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Soon it´s time for the final table in the 2009 WSOP that takes place at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas between November 7-10. We want to give you a preview and let you know the nine players at the final table, also called the “November Nine”. Here they are:

Darvin Moon is the chip leader of the WSOP 2009 final table. He is 45 years old and he is from Oakland, Maryland. He has no experience of World Series of Poker and learned to play poker with his friends back home. He won a satellite to enter the tournament.

Phil Ivey is the most famous poker player at the table. He is a real poker professional and have seven WSOP bracelets but has never been at the final table at the Main Event. In 2003 he was close, but ended up in 10th place. He is 33 years old and is from USA.

Joseph Cada is only 21 years old and is the youngest player at this table. He is from Michigan and has already player 15 WSOP events and have winnings over $500,000. This young man can be dangerous at this tables aswell.

Kevin Schaffel is from Florida and is 51 years old. He have been playing poker since he was 11 and also loves to play golf. Favorite music is country and favorite movie is Pulp Fiction.

Eric Buchman is second in chips at this final table and he is from Valley Stream, New York and is 28 years old. This is his second final table in WSOP this year, he finished 6th in the Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or better Event.

Steven Begleiter is from Chappaqua, New York and is 47 years old. He is married and has 3 children and when he is not playing poker he is coaching his kids sports team. He played in the WSOP 2008 but didn´t make it this far in the tournament.

Jeff Shulman is 34 years old and lives in Las Vegas. He is the editor for the famous magazine Card Player magazine. He has been at the WSOP final table before, in 2000 and he finished at 7th place. Has over $1 million in poker winnings.

Antoine Saout id from France and made his way to the tournament by a satellite winning. He is 25 years old and lives in Saint Martin des Champs.

James Akenhead is from London, England and is 26 years old. He is a poker professional and finished 2nd in an 2008 WSOP event, and won $520,000.

This is the “November nine” that will be sitting at the WSOP final table November 7-10. Here comes the chip count in order:

1. Darvin Moon  58,930,000   
2. Eric Buchman  34,800,000  
3. Steven Begleiter  29,885,000  
4. Jeff Shulman  19,580,000  
5. Joseph Cada  13,215,000  
6. Kevin Schaffel  12,390,000  
7. Phil Ivey  9,765,000  
8. Antoine Saout  9,500,000  
9. James Akenhead  6,800,000

The poker pro Tom “durrrr” Dwan won $1,2 million in one hand. It was under a TV broadcasting for Full Tilt Poker´s tv program “Million dollar cash game” that he went in to a hand with Phil Ivey. Other pro poker players at the table was Mike Matusow and Patrik Antonius. But in this historic hand it was only Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey that was involved. This crazy pot started by Dwan bet $40,000 after flop Q-3-5. Phil Ivey called. Next card was a 4, and Dwan raised it to $250,000. Phil Ivey went all in and Tom Dwan fast very fast to call. At this point Ivey was worried. Phil Ivey had A-2 but Tom Dwan had 6-7 and had the better straight. This pot was a total of $1,2 million and was a really historic hand. The turn card was a nightmare for Ivey and a dream for Tom Dwan. This hand will go to the history as one of the most crazy pots ever.

Phil Ivey, that many peolpe claims to be the best poker player in the world, was born in California but his family moved to Roselle in New Jersey when he was just 3 months old. He was starting playing cards with his co workers at a telemarketing company where he used to work. He started his career in Atlantic City and became a poker pro.
His first World Series of Poker title he won when he was 23 years old and this was in the year 2000, winning the title by beating Phil Hellmuth and Amarillo Slim. This was in the Pot Limit Omaha event.

2002 was a good year for Phil Ivey, and at the World Series Of Poker he won three braclets and this is very unusual. The three events he won at WSOP 2002 was 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, SHOE event and the $1,500 7 Card Stud. He also came in the final table at WTP, and won two tournaments at the Bellagio, and was the winner in World Poker Open Tournament.
2005 he really dominated the poker world. He was on the final table twice at WPT, cam second at the WSOP Circuit event, won $1 million in prize money when winning Monte Carlo Millions tournament, and only 24 hour after this first place in MCM, he won the FullTiltPoker.net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo and a first prize of $600,000.
In 2006 Phil Ivey was The Player of the year by All In Magazine, Bluff Magazine and at the UK gaming awards. In 2008 Phil won his first WPT event, winning the Los Angeles Poker Classic. This was his 8th appearance at the World Poker Tour final tables, and this is a record hold by Phil Ivey.

Other things about Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey now lives in Las Vegas with his wife Luciaetta and he loves to play golf. He was in the tornament World Series of Golf where he finished 3rd. This tournament is a cross between golf and poker. He is also a big fan of Basketball, with favorite teams Los Angeles Lakers and Houston rockets.
He is well known as “Tiger Woods of Poker”.   
When you read all this information about Phil Ivey, no wonder that many people calls him the best player in the world!