The 2009 Foxwoods World Poker Finals $10,000 no-limit championship became a showdown between the two initial final table chip leaders, with Texas poker pro Cornel Andrew Cimpan winning $910,058, along with the championship trophy, commemorative leather jacket, and a $25,500 entry to the World Poker Tour in Las Vegas.
The final table got underway just after 4 p.m., and heads-up action commenced seven hours later, at 11 p.m. Play went back and forth for two hours, with Cornel Cimpan and Soheil Shamseddin of Houston, TX sweating-out three all-in showdowns during their
battle.
Cimpan won the first two as a short stack, then took the final confrontation to capture the championship. In the final hand, Shamseddin called with Ks-Jd. Cimpan held As-Jh. The board was 3d-8h-7h-Qc-7s. Neither player's hand improved, but Cornel Cimpan won the championship with ace high, relegating Soheil to second place, where he picked up $463,332 for his efforts
FOXWOODS CASINO 11/5-11/09
WORLD POKER FINALS
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $9,700
PLAYERS 353
PRIZE POOL $3,321,377
1. Cornel Cimpan . . . $910,058
2. Soheil Shamseddin $463,332
3. Matt Stout . . . . . . . $265,710
4. Eric Froehlich . . . . $232,496
5. Curt Kohlberg . . . . $199,283
6. Lee Markholt . . . . . $166,069
7. Ken James . . . . . . . $132,855
8. Steve Brecher . . . . . . $99,641
9. Adam Levy . . . . . . . . $66,438
11/8/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 144
PRIZE POOL $48,888
1. Eric Kitain . . . . . . . . $14,667
2. Victor Amereno . . . . . $8,331
11/7/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $910
PLAYERS 96
PRIZE POOL $84,739
1. Paul Freedman . . . . $22,456
2. Sherwin Agard . . . . . $22,456
3. Eric Baldwin . . . . . . . $9,745
11/6/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $910
PLAYERS 39
PRIZE POOL $34,425
1. Uri Kadosh . . . . . . . . $10,425
2. David Espinola . . . . . . $7,000
