World Poker Tour season 9 results

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Below are the results of season nine of the World Poker Tour (2010–2011)^[1]^[2]

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

**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^[3]
Buy-in: €3,200 + €300
5-Day Event: May 19 – 23, 2010
Number of Entries: 326
Total Prize Pool: 1,034,400€^[4]
Number of Payouts: 36

**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

**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

**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^[5]
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

**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

**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

**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

**Final Table**
Place	Name	Prize
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, Amnéville, France
Buy-in: €3200 + €300
5-Day Event: 2 Nov 2010 to 6 Nov 2010
Number of Entries: 543^[6]
Total Prize Pool: €1,640,000
Number of Payouts: 54

**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, 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

**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

**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

**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 ^[7]
Number of Payouts:

**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

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

**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

**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: 555^[8]
Total Prize Pool:
Number of Payouts: 54

**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 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

**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

**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

**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

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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

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Season IX 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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References

^ "Hendon Mob Poker Database". Pokerdb.thehendonmob.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ worldpokertour.com. "Season IX Schedule". Retrieved 22 August 2010.
^ "Ali Tekintamgac wins WPT Barcelona Spanish Championship". Partypoker.com. 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "WPT Barcelona 2010 Spanish Championship Day 3 Live Updates – Final 9 set". Partypoker.com. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "WPT London – live updates". Partypoker.com. 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "WPT Amneville: 242 make it through to day 2". Partypoker.com. 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ partypoker.com/blog; Alessio Isaia wins WPT Venice – longest HU battle in WPT history
^ Dmitry Gromov Is The WPT Vienna Champion

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