Top Ten Moments for Team Bodog and Bodog Pros at 2009 WSOP

by Bodog Poker | Jul 21 2009

1. Alper "thunderfx" Sar reaches Day 6 and finishes the WSOP Main Event in 85th place. Sar pockets $57,991 for the deep finish, which was better than any other Team Bodog member. At one point his chip stack was as big as 1.9 million, but some bad luck knocked him out before he could reach the big payouts.

2. Jean-Robert Bellande knocks out David "Chino" Rheem after getting placed at a tough table on Day 1. Bellande turned a set queens and then rivered a full house. The hand was important for Bellande, who was able to get his stack back to 30K which he later built on.

3. Justin Bonomo had 517K at the end of Day 3. After hitting a set that held up for him, Bonomo put himself into contention after chipping up to 517K. He was up with the top stacks at that time in the tournament, but went out on Day 4 in 442nd place. The finish was worth $25K.

4. Robert "rmobley65" Mobley started Day 4 with 55,500 in chips but ended up going out in 568th place. He collected $23,196, making for a nice payday considering he won his seat in the event. Only Bodog Team Pro Justin Bonomo and Alper "thunderfx" Sar went deeper than Mobley did.

5. Ryan "rjules12" Julius was the only Team Bodog member to play on Day 1-a, and he cruised through the first day without major issues. But on Day 2-a he lit up the competition and built his chip stack up to 103,700 by the time play completed; it put him up with the biggest stacks at the time.

6. Bonomo quickly builds his chip stack with a couple of key hands on Day 2-b. After doubling up with a nut flush, and then taking down a big pot with pocket aces, he had nice stack of 223,300 which was more than double the chip stack average at the time.

7. David "DARKHELMET13" Lee led all Team Bodog qualifiers after the Day 1's were complete with a stack of 53,050. Unfortunately Lee wasn't around very long on Day 2 and was soon sent to the rail with nothing to show for his efforts.

8. Evelyn Ng displays her Rock Star skills at the Bodog WSOP Party at the "Kingpin Suite" at the Palms Hotel and Casino. Ng was looking for some side action in the exclusive 25th-floor suite, but no one was willing to put their money where their mouth was against the Team Bodog Pro.

9. Bonomo finishes in fifth place in the inaugural $40K Invitational and wins $413K. It was one of six cashes that Bonomo had at this year's WSOP, totaling over $450K in winnings.

10. David Williams finishes in fourth place in the $1500 Limit Holdem Shootout, narrowly missing winning his second WSOP bracelet. He had two other WSOP cashes this year; a 16th-place finish in the $10K PLO World Championship for nearly $35K, and his 597th-place finish in the Main Event for another $21K.