Peter Vilandos won the second WSOP gold bracelet of his poker career the other day, when he came out on top of a $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament, Event #24 of the 2009 World Series of Poker.
With 2,506 players entering, it brought the total prize pool to $3.5 million, with the top 270 finishers cashing in. Pete’s take was the largest, of course, at $607,256. By the end of the first day of this three-day competition, the field already had been winnowed down to below that amount.
Vilandos’ won his first WSOP bracelet in the 1995 World Series of Poker, $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem event.
Runner-up and recipient of the $372,855 second prize was Andy Seth (the same Andy Seth who won the $130,000 top prize in the 2009 World Poker Challenge in Reno this March), and the $248,855 third prize went to Michael Greco.