2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

Hand #91 - Joe Cada

Antoine Saout has the button. Action passes to Eric Buchman in the hijack seat. He raises to 1,050,000. Joe Cada is right behind him and moves all in for 9.8 million. Everyone folds.

Break

After that last hand, the final table went on a short break. We're not sure how long it will be.

Hand #90 - Begleiter Shoots the Moon

Joe Cada has the button. Under the gun, Darvin Moon raises to 1,300,000, and Steve Begleiter puts on his thinking cap. With the deliberateness of a surgeon, Begs stacks out a re-raise to 3,900,000 and slides it forward. Moon thinks about it for just a minute before making the call, and the two men go heads up to the flop.

It comes , and Moon instantly checks. Begleiter, again very deliberate, continues out with a bet of 5,350,000. Moon peeks back at his hole cards before re-capping them, and the crowd begins to stir as they sense the drama unfolding. Sure enough, Moon makes a healthy check-raise up to 15,000,000. Begleiter takes a big gulp and a big breath of air as he studies his opponent.

After a couple more minutes, Begs announces an all in for 21,000,000 total! It's just 6,000,000 more to Moon, but he's not calling quickly. He rocks back in his chair, clearly not liking his predicament, but he's got a ton of chips in there already. After a few more minutes of head shaking and frowns, Moon returns his cards to the muck! Begleiter's cheerleaders erupt in ovation at that monster pot.

We've got a new chip leader at the final table. With that surrender from Moon, Begleiter is up to 44,750,000, trailing only Eric Buchman and his top stack of 51,575,000.

Begleiter Wearing an AMC Patch?

While most of the players at this year's "November Nine" are sporting patches for various websites and companies, one in particular seems to stick out. Steve Begleiter is wearing a patch reading "AMC 11-15-09 The Prisoner."

Upon further investigation the patch seems to be promoting an upcoming mini-series starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen, about a man trapped in a bizarre place called "The Village." Is Begleiter trying to send us a hint he has been trapped in some sort of "November Nine" village? Probably just coincidence.

We've seen some mainstream marketing in the past on player patches, but AMC stepping into the poker mix has to be considered one of the more intriguing marketing campaigns we've seen to date.

Hand #89 - Steve Begleiter

Eric Buchman has the button. Action folds to Steve Begleiter, who takes down the pot with a raise to 1,050,000.

Hand #88 - Phil Ivey

Steve Begleiter has the button. Phil Ivey makes it 1,100,000 to play from the cutoff seat, and he wins the blinds and antes with that raise.

Hand #87 - Steve Begleiter

Phil Ivey has the button. Action once again passes to the blinds. Steve Begleiter makes it 1.1 million from the small blind and takes down the blinds and the antes.

Hand #86 - Darvin Moon

Darvin Moon has the button. With the action folded to him, Moon raises to 1,300,000 and takes it down right there.

Hand #85 - Darvin Moon

Jeff Shulman has the button. Action passes to Darvin Moon in the small blind. He completes and Phil Ivey checks his option from the big blind. Moon fires 800,000 on a flop of . Ivey sticks his tongue between his lips and then lays down his hand.