Wsop nov. 9
Congratualtions to Joe Cada, the winner of the WSOP main event 2009!!!
The november nine has been set in this years WSOP, the biggest event on the poker calender has come again and it it a monster of a final table this year including the player who is considered the best in the world Phil Ivey, it just proves that it is not all about luck in the main event. This event just tops off a great WSOP for Phil with two bracelets to his name already putting him in a great position for the player of the year award.
Here are the stack sizes on the final table:
Seat 1: Darvin Moon - 58,930,000
Seat 2: James Akenhead - 6,800,000
Seat 3: Phil Ivey - 9,765,000
Seat 4: Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000
Seat 5: Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000
Seat 6: Eric Buchman - 34,800,000
Seat 7: Joe Cada - 13,215,000
Seat 8: Antoine Saout - 9,500,000
Seat 9: Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000
These nine players will be playing for the number 1 prize of $8,546,435, an incredible sum of money and with that the bracelet, history, fame, and sponsorship deals that go with it.
Darvis Moon goes into the final table with the chip lead and will fancy his chances to stick it out and win the bracelet, he got into the tournament on a satellite for just $130 so a big profit made for him whatever happens on the final table.
It has been yet another successful event in this years WSOP for Phil Ivey and he will fancy his chance to win even with a short stack, he will ned to use all his experience and knowledge at this final table if he is going to be a winner of the main event.
Eric Buchman goes into the final table second in chips however with one double up he will have the chip lead over Darvis Moon. Buchman has already had a good year in the WSOP finishing 6th in the omaha/seven card stud hi/low eight or better event.
Another player with a background in poker at this years november 9 is Jeff Schulman, he is the editor of the famous Card Player magasine, this is the only player on the final table to have been on a main event final table in the past, he finished 7th in the 2000 main event. Before this event he said that if he won the bracelet he would chuckj it in the bin. This is because of how the WSOP don't get along very well with Cardplayer magasine, i'm sure he is eating his words now.
Steven Begleiter has an average strack at the final table, he played in last years main event but did not succeed however this year he is back with vengeance looking to take down his first bracelet.
Joseph Cada is another player with an average stack going into the final table, he is the youngest at the table at 21, he has a chance of breaking the record for the youngest player to win the event, this player has a lot of WSOP experience despite being so young, he has played in 16 WSOP events.
The oldest player at the table is Kevin Schaffel at 51 years of age this player will be looking to use all of his experience to take down this title, he has been playing for 40 years and we will see if this experience will count in this years november 9.
Antoine Saout qualified for this tournament in an online tournament and will be another player guaranteed to make a massive profit in this years WSOP main event.
British hopes rest with James Akenhead he currently is the short stack at the table and will be looking to repeat a Kelly Kim survival method and look to ladder a few places.
This years Wsop final table is set to be one of the best final tables in history, Darvis Moon leads but with Phil Ivey still in the mix and many other promising talents, this tournament has nowhere near been decided, here are the payouts:
1st - $8,546,435
2nd - $5,182,601
3rd - $3,479,485
4th - $2,502,787
5th - $1,953,395
6th - $1,587,133
7th - $1,404,002
8th - $1,300,228
9th - $1,263,602