World Poker Tour won by Prahlad Friedman

It was on August 26th that all the poker lovers were gathered at Bicycle Casino. The Legends of Poker was at its peak and finally 2009 champion Prahlad Friedman was awarded $1,009,000 as first prize. With a month which was full of tournaments consisting of Legends of Poker which is the main tournament for Bicycle Casino was started on August 22nd along with the 279 players. The prize was worth $2,625,500. Days of poker participated at its topmost level showed the way to the countdown to the final table where two WSOP 2009 November Nine players- Kevin Schaffel and Steven Begleiter remained.

But soon Steven went out and only Kevin was left to try for the Legends title. The players for the final table collected on August 26th with large number of audience and the tournament will be telecasted on Fox Sports later. After hours of the game play saw Kevin playing with Prahlad where he overcame and won the title of World Poker Tour. He also won prize money of $1,009,000 and Kevin get to win $471,670.

With the enthusiasm for Legends of Poker 2009 is decreasing, the players still have a weekend for participating in Bankroll Rebuilder and Player Appreciation major stack tournaments along with assured thousands of dollars. The players will be having a chance of playing at newly built Bicycle Casino’s Event Center which is a refashioned space and which have gathered appreciation from all Legends players for the all new look.

Poker Operation’s Eveliene Dullhart and Zaven Esmaili initiated many new changes in order to host a superior market along with the staff members and the players. Their joint effort has been successful till now. Kelley O’Hara who is the Marketing Director said that Legends of Poker of this year was quite eventful mainly with the opportunity of hosting events in their new Even Center. The WPT Main Event was quite exciting and it was more exciting to present Prahlad $1 million as the winner of the tournament. CEO Hashem Minaiy and Managing Partner Haig Kelegian shared that they are quite happy with this months’ turnout. They are of the view that all the players should feel at home while playing at Bicycle Casino.