2009 World Series of Poker Day 9 – Slow Day, Six Tournaments

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Phil Ivey will be playing in his first final table of 2009 World Series of Poker
Photo credit: IMPDI

With all apologies if I jinx it again, Phil Ivey is set to play in his first final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker when he sits down with 6 other players in the $2,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw tournament later today. Late in Day 8 there was a great chance we would see a final table packed with FTP logos and locking up a second bracelet for the team but fortunes changed. Cashing but coming short of the final table were big names like Layne Flack, David Grey, Vanessa Rousso and Erick Lindgren. This table will be my primary railing opportunity because of Ivey’s bracelet chance and it’s the craziest game I’ve ever witnessed.

They’ll also play down to a winner in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament which followed the pattern of the $1,000 event by not making it’s final table before the 3am cutoff. 33 players remain and I’ll be keeping an eye on FTP player Jeremy “PrahladF” Joseph as he tries for his first final table of the year.

Team Full Tilt will be represented by Rafe Furst and Jeremiah Smith as the No Limit Hold’em 6-max enters Day 2 with a field that made the money on Day 1. Just 105 players remain of the starting 1,459 and this looks to be one of the few tournaments so far to stay on schedule. They’ll play down the final nine and come back tomorrow to award the bracelet and the $428,000 first place cash.

Two new events kick off again today, another $2,000 No Limit Hold’em lemur wrangling tournament and the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event. It’ll be another great day to loiter between the tables of the Brasilia room and just pick up the stories. Players who don’t live and die with the turn of a card, understanding the long term nature of the game.

Six more tournaments today, two bracelets, five more miles accumulated on my badly hurting knees, and bikini sponsor girls running amok. I truly make the great sacrifice for my loyal readers.

Chip counts for the restarting events after the jump.

Event #7 No Limit Hold’em
Buyin: $1,500
Number of Entries: 2,791
Net Prize Pool: $3,809,715
First Place Prize:$666,727
Total Spots Paid Out: 297
Players remaining: 33

1	Craig McConville	1,035,000
2	Steve Karp	957,000
3	Jacob Kalb	894,000
4	Jeremy Joseph	697,000
5	Walter Wright	596,000
6	Michael Pesek	592,000
7	Mark Salinaro	556,000
8	Clinton Miller	493,000
9	Travis Johnson	458,000
10	Paul Dominski	448,000
11	Gary Tang	376,000
12	Kam Weng Low	376,000
13	Michael Martin	360,000
14	Brian McInnis	343,000
15	Jim McClain	326,000
16	Will Heger	326,000
17	Jerry Fowler	324,000
18	Jason Riesenberg	318,000
19	Sarang Ahuja	288,000
20	Tom Koral	286,000
21	Michael Ciotola	279,000
22	Philip Sousa	278,000
23	Bruce Vandervort	268,000
24	James Passavant	263,000
25	Max Longwith	230,000
26	Francois Safieddine	215,000
27	Kenneth Krouner	192,000
28	Jesse Fulmer	170,000
29	Robert Fett	164,000
30	James Bott	153,000
31	Justin Kuzmicki	141,000
32	Travis Remmert	132,000
33	George Smith	63,000

Event #8 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
Buyin: $2,500
Number of Entries: 147
Net Prize Pool: $388,100
First Place Prize: $96,361
Total Spots Paid Out: 21
Players remaining: 7

1	John Monnette	259,000
2	Raphael Zimmerman	238,000
3	Yan Chen	159,000
4	Elia Ahmadian	136,900
5	Eric Kesselman	119,400
6	Phil Ivey	106,300
7	Rodeen Talebi	94,500

Event #9 No Limit Hold’em 6-max
Buyin: $1,500
Number of Entries: 1,459
Net Prize Pool: $1,991,535
First Place Prize: $428,259
Total Spots Paid Out: 144
Players Remaining: 105

Top 50 chipstacks:

1	Fox, David	186,600
2	Freire, Richard	172,100
3	Squires, David	169,300
4	Lipkin, Robert	168,100
5	Aldridge, Ken	157,800
6	Clavet, Mathieu	152,700
7	Lee, Doug	152,300
8	Puzantyan, Allan	135,400
9	Mackoff, Jones	131,200
10	Gonsalves, Markus	129,000
11	Slaubaugh, Cody	120,600
12	Bansi, Praz	115,400
13	Waxman, Matthew	112,00
14	Smith, Jeremiah	102,900
15	Minaya, Manny	101,900
16	Heroy, Rob	100,800
17	Gee, David	100,000
18	Gould, Peter	95,700
19	Powell, Joshua	90,500
20	Sukkar, Edward	89,000
21	Kenny, Bryn	87,200
22	Toye, Robert	86,000
23	Cavella, Carman	85,700
24	Firestone, Bobby	84,300
25	Ansari, Adil	80,600
26	Fuller, Thomas	79,800
27	Daneshgar, David	77,700
28	Robb, Richard	77,600
29	Peters, David	77,300
30	Burkholder, Troy	76,900
31	Zartman, Kyle	76,200
32	Ludovic, Lacay	74,100
33	Bhatti, Deepak	72,300
34	Henke, Ramin	71,300
35	Crane, Ward	70,600
36	Shea, Daniel	70,300
37	Sheehan, Tim	70,200
38	Berry, Brent	69,700
39	Bolden, Gary	69,300
40	Chen, Bill	68,700
41	Fish, Darryll	67,900
42	Gavatin, Mats	67,800
43	Busch, Mark	65,300
44	Casey, Jim	65,100
45	Witteles, Todd	64,600
46	Densing, Jack	63,300
47	Sheng, Paul	62,700
48	Yockey, Bryce	62,500
49	Brown, Allan	61,700
50	Stein, Sam	59,300

Event #10 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha
Number of Entries: 453
Net Prize Pool: $1,041,900
First Place Prize: $244,862
Total Spots Paid Out: 45
Players Remaining: 99

Top 50 chipstacks:

1	Rosen, Jamie	110,200
2	Verbakel, Bjorn	103,400
3	Cousineau, Anthony	96,300
4	Makowsky, Daniel	89,900
5	Vega, Alfredo	86,500
6	Abdallah, George	81,400
7	Arfa, David	79,700
8	Glines, Shawn	65,400
9	Kornuth, Chance	63,900
10	Mizrachi, Michael	63,500
11	Kravchenko, Alex	62,800
12	Santoni, Luis	61,400
13	Grundy, Benjamin	59,200
14	Solomon, Jarred	57,800
15	Khan, Hevad	56,700
16	Pickering, Jaime	56,500
17	Makhija, Amit	56,200
18	Vandam, Jeroen	55,900
19	Anirudh, Seth	55,300
20	Williams, Jeff	54,500
21	Chang, Chris	51,100
22	Le, Nam	50,600
23	Negreanu, Daniel	50,200
24	Naquin, Lester	50,100
25	Mckinnon, Tyler	50,100
26	Andrzejwski, Pawel	49,600
27	Entin, Jonas	49,400
28	Cimpan, Cornel	49,000
29	Collado, Jan	47,800
30	Grospellier, Bertrand	47,500
31	Boyce, George	45,200
32	Price, Robert	44,400
33	Rajkumar, Vivek	44,100
34	Hollink, Rob	44,100
35	Sunar, Surinder	39,800
36	Tamayo, Jonathan	38,200
37	Ashby, Len	38,100
38	Sklansky, David	37,900
39	Kelly, John-Paul	37,400
40	Adler, Al	35,700
41	Tieman, Josh	35,300
42	Bhasin, Rohit	35,200
43	Velador, Luis	33,700
44	Boukai, Rami	32,800
45	Filippi, Amnon	32,500
46	Yoos, Cameron	30,900
47	Vengrin, Matt	29,800
48	Kabbaj, John	29,800
49	Kimber, Jeff	29,500
50	Zipf, Robert	29,200