World Series Of Poker Draws To A Close

The 2009 World Series of Poker has been extremely exciting in its 40th anniversary.

The events are waning to a close with just the main event currently underway in Las Vegas, only to take a five month break until the winners are decided in November.

The tournament began on May 27 and here is the way they have finished up until the completion of the 56th event.

	Event Tournament	Winner	($) Prize
1	Casino Employees no-limit hold ‘em	Andrew Cohen	83,833
2	40th annual no-limit hold em	Vitaly Lunkin	1,891,012
3	Omaha high-low split eight or better	Thang Luu	263,190
4	No-limit hold em	Steve Sung	771,338
5	No-limit hold em	Jason Mercier	237,462
6	Pot-limit Omaha	Freddie Ellis	373,751
7	World Championship seven-card stud	Travis Johnson	666,853
8	No-limit hold em	Phil Ivey	96,367
9	2-7 draw lowball	Ken Aldridge	428,259
10	Six-handed no-limit hold em	Rami Boukai	244,862
11	Pot-limit Omaha/hold em	Anthony Harb	569,254
12	No-limit hold em	Ville Wahlbeck	492,375
13	World Championship mixed event	Keven Stammen	506,786
14	No-limit hold em	Brock Parker	223,697
15	Six-handed limit hold em	Brian Lemke	692,658
16	No-limit hold em	Jeffrey Lisandro	124,975
17	Seven-card stud	Lisa Hamilton	195,390
18	World Champ Omaha HL/8 or better	Daniel Alaei	445,898
19	Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em	Brock Parker	552,745
20	Pot-limit hold ‘em	John-Paul Kelly	194,343
21	HORSE	Zac Fellows	311,899
22	No-limit hold ‘em shootout	Jeff Carris	313,673
23	World Championship 2-7 draw lowball	Nick Shulman	279,742
24	No-limit hold’ em	Pete Vilandos	607,256
25	Omaha/seven card stud high-low	Phil Ivery	220,538
26	Limit hold ‘em	Tomas Alenius	197,488
27	Pot-limit Omaha high-low split	Roland De Wolfe	246,616
28	No-limit hold-em	Mike Eise	639,331
29	World Championship heads-up	Leo Wolpert	625,682
30	Pot-limit Omaha	JC Tran	235,685
31	HORSE	James Van Alstyne	247,033
32	No-limit hold’em	Angel Guillen	530,548
33	World Championship limit hold ‘em	Greg Muller	460,841
34	No-limit hold em	Eric Baldwin	521,991
35	Pot-limit Omaha	Richard Austin	409,484
36	No-limit hold em	Jordan Smith	586,212
37	Champion seven-card stud high-low split	Jeff Lisandro	430,000
38	Limit hold em	Marc Naalden	190,770
39	No-limit hold em	Ray Foley	657,969
40	World Championship pot-limit Omaha	Matt Graham	679,379
41	No-limit hold em shootout	Peter Traply	348,728
42	Mixed event	Jerrod Ankenman	241,637
43	Seniors World Championship	Michael Davis	437,358
44	Razz	Jeff Lisandro	188,370
45	World Championship Pot-Limit	John Kabbas	633,335
46	Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better	Derek Raymond	229,192
47	Mixed hold-em	Bahador Ahmadi	278,104
48	Pot-limit Omaha high-low split	Brandon Cantu	228,867
49	World Championship HORSE	David Bach	1,276,802
50	Limit hold em shootout	Greg Mueller	194,854
51	No-limit hold em	Carsten Joh	664,426
52	Triple chance no-limit hold em	Jorg Peijert	506,800
53	Seven-card stud high-low	David Halpern	159,390
54	No-limit hold em	Tony Veckey	673,000
55	2-7 triple draw lowball	Abe Mosseri	165,521
56	No Limit Hold ‘Em/Six handed	Matthew Hawrilenko	1,003,218

Event 57 is underway and is the Texas Hold ‘Em. This tournament is the premier event of the World Series of Poker and features eight days of action with 12 separate tournaments and a media day to be held on July 9.

This final portion of the summer schedule concludes on July 15 as players battle their way elimination style to have the honor of gracing the final table portion of the tournament, which will be held November 7-10.

The Ante Up For Africa, a charity event, but not an official WSOP event was held on Thursday, July 2 and Alex Bolotin took home the victory and $176,449 in prize money.

The final summer event is actually the Dream Team Poker consisting of the best players in sort of an All-Star game event, but once again, not an official WSOP event.

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