2010 WSOP: James Dempsey Wins Event #9 $1,500 Buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em

James Dempsey, one of England's top online poker pros from Brighton, UK, was the big winner of Event #9 $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em tournament. James Dempsey outlasted 650 players to win a first place cash prize of $197K amd his first WSOP bracelet. James Dempsey became the second Englishman to win a WSOP bracelet, following the win by the Hendon Mob's Praz Bansi in an earlier No Limit Hold'em event.

Several English supporters cheered on the win for James Dempsey throughout the eight hours of final table action, making the final table scene look more like a soccer match rather than a poker event. Things were so loud that ironically Mike "The Mouth" Matusow complained that the boisterous fans were too noisy. Well, you're loud that way too, Matusow!

The runner-up was Steve Chanthabouasy of Portland, Oregon, who collected a $121K prize.

Third place went to Joanne "JJ" Liu of Las Vegas, Nevada, who cashed $86K, making her 14th ITM finish in the WSOP.

Fourth place went to Mark Babekov of Farilawn, New Jersey, who won $62K.

Fifth place went to Scott Haraden of San Diego, California, who won $45K.

Sixth place finisher was Amen Kara from Brea, California, who earned $33K.

Seventh place went to Joseph Williams of Winnipeg, Canada, and he earned $25K.

At eighth place was Edward Brogodon of Thorndale, Arizona, who colelcted $19K.

First to bust from the final table at ninth place was Gregg Wikerson of Denver, Colorado, who earned $14K.

Event winner James Dempsey made a comment about winning his first WSOP bracelet, and said, “It’s great to win a tournament. But there’s no reason why this should hold any edge of another tournament. You play for money. Like someone can come in third in a tournament and make like $300,000 but if you win another event you might get first and its $200,000 – that to me does not make any sense at all. Poker players play for money. It’s great to win a major tournament. But I just think there’s too much put onto winning a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. You want to try and win one, of course. You win more money. But you see people playing three events at the same time. It’s just stupid.”