Poker By the Numbers: November 2009

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Poker By the Numbers is a monthly article series where we review the preceding weeks and pull out some figures, stats and ratios that offer an interesting peek into the odd world that is the pokerverse. Below is the PBN for November 2009:

Amount that Brandon Cantu raised for charity by allowing himself to be tasered on behalf of a fellow poker player he had berated at the tables: $4,000

Amount of loss rebate Harrah’s allegedly offered Terry Watanabe on monthly gambling losses over $500,000: 15%

Amount Wantanbe is now saying he lost in a civil suit he filed against Harrah’s: $112 million

Number of months the Treasury Department decided to delay mandatory compliance by banks and other financial institutions with the UIGEA: 6

Number of pounds of meatballs eaten by Joey Chestnut at the Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship, a side event at the WSOP that Phil Hellmuth bailed on at the last minute: 6

Number of $1,000 buy in events that appeared on a leaked schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker: 6

Number of such events in 2008: 0

Amount that Tom Dwan won in the live version of the durrrr Challenge: $795,500

Amount that Dwan’s signing with Full Tilt Poker is rumored to be worth annually: $2 million

Amount that Dwan is down in the games on Full Tilt Poker since November 1st, 2009: $-6.373.785,27

Number of days after winning the British Columbia Poker Championship that Sophon Sek was arrested on manslaughter charges: 1

Number of players in the $25,000 buy in Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-up Championship tournament on Full Tilt Poker: 35

Number of online MTTs (according to OPR), played by Shaun Deeb since 2007, who recently announced he was quitting tournament poker: 25,927

Ratio of Deeb’s online cashes to his in the money finishes in WSOP events: 430:1

Number of slots remaining in the Brunson 10 after the signing of Dani Stern: 5

Length, in minutes, of Shark Out of Water, an independent film focused on poker and featuring cameos by Phil Hellmuth and Brad Booth: 18

Amount the state of Florida could generate in new revenue by regulating online poker, according to a report from poker Voters of America: $90 million

Number of inductees this year into the Poker Hall of Fame: 1 (Mike Sexton)

Number of hands it took Joe Cada to defeat Darvin Moon for the 2009 WSOP Main Event Championship title: 88

Difference in payout between 1st and 2nd place: $3,364,114

Approximate number of years it would take Darvin Moon to earn the $5.1m he won for his second place finish working as a logger: 158

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