The 2009 WSOP Europe Main Event attracted 334 entrants and created a prize pool of £3,340,000. The final table would see six countries represented, while both James Akenhead and Antoine Saout amazingly followed reaching the WSOP Main Event final table by reaching the WSOP Europe final table in a similar fashion to Ivan Demidov the previous year. Daniel Negreanu returned to the final table after finishing fifth the previous year, but his run would end in second-place when Barry Shulman collected his second WSOP bracelet, the £801,603 first-place prize, and the title of 2000 WSOP Europe champion.