300 players stepped up to the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Out of those, only five competitors made it to the final table on Day Three.
Andrew Lichtenberger, Nasr El Nasr, Danny Wong, Maxim Lykov and Peter Traply made it through.
After five hours of play, Traply emerged as the champion – besting Andrew Lichtenberger in heads up play. Lichtenberger vs. Traply was a back and forth battle, with some large swings.
The Hungarian took down $348,728 for the win, with $215,403 for Lichtenberger. In the final showdown, Traply won with a higher kicker to go with his tied two pair over Lichtenberger. It was a tight matchup that went to the wire.
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Tags: Live Tourney, Winner, WSOP
Are you sure you made the list correct? My name is not there! Hmmm…. you better check your sources again. Well, at least I dreamed that I won something big like that… Maybe it is better you check the source again. I have a hard time to belive that I only dreamt it, because it was so real.
I lived in a pink little world with a pink little house and a pink little car…. I am pink dabodai dabodi… and my chips are pink too… pink is my color…
Not really, but they call me Fritzson the fish!
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