Poker Tournament Results

40th World Series of Poker 2009

Jorg Peisert

Tournament Report

Tournament Highlights: Event Headlines – 1. Jorg Peisert Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet 2. Piesert’s Second WSOP Tournament Ever Yields Gold Bracelet and $500,000 Top Prize 3. After Being Shut-Out in First 50 Events, Germany Wins Back-to-Back Gold Bracelets The Champion -- The 2009 World Series of Poker $3,000 buy-in Triple-Chance No-Limit Hold’em champion is Jorg Peisert, from Dusseldorf, Germany. Peisert is a 45-year-old banker. He works as a money manager and is an independent investment counselor. Prior to working on his own, Peisert spent 18 years working for DeutscheBank. In addition to playing poker, Peisert also enjoys playing golf and horse racing. Peisert is a diabetic. Peisert was accompanied at the final table by his longtime fiancé, who cheered him to victory along with several other fans and supporters. Peisert has only been playing poker for about two years. Peisert has enjoyed some success in Europe. He finished as the runner up in last year’s Master Classics Championship (Amsterdam, Holland) and also won “Player of the Year” at a major German casino in 2008. Prior to entering this tournament, Preisert had entered only one other WSOP event. He busted out early in that tournament. So, this was only the second WSOP tournament Preisert has ever played. Peisert collected $506,800 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet. According to official records, Peisert now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 1 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP. His career WSOP earnings now total $506,800. Piesert becomes the third German player to win a WSOP gold bracelet at the 2009 WSOP. Last year, there were three winners from Germany. Winner Quotes (Jorg Peisert) -- On his feelings immediately following the victory: “For the moment, I am very proud to win the tournament. It’s hard work. But at the final table I think I was able to dominate the play.” On his strategy coming into the final table: “I wanted to wait and let the short stacks bust out. And then, I got to where I was pressing more. It worked.” On winning a gold bracelet: “It’s a dream come true.” On his pride for Germany at winning a second gold bracelet this year: “I am very happy. Last year, we won three gold bracelets. This year, we waited until the last days to win.” On a wager he made with another poker player that Germany would win five gold bracelets this year (Germany currently has two wins): “Well, I think we probably lost the bet.” On his immediate plans: “I will play in the Main Event. But first I am going to take a break. I have diabetes. For me, it is sometimes hard to concentrate over three days. But after taking a break I will come back and play in the Main Event.” On his opinion of “Triple-Chance” tournaments: “I like it. It gives you a chance to come back even if you go broke. I didn’t need it because I doubled up early. But I like this kind of play and it was very nice.” On having his fiancé and many friends in the crowd cheering for him: “It’s very important. I need her. She gives me all the power to win. I am so happy to have her here with me.” The Final Table -- The final table included only no former WSOP gold bracelet winners – Note that Max Greenwood (1 win) finished in tenth place. But only the top nine finishers count as an official final table. The final table included players from three different nations – including Canada, Germany, and the United States. Seven of the top nine finishers were professional poker players. However, an amateur player won first place. The final table was played nine-handed. The runner up was Jason Dewitt, from Mishawaka, IN. He is a 25-year-old poker pro. This was his second final table appearance at this year’s WSOP. He finished 3rd in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em event. Second place in this tournament paid $313,227. The third-place finisher was Benjamin Gilbert, from Toronto, ON (Canada). He is a 34-year-old poker pro. Gilbert is primarily a cash game player, who mostly concentrates on games in the Los Angeles area. The fourth-place finisher was Michael Noda, from Philadelphia, PA. He is a 26-year-old poker pro. Noda won the Wynn Poker Classic earlier this year. This was his third time to cash at the WSOP. The fifth-place finisher was Jason Somerville, from Stony Brook, NY. He is a 22-year-old poker pro. He was selected as the “Online Player of the Year,” according to one source. Somerville is an instructor at a site called “PokerVT.com.” The sixth-place finisher was Michael Katz, from Manalapan, NJ. He is a 25-year-old poker pro. This was his ninth time to cash and marked his highest WSOP finish to date. The seventh-place finisher was Karga Holt, from Atlanta, GA. He is a 30-year-old poker pro. This marked his third time to cash at the WSOP. The eighth-place finisher was William Erickson, from Clifton Park, NY. He is a 41-year-old poker pro. Erickson’s most memorable finish was coming in 16th-place in the 2004 WSOP Main Event. The ninth-place finisher was Warren Watson, from New Brighton, MN. He is a 23-year-old student. This was his second time to cash at the WSOP. In-the-Money Finishers -- Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Max Greenwood, Mike Caro, An Tran, Patrick Bruel, Antonio Esfandiari, Donnacha O’Dea, Kathy Liebert, Ivo Donev, and Nenad Medic. Mike Caro, a.k.a. “The Mad Genius of Poker,” who finished in 23rd place, is highly regarded as one of the pioneers of poker strategy and statistical research. He penned a chapter in Doyle Bunson’s classic “Super/System” and has written and taught about poker for more than 30 years. Donnacha O’Dea, who finished in 26th place, was one of the first international players to start coming to the WSOP every year. He is credited as one of poker’s earliest ambassadors in Europe. O’Dea’s enthusiasm for the game helped spread Hold’em throughout England and Ireland. Former WSOP gold bracelet winner (1998) Patrick Bruel is one of France’s most popular actors and singers. He has sold millions of records and is sometimes referred to as the “Frank Sinatra of France.” Odds and Ends -- Re-buy tournaments were discontinued starting in 2009. A different format was thereby introduced called the “Triple Chance” tournament. This provides all players with an equal opportunity to win, irrelevant of bankroll size or level of financial commitment. Triple-chance tournaments debuted in 2008, as the two biggest Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments operated under this format. In “Triple Chance” tournaments players are given a starting stack, plus two lammers, which can be used to re-buy more chips. All players are given the same number of lammers. Some players chose to re-buy for the maximum number of chips immediately, preferring a large stack from the start. Other players prefer to minimize the risk of going bust by using the lammers to re-enter the tournament (re-buy) with a new stack. Since all players theorhetically begin with 9,000 in chips, all starters were actually given 3,000 in chips with two lammers available which be used to trade in for 3,000 and 3,000 (or 6,000 total) in chips at any time. 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 winner Jorg Peisert will be honored with the playing of his country’s national anthem, “Deutchland Uber Alles.” The Event -- The $3,000 buy-in Triple-Chance No-Limit Hold’em championship attracted 854 entries. The total prize pool amounted to $2,357,040. The top 81 finishers collected prize money. The tournament was played over three consecutive days. The chip leader at the start of the final table was Michael Katz. He ended up going out in sixth place. Eventual winner Jorg Peisert started play at the final table ranked sixth in chips, out of nine players. He was never in serious danger of busting out. Peisert made a major jump in the standings when play became three-handed. By the time play was heads-up, Peisert had a sizable advantage over Jason Dewitt. The final hand came when Peisert’s pocket nines held up to drag the last pot of the tournament. The final table was played in the Green section of the Amazon Room at the Rio. The ESPN Main Stage was reserved for the HORSE world championship. Another final table ended on this day as well, which was the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship. The final table lasted about eight hours – about average in duration for this year’s WSOP. The tournament officially began on Sunday, June 28th, at 12 noon. The tournament officially ended on Tuesday, June 30th, at 11:50 pm. NEW AND UPDATED: WSOP Player Statistics (By Category) --Through Event #50— MOST CASHES: Fish Darryll 7 Soulier Fabrice 6 Lisandro Jeffrey 6 Negreanu Daniel 6 Parker Brock 6 Cousineau Anthony 6 Fox David 6 Greenstein Barry 6 Schock Mitchell 5 Monnette John 5 Wahlbeck Ville 5 DeWolfe Roland 5 Channing Neil 5 Evdakov Nikolay 5 Kravchenko Alexander 5 Ivey Phil 5 Mason Robert 5 Binger Michael 5 Lennaard Ken 5 Hamagami Clark 5 MOST FINAL TABLE APPEARANCES: GREGORICH MARK 3 JUANDA JOHN 3 LISANDRO JEFFREY 3 MUELLER GREG 3 IVEY PHIL 3 WAHLBECK VILLE 3 AHMADI BAHADOR 2 ALAEI DANIEL 2 ALIOTO DARIO 2 AUSTIN RICHARD 2 BALDWIN ERIC 2 BOHLMAN SCOTT 2 BOUKAI RAMI 2 CLEMENTS SCOTT 2 COPPOLA FABIO 2 DEWOLFE ROLAND 2 GEARY JIM 2 GREENSTEIN BARRY 2 GUILLEN ANGEL 2 HABIB HASAN 2 HAWRILENKO MATTHEW 2 HAXTON ISAAC 2 JAMSHIDI SIRIOUS 2 KABBAJ JOHN 2 KEINER MICHAEL 2 KORAL THOMAS 2 LUNKIN VITALY 2 MAKOWSKY DANIEL 2 MARCUS VAN 2 MULLEN NATHAN 2 NAALDEN MARC 2 NEGREANU DANIEL 2 PARKER BROCK 2 PORTER REP 2 RAYMOND DEREK 2 SCHLEIN JOSHUA 2 SCHOCK MITCH 2 SUNG STEVE 2 TENNER MARK 2 VAN ALSTYNE JAMES 2 VILANDOS PETE 2 WATTEL MIKE 2 HIGHEST CASH TO ENTRY RATIOS -- Minimum 5 Events Entered-- Fyshe Adam 4 5 0.8 Pescatori Max 4 6 0.666667 Powell Jack 4 6 0.666667 Bonavida Raymond 3 5 0.6 Geary Jim 3 5 0.6 Lee Anthony 3 5 0.6 Whitford Marc 3 5 0.6 Baker David 8 14 0.571429 Chen Yan 4 7 0.571429 Platt Christopher 4 7 0.571429 Sanchez Luis 4 7 0.571429 Mason Robert 5 9 0.555556 Fish Darryll 7 13 0.538462 Schock Mitchell 5 10 0.5 Dolan Charles 4 8 0.5 Molinari Matthew 4 8 0.5 Tunkel Jeffrey 4 8 0.5 Buckley James 3 6 0.5 Harris Maura 3 6 0.5 Haxton Isaac 3 6 0.5 Xu Dong 3 6 0.5 Hamagami Clark 5 11 0.454545 Lennaard Ken 5 11 0.454545 Elezra Eli 3 7 0.428571 Guillen Angel 3 7 0.428571 Labbe Leo 3 7 0.428571 Riesenberg Jason 3 7 0.428571 Stothmann Malte 3 7 0.428571 Woelfel Wade 3 7 0.428571 Yeh Philip 3 7 0.428571 HIGHEST CASH TO ENTRY RATIOS -- Minimum 10 Events Entered-- Fish Darryll 7 13 0.538461538 Schock Mitchell 5 10 0.5 Lennaard Ken 5 11 0.454545455 Hamagami Clark 5 11 0.454545455 Fox David 6 15 0.4 Gavatin Mats 4 10 0.4 Lichtenberger Andrew 4 10 0.4 Vrabel Luke 4 10 0.4 Yanovski Leonid 4 10 0.4 DeWolfe Roland 5 13 0.384615385 Parizon Michael 4 11 0.363636364 Switzer Brett 4 11 0.363636364 Mabuchi Motoyuki 4 11 0.363636364 Wahlbeck Ville 5 15 0.333333333 Boukai Rami 4 12 0.333333333 Boyd Howard 4 12 0.333333333 Soulier Fabrice 6 19 0.315789474 Kravchenko Alexander 5 16 0.3125 Rousso Vanessa 4 13 0.307692308 Pechie Justin 4 13 0.307692308 Baker1 David 4 13 0.307692308 Darden Paul 4 13 0.307692308 Jacob Alex 4 13 0.307692308 Lisandro Jeffrey 6 20 0.3 Feldman Peter 3 10 0.3 Hall John 3 10 0.3 Newburger Jason 3 10 0.3 Shlez Vadim 3 10 0.3 Delgrosso Marcello 3 10 0.3 Sorensen Jan 3 10 0.3 Rho Peter 3 10 0.3 Cutler Joseph 3 10 0.3 Dorsch Scott 3 10 0.3 Klein Loren 3 10 0.3 Turmezey Peter 3 10 0.3 Karp Ryan 3 10 0.3 Boeken Noah 3 10 0.3 Yancik Stewart 3 10 0.3 Note that is it not a misprint nor is it the same player who is the leader in THREE categories – highest ratio of cashes to entries – minimum 5 events and minimum 10 event and overall number of cashes). The leader board players’ names are indeed ADAM FYSHE and DARRYLL FISH. PLAYERS WHO HAVE ENTERED MORE THAN HALF THE EVENTS AT THIS YEAR’S WSOP: Evdakov Nikolay 33 Isra Roland 32 Fernandez Jacobo 29 Negreanu Daniel 28 Black Andrew 28 Lindgren Erick 28 Filippi Amnon 28 Heimiller Daniel 27 Shamseddin Soheil 27 Bloch Andrew 27 Smith Gavin 27 Jurgens Tad 26 Kassela Frank 26 Traniello Marco 26 Geyer Richard 26 Binger Michael 25 Mercier Jason 25 Bjorin Chris 25 Shorr Shannon 25 Singer David 25 Hughes Ryan 25 Johnston Berry 25 Leah Michael 25 NEW AND UPDATED: WSOP Player Statistics (By U.S. State / Canadian Province/ Country) --Through Event #50— MOST CASHES (By State/Province/Country): CA 869 8471 0.102585 NV 616 4283 0.143824 TX 279 2978 0.093687 FL 216 2444 0.08838 NY 225 2184 0.103022 IL 138 1479 0.093306 AZ 129 1417 0.091037 WA 99 1123 0.088157 UK 150 1097 0.136737 NJ 96 967 0.099276 CO 84 964 0.087137 ON 124 961 0.129032 MI 91 907 0.100331 OH 76 894 0.085011 PA 75 790 0.094937 GA 75 657 0.114155 NC 42 583 0.072041 Germany 79 565 0.139823 VA 45 506 0.088933 BC 61 497 0.122736 WI 43 485 0.08866 MO 41 483 0.084886 Russia 53 465 0.113978 MA 40 464 0.086207 MN 38 431 0.088167 MD 42 429 0.097902 OR 38 413 0.09201 France 53 399 0.132832 TN 28 339 0.082596 IN 28 326 0.08589 OK 16 310 0.051613 CT 31 299 0.103679 QC 31 287 0.108014 HI 26 269 0.096654 KS 28 265 0.10566 AB 28 259 0.108108 Netherlands 40 259 0.15444 UT 25 223 0.112108 Italy 35 220 0.159091 KY 20 216 0.092593 LA 29 214 0.135514 Australia 27 195 0.138462 SC 13 194 0.06701 NM 10 179 0.055866 Denmark 21 152 0.138158 ID 17 150 0.113333 MS 17 146 0.116438 Sweden 37 145 0.255172 AL 13 135 0.096296 IA 16 126 0.126984 Switzerland 9 117 0.076923 AK 13 116 0.112069 MT 11 114 0.096491 Hungary 18 107 0.168224 ND 8 106 0.075472 Finland 21 106 0.198113 AR 6 103 0.058252 Brazil 12 101 0.118812 NE 7 101 0.069307 WV 6 95 0.063158 SD 9 95 0.094737 Norway 18 90 0.2 WY 2 79 0.025316 Mexico 9 72 0.125 DC 7 72 0.097222 Ireland 11 60 0.183333 South Africa 7 58 0.12069 NH 5 56 0.089286 Venezuela 1 53 0.018868 Japan 1 49 0.020408 Spain 7 48 0.145833 Austria 6 47 0.12766 ME 5 46 0.108696 Belgium 7 45 0.155556 MB 3 45 0.066667 NS 1 36 0.027778 Argentina 5 34 0.147059 DE 1 32 0.03125 SK 5 27 0.185185 NB 4 24 0.166667 Israel 5 24 0.208333 Bulgaria 3 21 0.142857 RI 3 21 0.142857 PR 1 17 0.058824 YT 1 15 0.066667 Czech Republic 6 14 0.428571 Puerto Rico 2 13 0.153846 Slovenia 1 11 0.090909 Poland 1 10 0.1 Romania 1 8 0.125 Chile 1 8 0.125 Dominican Republic 1 7 0.142857 NL 3 6 0.5 New Zealand 1 6 0.166667 Portugal 1 6 0.166667 Costa Rica 1 5 0.2 Isle of Man 1 5 0.2 VI 1 5 0.2 PEI 1 4 0.25 Slovakia 2 4 0.5 Cayman Islands 1 4 0.25 South Korea 2 3 0.666667 Monaco 1 3 0.333333 India 2 2 1 GM 2 2 1 Turkey 1 2 0.5 GM 2 2 1 SU 1     Suntar 1     OC 1     MX 2       38     IO 1     Limburg 1     Cayman 1     Liechtenstein 1     HK 1     BL 1     VE 1     Lincoln Park 1     United Kingdom 8     FR 1     VE 1     Limburg 1     *Note: Some nations are not abbreviated properly. However, the records reflect the actual data on file. MOST MONEY WON (State/Province/Country): NV $14,313,503.00 CA $12,399,165.00 TX $4,994,982.00 NY $4,705,168.00 UK $4,329,466.00 Russia $3,397,767.00 FL $3,254,778.00 MI $2,429,700.00 NJ $2,183,770.00 AZ $2,105,477.00 PA $2,058,838.00 BC $1,995,773.00 ON $1,975,243.00 NC $1,807,082.00 IL $1,769,531.00 MD $1,453,309.00 Finland $1,453,224.00   $1,430,857.00 Germany $1,357,307.00 WA $1,334,617.00 Sweden $1,295,040.00 OH $1,256,125.00 Italy $1,167,183.00 VA $1,016,429.00 GA $1,014,187.00 Mexico $1,006,886.00 Netherlands $832,692.00 CO $825,141.00 LA $726,045.00 Australia $691,463.00 KY $690,824.00 France $681,451.00 MA $669,415.00 CT $614,256.00 IA $613,102.00 HI $571,109.00 Denmark $547,682.00 QC $507,237.00 Hungary $471,177.00 NH $439,656.00 Belgium $408,828.00 AB $402,979.00 WI $388,023.00 OR $327,873.00 IN $326,202.00 MN $315,072.00 NE $309,014.00 TN $304,401.00 ME $287,162.00 MO $271,309.00 Ireland $214,905.00 Switzerland $193,548.00 Brazil $186,035.00 KS $160,318.00 Norway $154,249.00 Suntar $142,688.00 ND $140,633.00 AL $137,220.00 Austria $133,220.00 UT $127,264.00 ID $106,206.00 MT $99,892.00 AR $99,566.00 SC $96,163.00 Puerto Rico $81,926.00 NB $71,524.00 MS $68,282.00 Argentina $58,740.00 OK $56,975.00 AK $56,869.00 WV $53,683.00 NM $53,451.00 SD $42,423.00 Czech Republic $39,617.00 Israel $38,828.00 Spain $36,596.00 South Africa $36,442.00 Romania $36,225.00 MB $35,193.00 DC $32,628.00 SK $24,599.00 Japan $24,066.00 RI $22,753.00 Bulgaria $18,956.00 NL $15,343.00 Isle of Man $14,433.00 India $13,525.00 Slovakia $12,524.00 Slovenia $11,944.00 Cayman $10,425.00 PR $10,159.00 GM $9,592.00 VE $9,465.00 South Korea $7,422.00 Venezuela $7,119.00 New Zealand $6,035.00 BL $5,838.00 OC $5,757.00 MX $5,558.00 Hong Kong $5,236.00 Liechtenstein $5,074.00 Cayman Islands $4,795.00 WY $4,384.00 Costa Rica $4,356.00 Poland $3,931.00 Dominican Republic $3,894.00 Turkey $3,894.00 DE $3,645.00 PEI $3,571.00 VI $3,571.00 Limburg $3,352.00 NS $3,352.00 YT $3,044.00 IO $2,988.00 Chile $2,851.00 SU $2,839.00 Portugal $2,745.00 Monaco $1.00 Monaco $1.00 London $2,896.00 Chile $2,851.00 SU $2,839.00 Hungary $2,839.00 Portugal $2,745.00 *Note: Some nations are not abbreviated properly. However, the records reflect the actual data on file. WSOP Statistics – Through the conclusion of Event #52, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 50,384 entries. $103,993,735 in total prize money has been awarded to winners. Multiple Gold Bracelet Winners at the 2009 WSOP: Jeffrey Lisandro -- 1st, 1st, 1st Brock Parker -- 1st, 1st Phil Ivey -- 1st, 1st Greg Mueller – 1st, 1st Gold Bracelet Plus 2nd-Place Finishers at the 2009 WSOP: Ville Wahlbeck -- 1st, 2nd (+ 3rd) James Van Alstyne -- 1st, 2nd (+ 6th) Pete "The Greek" Vilandos -- 1st, 2nd Angel Guillen -- 1st, 2nd Vitaly Lunkin -- 1st, 2nd  Brandon Cantu – 1st, 2nd Marc Naalden – 1st, 2nd Multiple Top-Three Finishers at the 2009 WSOP: Ville Wahlbeck -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Steve Sung -- 1st, 3rd Scott Clements -- 2nd, 3rd Eric Baldwin – 1st, 3rd WINNERS – BY NATION: Through Event #52 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows: United States – 33 United Kingdom – 3 Canada – 3 Australia – 2 Germany – 2 Russian Federation – 1 Finland – 1 Sweden – 1 Mexico – 1 Italy – 1 Holland – 1 Hungary – 1 Iran – 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). WINNERS – BY CITY: Through Event #52 – the following cities have produced multiple WSOP gold bracelet winners (Note: Metropolitan area suburbs are included in major city counts): Las Vegas, Nevada – 10 Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) – 4 Salerno, Italy – 3 Los Angeles, California – 3 Washington, DC (Maryland and Virginia Suburbs) – 3 London, England – 2 New York, NY – 2 The Event #52 winner Jorg Peisert is to be classified as an amateur, part-time player. Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard currently reads (not counting Casino Employees Event): Professionals -- 37 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-1, Eric Baldwin, Jordan Smith, Jeffrey Lisandro-2, Richard Austin, Marc Naalden, Matt Graham, Peter Traply, Jerrod Ankenman, Jeffrey Lisandro-3, John Kabbaj, Jeff Ahmadi, Brandon Cantu, Greg Mueller-2, Carston Joh) Amateurs -- 7 wins (Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Michael T. Davis, Jorg Peisert) Semi-Pros -- 7 wins (Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert, Ray Foley, Derek Raymond, Jeff Ahmadi) Fourteen of the 52 winners this year (28 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners. There have been three double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker, Phil Ivey, and Greg “FBT” Mueller. There has been one triple winner in 2009 -- Jeffrey Lisandro. Through the conclusion of Event 50, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as follows (with point totals): 355 – Jeffrey Lisandro 275 – Ville Wahlbeck 242 – Phil Ivey 227 – Brock Parker 220 – James Van Alstyne 195 – Roland de Wolfe 185 – Vitaly Lunkin 180 – Angel Guillen 175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos 170 – Daniel Negreanu