2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

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Event Info

2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♣9♦
Prize
$8,547,042
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$27,220,989
Entries
9
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
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Hand #119 - Begleiter 4-Bets to Winner

[user75032]
[user75032]
Antoine Saout has the button. Steve Begleiter opens from early position to 1.25 million. Eric Buchman has next action and re-raises to 4.55 million. Action passes back around to Begleiter who re-raises to 11.0 million straight, causing an eerie hush to descend over the whole theater. Buchman thinks about it for maybe a minute and then releases his hand.

Tags: Antoine SaoutSteve Begleiter

Hand #114 - Steve Begleiter

[user66118]
[user66118]
Darvin Moon has the button. Joe Cada opens to 1,250,000 from middle position, and action passed around to Steve Begleiter in the big blind. He pauses for effect before announcing, "I'm all in." Cada gets the message and wastes little time kicking his cards back to the dealer.

Tags: Steve Begleite

After-Dinner Poker

[user66118]
[user66118]
With the spectators already settled into their chairs, the players have finally done the same. After that lengthy dinner break, the cards are back in the air and play has resumed with the final seven. We're gonna play this thing all the way down to heads up tonight.

2009 Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Sexton

[user75032]
[user75032]
Prior to re-starting play, Jeffrey Pollack acknowledged the 2009 inductee to the Poker Hall of Fame, Mike Sexton. He was joined on stage by several other members of the Hall of Fame: Jack Binion, Doyle Brunson, Dewey Tomko, Billy Baxter, T.J. Cloutier and Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth was booed (jokingly) by the crowd when Pollack introduced him.

Sexton kept his remarks mercifully brief. He wished all the remaining players good luck and then said, "Let's shuffle up and deal!"

Of course, the players aren't back at the table yet and the HOFers are mugging for the press so it's going to take a few more minutes to make that happen.

Hallway Chatter

[user122824]
[user122824]
On the way back from dinner, we cornered a couple of poker players to talk about who they think has a chance and who doesn't. Jonathan Little naturally picked "his guy," Steven Begleiter to win. He says Darvin Moon could do well if he doesn't make any huge mistakes, like bluffing off over 15 million chips the way he did earlier. Little also thinks Ivey doesn't have a chance to win. Justin Bonomo didn't really have any picks for us, and Annette Obrestad doesn't think Darvin Moon could have played "that hand" any worse. We have our own picks and in case you missed them, you can click here.
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