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2009 WSOP
Event #46 - $2,500 Buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better. Final Results. 2009 World Series of Poker Results

2009 World Series of Poker Results
Event #46 - Omaha Hi-Lo Split
8 or Better
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Results
2009 World Series of Poker - Event #46 Results
2009 World Series of Poker        
Final Results        
Event #  46
Buy In:  $2,500
Date:  Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
Game:  6/24/2009
Number of Entries:  424
Net Prize Pool:  $975,200
First Place Prize:  $229,192
Players to Cash:  45
Derek Raymond
Final Results:
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Tournament Highlights:

Event Headlines –

1.  Derek Raymond Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

2.  Rookie Poker Player from Maine Pulls-Off Big Upset in First-Ever WSOP In-the-Money
Finish

3.  Derek Raymond Defeats Mark Tenner in Grueling Heads-Up Duel – Final Table Runs
Nearly 12 Hours


The Champion --

The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split champion is Derek
Raymond, from Portland, Maine.

Raymond was born and raised in Portland, Maine.

Raymond is a 24-year-old semi-pro poker player.  He is in the midst of traveling around the
world and working various jobs while playing poker to supplement his income.

Raymond is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, DC.  He earned his degree
in finance and business management two years ago.

The day after his graduation, Raymond took second in a major online poker tournament.  
He collected a nice payoff and has been playing poker seriously ever since.  

Raymond has been traveling all over the world in recent months.  He spent time in Australia
and New Zealand.

Raymond has worked various jobs when his poker game did not provide enough money to
survive.  His primary job was working for an excavation company.

Raymond has entered four events at this year’s WSOP.  This was his first time to cash.

Raymond collected $229,129 for first place.  He was also awarded his first WSOP gold
bracelet.

According to official records, Raymond now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 1 in-the-
money finish at the WSOP.  His career WSOP earnings now total $229,129.

Raymond was cheered to victory by several friends, along with his father.  Raymond dad
commented afterward, “This is the best thing in the world – watching my son win.  This is
better than winning it myself.”


Winner Quotes (Derek Raymond) --

On his feelings, moments after victory:  “This is not what I was expecting.  It feels great.  It
was my fourth event this year, with no cashes.  So, it’s my first cash the year I played at
the World Series

On his see-saw victory:  “At one time I had a million in chips.  But I got down to 120,000.  
Then I hit a few big hands and got right back up.  It was a long battle.  There were a lot of
good players sitting at the table.”  

On his final opponent, Mark Tenner, who provided such tough opposition:  “Mark played
really great heads-up.  He had a big chip lead on me.  But I thought I could pound away on
him.  He played well.  He is certainly not easy to exploit.  I’m just glad to come out on top.  
If a couple of cards were different, he (would have won).”

On the length of the final table and playing heads-up:  “I think I had an advantage, just
based on my age.  The later it went, the more I thought it was in my favor.  The match was
tough for me, so I think it might have been even harder for Mark.  He stuck in there and
played great.  You can never give in, after all – you are playing for a bracelet.  We don’t
need to sleep – you can get sleep later.”

On what the gold bracelet means:  “I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

On having his father at tableside, watching the victory:  “I think it was meant to be that he
was here, and that I won.  He came in and I decided to play in the event.  It worked out.  It
was meant to be.  Without him here and his guidance, there was no chance for me.”


The Final Table --

The final table included two former WSOP gold bracelet winners – Patrick Poels (2 wins) and
Michael Keiner (1 win).

The runner up was longtime poker pro and industry insider Mark Tenner, from Henderson,
NV.  Tenner, who is an attorney and businessman who is one of the founders of the Poker
Players Alliance (PPA), now has two final table appearances and eight cashes at the
WSOP.  This was his highest finish, to date.  Tenner is also an Omaha High-Low Split
specialist.  As the runner up, he collected $141,647.  

The third-place finisher was Scott Bohlman, from Homer Glen, IL.  He now has three final
table appearances and 14 cashes at the WSOP.

The fourth-place finisher was Fabio Coppola, who is originally from Italy and now lives in
Las Vegas, NV.  He is an architect-turned poker pro who achieved his best WSOP finish is
this tournament.

The fifth-place finisher was Josh Schlein, from Baltimore, MD.  This was his second WSOP
final table appearance, after finishing third in an event three years ago.

The sixth-place finisher was Sirous Jamshidi, from Philadelphia, PA.  He has won more than
$1 million (lifetime) in WSOP events.  Jamshidi’s biggest cash was a 16th-place finish in the
largest live poker tournament of all-time, the 2006 Main Event.

The seventh-place finisher was Michael “the Doc” Keiner, from Braunfels, Germany.  He won
his WSOP gold bracelet in 2007 playing Seven-Card Stud.

The eighth-place finisher was Mark Gregorich, from Las Vegas, NV.  He is considered by
many to be the best Omaha High-Low specialist never to have won a WSOP gold bracelet in
his favored game.  Gregorich now has 8 final table appearances and 27 cashes at the
WSOP.

The ninth-place finisher was Patrick Poels, from Mesa, AZ.  He won his first gold bracelet in
2005 playing Omaha High-Low Split.  His second win came the following year in Seven-Card
Stud High-Low Split.  


In-the-Money Finishers --

Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Michael Keiner,
Frankie O’Dell, Mike Matusow, Claude Cohen, Meng La, Paul Darden, John Esposito, and
Max Pescatori.


Odds and Ends --

Omaha High-Low Split has been offered at the WSOP every year since 1990.  Omaha (high)
was first seen at the WSOP back in 1983.  As draw poker and lowball games faded in
popularity, the number of Omaha-related events increased.  All WSOP Omaha events
played between 1983 and 1989 were Limit (high) and Pot-Limit.  However, today Pot-Limit
Omaha and Omaha High-Low Split are the most popular forms of this poker game.  Omaha-
High tournaments are now rare.  It was last played at the WSOP in 2003.

Omaha High-Low Split is also called “Omaha Eight-or-Better.”  This means the low hand
must be an “eight or better” qualifier to split half of the pot.

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.


The Event --

The $2,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low championship attracted 424 entries.  The total prize
pool amounted to $975,200.  The top 45 finishers collected prize money.

The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

Joel Schlein came to the final table on Day Three with the chip lead.  He ended up busting
out in fifth place.

Derek Raymond came to the final table on Day Three ranked fourth in chips.    

The heads-up match between Mark Tenner and Derek Raymond was a brutal test of
patience and willpower.  Both players traded the chip lead back and forth.  Just when it
appeared Raymond might close out the victory, Tenner scooped a series of pots which
catapulted him into the chip lead.  But he ran card dead late and Raymond managed to
come back from a more than 6 to 1 deficit.  Raymond won every pot of consequence in the
final 30 minutes of battle and managed to pull off what most observers would consider an
upset, given Tenner’s many years playing Omaha High-Low Split.  Tenner was gracious in
defeat, although visibly disappointed with the outcome.  Meanwhile, Raymond ran around
the table and hugged his father after winning the most coveted prize in poker.

The final table lasted about 11 hours.  The event ran so long that all limits (levels) were
completed on the official WSOP structure sheet.  By the end of the tournament, with
3,180,000 chips in play, the blinds were 50,000-100,000 and limits were 100,000-200,000.  

The tournament officially began on Monday, June 23rd, at 5 pm.  The tournament officially
ended on Wednesday, June 26th, at 3:30 am.  


WSOP Statistics –

Through the conclusion of Event #46, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 44,328 entries.  
$89,612,582 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

Through Event #46 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:

United States – 32
United Kingdom – 3
Canada – 2
Australia – 2
Russian Federation – 1
Finland – 1
Sweden – 1
Mexico – 1
Italy – 1
Holland – 1
Hungary – 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 #46 winner Derek Raymond is to be classified as a semi-professional player.  He
plays poker for extra income part-time.  Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard
(excluding Event #1 – Casino Employees) currently reads:

Professionals --         29 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, Richard Austin, Marc Naalden, Matt Graham, Peter Traply, Jerrod
Ankenman, Jeffrey Lisandro-3)

Amateurs --         6 wins
(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Michael T. Davis)

Semi-Pros --         6 wins
(Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert, Ray Foley, Derek Raymond)

Twelve of the 46 winners this year (26 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners.  
There have been two double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker, Phil Ivey.  There has been
one triple winner in 2009 -- Jeffrey Lisandro.

Through the conclusion of Event 46, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as
follows (with point totals):

355 – Jeffrey Lisandro
275 – Ville Wahlbeck
242 – Phil Ivey
220 – Brock Parker
220 – James Van Alstyne
195 – Roland de Wolfe
185 – Vitaly Lunkin
180 – Angel Guillen
175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos

__________________________________

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
Raymond, Derek
Tenner, Mark
Bohlman, Scott
Coppola, Fabio
Schlein, Joshua
Jamshidi, Sirious
Keiner, Michael
Gregorich, Mark
Poels, Pat
Monnette, John
Smith, J.W.
Boudet, Patrice
Tunkel, Jeffrey
Dempsey, James
Smith, Daniel
O'dell, Frankie
Hua, Can
La, Meng
Banafato, James
Deltoro, Victor
Seewald, Jonah
Danhesier, David
Matusow, Mike
Esposito, John
Zimmerman, Jason
Pescatori, Max
Gold, Benjamin
Phillips, Dale
Mavro, Peter
Yeh, Wen
Pacheco, David
Riesenberg, Jason
Siem, Paul
Coren, William
Fitzpatrick, William
Randolph, Mel
Cohen, Claude
Grove, James
Schock, Mitchell
Levitt, Bruce
Chen, Steve
Loehde, Jason
Rossi, Simone
Darden, Paul
Rowsome, Adrienne
$229,192
$141,647
$93,199
$65,094
$48,028
$37,350
$30,562
$26,213
$23,541
$17,007
$17,007
$17,007
$12,667
$12,667
$12,667
$9,634
$9,634
$9,634
$7,411
$7,411
$7,411
$7,411
$7,411
$7,411
$7,411
$7,411
$7,411
$5,890
$5,890
$5,890
$5,890
$5,890
$5,890
$5,890
$5,890
$5,890
$4,749
$4,749
$4,749
$4,749
$4,749
$4,749
$4,749
$4,749
$4,749
State/Country
ME
CA
IL
Italy
MD
PA
Germany
WA
AZ
CA
GA
France
IL
U. Kingdom
CA
NV
CA
CA
NJ
CA
CO
NV
NV
NV
CO
NV
CA
FL
NY
NV
MA
NV
FL
PA
CA
NV
France
NV
ND
CA
IL
CA
Spain
NV
AB, Canada
Portland
Northridge
Homer Glen
Rimini
Owings Mills
Broomall
Braunfels
Lacey
Phoenix
Irvine
Dalton
Le Raincy
Chicago
Brighton
Folsom
Henderson
Rosemead
Torrence
Lawrenceville
Bakersfield
Centennial
Las Vegas
Henderson
Las Vegas
Arvada
Las Vegas
Long Beach
Naples
Douglaston
North Las Vegas
Fall River
Las Vegas
Clearwater
Wynnewood
Indio
Las Vegas
Paris
Las Vegas
Bismarck
Beverly Hills
Skokie
Costa Mesa
Barcelona
Las Vegas
Edmonton
2009 World Series of Poker WSOP Event #47 Winner