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2009 WSOP
Event #38 - $2,000 Buy-in Limit Holdem. Final Results. 2009 World Series of Poker Results
2009 World Series of Poker Results Event #38 - Limit Holdem
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2009 World Series of Poker - Event #38 Results
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event # 38
Buy In: $2,000
Game: Limit Hold'em
Date: 6/19/2009
Number of Entries: 446
Net Prize Pool: $811,720
First Place Prize: $190,770
Players to Cash: 45
Final Results:





Tournament Highlights:
Event Headlines –
1. Marc Naalden Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet
2. Naalden Becomes Second WSOP Gold Bracelet Winner in History from Holland
3. Phil Hellmuth Widens His Lead in the All-Time WSOP Cashes List – Now with 72
The Winner --
The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em champion is Marc Naalden, from
Antwerp, Belgium.
Naalden is a 40-year-old professional poker player. Prior to pursuing his poker career,
Naalden worked as a derivatives trader on the options exchange for ten years.
Naalden earned his college degree in economics.
Naalden lives in Antwerp, which is located near the Dutch border. But Naalden is actually a
citizen of Holland. Accordingly, his victory is to be counted as a win for his native country of
Holland.
Naalden in fluent in multiple languages – including Dutch and English.
Naalden has won nearly $800,000 playing tournament poker, with most of his winnings
taking place in Europe. He has three major tournament wins – including The Master
Classics (Amsterdam). Naalden was also the Belgium No-Limit Hold’em Champion in 2006.
This is the fourth year Naalden as attended the WSOP. Prior to his victory, he estimates
that he played in about 65 WSOP tournaments. He has entered about 13 events so far this
year.
Naalden collected $190,770 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold
bracelet.
According to official records, Naalden now has 1 win, 2 final table appearances, and 6 in-the-
money finishes at the WSOP. He has also accumulated $303,488 in career WSOP winnings.
Naalden cashed in the 2007 WSOP Main Event, finishing in 406th place.
Naalden became only the second player from Holland to win a WSOP gold bracelet. The
first was Rob Hollink, who accomplished his breakthrough victory last year in the Limit Hold’
em World Championship.
Naalden will have the Dutch national anthem played at his WSOP gold bracelet ceremony.
Winner Quotes (Marc Naalden) –
On how he became a professional poker player: “I stopped working when I was 31. I
decided I wanted to become a professional poker player. I found a new career in poker.
2005 was the first year I really did it full time. Before that, I was mostly (a recreational
player).”
On European players not being Limit Hold’em specialists – preferring Pot-Limit and No-Limit
instead: “I play a lot of Limit Hold’em online. I also play in tournaments. So that helped
me. I also travel the European circuit and I play. But I think playing in the cash games on
the Internet helped me the most.”
On coming into the final table with a decisive chip lead and his chances to win: “Yeah, you
tend to over-exaggerate your chances because you have a big chip lead. But (I) only had
25 percent of the chips in play. So, I have only about a 25 percent chance of winning. And,
plus the fact there are quite a few strong players – so I thought to myself, don’t get too
excited. But I went on a big heater.”
On winning his first WSOP gold bracelet: “It’s great. This is my fourth WSOP. I have
played in a lot of events….and third place was my best finish. It is very hard to win a WSOP
event. Finally, after all of those efforts, it feels fantastic.”
The Final Table --
The final table contained two former WSOP gold bracelet winners – Ian Johns (1 win) and
Rep Porter (1 win).
Three of the nine finalists were from Seattle, WA.
The runner up was Steven Cowley, from Richmond, VA. He is a former civil engineer-turned-
poker pro. This marked his seventh time to cash at the WSOP and was his best finish ever.
As the runner up, Cowley collected $117,902.
The third-place finisher was Ian Johns, from Seattle, WA. Johns got the most out of his
money at the final table, since he arrived as the lowest stack and made it all the way to
third place. Johns won his WSOP gold bracelet in 2006 in the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em
event.
The fourth-place finisher was Tam (Tommy) Hang, from Seattle, WA. This was his tenth time
to cash at the WSOP. Hang’s best previous finish was third place in last year’s $10,000 buy-
in Limit Hold’em World Championship. In fact, this was his fifth time to cash in a Limit Hold’
em tournament at the WSOP since 2007 – the most of any player within that time frame.
The fifth-place finisher was Alex Keating, from Saratoga, CA. This was his second time to
cash at this year’s World Series.
The sixth-place finisher was Danny Qutami, from Redwood City, CA. He has now made
three WSOP final tables.
The seventh-place finisher was Jared O’Dell, from Seattle WA. He works as a social worker.
This was O’Dell’s first time to cash at the WSOP.
The eighth-place finisher was Jameson Painter, from Goodfield, IL. This was Painter’s first
time to cash at the WSOP.
The ninth-place finisher was Rep Porter, from Woodinville, WA. He won his WSOP gold
bracelet in 2008 in the $1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em event.
In-the-Money Finishers --
Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Ian Johns, Rep
Porter, Phil Hellmuth, Rafe Furst, Daniel Negreanu, Alexander Kravchenko, and Diego
Cordovez.
Phil Hellmuth’s in-the-money finish (17th) gives him 72 cashes for his career, the most in
WSOP history.
Daniel Negreanu’s in-the-money finish (26th) gives him 39 cashes for his career, which
currently ranks in a tie for 21st place on the all-time list.
Alexander Kravchenko finished 35th. He has more WSOP cashes than any other Russian
player (15).
The defending champion from 2009 was Daniel Negreanu, from Las Vegas, NV. Last year’s
win gave Negreanu his fourth WSOP gold bracelet . He entered this event and cashed in
26th place.
Odds and Ends --
During the 1990s, Limit Hold’em tournaments routinely attracted the largest fields of any
WSOP tournament. Some tournaments even drew twice number of entrants as the Main
Event.
Limit Hold’em made its debut at the 1983 WSOP. The first Limit Hold’em champion was Tom
McEvoy. He went on to win the WSOP Main Event that same year.
Limit Hold’em’s initial popularity can be traced back to California’s legalization of flop games
(including Hold’em) in 1988. Prior to the late 1980s, Limit Hold’em was spread in only a few
small Las Vegas casinos and underground games, located mostly in the American South.
Limit Hold’em was king during most of the 1990s, except in the Northeast where Seven-
Card Stud was the dominant form of poker. Finding a No-Limit Hold'em game was next to
impossible. In 2003, things began to change. No-Limit Hold'em gradually became the most
popular form of poker played not only in the United States, but abroad. Today, Limit
Hold'em tournaments have become less common, due to No-Limit being the dominant
game. Attendance for this event declined by about 7 percent from last year.
The list of former Limit Hold’em champions is quite an accomplished group. Former Limit
Hold’em champions include – Tom McEvoy, Berry Johnston, Humberto Brenes, Johnny Chan,
Mickey Appleman, David Chiu, Jay Heimowitz, Daniel Negreanu, and Farzad Bonyadi.
The ESPN broadcast stage was dark on this day. Six more events are scheduled, which are
split between ESPN 360 and Bluff Media. For a complete broadcast schedule of all events,
go to:
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/tourneydetails.asp?groupID=607
The official WSOP gold bracelet ceremony takes place on the day following the winner’s
victory. The ceremony takes place on at center stage of the main tournament room and
begins during the break of the noon tournament. The ceremony usually starts around 2:20
pm. The national anthem of the winner’s nation is played. The entire presentation is open
to public and media. Video and photography is permitted by both media and the public.
Limit Hold’em Leaders --
The player with the most WSOP gold bracelets (wins) in Hold’em events (all variations) is
Phil Hellmuth, currently with 11.
The player with the most WSOP cashes in Hold’em events (all variations) is Phil Hellmuth,
currently with 44.
The players with the most WSOP gold bracelets (wins) in Limit Hold’em are Phil Hellmuth
and Erik Seidel, currently with 3 each.
The player with the most WSOP cashes in Limit Hold’em events is Erik Seidel, currently with
12.
The Event --
The $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em championship attracted 446 entries. The total prize pool
amounted to $811,720. The top 45 finishers collected prize money.
The tournament was played over three consecutive days.
At the end of Day One, the chip leader was David Baker, from Katy, TX. He finished 14th.
The eventual winner Marc Naalden was ranked 17th out of 107 players who made the cut
at the end of the first day.
The chip leader at the start of the final table was Marc Naalden. He never lost his lead
during any point on Day Three.
Naalden’s toughest adversary was clearly the runner up Steve Cowley. It took about three
hours to eliminate the players who finished third through ninth. It took another two hours
to eliminate Cowley.
The final hand of the tournament came when Cowley was low on chips and had A-5.
Naalden had Q-8. Cowley was all-in pre-flop and saw his hopes of making a comeback
vanish when the final board showed Q-9-10-4-10. Naalden’s pair of queens (and tens)
dragged the final pot of the tournament.
The tournament officially began on Friday, June 19th, at noon. The tournament officially
ended on Sunday, June 21st, at 8:15 pm.
WSOP Statistics –
Through the conclusion of Event #38, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 36,905 entries.
$74,121,608 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.
Through Event #38 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:
United States – 26
United Kingdom – 2
Canada – 2
Russian Federation – 1
Finland – 1
Australia – 1
Sweden – 1
Mexico – 1
Italy – 1
Holland – 1
Note: Last year 19 of the 59 gold bracelet events were won by non-Americans (32
percent). In, 2007, the number was 15 of 55 (29 percent). In 2006, the number was 5 of
45 (11 percent).
Event #38 winner Marc Naalden is to be classified as an amateur player. Accordingly, the
“Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard (excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently
reads:
Professionals -- 26 wins
(Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey-1, Rami Boukai, Anthony Harb, Ville
Wahlbeck, Keven Stammen, Brock Parker-1, Jeffrey Lisandro-1, Daniel Alaei, Brock Parker-2,
John-Paul Kelly, Jeff Carris, Nick Schulman, Phil Ivey-2, Pete Vilandos, Tomas Alenius, Roland
de Wolfe, J.C. Tran, James Van Alstyne, Angel, Guillen, Greg Mueller, Eric Baldwin, Jordan
Smith, Jeffrey Lisandro-2, Marc Naalden)
Amateurs -- 6 wins
(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Richard Austin)
Semi-Pros -- 4 wins
(Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert)
Ten of the 38 winners this year (27 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners. There
have been three double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker, Phil Ivey, and Jeffrey Lisandro.
Through the conclusion of Event 38, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as
follows (with point totals):
255 – Ville Wahlbeck
255 – Jeffrey Lisandro
225 – Phil Ivey
220 – Brock Parker
220 – James Van Alstyne
195 – Roland de Wolfe
175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos
175 – Angel Guillen
165 – Daniel Alaei
165 – Daniel Negreanu
__________________________________
World Series of Poker President and Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Vice President of Sponsorship and Licensing -- Ty Stewart
Vive President of Broadcasting and New Media – Craig Abrahams
Director of Communications – Seth Palansky
Regional Vice President of Specialty Gaming -- Howard Greenbaum
WSOP Events Manager -- Angele Marshall
WSOP Marketing Manager – Elizabeth Anne Hill
WSOP Tournament Director – Jack Effel



Place
Name
City
Prize
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
Naalden, Marc
Cowley, Steven
Johns, Ian
Hang, Tommy
Keating, Alex
Qutami, Danny
O'Dell, Jared
Painter, Jameson
Porter, Rep
Young, Douglas
Blaustein, Nancy
Burke, Ron
Li, Yan
Baker, David
Pirone, Anthony
Strath, Henric
Hellmuth, Phil
Thorpe, Michael
Furst, Rafael
Rivkin, Eric
Mcbride, Shaun
Lichtie, Matthew
Laberge, Robert
Rodriguez, Julio
Cospolich, Brian
Negreanu, Daniel
Kelly, Matthew
Haakenson, Erik
McHenry, Stuart
Martens, Andreas
Dames, Matthew
Tran, Hien
Mudd, Christopher
Westfall, Stephen
Kravchenko, A.
Cordovez, Diego
Morozov, Alexander
Breeden, Robert
Chu, Hansu
McRoberts, Richey
Wong, Fu
Wassermann, Marvin
Doshi, Suresh
Shamseddin, Soheil
Wagner, Jeffrey
$190,770
$117,902
$77,576
$54,182
$39,977
$31,088
$25,439
$21,819
$19,594
$14,156
$14,156
$14,156
$10,544
$10,544
$10,544
$8,019
$8,019
$8,019
$6,169
$6,169
$6,169
$6,169
$6,169
$6,169
$6,169
$6,169
$6,169
$4,902
$4,902
$4,902
$4,902
$4,902
$4,902
$4,902
$4,902
$4,902
$3,953
$3,953
$3,953
$3,953
$3,953
$3,953
$3,953
$3,953
$3,953
State/Country
Belgium
VA
WA
WA
CA
CA
WA
IL
WA
OH
CA
CA
BC, Canada
LA
CA
Sweden
CA
NV
NV
CA
MO
UT
ON, Canada
CO
LA
NV
TX
CA
CA
Germany
CA
CA
MO
OH
Russia
NV
Russia
IL
VA
AL
AZ
Germany
NV
TX
CA
Antwekpen
Richmond
Seattle
Seattle
Saratoga
Redwood City
Seattle
Goodfield
Woodinville
Hamilton
Walnut Creek
La Selva Beach
Coquitlam
Kenner
San Francisco
Lund
Palo Alto
Las Vegas
Henderson
Redondo Beach
Kansas City
Draper
Orangeville
Bailey
River Ridge
Las Vegas
Fort Worth
San Francisco
Beaumont
Bielefeld
Burlingame
Sacramento
Kirksville
Vermillion
Moscow
Las Vegas
Lipetsk
Woodridge
Mclean
Birmingham
Chandler
Hagen
Las Vegas
Houston
Los Angeles