The 2009 WSOPE was held from September 17 to October 1 at the Casino at the Empire in London, England. It consisted of four bracelet events including a £1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, a £2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha, a £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha, and a £10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold’em “Main Event.” ESPN has announced that they will include ten hours of coverage of the WSOPE in their 2009 WSOP coverage.
Event 1: £1,000 No Limit Hold’em
J.P. Kelly on the final table of Event 1
4-Day Event: September 17, 2009 to September 21, 2009
Number of buy-ins: 608
Total Prize Pool: £608,000
Number of Payouts: 63
Winning Hand: Q♦ J♥
Final Table Place Name Prize
1st J.P. Kelly £136,803
2nd Fabien Dunlop £84,512
3rd Adnan Alshamah £55,468
4th Richard Allen £38,499
5th Anthony Roux £28,181
6th Neil Suarez £21,700
7th William Martin £17,535
8th Thor Drexel £14,835
9th James Tomlin £13,115
Event 2: £2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha
3-Day Event: September 21, 2009 to September 23, 2009
Number of buy-ins: 158
Total Prize Pool: £395,000
Number of Payouts: 18
Winning Hand: Q♥ J♦ 9♠ 7♠
Final Table Place Name Prize
1st Erik Cajelais £104,677
2nd Mats Gavatin £64,705
3rd Robin Keston £47,858
4th Men Nguyen £35,412
5th Richard Gryko £26,619
6th Chris Bjorin £20,106
7th Hoyt Corkins £15,302
8th Ian Frazer £11,732
9th Howard Lederer £9,117
Event 3: £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: September 23, 2009 to September 25, 2009
Number of buy-ins: 154
Total Prize Pool: £770,000
Number of Payouts: 18
Winning Hand: Q♠ 9♥ 7♥ 10♦
Final Table Place Name Prize
1st Jani Vilmunen £204,048
2nd Howard Lederer £126,134
3rd Aarno Kiveliö £93,293
4th Ross Boatman £69,030
5th Ville Haavisto £51,890
6th Daniel Hindin £39,913
7th Roberto Romanello £29,830
8th Jeff Kimber £22,869
9th Robert Williamson III £17,772
Event 4: £10,000 No Limit Hold’em
Barry Shulman playing 2008 World Series of Poker Europe
6-Day Event: September 26, 2009 to October 1, 2009
Number of buy-ins: 334
Total Prize Pool: £3,340,000
Number of Payouts: 36
Winning Hand: 10♠ 10♣
Final Table Place Name Prize
1st Barry Shulman £801,603
2nd Daniel Negreanu £495,589
3rd Praz Bansi £360,887
4th Jason Mercier £267,267
5th Markus Ristola £200,367
6th Chris Björin £150,267
7th Antoine Saout £114,228
8th Matt Hawrilenko £87,074
9th James Akenhead £66,533
