After several grueling days of competition, and nearly 6,500 eliminations, the Main Event of the 2009 World Series of Poker is finally down to its eagerly anticipated November 9. Though several top name pros were able to make deep runs, including former champs Peter Eastgate and Joe Hachem, in addition to household names such as Antonio Esfandiari, the only well-known left is the one considered by many to be the best of them all. That distinction belongs to none other than the great Phil Ivey, poker pro at Full Tilt Poker. After winning 2 bracelets in earlier events this year, Ivey was able to thrive in the massive main event field and goes to the final table alive and kicking, albeit with the 3rd fewest chips at the table, and nearly $50 Million behind the chip leader, Darvin Moon. However, no one is ready to count out the poker icon just yet.Here is a snapshot of where the tournament will pick up when the final table regroups in November.Blinds: 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 antePlayers Remaining: 9 out of 6,494
The November Nine - 2009 WSOP
Remaining Players at the 2009 WSOP - Chip Counts
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. Joe 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
3 comments:
If I am Darvin Moon, I tell Ivey his is two to his left, when I enter a pot, if you raise me, I will put you all in. Then I would proceed to fold my way to the top 3 before I gamble it up. He should play pairs, Ak and AQ only till top three. He has enough chips to do it.
Phil Ivey is the most dominant poker player in the world. He continues to excel at online poker, big live cash games, and poker tournaments. He is definitely the Tiger Woods of poker.
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