Brock Parker has the respect of his peers. A player that first established himself online, Parker defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up to win the $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold’em tournament, Event 14, of the 2009 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The triumph was Parker’s first at a WSOP.

“He’s an online legend, and it’s well deserved,” Alex Borteh, who won a gold bracelet in 2007, said. “People don’t know Brock because he does not post on poker forums all day or draw attention to himself. He is a below-the-radar kind of guy.”

Negreanu, the winner of four WSOP events, has now finished second three times.

Overall, 36 places paid.

Event 14

Six-Handed Limit Hold’em

Buy-in: $2,500

Entries: 367

Payouts

1. Brock Parker, Silver Spring, MD … $223,697
2. Daniel Negreanu, Las Vegas … $138,280
3. Tommi Horkko, Tampere, Finland … $89,660
4. Kevin Hong, Las Vegas … $60,884
5. Barry Shulman, Las Vegas … $43,201
6. Kyle Ray, Fayetteville, GA … $31,966
7. James Buckley, Las Vegas … $23,178
8. Shawn Buchanan, Abbotsford, British Columbia … $23,178
9. Nikolay Losev, Moscow, Russia … $16,814
10. Robert Como, Trabuco Canyon, CA … $16,814