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9 facts about the WSOP Event 20, $2,000 Limit Hold 'Em, where Daniel Negreanu won his 4th WSOP bracelet, that you may not have known.

• The $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em championship attracted 480 entrants. The total prize pool amounted to $873,600. The top 45 finishers collected prize money.

• This tournament enjoyed a slight increase over last year's attendance when 472 players signed up. The 2007 champion was Saiffuddin Ahmad. He did not register this year to play this year.

• The tournament was played over three consecutive days. On Day Three, the final table was dealt out on the ESPN stage, also known as the "feature table."

• Six of the final nine players at the final table were born outside the United States - with Canada represented twice, China represented twice, Vietnam represented once, and Turkey represented once.

• The final table began play at 2:30 pm and ended at 9:10 pm.

• The second-place finisher was Ugur Marangoz, from Las Vegas, NV. Marangoz is originally from the Republic of Turkey. He is the highest Turkish-born finisher in WSOP history.

• Other than Negreanu, only one former WSOP gold bracelet winner cashed in this event -- Brett "Gank" Jungblut (44th place).

• Through the conclusion of Event #20, the professionals versus amateurs WSOP gold bracelet scoreboard currently reads: Professionals (14) and Amateurs (4). Note: Two events have been won by Semi-Pros (2).

• Through the conclusion of Event #20, only one player has cashed five times to date - Nikolay Evdakov, from Moscow, Russia. Evdakov is in serious contention to challenge the record set for "Most WSOP Cashes in a Single Year," shared by Michael Binger (2007) and Humberto Brenes (2006), with eight in-the-money strikes. One player has cashed four times - Craig Gray.

• The current Milwaukee's Best Light "Player of the Year" standings shows Erick Lindgren on top of the points list with one gold bracelet win and three cashes.