The owner of a journalistic empire Cardplayer Media and WSOP bracelet holder Barry Shulman won 10 000 Main Event WSOPE 2009 (biggest event of European poker). The final game at a table started with aggressive actions of Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu who had the smallest amount of chips at the table – around 430 000. In just one hour Canadian superpro doubled the amount of his chips. WSOP ME 2009 James Akenhead became first victim at the final table. James was all-in with #A#Q and had to leave the tournament in 2 minutes. He was beaten by Negranu with #Kh#Kc.

Matt Hawrilenko was defeated by the future champion Barry Shulman. A♦ Q♣ became the mortal weapon of Barry Shulman. Matt Hawrilenko held J♦ 7♥ but it was not enough and Hawrilenko had to walk home early.

Other five players were outclassed by lit up Negranu. the member of November Nine Antoine Saout was the first who had to leave the table. He could not benefit from all-in with #5 с 5♦ against Negranu A♠ Q♠. Saout was followed by Cris Bjorin and Marcus Ristola. Ristola set his best ever career result taking with place and big amount of cash. Jason Mercier lost his 90-minutes leadership and then had to quit the game. Praz Bansi was beaten by evening hero Negranu as well.

At the beginning of the final battle between Negranu and Shulman Daniel had almost two times more chips than Barry (6 180 000 vs. 3 850 000). Negranu was a clear favorite of the final duel. One-on-one game lasted about five hours. Shulman was twice critically endangered. For example, once he somehow resisted Negranu AA collecting flash with A♥ 5♥.

The winning hand was a disaster for Negranu. The decisive hand came when Negranu had Q♣ J♦. The flop came down J♣ 8♦ 5♦ and Shulman raised 300 000. Negranu did not expect to be beaten with top pair and tripled the bet. Shulman answered all-in. Daniel had to think for a while to make his decision. Finally he called. Shulman showed his cards, he had # А s # А h. But this clash was not over yet. The turn came down J♥ and it seemed like Shulman does not have a chance. Negranu was just one card away from his another big win. But Fortune did not play on Daniel side this evening and A♦ came on the river!

After such disaster Negranu kept just a few chips and bet all of them receiving pair of fours. Shulman called and won gold WSOPE ME 2009 bracelet with pair of tens. Another ten was flopped and Shulman collected three of a kind. At 5:17 in the morning Shulman became a champion, getting final reward of £801 603.

Final Table Final Standings:

1: Barry Shulman – 801 603

2: Daniel Negreanu – £495 589

3: Praz Bansi – £360 887

4: Jason Mercier – £267 267

5: Markus Ristola – £200 367

6: Chris Bjorin – £150 267

7: Antoine Saout – £114 228

8: Matt Hawrilenko – £87 074

9: James Akenhead – £66 533

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