The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker p ...
(WSOP). It was held at the
Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
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in
Las Vegas
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, 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
The November Nine was the name used to refer to the final nine contestants, or final table, at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) from 2008 to 2016. The winner of the WSOP Main Event is considered to be the World Champion of Poker ...
" concept returned for the second year, with the finalists of the Main Event returning to finish the tournament on November 7.
Event schedule
Main Event
The $10,000 World Championship No Limit
Texas Hold 'em
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Main Event began on July 3 with the first of four starting days. There were 6,494 total entries. 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:
*Day 1-a:
Jason Alexander,
Brad Garrett
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,
Orel Hershiser
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,
Nelly,
Jennifer Tilly
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,
*Day 1-b:
Shane Warne
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*Day 1-c:
Antonio Tarver
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,
Paul Wight
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*Day 1-d:
Shannon Elizabeth
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,
Sully Erna,
Jordan Farmar
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,
Audley Harrison,
Scott Ian
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,
Lou Diamond Phillips
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,
Ray Romano
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,
John Salley
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,
Nate Silver
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,
Sam Simon
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,
Marlon Wayans,
Torrie Wilson
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The last day one, day 1d, had by far the highest number of participants, 2,809 (the lowest was day 1b (4 July), 873). According to news reports, as many as 500 players, including
Patrik Antonius
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,
T. J. Cloutier,
Layne Flack
Layne Flack (May 18, 1969 – July 19, 2021) was an American professional poker player from Rapid City, South Dakota, residing in Montana and Nevada.
Poker career
Flack started playing cards with his grandparents, but became engrossed in th ...
and
Ted Forrest
Ted Forrest (born September 24, 1964) is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tournament wins
Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP). After the mid-1990s, Forrest turn ...
, were denied entry because capacity was filled.
Players started with 30,000 chips, up from 20,000 in previous Main Events.
Performance of past champions
Other notable high finishes
''NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.''
November Nine
As in
2008
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, the final nine players returned on November 7 to complete the event. These players were as follows:
*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. The 2009 final table lasted for 364 hands, including 88 hands of heads up play.
Final table
Notable achievements
*
Jeff Lisandro
Jeffrey Lisandro (born in Perth) is an Italo-Australian professional poker player, now residing in Salerno, Italy.
Lisandro is known as a cash game specialist, but he also plays often in the poker tournament circuit and is regarded as one of ...
became the first player to win a bracelet in each of the
Stud
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disciplines in the same World Series. In doing so, Lisandro was the first player to win three WSOP bracelets in the same year since
Phil Ivey
Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. (born February 1, 1977) is an American professional poker player who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables. Ivey is regarded by numero ...
achieved this feat in 2002.
* In addition to Lisandro, Ivey,
Brock Parker
John Brock Parker (born August 15, 1981) is a professional poker player from Silver Spring, Maryland. At the 2009 World Series of Poker, he won two WSOP bracelets. First, he defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up to win a $2,500 limit Texas hold 'em ...
and
Greg Mueller
Greg Mueller (born June 2, 1971) is a German and Canadian professional poker player and former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Mueller was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He began playing professional ice hockey in 1992 and played his en ...
won multiple bracelets during the series.
* Ville Wahlbeck, who won Event 12, became the first Finnish player to win a bracelet.
*
Péter Traply, who won Event 41, became the first Hungarian player to win a bracelet.
References
External links
Official results
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World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker p ...
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker p ...