049

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 40)

Saturday, June 20, 2009 to Monday, June 22, 2009
Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,773,000
Entries: 295

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Matthew Graham $679,402
2.Vitaly Lunkin $419,832
3.Van Marcus $278,409
4.Robin Keston $196,993
5.Ferit Gabriellson $148,438
6.Stefan Mattsson $118,462
7.Josh Arieh $99,855
8.Richard Austin $88,680
9.Barry Greenstein $82,746

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World Series Of Poker 2009


PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS

06/24/09


(MINIMUM 125 POINTS)

The Player of the Year Standings are a cumulative measure of performance during the 2009 World Series of Poker. Players will only receive points for open bracelet events.

There will be ZERO points awarded for the following events:


All satellite and "Second Chance Tournaments"
$1,000 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em (Event 1)
$1,000 World Championship Ladies Event No-Limit Hold'em (Event 17)
$1,000 World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold'em (Event 43)



Name... WSOP POY Points... Bracelets... Cashed... 2009 WSOP Earnings

Jeffrey Lisandro... 255 pts... 2... 5... $619,131
Ville Wahlbeck... 255 pts... 1... 4... $849,785
Phil Ivey... 242 pts... 2... 5... $356,994
John Brock Parker... 220 pts... 2... 5... $802,514
James Van Alstyne... 220 pts... 1... 3... $519,080
Roland De Wolfe... 195 pts... 1... 5... $410,063
Vitaly Lunkin... 185 pts... 1... 3... $2,327,493
Angel Guillen... 180 pts... 1... 3... $846,238
Pete Vilandos... 175 pts... 1... 2... $1,080,538
Rami Boukai... 170 pts... 1... 4... $298,324
Daniel Negreanu... 165 pts... 0... 5... $316,190
Daniel Alaei... 165 pts... 1... 3... $587,102
Steve Sung... 160 pts... 1... 2... $883,380
John Monnette... 147 pts... 0... 4... $176,668
Jason Mercier... 147 pts... 1... 4... $288,170
Scott Clements... 140 pts... 0... 3... $380,638
Greg (FBT) Mueller... 140 pts... 1... 2... $514,726
John Juanda...135 pts... 0... 3... $125,804
Richard Austin... 135 pts... 1... 2.... $498,164
Joseph Serock... 132 pts... 0... 4... $399,386
Yan Chen... 125 pts... 0... 4... $140,707

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2009 H.O.R.S.E. Event Starts Friday 06/26/09

World Series Of Poker 2008



IN MEMORY OF DAVID "CHIP" REESE

“Being the best is not just about winning one day or two days – it’s every day,”

The H.O.R.S.E Event is under way in Vegas and this year there will be a special award presented to the winner. The management of the World Series Of Poker will present the winner with the first "Chip Reese Memorial Trophy"
in memory of one of the best cash poker players ever. He was also the winner of the 2006 H.O.R.S.E. Event.

Many players consider this event to be the 'Crown Jewel' the 'Masters' of poker,I agree.

'Chip' died on December 4,2007.

“This year it’s something special extra out there,” said Erick Lindgren, who considered Reese both a friend and a player worth looking up to. “The whole time I’ll be thinking about Chip and what he would have done, which is patience. He was very patient and I’m going to play every hand and every street as well as I can.”

The trophy isn’t the only item in the room honoring Reese. Doyle Brunson, who considered Reese to be the closest of his close friends, found his own personal way of remembering Reese at the tables.

“See this cross here,” Brunson said, holding out a small gold cross on a chain around his neck. “His ashes are in here, so he’s with me.”


Here is the recap of the 2006 Event presented by Nolan Dalla.



World Series Of Poker 2006 Recap H.O.R.S.E.

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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Event #20 ($50,000 H.O.R.S.E.) - Recap
provided by - Nolan Dalla - WSOP Media Director

Event #20

H.O.R.S.E. World Poker Championship

Rotation of Games: Limit Hold’em, Omaha High-Low Split, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, Eight-or-Bettor, No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-In: $50,000

Number of Entries: 143

Total Prize Money: $6,864,000

Defending Champion (2005): None -- First-Time Event

Standing the Test of Time

Poker Legend Chip Reese Outlasts the Competition and Wins $1,784,640 in First WSOP Victory in 24-Years

Poker marathon lasts 43-grueling hours over four days and nights


Las Vegas, NV – The latest World Series of Poker match was a throwback to an earlier era when poker all was about seemingly endless games, creaky bones, and weary faces. Card after card after card had been tossed and turned and reshuffled again and again. Exhausted spectators who had been standing and cheering hours earlier were now crashed around all sides of the gallery. And in the middle of the darkened poker room, an overhead beam illuminated a green felt table, anchored on each side by two aspiring champions, their faces chiseled with determination.

It all began four long days earlier. The biggest buy-in poker tournament on the planet took place at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Consider that it cost fifty grand -- more than the list price of a brand new Cadillac just to sit down in the big game. The 20th event on the 2006 World Series of Poker schedule attracted the toughest compilation of poker talent ever assembled inside one arena. While the world championship main event is still two weeks away, a spectacle that will shatter every previous record in poker history, this far more exclusive competition proved to be the ultimate test of overall poker skill.

Players played a rotation of poker’s six most popular games – symbolized in the acronym H.O.R.S.E. – which stands for Hold’em (both limit and no-limit), Omaha High-Low Split, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Eight or Better. A field of 143 of the world’s best poker players competed over a grueling four-day marathon, which became as much a test of mental and physical endurance as poker skill. For instance, the first day took 14 hours to complete. The second day was even longer. Day Two began at 12 noon and ended at 9:00 am the next day. After playing 21 straight hours, the nine surviving players got some well-deserved rest and returned for a final table which began at 9:00 pm on Friday night.

The 2006 World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light offered spectators and an ESPN television audience one of the most extraordinary final tables ever assembled in the history of the game. The nine players in the H.O.R.S.E. championship had previously won a whopping 27 WSOP gold bracelets combined. Present were former world champions, living poker legends, celebrity superstars, and a few aspiring younger champions who hoped for a breakthrough victory.

The nine finalists in the event were as follows:

SEAT 1: Jim Bechtel – 1993 World Series of Poker champion; one WSOP gold bracelet
SEAT 2: Doyle Brunson – Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame; 1976 and 1977 World Series of Poker champion; ten WSOP gold bracelets
SEAT 3: David “Chip” Reese – Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame; three WSOP gold bracelets
SEAT 4: Dewey Tomko – High-stakes poker player; runner-up in the main event twice; three WSOP gold bracelets
SEAT 5: Andy Bloch – Formally on the M.I.T. blackjack team immortalized in the book “Breaking Vegas”; Harvard Law School graduate; successful winning poker player for past ten years
SEAT 6: T.J. Cloutier – Former professional football player; top tournament player in lifetime cashes, final table appearances, and wins; six WSOP gold bracelets
SEAT 7: David Singer – Top tournament professional with many cashes and millions won at the poker table
SEAT 8: Patrik Antonius – Top European poker pro; many tournament cashes and wins throughout Europe
SEAT 9: Phil Ivey – Superstar poker icon; five WSOP gold bracelets

The first player to exit was the charismatic European pro, Patrik Antonious. Just three hands into play, the perilously short-stacked Finnish player was eliminated. Ninth place paid $205,920.

The next player out took everyone by surprise. Many hoped, and some even expected poker legend Doyle Brunson to win his record-breaking 11th gold bracelet in this tournament. Those hopes were demolished when “Texas Dolly” went out in eighth place. Brunson, the genial Texan with a million dollar smile and arguably poker’s greatest player ever, collected $274,560.

Dewey Tomko, who finished second in the WSOP main event on two occasions, had to settle for seventh place. Tomko had spent over twenty years traveling in the same tight-knit poker circles with colleagues Brunson and Reese. So, it was fitting that three of poker’s most revered icons were seated side-by-side in this event. The three-time gold bracelet winner from Florida received $343,200.

David Singer, who has recently emerged on the poker tournament scene as one of the game’s top players was hoping for a monstrous career breakthrough in this event. He certainly proved he can compete with the best in the world by making it to the big stage against such fierce competition. But Singer fell short of victory and ended up with a sixth-place finish. Singer earned $411,840.

T.J. Cloutier has won just about everything in poker except the main event of the World Series. Cloutier, who lives in Dallas, has the best overall tournament record of any player alive. However, Cloutier came up short in this event and ended up as the fifth-place finisher. His prize amounted to $480,480.

Jim Bechtel, a no-limit specialist from Arizona was the next victim of elimination. Bechtel, winner of the 1993 World Series of Poker championship, received $549,120 for his fourth-place finish.

When play became three-handed, Phil Ivey was at a competitive disadvantage. Even a supremely-gifted player like Ivey needs chips and good cards to win. He got neither during his final hour at the table and ended up with mixed results – a disappointing third-place showing, but a healthy profit amounting to $617,760

The final contest between Andy Bloch and Chip Reese posed two gladiators of similar styles and character. Reese first arrived in Las Vegas 31-years ago, fresh out of college (Reese is a graduate of Dartmouth University). He was on his way to attend law school in California, but instead found his passion and talent for cards and gambling. Since 1974, Reese has won tens of millions of dollars in high-stakes poker games and earned a well-deserved reputation as the world’s best all-around player.

Bloch arrived in Las Vegas with a shorter, albeit similar story. Bloch graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later earned his degree from Harvard University Law School. Like Reese before him, Bloch opted to gamble professionally rather than work in a more conventional career. He also shared Reese’s cerebral personality to a large extent – favoring substance over style, tranquility over bravado, and contemplation over haste.

At 1:00 am, as $1.7 million in cash was brought out to the table, no one in the audience nor over the worldwide listening audience on the Bluff Radio Network (carried live by Sirius) could possibly have forecasted the epic match that was to follow. When the sun cracked over the horizon the following morning, the two contenders were still sitting there face to face – thinking, planning, contemplating, strategizing, and searching for the evasive holy poker grail that would pummel the defiant into submission.

Together, they played an astonishing 300-plus hands heads-up, twice as many hands as it took to eliminate the first seven players. At one point, spectators who had left the night before began returning to the poker room again, and saw that neither player had yielded an inch in the battle of endurance and psychology.

At precisely 9:12 am, Chip Reese and Andy Bloch shattered a WSOP-record that many thought might never be broken. In the 1983 main event, Tom McEvoy and Rod Peate battled for seven straight hours. This epic duel clocked in at 7 hours, 6 minutes.

Bloch started the duel with a slight chip lead. In fact, he held the lead during most of the match. At one point, Bloch enjoyed a better than 3 to 1 chip advantage. Bloch had his opponent all-in a few times, but was never able to finish off the resilient Reese. On one occasion, Reese was extremely lucky catching a miracle card to make an inside straight to defy the odds stacked against him. Another time, Reese caught a flush to survive.

The poker game of all poker games finally ended when Reese had seized the chip lead midway through the morning and pushed all-in before the flop with ace-queen. Bloch had taken a few tough beats and was so low on chips he had to call with nine-eight. The final board showed J-7-7-4-4, giving Reese the win with the higher kicker (ace).

As the runner-up, Andy Bloch received $1,029,600. But the money was the last thing that seemed to matter to Bloch, who was so groomed to win his first gold bracelet. Very few people outside the poker world understand that this match was not about money. It was about proving something of incalculable value -- impossible to describe and too foreign to comprehend.

The winner, David “Chip” Reese collected $1,784,640 in prize money and the gold bracelet, presented by World Series of Poker Commissioner, Jeffrey Pollack. It was Reese’s fourth WSOP career win, and his first since 1982. From a historical perspective, the triumph validates the unofficial title Reese has carried throughout his storied poker career, as the world’s best all-around poker player.

“Being the best is not just about winning one day or two days – it’s every day,” Reese said in a post-tournament interview. “Doyle Brunson was once asked who he thought the best poker player was, and Doyle said, ‘I don’t know, come back and ask me again in twenty years.’ Being the best is proving it over the long run.”

Perhaps it is fitting that this championship -- what may very well be the most prestigious poker event to have ever been played – would ultimately evolve to a contest of raw strength and iron willpower. A victory in such an illustrious event should not be easy. It must be hard. It must be difficult. By its very spirit and magnitude, winning must be the end result of toil, trial, and tribulation. In this championship, and indeed over the past 30 years, Chip Reese has stood the test of time.

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SHOW NO EMOTION

"Chip Reese" GOOD PEOPLE

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

NL Hold'em Shootout (1,000 player max) (Event 41)

Sunday, June 21, 2009 to Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $1,316,000
Entries: 280

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Peter Traply $348,755
2.Andrew Lichtenberger $215,402
3.Maxim Lykov $145,062
4.Danny Wong $105,609
5.Nasr El Nasr $82,697

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Mixed Event (Event 42)

Sunday, June 21, 2009 to Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $947,600
Entries: 412

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Jerrod Ankenman $241,654
2.Sergey Altbregin $149,341
3.Chris Klodnicki $97,896
4.Jeff Tims $67,848
5.Jon Turner $49,568
6.Eric Crain $38,074
7.Layne Flack $30,673
8.Dario (Ryu) Alioto $25,860

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Seniors NL Hold’em World Championship (Event 43)

Monday, June 22, 2009 to Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Buy-in: $1,000
Prizepool: $2,463,700
Entries: 2,707

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Michael Davis $437,358
2.Scotty Buller $268,507
3.Barry Bounds $179,210
4.Michael Joseph Morusty $126,863
5.Charles Simon $95,332
6.Dan Delatorre $76,118
7.Art Duncan $64,047
8.Richard McCall $56,903
9.Robert Beck $53,208

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Seven Card Razz (Event 44)

Monday, June 22, 2009 to Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $792,500
Entries: 315

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Jeffrey Lisandro $188,390
2.Michael Craig $116,405
3.Ryan Fisler $76,260
4.Warwick Mirzikinian $52,772
5.Eric Rodawig $38,470
6.Kenna James $29,472
7.Steven Diano $23,669
8.Allen Bari $19,880

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POKER HALL OF FAME

A Brief History of the Poker Hall of Fame


The Poker Hall of Fame, established in 1979, was acquired by Harrah’s Entertainment along with the World Series of Poker in 2004. Though the Hall of Fame is virtual in nature, its membership includes poker's most influential players and other important contributors to the game.

There are 16 living members, and to date 37 members have been bestowed the honor of Poker Hall of Famer.

The Poker Hall of Fame traditionally elects one or two new members annually. The enshrinement ceremony is now held in concert with the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, held each November in Las Vegas. The main criteria for the Poker Hall of Fame are as follows:

A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition
Played for high stakes
Played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers
Stood the test of time
Or, for non-players, contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results.


The list of the 37 Poker Hall of Fame members are as follows:

1979
Nick “The Greek” Dandolos
James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
Edmond Hoyle
Felton “Corky” McCorquodale
Johnny Moss
Red Winn
Sid Wyman
1980 T “Blondie” Forbes
1981 Bill Boyd
1982 Tom Abdo
1983 Joe Bernstein
1984 Murph Harrold
1985 Red Hodges
1986 Henry Green
1987 Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson
1988 Doyle Brunson .....Jack “Treetop” Straus
1989 Fred “Sarge” Ferris
1990 Benny Binion
1991 David “Chip” Reese
1992 Thomas Austin “Amarillo Slim” Preston
1993 Jack Keller
1996 Julius Oral “Little Man” Popwell
1997 Roger Moore
2001 Stu “The Kid” Ungar
2002 Lyle Berman .....Johnny Chan
2003 Bobby Baldwin
2004 Berry Johnston
2005 Crandell Addington .....Jack Binion
2006 Billy Baxter .....T.J. Cloutier
2007 Barbara Enright .....Phil Hellmuth
2008 Henry Orenstein .....Duane “Dewey” Tomko

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event 45)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 to Thursday, June 25, 2009
Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,585,000
Entries: 275

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.John Kabbaj $633,335
2.Kirill Gerasimov $391,369
3.Eric Baldwin $259,534
4.Davidi Kitai $183,638
5.Juan Carlos Alvarado $138,375
6.Jason Lester $110,431
7.Eugene Todd $93,085
8.Isaac Haxton $82,668
9.Darryll Fish $77,136

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 46)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 to Thursday, June 25, 2009
Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $977,500
Entries: 425

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Derek Raymond $229,192
2.Mark Tenner $141,647
3.Scott Bohlman $93,199
4.Fabio Coppola $65,094
5.Josh Schlein $48,028
6.Sirious Jamshidi $37,350
7.Michael Keiner $30,562
8.Mark Gregorich $26,213
9.Pat Poels $23,541

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) (Event 47)

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 to Friday, June 26, 2009
Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $1,212,100
Entries: 527

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Bahador Ahmadi $278,804
2.John McGuinness $172,227
3.Ylon Schwartz $112,967
4.Karlo (The Wizard) Lopez $78,628
5.Barry Greenstein $57,671
6.Matt Woodward $44,520
7.Randy Haddox $36,084
8.Hasan Habib $30,641
9.Zachary Humphrey $27,199

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event 48)

Thursday, June 25, 2009 to Saturday, June 27, 2009
Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,040,130
Entries: 762

Place.....Player.....Prize

1.Brandon Cantu $228,867
2.Lee Watkinson $141,873
3.Mathieu Jacqmin $92,946
4.Ted Weinstock $64,727
5.Tommy Vedes $47,617
6.Steve Jelinek $36,893
7.Aaron Sias $30,028
8.Ronnie Hofman $25,618
9.William Mcmahan $22,862

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 49)

Friday, June 26, 2009 to Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Buy-in: $50,000
Prizepool: $4,560,000
Entries: 95



Day 3 Seating Assigments and Chip Counts Play resumes at 2:00pm.

(Table 58)
Matt Glantz - 337000
Bill Chen - 324000
Frank Kassela - 379000
Justin 'Boosted J' Smith - 87000
Pat Bueno - 380000
Barry Greenstein - 284000
Freddy Deeb - 208000
Brett Richey - 43000

(Table 60)
Tony G - 433000
Ray Dehkharghani - 643000
Jason Gray - 144000
Martin Vallo - 100000
Todd Brunson - 549000
Scotty Nguyen - 463000
John Monnette - 324000
Mikhail Tulchinskiy - 235000

(Table 62)
John Hennigan - 142000
Erik Seidel - 179000
Doyle Brunson - 224000
Thor Hansen - 256000
Jani Sointula - 412500
Scott Clements - 221000
David Bach - 451000
Kirill Rabtsov - 165000

(Table 64)
David Grey - 191000
Patrik Antonius - 131000
John Kabbaj - 376000
Daniel Alaei - 63000
David Benyamine - 130000
Alex Kravchenko - 80000
Ralph Perry - 348000

(Table 66)
Jon 'PearlJammer' Turner - 179000
Jim Bechtel - 312000
Fabrice Soulier - 138000
Mike Wattel - 307000
John Hanson - 113000
Matt Hawrilenko - 190000
Ville Wahlbeck - 307000
Chris Ferguson - 173000

(Table 68)
Hasan Habib - 490000
Phil Ivey - 154000
Jerry Buss - 130000
David Chiu - 344000
Steve Billirakis - 300000
Erik Sagstrom - 560000
Huck Seed - 244000

(Table 70)
Frank Cremen - 457000
Steve Sung - 50000
Nick Schulman - 157000
Vitaly Lunkin - 308000
Chau Giang - 231000
Erick Lindgren - 114000
Gus Hansen - 686000