The 2009 WSOP $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em champion is Matt Hawrilenko
Source: WSOP
Jul 4, 2009 - 5:48:54 AM
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2009 World Series of Poker Presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Official Report
Event #56
Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $5,000
Number of Entries: 928
Total Net Prize Pool: $4,361,600
Number of Places Paid: 90
First Place Prize: $1,003,218
June 30-July 2, 2009
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The 2009 World Series of Poker $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em champion is Matt Hawrilenko, from Boston, MA. |
Tournament Highlights
The Champion
• The 2009 World Series of Poker $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em champion is Matt Hawrilenko, from Boston, MA.
• Hawrilenko is a 27-year-old poker pro.
• Hawrilenko is also known as “Hoss-TBF.”
• Hawrilenko is 27-years-old. He is a graduate of Princeton University. He earned his degree in Public Policy Administration.
• Prior to becoming a poker pro, Hawrilenko was an options trader. He worked for the Susquehanna Financial Group, which has fueled a number of highly-skilled former WSOP gold bracelet winners, including Bill Chen, Jay Sipelstein, Eric Brooks, Jerrod Ankenman, Matt Glanz, and Rep Porter.
• This was Hawrilenko’s third final table appearance at this year’s WSOP.
• Hawrilenki collected $1,003,218 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.
• This amounts to the third-highest first place prize at this year’s WSOP. Only the $40,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event and the $50,000 buy-in HORSE event generated higher first place prizes.
• Hawrilenko becomes the 131st “WSOP Millionaire” in history, which is defined as players who have won in excess
• According to official records, Hawrilenko now has 1 win, 5 final table appearances, and 13 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP. His career WSOP earnings now total $1,288,948.
The Final Table / In-the-Money Finishers
• The final table included no former WSOP gold bracelet winners. This was the 17th final table at this year’s WSOP which guaranteed a first-time winner.
• The runner up was Josh Brikis, from Pittsburgh, PA. He collected a very respectable $619,608 for second place.
• Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Daniel Schreiber, Bill Edler, William Childs, David Chiu, Blair Hinkle, Davidi Kaiati, Ken Aldridge, Burt Boutin, Alex Kravchenko, Bill Chen, and Phil Hellmuth.
• Phil Hellmuth’s 24th-place finish in this event was the 74th cash if his WSOP career. This ranks first on the all-time cashes list, which is Men “the Master” Nguyen’s 230th-place showing in this event gives him 65 cashes at the WSOP. This currently ranks second on the all-time list.
Odds and Ends
• This was the fourth-largest prize pool of the 2009 WSOP.
• The $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Six-handed championship attracted 928 entries. The total prize pool amounted to $4,361,600. The top 90 finishers collected prize money.
• The tournament was played over three consecutive days.
• The tournament officially began on Tuesday, June 29th, at 12 noon. The tournament officially ended on Friday, July 3rd, at 1:30 am.
All WSOP Photos Credit IMPDI 2009
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