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2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
November Nine Final Table
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$27,220,989
Entries
9
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Gloria Balding caught up with Justin Bonomo to get his take on the final table and his pick to win. His pick may not be the one you'd expect, but Bonomo has good reason for why he thinks this player is the current favorite to take it all down.
As my blogging partner FerricRamsium mentioned in a hand a few moments ago, one of the tried and true maxims of tournament reporting is that pre-flop tankers almost always fold. Ivey is deep in the tank, and we can see his tongue working against the inside of his cheek as he thinks about what to do. It seems none of the rules apply to Ivey, because he makes the call!
Ivey:
Cada:
Cada looks like he's going to cry when he sees Ivey's hand, though if Ivey weren't going to fold a race is about the best that Cada could hope for. There's no help for Ivey on a flop of
. Cada's supporters and pleading for the dealer to brick out the board. They get one brick on the 
turn and a second with the 
river!There are shrieks and cheers from one section of the theater. They're all wearing yellow shirts in support of Joe Cada. The *entire rest of the theater* is sitting mute, no doubt unhappy to see Ivey take a hit. He's down to 10.3 million; Cada's up to about 12.5 million.
.Both players check the
turn. When the river falls 
, they both check again. Jack Effel calls out an "eight-high" for Moon and a "ten-high" for Ivey. Ivey's ten drags the pot.