House Master claims WSOP title
Collecting $278,804 for first place and a WSOP gold bracelet was thrilled Canadian Jeff Ahmadi. He triumphed in the 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) event.
Bahador ‘Baha’ Ahmadi is also known as Jeff Ahmadi by his friends. The 24 year old was born in Iran and immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of four.
He attended College of the Holy Cross, near Boston on a football scholarship.
Ahmadi attended his first WSOP in 2006. He has not been back to the WSOP since then until this year, saying that he did not want to spend several weeks during the summertime in Las Vegas. career WSOP earnings now total $418,738.
During this year’s WSOP, Ahmadi is sharing a house in Las Vegas on a temporary basis with several other serious poker players. He stated proudly that he was the first gold bracelet winner in his “house.” He added that the group now has three final table appearances, a tenth-place finish, and several cashes.
On his expectations coming into this year’s WSOP: “I planned on playing in every $2,500 event, every $1,500 event, and the Main Event. I expected to do well. I expected to cash. Once I final tabled (Event 13), I thought I would do pretty well.”
On playing mixed games, both Limit and No-Limit Hold’em: “If you are good at both games, you have an edge. In an event like this, you find a lot of No-Limit players who have not played much Limit. So, if you have any edge in Limit, you can do well. I have a strong background in Limit. I found that I was able to really make (major gains) when we were playing Limit. I sat back in the No-Limit and just picked my spots.”
On being surrounded by poker players sharing a summer rental during the 2009 WSOP: “We thought someone from the house would break through and win a gold bracelet. I am just happy it was me.”
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