2009 World Series Of Poker

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The 2009 World Series of Poker is rapidly approaching and some of the games have already ceased registration. The clock is running out, and the big professionals are ready and waiting to wreak their personal havoc on the tournament. The main event, a No-limit Texas Hold 'em Game is the shining light of the Series. Professionals and amateurs alike are congregating in Vegas between May and June to get involved in the action, try their hand at the WSOP Bracelets, and a shot at glory, fame, and wealth. Over fifty events await those who have the sponsorship or bankroll to take part, and it is guaranteed to be a swell time for all those present and watching from home.

The 2009 World Series of Poker will be hosting 57 different events. These events vary by buy-in, rules, and number of players. Anyone may enter, provided they have the cash, and players from all over the world flock to attend the events. The most prestigious award one may receive from a game is a Bracelet signifying their victory. Records are held by certain players who hold multiple bracelets. Financial reward can be in the hundreds of thousands per event.

2009 World Series Of Poker Schedule

The 2009 World Series of Poker runs over the course of two months and it features 57 events, in total. Buy-ins range from $500 dollars up to $50,000 dollars. The most prestigious of all the events is the Final, Main Event - a $10,000 dollar buy-in No-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament. A bracelet is offered on each of the 57 events and is open to all participants who can afford their respective buy-ins. A list of the events, their buy-ins, registration dates, and actual dates are as follows:

2009 World Series Of Poker Favorites

Many names have passed through the World Series of Poker. Some as legends, some as has-beens, some as never-weres. Poker is a very competitive game that not only requires a strict understanding of the rules of the game, but also a deep look into the underlying principles that guide the flow of the game from beginning to end. The great names have done something to revolutionize the game it self, either by lending methods or madness. Deceit, guile, trickery, and a mind capable of performing different computations are all what make the greats truly great and separate them from the wanna-bes that are constantly trying their hands.

Doyle Brunson is one of the most influential names in the poker world and he is always dangerous, especially this year, in the 2009 World Series of Poker. Having several books under his belt, Doyle has advanced the game for novice players and shared some of his secrets. Brunson began his poker career before the game was recognized as something to be harked upon. Brunson was on his way to becoming a national athlete when an incident at a job he held over a summer caused a massive amount of Sheetrock to crush his leg, effectively ruining his shot at athletics. Before this injury, he had played some five-card draw, finding it to be "easy". After the calamity that left him all but legless, he began to play more often. His earnings far outweighed his expenses and he proceeded to earn a bachelor's degree. Post graduation, he took a mundane job as a salesman, but on the first day was invited to seven-card stud game in which he earned over a month's wages in less than 180 minutes. His career as a poker professional then took off. Since then, his total tournament winnings have breached 5.3 million in total. His publication, Super/System, is still used to this day, despite having been written over thirty years ago.

Phil Hellmuth is widely regarding as one of the better poker players world wide. He brings to the table a colorful personality that has invariably led to altercation more than once. Phil Hellmuth is frequently publicized, author of a helpful instructional poker book, as well as the colloquially nicknamed "Poker Brat". He holds the record of having won the most bracelets in the World Series of Poker, having captured 11 victories. He became, in 1989, the youngest player to ever win the World Series of Poker main event at 24. He has cleared ten million dollars in tournament winnings and surely intends on increasing that amount. He, unlike the other professionals whom he is compared with, has only ever won bracelets in Texas Hold 'em, where as poker peers Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan have managed to abscond with bracelets from other variations of poker. Phil looks to add to his bracelet collection in the 2009 World Series of Poker.

Johnny Chan, A China born immigrant to the United States, took the poker world by storm in the 80's by winning two consecutive World Series of Poker Main Events. He was well on his way to a third when a moment of indecision gave the victory to Phil Hellmuth in 1989, simultaneously creating and launching Hellmuth's career into stardom. The two time winner is always a factor to win the 2009 World Series of Poker. In 2005, Chan became the first person to break 10 WSOP bracelets, leading Brunson to ultimately tie with him to be second, right behind Hellmuth who stands at 11 bracelets. His winnings at the World Series alone are over $4,000,000 dollars. He was the last player to win back-to-back Main Events and was even featured in a full length feature film, Rounders. Chan collaborated on an instructional book with Mark Karowe in 2005. The book details several different poker variants. His total winnings of all tournaments stands at nearly eight million dollars over all.

Being one of the major sports that women have equal ground with men, poker has attracted more than a hand full of double X-Chromosomes to the field. Perhaps the most influential female poker player is Annie Duke always a good bet to win the 2009 World Series of Poker. Born Anne LeBarr Lederer, she currently holds one Bracelet from the 2004 WSOP $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event. Having finished a graduate program and ending up with a degree in cognitive psychology, she went on to enter the poker world in 1992. She is nicknamed the Duchess of Poker and has cashed 35 times in the World Series earning her over $1,000,000 dollars in winnings at the WSOP. Her total live tournament winnings exceed $3.5 million. She starred on the Celebrity Apprentice, endorses Ultimate Bet poker, and is a coach on Fox Sports Network's Best Damn Poker Show, sponsored by the aforementioned Ultimate Bet.

Daniel Negreanu, also known as Kid Poker, is a Canadian born card shark with four WSOP bracelets around his wrist and Negreanu is looking to add to his total, entering the 2009 World Series of Poker. He picked up poker at the age of 15 while dreaming of becoming a professional snooker player. His break came in 1997 when he made off with slightly over $55 thousand dollars at a World Poker Finals at Foxwoods. He was also named the tournament's best all-around player. Over the next several years he won three World Series bracelets, two World Poker Tour events, and appearing in a dozen final tables. He was the WSOP Player of the Year in 2004. As of 2008, his winnings exceed $11 million dollars from live tournaments. He is second on the all time money list behind Jamie Gold and is first amongst those who have not won the WSOP main event.