It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 27 to July 15.

The $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold 'em Main Event began on July 3 with the first of four starting days.

[2] According to news reports, as many as 500 players, including Patrik Antonius, T. J. Cloutier, Layne Flack and Ted Forrest, were denied entry because capacity was filled.

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Harrah's deposited the remaining prizepool of $15,847,250 into a risk-free interest-bearing account back on July 16, 2009 up until November 2, 2009.