World Poker Tour season 9 results

Below are the results of season nine of the World Poker Tour (2010–2011)

Results

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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Theo Jørgensen €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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 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, Nevada 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Moritz Kranich $875,150 2nd Justin Smith $594,755 3rd Phil Ivey $363,650 4th John Caridad $237,902 5th Robert Akery $169,930 6th Eric Afriat $118,950

Legends of Poker Casino: The Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles, 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Andy Frankenberger $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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jake Cody £273,783 2nd Nichlas Mattsson £176,979 3rd Bruce Atkinson £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 Jersey 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 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, Nevada 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Randal Flowers $831,500 2nd Michael Benvenuti $564,200 3rd Noah Schwartz $344,968 4th Jason Koon $225,680 5th Andy Frankenberger $161,200 6th Skip Wilson $112,840

Foxwoods World Poker Finals Casino: Foxwoods Resort Casino, 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jeff Forrest $548,752 2nd Dave Inselberg $325,608 3rd Tom 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, Amnéville, 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 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, Marrakesh, 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table 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, Nevada 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Antonio Esfandiari $870,124 2nd Andrew Robl $549,003 3rd Vanessa Rousso $358,964 4th John Racener $232,271 5th Kirk Morrison $168,924 6th Ted Lawson $126,693

WPT Southern Poker Championship Casino: Beau Rivage, Biloxi, Mississippi 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Alexander Kuzmin $601,469 2nd Leif Force $315,790 3rd Allen Carter $218,471 4th Shannon Shorr $144,985 5th Pat Mahoney $113,208 6th Ryan Hughes $89,375

WPT Venice Casino: Casino Di Venezia, Venice, Italy Buy-in: €3,000 + 300 6-Day Event: Feb 3 – 8, 2011 Number of Entries: 523 Total Prize Pool: €1,521,930 partypoker.com/blog; Alessio Isaia wins WPT Venice – longest HU battle in WPT history Number of Payouts: 54 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 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 €43,370 8th Renato Paolini €31,960

WPT Celebrity Invitational Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles, California Buy-in: 2-Day Event: February 19, 2011 Number of Entries: 482 Total Prize Pool: $20,000 Number of Payouts: Winning Hand: + Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Davidi Kitai $100,000 2nd Almira Skripchenko $50,000 3rd Dan Heimiller $20,000 4th George Rechnitzer $15,000 5th Damon Schramm $10,000 6th Dinara Khaziyeva $5,000

L.A. Poker Classic Casino: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles, 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Gregory Brooks $1,654,120 2nd Vivek Rajkumar $908,730 3rd Carlos Mortensen $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, California 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Alan Sternberg $1,039,000 2nd Steven Kelly $595,300 3rd Mike Matusow $369,800 4th Vivek Rajkumar $295,800 5th Casey McCarrel $221,800 6th Mike Sexton $148,000

WPT Vienna Casino: Montesino, Vienna, Austria Buy-in: €3,200 + 300 5-Day Event: Mar 25 – 29, 2011 Number of Entries: 555Dmitry Gromov Is The WPT Vienna Champion Total Prize Pool: €1,776,000 Number of Payouts: 54 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Dmitry Gromov€447,840 2nd Maxim Kolosov€241,180 3rd Simon Ravnsbaek€169,690 4th Mario Adinolfi€115,420 5th Valentin Stroiescu€83,550 6th Maximillian Noll €65,460 7th Alessio Isaia€49,100 8th Mark Jenisch €36,180

WPT Bratislava Casino: Golden Vegas, Bratislava Buy-in: €2,500 + 220 2-Day Event: March 30, 2011 Number of Entries: 300 Total Prize Pool: Number of Payouts: Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Roberto Romanello €140,685 2nd Mayu Roca Uribe €75,220 3rd Alexander Jager €42,000 4th Frank Dollinger €33,000 5th Jesper Hoog €26,000 6th Chris Williamson €21,000 7th Bodo Sbrzesny €17,000 8th Marek Tatar €14,000 9th Lubomir Kudlicka €11,000

WPT Hollywood Poker Open Casino: Hollywood Casino, Lawrenceburg, Indiana 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Mike Scarborough $273,664 2nd Erik Seidel $155,103 3rd William Reynolds $110,788 4th Thomas Marchese $77,551 5th Andy Whetstone $62,041 6th Ali Eslami $50,962

Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Casino: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Taylor von Kriegenbergh $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, Nevada 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 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Scott Seiver $1,618,344 2nd Farzad Bonyadi $1,061,900 3rd Galen Hall $589,355 4th Roger Teska $371,665 5th Tony Gargano $278,749 6th Justin Young $225,654

Other Events During season 9 of the WPT there were three special events that did not apply to the Player of the Year standings: The WPT Celebrity Invitational - February 19–20, 2011 - Commerce Casino - prelude to Event #14: L.A. Poker Classic The Silicon Valley Power Challenge - March 13, 2011 - Bay 101 Casino - prelude to Event #15: WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star The WPT World Championship Super High Roller - May 18–19, 2011 - Bellagio - coincident with end of Event #19: WPT World Championship

Season IX Player of the Year

Andy Frankenberger won Player of the Year.

+ Final Standings Rank Name Points 1 Andy Frankenberger 2,100 2 Vivek Rajkumar 2,000 3 Sam El Sayed 1,800 4 Alessio Isaia 1,750 5 Kia Mohajeri 1,700 5 Shannon Shorr 1,700 Top 6 players, including ties.

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