Friday, Jun 26, 2009 2009 WSOP - John Kabbaj Wins Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em

John Kabbaj from London, England won Event 45, $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em, at the 2009 World Series of Poker and took home $633,335 in prize money.

"Poker has changed in the last five years, or so.  Bracelets are a big thing now.  In previous years when I came to the World Series, I really did not play in that many tournaments.  I was a cash specialist.  Pot-Limit is my game and live action is where all the money was.  I won a few big tournaments in Europe.  But I never put a big effort here.  The last few years I really tried, and now it has paid off," Kabbaj said after the tournament.

2009 WSOP Event 45 - World Championship Pot_Limit Hold'em

Buy-in: $10,000
Entrants: 275
Prize pool: $2,585,000

Final results:

1

Kabbaj, John

$633 335

2

Gerasimov, Kirill

$391 369

3

Baldwin, Eric

$259 534

4

Kitai, Davidi

$183 638

5

Alvarado, J.C.

$138 375

6

Lester, Jason

$110 431

7

Todd, Eugene

$93 085

8

Haxton, Isaac

$82 668

9

Fish, Darryll

$77 136

10

Charania, Mohsin

$57 645

11

Kopp, William

$57 645

12

Kamran, Michael

$57 645

13

Lennaard, Ken

$43 091

14

Pettersson, Thomas

$43 091

15

Rousso, Vanessa

$43 091

16

Langmann, Florian

$32 209

17

Rabin, Gary

$32 209

18

Young, Justin

$32 209

19

Seidel, Erik

$24 066

20

Simon, Samuel

$24 066

21

Brummelhuis, Michiel

$24 066

22

Kenney, Bryn

$24 066

23

Stammen, Keven

$24 066

24

Staudenmaier, Luke

$24 066

25

Kagawa, Masaaki

$24 066

26

Drescher, Daniel

$24 066

27

Lehr, Charles

$24 066

 

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