World Poker Tour season 9 results
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Below are the results of season nine of the World Poker Tour
(2010–2011)
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
(2010–2011)
WPT Grand Prix de Paris
- Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris, France
- Buy-in: €10,000
- 5-Day Event: May 8 – 15, 2010
- Number of Entries: 247
- Total Prize Pool: €2,347,797
- Number of Payouts: 27
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Theo Jørgensen Theo Jørgensen Theo Jørgensen is a Danish professional poker player, based in Copenhagen who has made two European Poker Tour final tables.Jørgensen began playing poker in the early 1990s... |
€633,902 |
2nd | Antoine Amourette | €328,690 |
3rd | Per Linde | €234,780 |
4th | Mickael Guenni | €187,825 |
5th | Fabrice Touil | €140,870 |
6th | Nourredine Aïtaleb | €93,910 |
7th | Arnaud Mattern | €82,175 |
8th | Jimmy Ostensson | €70,435 |
WPT Spanish Championship
- Casino: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Buy-in: €3,200 + €300
- 5-Day Event: May 19 – 23, 2010
- Number of Entries: 326
- Total Prize Pool: 1,034,400€
- Number of Payouts: 36
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Ali Tekintamgac | €315,000 |
2nd | Roberto Garcia Santiago | €160,000 |
3rd | Mats Erik Iremark | €81,000 |
4th | Manuel Blaschke | €71,000 |
5th | Mads Smith Hansen | €61,000 |
6th | Tristan Quentin Clemencon | €51,000 |
7th | Per Emil Mattson | €41,000 |
8th | Bartolome Gomila Romero | €31,000 |
9th | Manuel Cuberos Lopez Cozar | €21,400 |
Bellagio Cup VI
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
- Buy-in: $10,000 + 300
- 6-Day Event: Jul 11 – 16, 2010
- Number of Entries: 353
- Total Prize Pool: $3,424,100
- Number of Payouts: 50
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Moritz Kranich | $875,150 |
2nd | Justin Smith Justin Smith (poker player) Justin "Boosted J" Smith is an American professional poker player living in Los Angeles, CA. At 21 years old, Smith has been a participant in stateside poker tournaments for less than a year due to age requirements, winning nearly $900,000 in that time span.Smith began playing poker at the age of... |
$594,755 |
3rd | Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis "Phil" Ivey Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables... |
$363,650 |
4th | John Caridad | $237,902 |
5th | Robert Akery Rob Akery Rob Akery is a professional poker player from Bristol, UK.- Career :Akery started playing poker in 2004, and went professional in 2005. Rob started playing poker aged 18 after receiving a $5 transfer into his account from a friend... |
$169,930 |
6th | Eric Afriat | $118,950 |
Legends of Poker
- Casino: The Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
- Buy-in: $4,800 + 200
- 6-Day Event: Aug 20 – 25, 2010
- Number of Entries: 462
- Total Prize Pool: $2,151,072
- Number of Payouts: 45
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Andy Frankenberger Andy Frankenberger Andy Frankenberger is a professional poker player from New York City.Frankenberger won the WPT Season 9 Legends of Poker event in 2010, then followed that up with another WPT final table at the Festa al Lago event later that year... |
$750,000 |
2nd | Kyle Wilson | $370,000 |
3rd | Tom Lee | $147,772 |
4th | Thomas Braband | $109,000 |
5th | Jared Jaffee | $86,000 |
6th | Franco Brunetti | $63,000 |
WPT London Poker Classic
- Casino: Palm Beach Casino, London, England
- Buy-in: £5000 +£300
- 6-Day Event: August 30, 2010 to September 4, 2010
- Number of Entries: 171
- Total Prize Pool: £820,800
- Number of Payouts: 18
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Jake Cody | £273,783 |
2nd | Nichlas Mattsson | £176,979 |
3rd | Bruce Atkinson Bruce Atkinson (poker player) Robert Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson is an English professional poker player and the President of the European Poker Players Hall of Fame.Atkinson started off playing seven card stud in the early 1980s, but moved to hold'em later.... |
£93,316 |
4th | Kristoffer Thorsson | £56,311 |
5th | Giovanni Safina | £42,233 |
6th | Sandiep Khosa | £34,189 |
7th | Fabian Quoss | £26,144 |
8th | Gareth Teatum | £18,100 |
Borgata Poker Open
- Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City, New JerseyAtlantic City, New JerseyAtlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
- Buy-in: $3,300 + 200
- 6-Day Event: Sep 19 – 24, 2010
- Number of Entries: 1042
- Total Prize Pool: $3,438,600
- Number of Payouts: 100
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Dwyte Pilgrim | $733,802 |
2nd | Kianoosh Mohajeri | $440,945 |
3rd | Ofir Mor | $266,835 |
4th | Brandon Novena | $223,475 |
5th | Daniel Makowsky | $183,449 |
6th | Benjamin Klier | $148,427 |
Festa al Lago
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
- Buy-in: $10,000 + 300
- 6-Day Event: Oct 15 – 20, 2010
- Number of Entries: 335
- Total Prize Pool: $3,224,000
- Number of Payouts: 50
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Randal Flowers | $831,500 |
2nd | Michael Benvenuti | $564,200 |
3rd | Noah Schwartz | $344,968 |
4th | Jason Koon | $225,680 |
5th | Andy Frankenberger Andy Frankenberger Andy Frankenberger is a professional poker player from New York City.Frankenberger won the WPT Season 9 Legends of Poker event in 2010, then followed that up with another WPT final table at the Festa al Lago event later that year... |
$161,200 |
6th | Skip Wilson | $112,840 |
Foxwoods World Poker Finals
- Casino: Foxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort CasinoFoxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States. Together with the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, it is one of the largest casino complexes in the world in terms of floor space for gaming. The entire resort comprises of space. The casino has over 380 gaming tables...
, Mashantucket, Connecticut - Buy-in: $9,700 + 300
- 6-Day Event: Oct 28 – Nov 2, 2010
- Number of Entries: 242
- Total Prize Pool: $2,276,978
- Number of Payouts: 25
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Jeff Forrest | $548,752 |
2nd | Dave Inselberg | $325,608 |
3rd | Thomas Marchese | $211,759 |
4th | Nikolai Yakovenko | $170,773 |
5th | Keven Stammen | $128,650 |
6th | Mohsin Charania | $104,741 |
WPT Amneville
- Casino: Casino Municipal D Amneville, AmnévilleAmnévilleAmnéville is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. The town is an important tourist and thermal center in France.-Main sights:*Traces of Roman road*Remains of a Roman bridge*14th century castle and church*Zoo d'Amnéville...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Buy-in: €3200 + €300
- 5-Day Event: 2 Nov 2010 to 6 Nov 2010
- Number of Entries: 543
- Total Prize Pool: €1,640,000
- Number of Payouts: 54
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Sam El Sayed | €426,425 |
2nd | Franck Pepe | €229,613 |
3rd | Ilan Boujena | €161,550 |
4th | Nesrin Kourdourli | €109,886 |
5th | William Bresson | €79,545 |
6th | Jean-Paul Pasqualini | €62,323 |
7th | Julien Robert | €46,743 |
8th | Georges Chehade | €34,442 |
WPT Marrakech
- Casino: Casino De Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
- Buy-in: €4,250 + 750
- 4-Day Event: Nov 27 - 30, 2010
- Number of Entries: 222
- Total Prize Pool: €905,528
- Number of Payouts: 27
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Sébastian Homann | €254,745 |
2nd | Guillaume Cescut | €141,518 |
3rd | Sébastien Compte | €94,345 |
4th | Félix Oberauer | €75,472 |
5th | Guillaume de la Gorce | €56,609 |
6th | Dominik Nitsche | €37,736 |
7th | Johan Williamsson | €30,190 |
8th | Julien Labussière | €26,418 |
9th | Patrick Muleta | €19,920 |
Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
- Buy-in: $10,000 + 300
- 6-Day Event: Dec 3 – 8, 2010
- Number of Entries: 438
- Total Prize Pool: 4,261,267
- Number of Payouts: 100
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player, known for his elaborate chip tricks.-Early life:When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California... |
$870,124 |
2nd | Andrew Robl | $549,003 |
3rd | Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Ashley Rousso is a French American law student at the University of Miami and a professional poker player. She is also known by her Pokerstars online screen name Lady Maverick. Born in , Rousso has dual citizenships with the United States and France. Rousso is a member of Team PokerStars,... |
$358,964 |
4th | John Racener John Racener John Racener is an American poker professional from Port Richey, Florida, best known as the runner-up of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker... |
$232,271 |
5th | Kirk Morrison Kirk Morrison (poker player) Kirk Morrison is a professional poker player originally from Wichita, Kansas, United States, but who has lived in New Zealand for a part of his life between 1999 and 2006.... |
$168,924 |
6th | Ted Lawson | $126,693 |
WPT Southern Poker Championship
- Casino: Beau Rivage, Biloxi, MississippiBiloxi, MississippiBiloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....
- Buy-in: $9,700 + 300
- 7-Day Event: Jan 23 – 27, 2011
- Number of Entries: 214
- Total Prize Pool: $2,011,600
- Number of Payouts: 27
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Alexander Kuzmin | $601,469 |
2nd | Leif Force | $315,790 |
3rd | Allen Carter | $218,471 |
4th | Shannon Shorr Shannon Shorr Shannon Shorr is a professional poker player from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Shorr grew up in Birmingham, where he was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School.... |
$144,985 |
5th | Pat Mahoney | $113,208 |
6th | Ryan Hughes | $89,375 |
WPT Venice
- Casino: Casino Di Venezia, VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... - Buy-in: €3,000 + 300
- 6-Day Event: Feb 3 – 8, 2011
- Number of Entries: 523
- Total Prize Pool: €1,521,930
- Number of Payouts:
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Alessio Isaia | €380,000 |
2nd | Szabolcs Mayer | €228,990 |
3rd | David Vamplew | €149,910 |
4th | Emmanuel Rodrigues | €101,960 |
5th | Adrien Camille Garrigues | €73,180 |
6th | Luca Fiorini | €57,830 |
7th | Maxim Lykov Maxim Lykov Maxim Lykov is a professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. He has both a World Series of Poker bracelet and an European Poker Tour title. Lykov is a member of Team PokerStars Pro.As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.... |
€43,370 |
8th | Renato Paolini | €31,960 |
L.A. Poker Classic
- Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
- Buy-in: $9,600 + 400
- 6-Day Event: Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2011
- Number of Entries: 681
- Total Prize Pool: $6,537,600
- Number of Payouts: 64
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Gregory Brooks | $1,654,120 |
2nd | Vivek Rajkumar Vivek Rajkumar Vivek Rajkumar is an Indian American poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada.In 2008, he won the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event, securing a cash prize of $1,424,500. He defeated a final table that included tournament veterans Dan Heimiller and Mark Seif to win the title.Rajkumar has... |
$908,730 |
3rd | Carlos Mortensen Carlos Mortensen Juan Carlos Mortensen is an Ecuadorian professional poker player of Danish descent and the only Hispanic Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker. Mortensen is known for his loose play, bluffing tactics, and interesting chip-stacking style.Mortensen moved from Spain to the United States in... |
$640,680 |
4th | Amir Lehavot | $421,680 |
5th | Steve Gross | $304,000 |
6th | Darryll Fish | $235,350 |
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
- Casino: Bay 101, San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
- Buy-in: $9,600 + 400
- 5-Day Event: Mar 14 – Mar 18, 2011
- Number of Entries: 415
- Total Prize Pool: $3,942,500
- Number of Payouts: 45
Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Alan Sternberg | $1,039,000 |
2nd | Steven Kelly | $595,300 |
3rd | Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table... |
$369,800 |
4th | Vivek Rajkumar Vivek Rajkumar Vivek Rajkumar is an Indian American poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada.In 2008, he won the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event, securing a cash prize of $1,424,500. He defeated a final table that included tournament veterans Dan Heimiller and Mark Seif to win the title.Rajkumar has... |
$295,800 |
5th | Casey McCarrel | $221,800 |
6th | Mike Sexton Mike Sexton Michael Richard Sexton is an American professional poker player and commentator. He is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early years:... |
$148,000 |
WPT Vienna
- Casino: Montesino, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... - Buy-in: €3,200 + 300
- 5-Day Event: Mar 25 – 29, 2011
- Number of Entries: 555
- Total Prize Pool:
- Number of Payouts: 54
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Dmitry Gromov | €447,840 |
2nd | Maxim Kolosov | €241,180 |
3rd | Simon Ravnsbaek | €169,690 |
4th | Mario Adinolfi | €115,420 |
5th | Maximillian Noll | €65,460 |
6th | Valentin Stroiescu | €83,550 |
7th | Alessio Isaia | €49,100 |
8th | Mark Jenisch | €36,180 |
WPT Hollywood Poker Open
- Casino: Hollywood Casino, Lawrenceburg, IndianaLawrenceburg, IndianaLawrenceburg is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Dearborn County...
- Buy-in: $9,600 + 400
- 5-Day Event: Apr 9 – Apr 13, 2011
- Number of Entries: 97
- Total Prize Pool: $911,800
- Number of Payouts: 12
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Mike Scarborough | $273,664 |
2nd | Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.In 2010, he was inducted as a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
$155,103 |
3rd | William Reynolds | $110,788 |
4th | Thomas Marchese | $77,551 |
5th | Andy Whetstone | $62,041 |
6th | Ali Eslami Ali Eslami Ali Eslami is a professional poker player currently residing in Los Angeles area. He was one of two people, who first won the man-machine poker championship.... |
$50,962 |
Seminole Hard Rock Showdown
- Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, FloridaHollywood, Florida-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...
- Buy-in: $9,600 + 400
- 5-Day Event: Apr 27 – May 3, 2011
- Number of Entries: 433
- Total Prize Pool: $4,156,800
- Number of Payouts: 45
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Taylor von Kriegenbergh Taylor von Kriegenbergh Taylor von Kriegenbergh is an American professional poker player. He was born in Stoneham, MA and is currently a resident of Hollywood, Florida. On May 3, 2011 von Kriegenbergh won his first World Poker Tour championship at the inaugural WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Hollywood, FL, earning... |
$1,122,340 |
2nd | Curt Kohlberg | $586,109 |
3rd | Justin Zaki | $415,680 |
4th | Abbey Daniels | $286,819 |
5th | Allen Bari | $211,997 |
6th | Tommy Vedes | $166,272 |
WPT World Championship
- Casino: Bellagio, Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
- Buy-in: $25,000 + 500
- 7-Day Event: May 14, 2011-May 20, 2011
- Number of Entries: 220
- Total Prize Pool: $5,309,500
- Number of Payouts: 27
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Scott Seiver Scott Seiver Scott Seiver is a professional poker player from Cold Spring Harbor, New York now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event and is the winner of the $25,100 buy-in High Roller event at the 2010 L.A... |
$1,618,344 |
2nd | Farzad Bonyadi Farzad Bonyadi Farzad "Freddy" Bonyadi is an Iranian professional poker player based in Aliso Viejo, California, who has won 3 World Series of Poker bracelets.... |
$1,061,900 |
3rd | Galen Hall | $589,355 |
4th | Roger Teska | $371,665 |
5th | Tony Gargano | $278,749 |
6th | Justin Young | $225,654 |