The winner of Event 39 at the 2009 World Series of Poker is Jay Foley, a 37 year old poker player from Northville, Michigan, and new owner of a WSOP gold bracelet. The event was a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event, one of many, and in the end it got down to Foley and pro poker player Brandon Cantu, who was the favorite. In the end Foley rode a wave of good cards to pick up $657,969. Cantu took $403,951 for second. This year is the 40th anniversary of the World Series of Poker.