2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

November Nine 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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Updated Chip Counts

donpeters
donpeters
Darvin Moon - 62,305,000
Eric Buchman - 35,610,000
Steven Begleiter - 29,275,000
Jeff Shulman - 18,830,000
Joseph Cada - 13,355,000
Kevin Schaffel - 11,510,000
Phil Ivey - 10,795,000
Antoine Saout - 8,970,000
James Akenhead - 4,215,000

Pay Structure Could Alter Play

donpeters
donpeters
Don't think that the slow action early on is anything new here at the WSOP Main Event final table. Last year, it took until the 13th hand of action to see a flop. This year was a little faster with the first flop being seen on the 6th hand.

No one's been eliminated yet either, but that should be expected with what's at stake. In the return of the November Nine last year, it took 52 hands to send the first person packing, Craig Marquis. The prize jump is only $36,629 between 8th and 9th place this year. Last year it was a whopping $387,547! That's over 10 times the difference this year with the much more gradual pay scale. You won't see that big of a jump until the jump from 6th to 5th. That said, the players may be a little more willing to get their money in early as opposed to waiting to money up. Only time will tell though.

Everybody Can Breathe Again

[user122394]
[user122394]
During the hand where Phil Ivey moved all in, the entire press box went absolutely silent. It was as if the whole poker community was collectively holding their breath. It was not so much that Ivey moved in over Shulman's raise, the anxiety was caused by Joe Cada going deep into the think tank. When he folded, Shulman could not have flicked his cards into the muck fast enough.

The press box began breathing again following the hand.

Tags: Joe CadaPhil ivey

Hand #17 - Phil Ivey

[user75032]
[user75032]
Antoine Saout has the button. Phil Ivey opens the pot to 800,000. Nobody calls, allowing Ivey to win another pot. Darvin Moon says something to Ivey and cracks a smile, but we couldn't hear what it was.

Tags: Phil Ivey

Hand #16 - Saout Shoves

[user66118]
[user66118]
Joe Cada has the button. One seat in front of him, Eric Buchman opens the pot to 800,000. Antoine Saout moves all in for 7,710,000 from the small blind, and that's enough to take down the pot right there.
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