Eric Buchman - 50,975,000
Darvin Moon - 42,050,000
Steven Begleiter - 41,750,000
Antoine Saout - 25,225,000
Phil Ivey - 16,700,000
Joseph Cada - 11,750,000
Jeff Shulman - 7,125,000
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
Eric Buchman - 50,975,000
Darvin Moon - 42,050,000
Steven Begleiter - 41,750,000
Antoine Saout - 25,225,000
Phil Ivey - 16,700,000
Joseph Cada - 11,750,000
Jeff Shulman - 7,125,000
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It brings
, and Ivey checks. Begleiter follows up his preflop actions with a bet of 1,750,000. After some deliberation, Ivey calls.The turn is the
, and both men check.On the river, the
draws a leading bet from Ivey. He makes it 2,500,000 to Beglieter who sits motionless with his head resting on his hands. He finally loosens up his posture a little bit as he ponders the decision before him. He stares over at Ivey to try and pick something up, and that's like trying to read a book that's written in a foreign language. It's not clear whether or not he gleans any information from that staredown, but he eventually ends up sliding his cards back to the dealer, and the pot goes to Ivey.That pot moves the crowd favorite up to 16,700,000.
Kevin Schaffel has had quite a run this year in poker tournaments. He was unfortunate to have his aces cracked by Eric Buchman's pocket kings here in the WSOP Main Event to bust out in 8th place. Gloria Balding caught up with the oldest member of the November Nine for an interview after his bust out.
Saout is stone-still, head leaning on his right hand, for thirty seconds. He then announces that he is all in for a total of 21,125,000. It's effectively an 8.0 million chip raise back to Shulman, because Saout has Shulman covered and that's how many chips Shulman has behind his re-raise.
Shulman tanks for more than a minute. Tanking preflop to an all-in raise is usually a sign of a fold coming. And yes, Shulman folds here. He's left with about 8,125,000 in chips, while Saout climbs to 26,225,000