| 2009 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 1–5 July 2009 | ||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Resort | ||
| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs Final – best of 25 | ||
| Prize fund | £182,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
| High checkout | 164  Adrian Lewis (ENG) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Phil Taylor (ENG) | |||
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The 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic (officially the 2009 PartyPoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic for sponsorship) was a professional darts tournament staged from July 1 to July 5, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the eighth and final staging of the event since the original 2002 edition, and the fourth time it took place at the Mandalay Bay Resort. The tournament was the third of five Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) premier events in the 2009 season. Online gambling website PartyPower.com sponsored the tournament broadcast on Sky Sports.
Phil Taylor, the tournament's defending champion, defeated Raymond van Barneveld by 13 legs to 11 in the final, winning the fifth Las Vegas Desert Classic tournament of his career. He defeated qualifier Jamie Caven in the first round, Dennis Priestley in the second round, Gary Anderson in the quarter-finals and John Part in the semi-finals. Adrian Lewis achieved the tournament's highest checkout, a 164, in the final leg of his first round match against Vincent van der Voort.