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2009 World Series of Poker

May 26 - July 15 at the Rio in Las Vegas

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2009 WSOP -- The 10 Best Performances of the Summer

by Stephen A. Murphy

As Day 1A of the main event kicks off today, Card Player recognizes 10 players whose 2009 World Series performances simply stood out above the rest. It was a year for the ages. Four players won multiple bracelets, pros took down a majority of the events offered, and these players stunned and amazed the gallery with Continued ...

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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker Events

Day 1A

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Player of the Year

	Player	2009 POY Points	2009 POY Winnings
1	Vitaly Lunkin	4,337	$3,140,037
2	Eric Baldwin	4,060	$1,029,892
3	Angel Guillen	3,492	$943,268
4	Cornel Andrew Cimpan	3,450	$1,773,374
5	Brock Parker	3,132	$776,433
6	Jeffrey Lisandro	3,018	$781,252
7	Poorya Nazari	3,000	$3,000,000
8	Jude Ainsworth	2,840	$1,009,885
9	Jon Turner	2,788	$627,726
10	James Van Alstyne	2,756	$549,057
11	Chris Moore	2,710	$563,822
12	Matt Hawrilenko	2,664	$1,153,147
13	Panayote Vilandos	2,640	$1,080,539
14	Martin Jacobson	2,608	$477,536
15	Peter Rho	2,600	$1,009,215

Online Player of the Year

	Player	2009 OPOY Points	2009 OPOY Winnings
1	Shaun Deeb	6,690	$662,181
2	Steve Gross	6,108	$841,591
3	Aditya Agarwal	5,428	$472,997
4	Nick M.	5,386	$474,429
5	Nicholas Grippo	5,148	$494,333
6	David Sands	4,860	$551,424
7	Chris Moorman	4,808	$537,479
8	Jeremiah Vinsant	4,806	$542,091
9	Thayer Rasmussen	4,684	$373,275
10	Dan Martin	4,536	$373,701
11	Jonathan Delong	4,472	$495,520
12	Hunter Frey	4,428	$360,345
13	David Baker	4,324	$573,061
14	Casey Jarzabek	4,290	$357,358
15	Jason Koon	4,226	$641,921

World Tracker

Country	1st Place Finishes	2nd Place Finishes	3rd Place Finishes	Total Medals
United States	174	171	182	527
Australia	16	16	20	52
Canada	13	15	8	36
United Kingdom	12	14	13	39
Germany	12	7	5	24
Italy	9	4	2	15
Denmark	6	8	3	17
Russian Federation	5	5	4	14
Sweden	4	6	7	17
France	2	7	5	14

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