FOLEY TAKES WSOP EVENT 39
26 June 2009
Three final survivors were all from the
United States
Ray Foley (37) of Northville, Michigan, is the victor in
Event #39 - the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em
competition at the 2009 World Series of Poker. The event
drew an entry field of 2 715 and delivered a prize pool
of $3 705 975, with 26 players surviving through to the
final day, where it took five hours to reach the
following final table:
Seat 1: Chairud
Vangchailued - 875 000
Seat 2: Tyler Spalding - 1 485
000
Seat 3: Patrick O'Connor - 580 000
Seat 4:
Brandon Cantu - 880 000
Seat 5: Alex Jacob - 2 200
000
Seat 6: Ray Foley - 2 860 000 - chip leader and
eventual winner
Seat 7: Richard Lutes - 1 555 000
Seat 8: Wei Mu - 1 370 000
Seat 9: Jonathan Markham -
400 000
Foley, who has played in four major live
tournaments including this one to accrue career winnings
of $733 031, managed to maintain his lead through much
of the tournamet and into the final table action.
The Foley vs. Brandon Cantu heads up was decided
when Wei Mu was eliminated in third place for a $269 609
payday. By that time Cantu had opened up a chip lead of
around 1.8 million on his opponent, and half-an-hour
into the game it looked as if Cantu was headed for his
second WSOP bracelet.
It was not to be however,
with Foley enjoying a marvellous run of cards to put the
final shine on his talented play, sending Cantu to the
cashier with a second placing reward of $403 951, and
collecting the main prize of $657 969 and his first WSOP
bracelet.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
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