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2009 World Series of Poker
2009 World Series of Poker results, updates and schedule for the big WSOP events be posted on our website as they come in.
Stop here to catch up on the 40th Annual World Series of Poker coming from the RIO in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Taking another step closer to the Main Event, Event #49 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. $50,000 is now finished and a new champion for the
event is born. News summary from the WSOP is below. Through the conclusion of Event #54, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 53,202 entries.
$107,840,305 in total prize money has been awarded to winners. We now have Event #54 No Limit Hold'Em reporting as well.
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.
- David Bach -- $1,276,806
- John Hanson -- $789,199
- Erik Sagstrom -- $522,394
- Vitlay Lunkin -- $368,813
- Huck Seed -- $276,610
- Ville Wahlbeck -- $219,655
- Chau Giang -- $184,087
- Erik Seidel -- $162,382
- Gus Hansen -- $123,895
Event #54 No Limit Hold'Em
Day 3 -- Final Table
You can read the WSOP summary on this final table below:
The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em champion is Tony Veckey. Veckey
has been playing poker recreationally, but seriously, for about two years. This was the first
WSOP tournament Veckey had ever entered. He intended to play in the previous No-Limit Hold’em
tournament (Event #51). But it was sold out. He decided to play in this event instead. Veckey
collected $673,276 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.
This event was a complete sell out. This was the tenth tournament to reach maximum capacity
at this year’s WSOP. This is the most gold bracelet events ever to sell out within a single
year. A complete "sell out" means every seat at every available table is sold and additional
players are/were turned away at registration. A complete sell out occurs are various numbers,
based on the total tables and seats available for tournament use. Events which have sold out
this year include: 4, 7, 22, 24, 28, 29, 39, 43, 51, and 54.
The hand of victory came to Veckey when after 11 hours of play, Jason Wheeler bet 450K when seeing
a flop of 8 Q 10. Veckey called and watched as the turn card bricked but Wheeler bet another 1.2 million.
After that Veckey moved all-in and Wheeler called. The dealer turned over a Q on the river. Wheeler
showed A Q giving him a set of Queens, but Veckey showed J 9 giving him the straight and the championship
win.
- Tony Veckey -- $673,276
- Jason Wheeler -- $418,122
- Joseph Chaplin -- $276,029
- Sergey Konklin -- $195,213
- Andrew Malott -- $147,131
- Christopher Bonita -- $117,358
- Chirstopher DeMaci -- $98,933
- David Jaoui -- $87,855
- Miha Remic -- $81,970
For televised showtimes, go to the ESPN.com website
for a weekly schedule for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic.
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2009 WSOP Circuit Tournament Schedule
CAESARS INDIANA
October 2 -- October 14, 2008
HORSESHOE HAMMOND (Chicago area)
October 24 -- November 2, 2008
HARVEYS LAKE TAHOE (Nevada)
November 6 -- November 16, 2008
HARRAH'S ATLANTIC CITY
December 5 - December 18, 2008
HARRAH'S TUNICA (Mississippi)
January 20 - February 9, 2009
HORSESHOE COUNCIL BLUFFS (Iowa)
February 12 - February 25, 2009
CAESARS ATLANTIC CITY
March 4 - March 14, 2009
HARRAH'S RINCON (San Diego)
March 19 - March 29, 2009
CAESARS PALACE (Las Vegas)
April 12 - April 29, 2009
HARRAH'S NEW ORLEANS
May 8 - May 20, 2009
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