2009 WSOP - Marc Naalden Wins Event 38 - $2,0

Marc Naalden from Holland won Event 38, $2,000 Limit Hold'em, at the 2009 World Series of Poker and took home $190,770 in prize money.

Naalden is a 40-year-old professional poker player, and the second WSOP gold bracelet winner in history from Holland. He actually lives in Antwerp, Belgium, which is located near the Dutch border, but he is a Dutch citizen.

The Dutchman was chip leader at the start of the final table and never lost his lead during any point on Day 3.

Marc Naalden wins 2009 WSOP Event 38

"Yeah, you tend to over-exaggerate your chances because you have a big chip lead.  But (I) only had 25 percent of the chips in play.  So, I have only about a 25 percent chance of winning.  And, plus the fact there are quite a few strong players - so I thought to myself, don't get too excited.  But I went on a big heater," Naalden said after the tournament.

Naalden's toughest adversary was clearly the runner up Steve Cowley.  It took about three hours to eliminate the players who finished third through ninth.  It took another two hours to eliminate Cowley.

"It's great.  This is my fourth WSOP.  I have played in a lot of events....and third place was my best finish.  It is very hard to win a WSOP event.  Finally, after all of those efforts, it feels fantastic."

2009 WSOP Event 38 - Limit Hold'em

Buy-in: $2,000
Entrants: 446
Prize pool: $811,720

Final results:

1	Naalden, Marc	$190 770
2	Cowley, Steven	$117 902
3	Johns, Ian	$77 576
4	Hang, Tommy	$54 182
5	Keating, Alex	$39 977
6	Qutami, Danny	$31 088
7	O'Dell, Jared	$25 439
8	Painter, Jameson	$21 819
9	Porter, Rep	$19 594
10	Young, Douglas	$14 156
11	Blaustein, Nancy	$14 156
12	Burke, Ron	$14 156
13	Li, Yan	$10 544
14	Baker, David	$10 544
15	Pirone, Anthony	$10 544
16	Strath, Henric	$8 019
17	Hellmuth, Phil	$8 019
18	Thorpe, Michael	$8 019
19	Furst, Rafael	$6 169
20	Rivkin, Eric	$6 169
21	Mcbride, Shaun	$6 169
22	Lichtie, Matthew	$6 169
23	Laberge, Robert	$6 169
24	Rodriguez, Julio	$6 169
25	Cospolich, Brian	$6 169
26	Negreanu, Daniel	$6 169
27	Kelly, Matthew	$6 169
28	Haakenson, Erik	$4 902
29	McHenry, Stuart	$4 902
30	Martens, Andreas	$4 902
31	Dames, Matthew	$4 902
32	Tran, Hien	$4 902
33	Mudd, Christopher	$4 902
34	Westfall, Stephen	$4 902
35	Kravchenko, Alexander	$4 902
36	Cordovez, Diego	$4 902
37	Morozov, Alexander	$3 953
38	Breeden, Robert	$3 953
39	Chu, Hansu	$3 953
40	McRoberts, Richey	$3 953
41	Wong, Fu	$3 953
42	Wassermann, Marvin	$3 953
43	Doshi, Suresh	$3 953
44	Shamseddin, Soheil	$3 953
45	Wagner, Jeffrey	$3 953