Started 18th Jun, 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Payout Structure
Jordan Smith
Sun Jun 21 2009Winner of Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Another giant field of 1,695 competitors contained some of the toughest players to grace the circuit including Kathy Liebert, Joe Sebok, Andy Black and David 'Chino' Rheem, but the day would ultimately belong to 27-year-old pro Jordan Smith. It took three gruelling and hard-slogged days of poker and a seven hour final table to crown Smith Champion of Event 36: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em. For his efforts, Smith will take home $586,212 in prize money and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Asked what the win meant to him, Smith replied, "It’s the World Series of Poker. I play for living and I play for money. But so far as prestigious things go, winning the gold bracelet is the only goal to have."
| Place | Prize | Winner | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $ 586,212 | Jordan Smith | |
| 2 | $ 360,439 | Ken Lennaard | |
| 3 | $ 237,537 | Laurence Grondin | |
| 4 | $ 166,584 | Joe Morneau | |
| 5 | $ 120,311 | Anthony Roux | |
| 6 | $ 95,631 | Pat Atchison | |
| 7 | $ 78,664 | Almira Skripchenko | |
| 8 | $ 67,867 | Andrew Seden | |
| 9 | $ 61,081 | Jonathan Plens | |
| 10 | $ 42,880 | Warren Woodall | |
| 11 | $ 42,880 | Jack Powell | |
| 12 | $ 42,880 | Steven Tabb | |
| 13 | $ 30,016 | Tommy Chen | |
| 14 | $ 30,016 | Johnny Neckar | |
| 15 | $ 30,016 | Adam White | |
| 16 | $ 21,008 | Corwin Cole | |
| 17 | $ 21,008 | Andrew White | |
| 18 | $ 21,008 | Ken Yates | |
| 19 | $ 15,270 | Joe Cutler | |
| 20 | $ 15,270 | Robby Mazzie | |
| 21 | $ 15,270 | Kyle Brown | |
| 22 | $ 15,270 | Jamie Brown | |
| 23 | $ 15,270 | Manuel Bevand | |
| 24 | $ 15,270 | Joseph Baldwin | |
| 25 | $ 15,270 | Jordan Rich | |
| 26 | $ 15,270 | Christian Harder | |
| 27 | $ 15,270 | George Tokarczyk | |
| 28 | $ 13,141 | Marty Wong | |
| 29 | $ 13,141 | Will Heger | |
| 30 | $ 13,141 | Andras Kovacs | |
| 31 | $ 13,141 | William Miner | |
| 32 | $ 13,141 | Brandon Meyers | |
| 33 | $ 13,141 | Chris Mozingo | |
| 34 | $ 13,141 | Joe McGowan | |
| 35 | $ 13,141 | Michael Mrozek | |
| 36 | $ 13,141 | James McClain | |
| 37 | $ 10,735 | Denis Ward | |
| 38 | $ 10,735 | Kevin Kelly | |
| 39 | $ 10,735 | Jesse Yaginuma | |
| 40 | $ 10,735 | Aaron Mayer | |
| 41 | $ 10,735 | Philip Sparta | |
| 42 | $ 10,735 | Scott Andrews | |
| 43 | $ 10,735 | Ingemar Axman | |
| 44 | $ 10,735 | Steve Ryan | |
| 45 | $ 10,735 | Elliott Levy | |
| 46 | $ 9,069 | Jerome Bradpiece | |
| 47 | $ 9,069 | Donovan Panone | |
| 48 | $ 9,069 | Christopher DeMaci | |
| 49 | $ 9,069 | Darren Woods | |
| 50 | $ 9,069 | Robert Firestone | |
| 51 | $ 9,069 | Gary Myers | |
| 52 | $ 9,069 | Matt Vance | |
| 53 | $ 9,069 | Jeffrey Chotikul | |
| 54 | $ 9,069 | Mark Brockington | |
| 55 | $ 7,866 | Terry Wheeler | |
| 56 | $ 7,866 | Jason Gray | |
| 57 | $ 7,866 | Damian Salas | |
| 58 | $ 7,866 | Jason Fennell | |
| 59 | $ 7,866 | Adam Lippert | |
| 60 | $ 7,866 | Joseph Butzberger | |
| 61 | $ 7,866 | Dustin Dirksen | |
| 62 | $ 7,866 | Matthew Molinari | |
| 63 | $ 7,866 | Jason Wheeler | |
| 64 | $ 6,971 | Steven King | |
| 65 | $ 6,971 | Robert Cheung | |
| 66 | $ 6,971 | Vineet Pahuja | |
| 67 | $ 6,971 | Robert Brown | |
| 68 | $ 6,971 | Michael Parizon | |
| 69 | $ 6,971 | Steven McNally | |
| 70 | $ 6,971 | Tony Ma | |
| 71 | $ 6,971 | Jason Koon | |
| 72 | $ 6,971 | John White | |
| 73 | $ 6,262 | Matthew LaGarde | |
| 74 | $ 6,262 | Theo Goethals | |
| 75 | $ 6,262 | Sergey Kishnev | |
| 76 | $ 6,262 | Pieter De Korver | |
| 77 | $ 6,262 | Ian O'Shaughnessy | |
| 78 | $ 6,262 | Andreas Krause | |
| 79 | $ 6,262 | Corey Burbick | |
| 80 | $ 6,262 | David 'Chino' Rheem | |
| 81 | $ 6,262 | William Sumi | |
| 82 | $ 5,614 | Brian Horton | |
| 83 | $ 5,614 | James Pechac | |
| 84 | $ 5,614 | Brandon Demes | |
| 85 | $ 5,614 | Vadim Shlez | |
| 86 | $ 5,614 | Tark Abboud | |
| 87 | $ 5,614 | Robert Zelinka | |
| 88 | $ 5,614 | In Sun Geoum | |
| 89 | $ 5,614 | Jason Sackler | |
| 90 | $ 5,614 | Kenna James | |
| 91 | $ 5,090 | Roberto Romanello | |
| 92 | $ 5,090 | Jamie Roberts | |
| 93 | $ 5,090 | Gregory Mihaly | |
| 94 | $ 5,090 | Eugene Todd | |
| 95 | $ 5,090 | Pascal Vullion | |
| 96 | $ 5,090 | James Downend | |
| 97 | $ 5,090 | Daniel Anton | |
| 98 | $ 5,090 | Michael Binger | |
| 99 | $ 5,090 | David Wilcox | |
| 100 | $ 4,658 | Kyle Thacker | |
| 101 | $ 4,658 | Oddvar Brendo | |
| 102 | $ 4,658 | Daniel O'Brian | |
| 103 | $ 4,658 | Wayne De Palma | |
| 104 | $ 4,658 | Adam Fyshe | |
| 105 | $ 4,658 | Michael Martin | |
| 106 | $ 4,658 | Guillaume De La Gorce | |
| 107 | $ 4,658 | Rob Hollink | |
| 108 | $ 4,658 | Rhynie Campbell | |
| 109 | $ 4,658 | Jeff Becker | |
| 110 | $ 4,658 | Christos Arvanitis | |
| 111 | $ 4,658 | John Myung | |
| 112 | $ 4,658 | Lika Gerasimova | |
| 113 | $ 4,658 | Thomas Gabriel | |
| 114 | $ 4,658 | James Sileo | |
| 115 | $ 4,658 | Stephen Forde | |
| 116 | $ 4,658 | David Tighe | |
| 117 | $ 4,658 | David Fox | |
| 118 | $ 4,318 | William Childs | |
| 119 | $ 4,318 | Patrick Sacrispeyre | |
| 120 | $ 4,318 | Paul Dominski | |
| 121 | $ 4,318 | Bradley Bramlett | |
| 122 | $ 4,318 | Maxim Semisoshenko | |
| 123 | $ 4,318 | Brandon Wong | |
| 124 | $ 4,318 | Arkadiy Tsinis | |
| 125 | $ 4,318 | Thomas Rebecca | |
| 126 | $ 4,318 | Thomas Bohm | |
| 127 | $ 4,318 | Umberto Vitagliano | |
| 128 | $ 4,318 | Leo Kam | |
| 129 | $ 4,318 | Leonid Yanovski | |
| 130 | $ 4,318 | Gary Bain | |
| 131 | $ 4,318 | Francisco Vazquez | |
| 132 | $ 4,318 | Shaun Deeb | |
| 133 | $ 4,318 | Gary Haglund | |
| 134 | $ 4,318 | Warwick Mirzikinian | |
| 135 | $ 4,318 | Steven Bibi | |
| 136 | $ 4,318 | Charles Dolan | |
| 137 | $ 4,318 | Dong Xu | |
| 138 | $ 4,318 | Darus Suharto | |
| 139 | $ 4,318 | Jared 'TheWacoKidd' Hamby | |
| 140 | $ 4,318 | Antoine Berube | |
| 141 | $ 4,318 | Gunter Wagner | |
| 142 | $ 4,318 | Steven Hoefs | |
| 143 | $ 4,318 | Charles Connaly | |
| 144 | $ 4,318 | Brett Switzer | |
| 145 | $ 4,010 | Benjamin Heinrichs | |
| 146 | $ 4,010 | Lars Bergstrom | |
| 147 | $ 4,010 | Jeremy Tuttle | |
| 148 | $ 4,010 | Conrad Coetzer | |
| 149 | $ 4,010 | Gianluca Marcucci | |
| 150 | $ 4,010 | Karec Terrell | |
| 151 | $ 4,010 | Gregory Hobson | |
| 152 | $ 4,010 | Jeffrey Wan | |
| 153 | $ 4,010 | Joseph Cappello | |
| 154 | $ 4,010 | Ashley Butler | |
| 155 | $ 4,010 | Yue Huang | |
| 156 | $ 4,010 | Ibuki Fukui | |
| 157 | $ 4,010 | Brent Reeder | |
| 158 | $ 4,010 | John Conaway | |
| 159 | $ 4,010 | Trevor Blackwell | |
| 160 | $ 4,010 | James Rustemoglu | |
| 161 | $ 4,010 | Jarrett Fenlon | |
| 162 | $ 4,010 | Nina Tovish | |
| 163 | $ 4,010 | David Bivins | |
| 164 | $ 4,010 | David Whitley | |
| 165 | $ 4,010 | Pieter Druif | |
| 166 | $ 4,010 | Dick Carson | |
| 167 | $ 4,010 | Bryan Paris | |
| 168 | $ 4,010 | Alex Santiago | |
| 169 | $ 4,010 | Riccardo Rinaldi | |
| 170 | $ 4,010 | Robin Rightmire | |
| 171 | $ 2,005 | Balazs Botond | |
| 172 | $ 2,005 | Chance Kornuth |
