2009 World Series of Poker: Day Two Recap

May 29, 3:05 PMPoker ExaminerJay "WhoJedi" Newnum

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Day two of the 40th Annual World Series of Poker is in the books.  Here are some of the highlights:

Event #1 - $500 Casino Employees NLHE Day Two

- 866 players entered the tournament but only 81 were left after day one.

- Andrew Cohen, from Las Vegas, NV took down the tournament.  Cohen is originally from New York.

- Cohen takes home the first bracelet of the Series and $83,778.

- The runner up was Paul Peterson, from Las Vegas, NV. 

- The final hand took place when Paul Peterson re-raised all-in with ace-queen.  Andrew Cohen called with pocket sixes.  “I knew it was either a race situation or I had a big lead,” Cohen said later.  The board failed to improve either hand, which meant the pocket sixes won the last pot of the tournament. 

- “The one thing that I always wanted – for any poker player, this is it,” Cohen remarked in reference to winning the first WSOP gold bracelet of 2009.  “I told all these guys here, it’s not about the money to me, and I’m not even a rich guy.  I’m a bartender.  And, I don’t care about the money. You can always get money.  It's the bracelet that counts."

- At 2:20 p.m. there will be a bracelet ceremony to present Cohen with his WSOP Bracelet.

Event #2 - $40,000 NLHE Day One

- 201 of the top players in the world shelled out $40,000 each for a chance at one of the most sought after bracelets this summer.

- The $7,718,400 is the largest non-Main Event prize pool in the history of the WSOP, eclipsing the $7,104,000 prize pool in the 2007 $50,000 HORSE Championship.

- Top 27 finishers get paid with first taking home $1,891,012.

- At the end of the first day of play, 89 players remain.

Top ten end of day one chip counts:

1. Bruno Fitoussi 812,500

2. Chris Moneymaker 805,000

3. Justin Bonomo 738,000

4. Lex Veldhuis 646,500

5. Kyle Wilson 611,500

6. Brian Townsend 609,000

7. Michael DeMichele 519,500

8. Emil Patel 494,500

9.  Alan Sass 491,000

10. Andy Black 449,500

 Day two of the $40,000 NLHE get underway at 2 p.m. today.  Also, Event #3 kicks off at noon, $1,500 Omaha High/Lo Split 8/B.

Photo courtesy of the World Series of Poker.