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

Payout Differences

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donpeters
We're taking another quick pause, and this time it's serious. Five burly men carrying suitcases just made their way across the floor to an empty table in the corner of the stage. When they opened their containers, they dumped millions and millions of dollars onto the table and placed the shiny gold bracelet neatly on top of the mountain of Benjamin Franklin portraits. The players are sort of meandering around the table area, and their small talk began to trail off when they caught sight of the bounty before them.

With five players remaining, 5th place is guaranteed $1,953,452. That number is a lot smaller than the 5th-place payday from last year's Main Event. In fact, it's only about $200,000 more than what 7th place received last year. Last year, $3,096,768 was awarded to 5th place.

The jump to the next pay spot is just under $550,000 and the jump from 4th to 3rd is nearly $1,000,000. Let's see if things get even tighter now than they have been.

With their goal now clearly in sight -- literally -- the players still have a few minutes to shoot the breeze before we get back in action.