2009 World Series of Poker

Event #49 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. $50,000
Day 5 -- Final Table

Here is the exciting finish for the prestigeous H.O.R.S.E. event from the WSOP:

The 2009 World Series of Poker $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Champion is David "Gunslinger" Bach. Bach is a 37-year-old professional poker player. Prior to poker player, Bach was a professional bowler. Bach started playing poker seriously in home games spread around the Atlanta area. He has earned money at the game each year since 1996. Bach has been playing seriously on the tournament circuit for about six years. His first major tournament cash occurred in 1997. Incredibly, Bach had won more than $1.2 million in various tournaments around the country prior to this win. Yet, this marked his first major tournament victory. Bach collected $1,276,806 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet. The defending champion in the event from 2008 was Scotty Nguyen, from Henderson, NV. He entered this year’s tournament, but did not cash.

Four of the nine final table players actually started at the same first table on Day One – (David Bach), John Hanson, Chau Giang, and Vitlay Lunkin. Clocking in at 18 hours and 44 minutes, this was the second longest final table (time duration) in WSOP history. Only last year’s WSOP-Europe championship ran longer, which lasted 19 hours and 9 minutes. Note that the 90-minute dinner break was subtracted from the time played. Measured by the number of hands played, this was the second-longest final table in WSOP history. There were 480 hands played, which fell just short of the record of 484 hands played in London at the WSOP-Europe championship last year. Note: This is believed to be the second-longest recorded final table in poker history.

The chip leader at the start of the final table was Erik Sagstrom, who finished third. Eventual winner David Bach started play at the final table ranked second in chips, out of nine players. When heads-up play began, David Bach and John Hansen were about dead even in chips. The chip lead changed seven times during heads-up play. Play began at 2:43 pm. Play ended at 9:57 am the following day. The final table lasted 18 hours and 44 minutes – which was the second-longest finale in WSOP history.

The winning hand between David Bach and John Hanson took place during Razz. By the time seventh street was dealt, David Bach made a 9 7 6 4 A low which beat the 9 8 6 5 2 of John Hanson giving David the championship and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

1. David Bach -- $1,276,806
2. John Hanson -- $789,199
3. Erik Sagstrom -- $522,394
4. Vitlay Lunkin -- $368,813
5. Huck Seed -- $276,610
6. Ville Wahlbeck -- $219,655
7. Chau Giang -- $184,087
8. Erik Seidel -- $162,382
9. Gus Hansen -- $123,895

1. Tony Veckey -- $673,276
2. Jason Wheeler -- $418,122
3. Joseph Chaplin -- $276,029
4. Sergey Konklin -- $195,213
5. Andrew Malott -- $147,131
6. Christopher Bonita -- $117,358
7. Chirstopher DeMaci -- $98,933
8. David Jaoui -- $87,855
9. Miha Remic -- $81,970