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

Moving On Up

donpeters
donpeters
It took 52 hands last year to bust the first player. James Akenhead just went out on the 59th hand of play. With a slightly more flat pay structure, the hopes of speeding up play haven't been met yet. The jump into an 8th-place pay slot if only slightly over $36,000 -- much, much smaller than the nearly $400,000 jump last year.

Everyone is now guaranteed $1,300,231. The next jump is nearly $105,000 and is much more of a prominent thought in the players' minds now.