2009 WSOP Event 57 - World Championship No Limit Texas Hold 'Em

The last event is the 2009 WSOP Event 57 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em and it is also know as the WSOP Main Event . This is a World Championship event and the winner gets to be titled world champion in addition to getting the gold bracelet. This is the main event of the 2009 WSOP and it has plenty of expectation associated with it. It is scheduled to be held over 13 days. This is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the tournament with viewers from across the globe tuning in to watch its broadcast on television. Last year’s champion was 22-year old Peter Eastgate, the youngest ever winner of this event, who took prize money of $9,152,416. The total prizepool was an incredible $64,333,600. 

The Main Event is the largest poker tournament in the world and plays out every year in the Rio casino. These events are now being televised and this has contributed to the unbelievable increase in poker interest over the last few years. The Main Event of the 2009 World Series of Poker Event 57 has an initial buy-in of $10,000 and the lesser buy-in circuit events all add to the tension and excitement leading to the main event. 

Friday, July 03, 2009 - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Event 57 - World Championship No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em 

$10,000 Buy In

Tournament Updates

2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Begins
It has finally arrived. The culmination of the World Series of Poker is the final event, the main event, the World Championship of No-Limit Texas Hold'em. Over 10,000 players will meet and sit down to begin the game. This is the largest tournament in the entire series, so large in fact that Day "1" is actually spread over the first four days of the tournament. All of the big names will be involved, and there will be no holding back. The main event will take no less than 14 days, so expect a long run.

Day 1 of 2009 WSOP Main Event
Day 1 consists of the first four days. Three thousand players will meet each day to slim out the numbers. Day 1 begins July Third, 2009, at noon PST. After the four days,  Day 2 will commence and will be a two parter. Numbers will still be large, but not nearly as massive as the projected 12,000 there will be on day one. Following a Media event, Day 3 will commence and begin the single days until the final table. The Final Table will consist of a small handful of players, only the best and the luckiest. It will take time until we are able to see this one... and it may not be untill November.

Day 1D of WSOP Main Event
Day 1D came to a close last night with chip counts still fluctuating wildly as thousands of players compete in the main event. Current chip leader is Troy Weber, a player who has one second and third place in WSOP tournaments but never the coveted first place prize. Novice Mikael Ay, an entrant who was almost eliminated, came back to reach 173,900 chips. Mads Wissing runs at 171,000, remaining a strong contestant. Carter King is also above 170,000 chips, leaving the top four in solid positions, though this could go either way with the number of players remaining. Phil Ivey has had a dominant position in the World Series this year, and his 67,000 chips could turn around to push him back to the top. Ray Romano will not be coming back to the tables this year, as he was ejected yesterday. Vanessa Rousso has been run down to 6,350 chips, so her continued existence at these tables could come to an abrupt end very quickly moving in to the next day. Hellmuth remains in the tournament with just over 27,000 chips, with Doyle Brunson and Annie Duke already out of the game. This year's series has been chalk full of excitement, and this main event is no different.