November Nine!

After 7 days of continuous play poker’s most coveted final table was set for 2008.
The final 9 beat out 6835 punters, pros and amateurs to take a seat on November 9, at the Main Event final table, and chase the most prestigious title in the poker world – the WSOP Main Event Bracelet.

Over the last two days the big name pros all dropped from the field leaving Dennis Phillips, a salesman in the lead, with over 26 million in chips. This year’s event structure differs to previous years with the final table being played out several months later in November. There has been much discussion regarding this as it allows for the final players to analyse and research their opponent’s game, which is both a good and a bad thing. From my perspective – the viewer, I just think it will make for some damn exciting poker action. The final table is listed below with their chip counts.

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: 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