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WSOP Final Table November 9 Date Draws Near
The 39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event saw an increased field of 6844 hit the felt for the first days play in the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
After 12 days of high pressure poker, by the 15th of July those 6844 had whittled down to just 9, who have now become known as the November Nine, the nine poker players left to vy for the title of WSOP Champion at the WSOP Final Table.
This year a total of 6,844 players made their way to the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in pursuit of the championship and the $9 million first place prize and for the first time the Final Table has been delayed to allow live broadcast of the WSOP Main Event Final Table.
Each of the November Nine players who made it to the WSOP Main Event Final Table have received ninth place prize money on July 15th, when the final table was determined and each of those players with an all expense paid trip for two for their return to Las Vegas in November to play the final portion of the tournament.
On November 9th, 2008, the following those nine players will return with 21 minutes and 50 seconds left in level 33 and the Ultimate winner taking home over $9.1 Million.
Final Table Payouts
- 1st $9,119,517
- 2nd $5,790,024
- 3rd $4,503,352
- 4th $3,763,515
- 5th $3,088,012
- 6th $2,412,510
- 7th $1,769,174
- 8th $1,286,672
- 9th $900,670
Unfortunately, this year there’ll be no famous calls of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”; but the November Nine are a diverse group of players that include no fewer than four countries including a Russian, a Dane, two Canadians and five Americans. There’s also a chess player, a salesmen, a college student as well the usual collection of professional poker players.
Salesman, Dennis Phillips who will carry the chip lead for 117 days until they resume play. Phillips, who plays tournaments at his local casino 3-4 nights per week, ended the last night of play with 26,295,000 which is good enough to put him 1,895,000 ahead of Russia’s, Ivan Demidov who finished with 24,400,000. Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments for the 2008 November Nine :
WSOP Final Table Chip Counts & Seating Assignment
- Seat 1: Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
- Seat 2: Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
- Seat 3: Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
- Seat 4: Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
- Seat 5: Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
- Seat 6: David ‘Chino’ Rheem - 10,230,000
- Seat 7: Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
- Seat 8: Kelly Kim - 2,620,000
- Seat 9: Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000
When the WSOP Final Table resumes the blinds will be at 150,000 / 300,000 with a 40,000 ante and given the siz eof the chip stacks with even the shortest at around 30 big blinds, there’ll be planty of chance for every player to make their mark.
At Oz Poker, we’ll be profiling each player and listing their successes in the run up to November Nine and Sportsbet are offering a market on the final table with Dennis Phillips and Ivan Demidov equal favourites at $5.00 and Kelly Kim the longest runner at $26.00.
Sportsbet offer all our readers a free $50 WSOP bet, so there’s really no excuse not to ante up on your favourite player and have an interest as we wait for the November Nine show.
