2009 WSOP - Peter Traply Wins Event 41 - $5,0

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