November Nine Final Table Day 1 | 2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

11-07-2009 13:41 UTC-12

Hand #83 - Joe Cada

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Joe Cada has the button. Steve Begleiter is in middle position and opens the pot to 1,050,000. Eric Buchman folds in front of Cada, who re-raises all in for approximately 8.8 million. Both blinds fold. Begleiter stands up from his seat to get a better look at Cada's stack, then mucks his hand.

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11-07-2009 13:37 UTC-12

Hand #82 - Jeff Shulman

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Eric Buchman has the button. Jeff Shulman opens to 1,500,000 under the gun, and he finds no action.

11-07-2009 13:35 UTC-12

Hand #81 - Antoine Saout

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Steve Begleiter has the button. Antoine Saout comes out for 1,025,000 from under the gun. Each remaining player quickly mucks his hand in turn.

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11-07-2009 13:34 UTC-12

Hand #80 - Darvin Moon

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Phil Ivey has the button. In middle position, Antoine Saout raises to 1,050,000 before Darvin Moon makes it 4,000,000 to dance from the cutoff seat. The rest of the table folds, and Saout does so as well, sending the chips to Moon.

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11-07-2009 13:33 UTC-12

Ivey Color Blind?

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Phil Ivey just found an orange T5,000 chip mixed in with one of his stacks. Those chips were colored up a while ago and are not in play anymore. Ivey simply took the chip off the table and gave it to the tournament staff. Who needs an extra 5,000 anyway?

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11-07-2009 13:33 UTC-12

Hand #79 - Eric Buchman

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Darvin Moon has the button. Eric Buchman opens with a raise from under the gun and takes down the blinds and the antes.

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11-07-2009 13:32 UTC-12

Hand #78 - Darvin Moon

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Jeff Shulman has the button. Again the first five players fold away, and Darvin Moon completes from the cutoff. Phil Ivey taps the table for a free flop from the big, and it's heads up the rest of the way.

The board runs out {7-Hearts}

with the two men check-checking until the river. On the {J-Spades}

, Moon puts out a small bet, and Ivey doesn't waste any time folding. Moon makes a quick comment, and it looked like Ivey responds with a smirk, "I had something."

11-07-2009 13:31 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

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Darvin Moon - 58,075,000
Eric Buchman - 52,825,000
Steven Begleiter - 25,425,000
Antoine Saout - 23,250,000
Jeff Shulman - 16,825,000
Phil Ivey - 9,550,000
Joseph Cada - 8,850,000

11-07-2009 13:29 UTC-12

What It Takes From a Media Stand Point

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To make sure to bring all the coverage of the 2009 WSOP, ESPN shelled out all the goods. Here's how some of the numbers looked for everything that went into the production.

28,000 pounds of TV equipment
192 total days worked, including pre-production to final table
40 HD cameras
26 number of hours of televised Main Event coverage airing on ESPN

Who said covering poker tournaments was easy?

11-07-2009 13:28 UTC-12