Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 2009 WSOP - Peter Traply Wins Event 41 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Peter Traply from Budapest, Hungary won Event 41, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, at the 2009 World Series of Poker and took home $348,755 in prize money.
Traply, a 22-year-old professional poker player, is the first Hungarian WSOP champion in history. The best previous finish by a Hungarian player was Richard Toth, who finished second in 2006.
Peter Traply wins 2009 WSOP Event 41
"It's amazing. I am really, really happy. This is one of my poker dreams and it came true," Traply said after the tournament.
Tarply was cheered to victory by about a dozen Hungarian supporters, chanting songs and slogans in their native language.
When Tarply won, he was draped by a Hungarian flag with the national colors, red, green and white.
"In Hungary, the poker is growing very fast. There is a poker boom right now. And, I think it will be bigger after I won my bracelet," Traply said.
"I think I will be a national hero, or something."
2009 WSOP Event 41 - No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Buy-in: $5,000
Entrants: 280
Prize pool: $1,316,000
Final results:
1 | Traply, Peter | $348 755 |
2 | Lichtenberger, Andrew | $215 402 |
3 | Lykov, Max | $145 062 |
4 | Wong, Danny | $105 609 |
5 | El Nasr, Nasr | $82 697 |
6 | Boatman, Barny | $16 739 |
7 | Pham, David | $16 739 |
8 | Ivey, Phil | $16 739 |
9 | Feldman, Peter | $16 739 |
10 | Radoja, Mark | $16 739 |
11 | Wilf, Saar | $16 739 |
12 | Kibler-Melby, Cort | $16 739 |
13 | Kitai, Davidi | $16 739 |
14 | Hughes, Ryan | $16 739 |
15 | Baker, David | $16 739 |
16 | Filtz, Justin | $16 739 |
17 | Veldhuis, Alexander | $16 739 |
18 | Benelli, Andrea | $16 739 |
19 | Gaspard, Jean | $16 739 |
20 | Hougaard, Lars | $16 739 |
21 | Isra, Roland | $16 739 |
22 | Harmon-Traniello, Jennifer | $16 739 |
23 | Teltscher, Mark | $16 739 |
24 | Makhija, Amit | $16 739 |
25 | Heath, Jonathan | $16 739 |
26 | Frerichs, Jeffrey | $16 739 |
27 | Serock, Joseph | $16 739 |
28 | Mercaldo, Micahel | $16 739 |
29 | Monnette, John | $16 739 |
30 | Channing, Neil | $16 739 |
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