WSOP 2009

[lion heart]

i feel the pain of the guy who ran 28th, ak vs aq aipf qqqqqqqqqq on river how sick!

28th to 27th was about a 100k jump in prizemoney

Beats like that do make you sick but thats poker!

[JK]

Good to see some of the more recognisable names in the final 27 this year, didn't seem to be the case last year (granted some were known, but not players that receive as much TV coverage as Ivey, the Magician and Schulman)

[Davey Carlson]

i feel the pain of the guy who ran 28th, ak vs aq aipf qqqqqqqqqq on river how sick!

28th to 27th was about a 100k jump in prizemoney

Beats like that do make you sick but thats poker!

life could be worse..... he still got at 257k payday

[lion heart]

14 LEFT;

Chip Counts


Eric Buchman 28,670,000


Steven Begleiter 27,260,000


Darvin Moon 23,800,000


Joseph Cada 19,465,000


Jordan Smith 18,840,000


Jeff Shulman 13,800,000


Billy Kopp 13,500,000


Antoine Saout 12,420,000


Kevin Schaffel 10,630,000


Phil Ivey 7,325,000


Ben Lamb 5,200,000


James Akenhead 5,090,000


James Calderaro 5,000,000


Jamie Robbins 1,340,000

[lion heart]

The final table is set! Just got this of the WSOP website;

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:04:50
Meet Your November Nine
What a day of poker! If you asked anyone in the media when we got here this morning if we thought the tournament would be down to its final nine players -- the November Nine -- before 11pm, we would have laughed and challenged you to put your whole bankroll on it. Yet here we are, just shy of 11pm, with the final nine players bagging and tagging for the night. But that's getting slightly ahead of the action. We started today at noon with 27 players. Leo Margets, the sole woman in the field, was the first elimination just twenty minutes into the day. That seemed to set the tone for play, as players got their chips into the middle with glee. Before we finished the first level of play, three more players were eliminated, including the good-for-television Antonio Esfandiari. All through the day, players continued to be eliminated at a rapid pace. We thought there would be mini-bubbles at 19 left, 16 left, and 13 left. In fact there were no such bubbles. The big stacks did their jobs today, as Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter and Billy Kopp all applied relentless pressure on the short stacks. It was unfortunate for Kopp that he ran a small flush into a bigger flush and went busto in 12th place, a classic elimination that is sure to haunt Kopp for a long time. Of course there's one other player whom everyone was watching today. Some consider him to be the greatest player in the world; all were hoping he'd make the final table. Phil Ivey started off trending dangerously downwards, but he seemed to recognize what many other players did not -- the stacks were still relatively deep and the levels were still two-hours long. No need to panic. Ivey didn't panic, and as a result he secured a spot in the November Nine. When Jordan Smith said "Good night, Moon" and exited in tenth place, the November Nine were determined. Here they are!

Darvin Moon - 58,930,000
James Akenhead - 6,800,000
Phil Ivey - 9,765,000
Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000
Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000
Eric Buchman - 34,800,000
Joe Cada - 13,215,000
Antoine Saout - 9,500,000
Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000

Moon will be the chip leader for the next four months. Many will argue that this is the most talented Main Event final table to have been assembled in years. They'll have almost four months to argue back and forth over which player they think has the best shot. The final table festivities will take place from November 7 - 10.