2009 WSOP Event 45 Results

Event #45 of the 2009 World Series of Poker was the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em Championship. With a buy in that large we were sure to see several big named players including Kathy Liebert, Vanessa Rousso, Josh Arieh, Erik Seidel and defending champ Nenad Medic.

This event was expected to see at least 300 players enter but by the end of the day only 275 had started and just 85 of those players would be returning for a second day. As the cards started to fly a quick exit was made by several of the players. Day 2 would end with only 14 of the original entrants coming back.

The third day of play saw just two levels before the final table was reached. Within the first hour of Day 3 four players were sent to the rail. When all was said and done it was John Kabbaj who held all the chips, his first WSOP bracelet and $633,335.

Buy-in: $10,000
Entrants: 275
Prize pool: $2,585,000

Final results:

1	Kabbaj, John	$633 335
2	Gerasimov, Kirill	$391 369
3	Baldwin, Eric	$259 534
4	Kitai, Davidi	$183 638
5	Alvarado, J.C.	$138 375
6	Lester, Jason	$110 431
7	Todd, Eugene	$93 085
8	Haxton, Isaac	$82 668
9	Fish, Darryll	$77 136
10	Charania, Mohsin	$57 645
11	Kopp, William	$57 645
12	Kamran, Michael	$57 645
13	Lennaard, Ken	$43 091
14	Pettersson, Thomas	$43 091
15	Rousso, Vanessa	$43 091
16	Langmann, Florian	$32 209
17	Rabin, Gary	$32 209
18	Young, Justin	$32 209
19	Seidel, Erik	$24 066
20	Simon, Samuel	$24 066
21	Brummelhuis, Michiel	$24 066
22	Kenney, Bryn	$24 066
23	Stammen, Keven	$24 066
24	Staudenmaier, Luke	$24 066
25	Kagawa, Masaaki	$24 066
26	Drescher, Daniel	$24 066
27	Lehr, Charles	$24 066