Started 28th May, 2009

2009 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em

Payout Structure

Buy In: $ 40,000 Entries: 201

Vitaly Lunkin

Mon Jun 01 2009

Winner of Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em

After four hard-fought days of play, Vitaly Lunkin made it through one of the toughest fields ever assembled for a no-limit hold'em tournament, outlasting exactly 200 other competitors to take the gold bracelet for Event No. 2, the $40,000 buy-in Special 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em Event. The win marks Lunkin's second WSOP bracelet.

Place Prize Winner Sponsor
1$ 1,891,012Vitaly Lunkin 
2$ 1,168,566Isaac Haxton 
3$ 774,927Greg Raymer 
4$ 548,315Dani Stern 
5$ 413,166Justin Bonomo 
6$ 329,730Alec Torelli 
7$ 277,940Lex 'RaSZi' Veldhuis 
8$ 246,834Noah Schwartz 
9$ 230,317Ted Forrest 
10$ 172,120 Team PokerNews Player Tony G 
11$ 172,120Keith Lehr 
12$ 172,120Matthew 'adz124' Marafioti 
13$ 128,666Brian Townsend 
14$ 128,666Brian 'tsarrast' Rast 
15$ 128,666David Baker 
16$ 96,171Doshi Suresh 
17$ 96,171Clark Hamagami 
18$ 96,171Matt Glantz 
19$ 71,858Andy Black 
20$ 71,858Neil Channing 
21$ 71,858David Chiu 
22$ 71,858Frank Kassela 
23$ 71,858Andrew Robl 
24$ 71,858David Pham 
25$ 71,858Sorel Mizzi 
26$ 71,858J.C. Tran 
27$ 71,858Vanessa Rousso 
Tournament Event
 
 
 
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  • Jennifer Leigh

    Missed my flight - of course, anytime there's a morning flight I miss it. Leaving here around 3 now.

    12 minutes ago
  • Matt Savage

    RT @paulesmith1970: Only complaint I am aware of is @allenkessler who holds the view that nobody should bust out for the first three days

    12 minutes ago
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  • Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad

    @JosephCadaWSOP I guess it is eh :). Welcome to the crazyness!

    19 minutes ago
  • Matt Savage

    HowNow would you know @PaulSmith1970? You are only playing in the tournament :-) The only complaints I am getting are from 3,000 miles away!

    27 minutes ago
  • Matt Savage

    RT @paulesmith1970: You don't need me to tell you this but @allenkessler is wrong as usual. the structure is perfect for a 3 day event.

    30 minutes ago
  • Annie Duke

    @Huffdaddy23 my friend John Hennigan sent it to me.

    34 minutes ago
  • Vanessa Rousso

    Finally home for thanksgiving! :) I now have a week to catch up on work that has piled up, to get my butt back in gym, and to hang w fam!

    57 minutes ago
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