June 2009 Archives

Event 51: No-Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 2,781 entries

Carsten Joh wins $664,426 and his first bracelet. It's also his first cash at the WSOP.

Notable cashes:

Men "The Master" Nguyen - 78th ($5,314)

Event 50: Limit Hold'em Shootout (1,000 player max)

$1,500 Buy-in with 571 entries

Greg 'FBT' Mueller wins $194,854 and his second bracelet. It's his 19th WSOP cash and third of this year. FBT also won the $10,000 buy-in World Championship Limit Hold'em event earlier this year.

Notable cashes:

David Williams - 4th ($51,145)

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

$1,500 Buy-in with 762 entries

Brandon Cantu wins $228,867 and his second bracelet. It's his 10th WSOP cash and third of this year.

Notable cashes:

Lee Watkinson - 2nd ($141,8731)

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

$2,500 Buy-in with 527 entries

Bahador Ahmadi wins $278,804 and his first bracelet. It's his second WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Barry Greenstein - 5th ($57,671)
Allen Cunningham - 15th ($14,714)
Andy Bloch - 32nd ($7,030)
Daniel Negreanu - 37th ($5,757)

Event 46: Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

$2,500 Buy-in with 425 entries

Derek Raymond wins $229,192 and his first bracelet. It's also his first WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Mark Gregorich - 8th ($26,213)
Paul Darden - 44th ($4,749)

Event 45: World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em

$10,000 Buy-in with 275 entries

John Kabbaj wins $633,335 and his first bracelet. It's his seventh WSOP cash and second of this year.

Notable cashes:

Vanessa Rousso - 15th ($43,091)
Erik Seidel - 19th ($24,066)

Event 44: Seven Card Razz

$2,500 Buy-in with 315 entries

Jeff Lisandro wins $188,370 and amazingly, his third bracelet of this year alone. It's the Iceman's fourth bracelet overall and 31st WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

David Sklansky - 29th ($4,745)
Mike Baxter - 31st ($4,745)

Event 43: Seniors NL Hold'em World Championship

$1,000 Buy-in with 2,707 entries

Michael Davis wins $437,358 and his first bracelet. This was Davis' 21st WSOP cash and second of this year.

Notable cashes:

Berry Johnston - 185th ($2,044)

Event 42: Mixed Event

$2,500 Buy-in with 412 entries

Jerrod Ankenman wins $241,654 and his first bracelet. This was Ankenman's ninth WSOP cash and first of this year.

Notable cashes:

Layne Flack - 7th ($30,673)

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

$5,000 Buy-in with 280 entries

Peter Traply wins $348,728 and his first bracelet. This was the Hungarian's second career WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

David Pham - 7th ($16,739)
Phil Ivey - 8th ($16,739)
Jennifer Harman - 22nd ($16,739)

Event 40: World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha

$10,000 Buy-in with 295 entries

Matt Graham wins $679,379 and his second bracelet. He won last year's $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout for his other bracelet. This was Graham's seventh WSOP cash and second of this year.

Notable cashes:

Josh Arieh - 7th ($99,856)
Barry Greenstein - 9th ($82,746)
Chau Giang - 11th ($61,838)
Howard Lederer - 12th ($61,838)
David Williams - 16th ($34,552)
Erick Lindgren - 27th ($25,816)

Event 39: No-Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 2,715 entries

Ray Foley wins $657,969 and his first bracelet. It was Foley's fourth WSOP cash and first of this year.

Also playing in this year's event was a very good friend of mine, Jeff Tahler. Tahler was playing in his first WSOP event and lasted about four hours, including making it through the first break. Problem is, there's no way to prepare how to play against a field this big. Here's a quote from him:

"Playing in such a large field is a daunting task as you are trying to play your best, all while being conscious of how long the odds are to get through this many people."

Anyway, good job Tahler. He'll get a chance to play some more as he'll be returning to Vegas this upcoming weekend and then I'll see him at the tables in Tahoe during NBC's American Century Championship in mid-July. This is by far the biggest celebrity golf event there is and for the first time a professional poker player has been invited... No shock that it's Daniel Negreanu.  

Notable cashes:

Nam Le - 25th ($19,234)

Event 38: Limit Hold'em

$2,000 Buy-in with 446 entries

Marc Naalden wins $190,770 and his first bracelet. It was Naalden's sixth WSOP cash and second this year.

Notable cashes:

Phil Hellmuth - 17th ($8,019)
Daniel Negreanu - 26th ($6,169)

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

$10,000 Buy-in with 164 entries

Jeff Lisandro wins $431,656 and his third bracelet. It was Lisandro's second bracelet this year as he won the Seven Card Stud ($1,500 buy-in) earlier in the event. He now has 30 WSOP cashes.

Notable cashes:

Doyle Brunson - 7th ($62,234)
Scotty Nguyen - 11th ($33,668)

Event 36: No-Limit Hold'em

$2,000 Buy-in with 1,695 entries

Jordan Smith wins $586,212 and his first bracelet. It was Smith's 13th WSOP cash in total and second this year.

Event 35: Pot-Limit Omaha

$5,000 Buy-in with 363 entries

Richard Austin wins $409,484 and his first bracelet. It was also Austin's first WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Ralph Perry - 12th ($24,448)
David "Devilfish" Ulliott - 16th ($18,732)
Jeffrey Lisandro - 33rd ($11,345)

Event 34: No-Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 2,095 entries

Eric Baldwin wins $521,932 and his first bracelet. It was Baldwin's seventh WSOP cash and first of this year.

Notable cashes:

Roland de Wolfe - 5th ($112,957)
Betrand Grospellier - 13th ($30,398)
Paul Darden - 87th ($4,117)
Chris Ferguson - 206th ($2,745)
Allen Cunningham - 211th ($2,745)

Event 33: World Championship Limit Hold'em

$10,000 Buy-in with 185 entries

Greg Mueller wins $460,836 and his first bracelet. It's the 18th WSOP cash for the player nicknamed, "FBT".

Notable cashes:

Chad Brown - 3rd ($188,855)
Jennifer Harman - 12th ($41,040)
Todd Brunson - 14th ($32,693)
Howard Lederer - 17th ($27,824)

Event 32: No-Limit Hold'em

$2,000 Buy-in with 1,534 entries

Angel Guillen wins $530,548 and his first bracelet. It's Guillen's second WSOP cash as finished second in a No-Limit Hold'em event earlier in this year's event.

Event 31: H.O.R.S.E.

$1,500 Buy-in with 770 entries

James Van Alstyne wins $247,033 and his first bracelet. It's Van Alstyne's 12 WSOP cash as he won $192,866 finishing second in another H.O.R.S.E. event last week.

Notable cashes:

Vanessa Rousso - 19th ($5,906)
Paul Darden - 22nd ($5,906)
Andy Black - 28th ($4,540)
David Singer - 41st ($4,330)
Marco Traniello - 56th ($3,689)
Alan Dvorkis - 63rd ($3,163)

Event 30: Pot-Limit Omaha

$2,500 Buy-in with 436 entries

J.C. Tran gets his second bracelet and wins $235,685. Tran won a No-Limit Hold'em event last year. This was his 27th WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

John Juanda - 9th ($24,207)
Eli Elezra - 33rd ($6,056)
Phil Ivey - 44th ($4,883)

Event 29: World Championship Heads Up NL Hold'em

$10,000 Buy-in with 256 entries

After losing the first match of the best-of-three final, Leo Wolpert defeated EPT founder John Duthie and won $625,682. It was his first bracelet and his eighth WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Johnny Chan - 5th ($92,580)
Steve Zolotow - 26th ($17,987)

Event 28: No-Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 2,638 entries and 148 Rebuys and Add-ons

Mike Eise won $639,331, his first bracelet and his first WSOP cash.

Event 27: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better

$5,000 Buy-in with 198 entries

Roland De Wolfe won $246,616 and his first bracelet. Although De Wolfe has now cashed in WSOP events 14 times, including four this year.

Notable cashes:

Scott Clements - 3rd ($101,063)
Andy Black - 6th ($42,993)
Andy Bloch - 13th ($17,495)

Event 26: Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 643 entries

Tomas Alenius won $197,488 and his first bracelet. It's his third career WSOP and second this year.

Notable cashes:

Paul Darden - 31st ($4,871)
Barry Greenstein - 53rd ($3,405)

Event 25: Omaha/Seven Card Stud HL/8 or Better

$2,500 Buy-in with 376 entries

Phil Ivey does it again. The seven-time bracelet winner won $220,538 and his second bracelet of this year. Ivey won  Event 8 - the Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball (No-Limit) a week earlier. This is his his 33rd WSOP cash and just adds to his legend.

Notable cashes:

Carlos Mortensen - 3rd ($89,342)
Dutch Boyd - 4th ($61,919)
Chad Brown - 14th ($10,481)
Gavin Smith - 23rd ($6,434)
Chau Giang - 32nd ($5,197)
Hoyt Corkins - 40th ($4,393)

Event 24: No-Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 2,506 entries

Panayote "Pete" Vilandos wins $607,256 and his second bracelet. It's his 17th WSOP cash. Vilandos won a bracelet in the same event in 1995.

Notable cashes:

Humberto Brenes - 225th ($2,839)

NBC's Poker After Dark continues in its quest to provide viewers with interesting matchups, and this week brings together six players who are known for chatting it up at the table in a match being dubbed "Sit-n-Talk." Competing for the $120,000 winner-take-all first prize are Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Antonio Esfandiari, Jean-Robert Bellande, Vanessa Roussoand David Grey.

Check out a complete preview of the upcoming show and watch the new show Monday night on NBC orcheck back on Tuesday morning to watch online.

Event 23: World Championship NL 2-7 Draw Lowball

$10,000 Buy-in with 96 entries

Nick Schulman wins $279,742 and his first bracelet. It's his sixth WSOP cash. Schulman, 24, has won two World Poker Tour titles and over $3.8 million in career tournament earnings.

Notable cashes:

John Juanda - 4th ($75,964)
David Benyamine - 7th ($30,492)
Roland De Wolfe - 10th ($19,871)
Max Pescatori - 12th ($17,885)

Event 22: No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

$1,500 Buy-in with 1,000 entries

Jeff Carris wins $318,232 and his first bracelet. It's his second WSOP cash.

Event 21: H.O.R.S.E.

$3,000 Buy-in with 452 entries

Zac Fellows wins $311,899 and his first bracelet. It's also his third WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Gavin Smith - 10th ($23,777)
Chau Giang - 16th ($11,477)
David Singer - 37th ($5,838)
Barry Greenstein - 43rd ($5,277)

Event 20: Pot-Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 633 entries

John-Paul Kelly wins $194,434 and his first bracelet. It's also his second WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Erik Seidel - 7th ($24,919)
Mike Sexton - 37th ($3,983)

Event 19:  No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed

$2,500 Buy-in with 1,068 entries

After winning the Limit Hold'em / Six Handed event a few days earlier, Brock Parker won his second bracelet, taking home $552,745. It's also his fourth WSOP cash this year and 13th overall.

Notable cashes:

Men "The Master" Nguyen - 16th ($20,117)
Bill Edler - 49th ($7,418)
Layne Flack - 68th ($5,404)

Event 18:  World Championship Omaha HL/8 or Better

$10,000 Buy-in with 179 entries

Daniel Alaei defeated Scott Clements on the second hand of heads-up play to win $445,898 and his second bracelet. Alaei won the No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/rebuys event in 2006. This is his 17th WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Scott Clements - 2nd ($275,946)
Daniel Negreanu - 4th ($130,401)
Annie Duke - 8th ($58,049)

Event 17: Ladies NL Hold'em World Championship

$1,000 Buy-in with 1,060 entries

Lisa Hamilton won $195,390 and her first bracelet. It was also the first WSOP cash for the 37-year-old from Hawaii.

Notable cashes:

J.J. Liu - 13th ($9,954)
Erica Schoenberg - 117th ($1,900)

Event 16: Seven Card Stud

$1,500 Buy-in with 359 entries

Jeff Lisandro won $124,959 and his second bracelet. A long-time pro nicknamed Iceman, this is Lisandro's 27th WSOP cash. His other bracelet came in this same game two years ago.

Notable cashes:

John Juanda - 5th ($25,634)
Sam Grizzle - 37th ($2,489)

Event 15: No-Limit Hold'em

$5,000 Buy-in with 655 entries

Brian Lemke won $692,658 and his first bracelet, beating out Fabian Quoss in heads-up play.

Notable cashes:

David Pham - 10th ($47,501)
Erik Seidel - 22nd ($21,026)

Event 14: Limit Hold'em / Six Handed

$2,500 Buy-in with 367 entries

Brock Parker won $223,688 and his first bracelet. It was his seventh WSOP cash. Parker came back from a pretty significant deficit to beat Kid Poker, Daniel Negreanu.

Notable cashes:

Daniel Negreanu - 2nd ($138,280)

Event 13: No-Limit Hold'em

$2,500 Buy-in with 1,088 entries

Keven Stammen won $506,786 and his first bracelet. It was his seventh WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

J.J. Liu - 61st ($7,432)
Roland de Wolfe - 15th ($25,824)
Phil Ivey - 18th ($18,467)

Event 12: World Championship Mixed Event

$10,000 Buy-in with 194 entries

Ville Wahlbeck won $492,375 and his first bracelet. It was his sixth WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Mark Gregorich - 4th ($139,159)
Huck Seed - 5th ($102,286)
Todd Brunson - 8th ($54,854)
Doyle Brunson - 15th (21,357)
Max Pescatori - 24th ($16,649)

Event 11: No-Limit Hold'em

$2,000 Buy-in with 1,646 entries

Anthony Harb won $569,199 and his first bracelet. It was Harb's third WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Phil Hellmuth - 29th ( $12,761)
TJ Cloutier - 101st ($4,523)

Event 10: Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha

$2,500 Buy-in with 453 entries

Rami Boukai won $244,862 and his first bracelet. It is also his eighth WSOP cash.

Notable cashes:

Hevad Khan - 11th ($18,170)
David Sklansky - 21st ($7,918)
Hoyt Corkins - 22nd ($7,918)
Bertrand Grospellier - 29th (6,293)
Daniel Negreanu - 43rd ($5,074)

Event 9: No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed

$1,500 Buy-in with 1,459 entries

Ken Aldridge won $428,259 and his first bracelet after beat nearly 1,500 players.

Notable cashes:

Carlos Mortensen - 92nd ($3,305)

Event 8:  Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball (No-Limit)

$2,500 Buy-in with 147 entries

The great Phil Ivey outlasts John Monnette after three and a half hours of heads up play. Ivey wins ($96,361), but likely more important to him, his sixth bracelet.

Notable cashes:

Layne Flack - 8th ($8,452)
Tony G - 9th ($6,292)
David Grey - 11th ($6,292)
Freddy Deeb - 12th ($4,959)
Vanessa Rousso - 17th ($4,094)
Barry Greenstein - 18th ($4,094)
Erick Lindgren - 20th ($4,094)

Event 7: No-Limit Hold'em

$1,500 Buy-in with 2,791 entries

After three days of play, Travis Johnson wins $663,853 and his first bracelet.

Event 6: World Championship Seven Card Stud

$10,000 Buy-in with 142 entries

Freddie Ellis defeats Eric Drache (NBC consultant) to win $373,751, his first WSOP cash and obviously his first bracelet.

Notable cashes:

Max Pescatori - 4th ($107,958)
Daniel Negreanu - 10th (36,266)

Event 5: Pot-Limit Omaha

$1,500 Buy-in with 809 entries

Jason Mercier, 22, wins $237,415 and his first bracelet.

Event 4: No-Limit Hold'em

$1,000 Buy-in with 6,012 entries

Steve Sung wins $771,106 and his first bracelet against a huge field of over 6,000 players, in which 90 percent busted out on the first day.

Special Event

$0 Buy-in with 20 entries

Twenty Main Event winners faced off and Tom McEvoy, winner of the 1983 event and four bracelets, took down first place. No bracelets were awarded for this one but McEvoy got to take home a Classic 1970 Corvette.