WSOP 2009

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Event #56, $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed, Final Results

Official Report
Event #56
Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $5,000
Number of Entries: 928
Total Net Prize Pool: $4,361,600
Number of Places Paid: 90
First Place Prize: $1,003,218
June 30-July 2, 2009

Event Headlines

1. Matt Hawrilenko Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet

2. Boston Poker Pro Wins $1 Million Cash Prize

3. On Eve of Main Event, Hawrilenko Wins Third-Largest Cash Prize of 2009 WSOP

The Champion

The 2009 World Series of Poker $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em champion is Matt Hawrilenko, from Boston, MA.

Hawrilenko is a 27-year-old poker pro.

Hawrilenko is also known as “Hoss-TBF.”

Hawrilenko is 27-years-old. He is a graduate of Princeton University. He earned his degree in Public Policy Administration.

Prior to becoming a poker pro, Hawrilenko was an options trader. He worked for the Susquehanna Financial Group, which has fueled a number of highly-skilled former WSOP gold bracelet winners, including Bill Chen, Jay Sipelstein, Eric Brooks, Jerrod Ankenman, Matt Glanz, and Rep Porter.

This was Hawrilenko’s third final table appearance at this year’s WSOP.

Hawrilenki collected $1,003,218 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

This amounts to the third-highest first place prize at this year’s WSOP. Only the $40,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event and the $50,000 buy-in HORSE event generated higher first place prizes.

Hawrilenko becomes the 131st “WSOP Millionaire” in history, which is defined as players who have won in excess

According to official records, Hawrilenko now has 1 win, 5 final table appearances, and 13 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP. His career WSOP earnings now total $1,288,948.

The Final Table / In-the-Money Finishers --

The final table included no former WSOP gold bracelet winners. This was the 17th final table at this year’s WSOP which guaranteed a first-time winner.

The runner up was Josh Brikis, from Pittsburgh, PA. He collected a very respectable $619,608 for second place.

Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Daniel Schreiber, Bill Edler, William Childs, David Chiu, Blair Hinkle, Davidi Kaiati, Ken Aldridge, Burt Boutin, Alex Kravchenko, Bill Chen, and Phil Hellmuth.

Phil Hellmuth’s 24th-place finish in this event was the 74th cash if his WSOP career. This ranks first on the all-time cashes list, which is Men “the Master” Nguyen’s 230th-place showing in this event gives him 65 cashes at the WSOP. This currently ranks second on the all-time list.

Odds and Ends

This was the fourth-largest prize pool of the 2009 WSOP.

The $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Six-handed championship attracted 928 entries. The total prize pool amounted to $4,361,600. The top 90 finishers collected prize money.

The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

The tournament officially began on Tuesday, June 29th, at 12 noon. The tournament officially ended on Friday, July 3rd, at 1:30 am.

Final Results

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