Started 13th Jun, 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
Payout Structure
Leo Wolpert
Tue Jun 16 2009Winner of Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
Over the course of four full days -- one day longer than planned -- Leo Wolpert beat one player after another to outrun the the field of 256, taking down the Heads Up World Championship. After charging through seven opponents, (including Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf and David Pham) the law student from Virginia finally put away EPT founder John Duthie in a dramatic best-of-three final. For his impressive run, he'll take home $625,682 and a gold bracelet.
| Place | Prize | Winner | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $ 625,682 | Leo Wolpert | |
| 2 | $ 386,636 | John Duthie | |
| 3 | $ 214,289 | Jamin Stokes | |
| 4 | $ 214,289 | Nathan Doudney | |
| 5 | $ 92,580 | Johnny Chan | |
| 6 | $ 92,580 | Dustin Woolf | |
| 7 | $ 92,580 | Steve O'Dwyer | |
| 8 | $ 92,580 | Bryan Pellegrino | |
| 9 | $ 38,424 | Roberto Romanello | |
| 10 | $ 38,424 | Clavet Mathieu | |
| 11 | $ 38,424 | Benjamin Sprengers | |
| 12 | $ 38,424 | Alec Torelli | |
| 13 | $ 38,424 | Justin 'Boosted J' Smith | |
| 14 | $ 38,424 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | |
| 15 | $ 38,424 | Mike Caro | |
| 16 | $ 38,424 | Jason Mercier | |
| 17 | $ 17,987 | Andrew Lichtenberger | |
| 18 | $ 17,987 | Benjamin Lamb | |
| 19 | $ 17,987 | Matthew Woodward | |
| 20 | $ 17,987 | Dmitry Lesnoy | |
| 21 | $ 17,987 | Jason Senti | |
| 22 | $ 17,987 | Benjamin Tollerene | |
| 23 | $ 17,987 | Brian Lemke | |
| 24 | $ 17,987 | Albert Iversen | |
| 25 | $ 17,987 | Benny Spindler | |
| 26 | $ 17,987 | Steve Zolotow | |
| 27 | $ 17,987 | Brock Parker | |
| 28 | $ 17,987 | Jonathan Jaffe | |
| 29 | $ 17,987 | Evan Roberts | |
| 30 | $ 17,987 | Jimmy D'Ambrosio | |
| 31 | $ 17,987 | Nathanael Poysti | |
| 32 | $ 17,987 | Dragan Galic |
