2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

November Nine Final Table
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Event Info

2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♣9♦
Prize
$8,547,042
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$27,220,989
Entries
9
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Seat 5: Steven Begleiter (29,885,000)

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Steven Begleiter
Steven Begleiter
We'll be hearing a lot of shouting from Steven Begleiter's cheerleaders today, and the man they call "Begs" will be looking to make some noise of his own. After an impressive charge over the final days of July's action, Begleiter will begin November play with a third-place chip stack.

Things certainly are looking up for the 47-year-old from Chappaqua, New York in recent times. As a manager with financial giant Bear Stearns, Begleiter endured the "liquidity crisis" of 2007-08 that left the corporation laying in ruins on Wall Street. Begs made a quick recovery though, and he says he intends to keep his current day job regardless of his final table finish. We won't doubt him, but we'd guess the other Principals at his private equity firm would understand if he ate his words when this is all said and done.

Begleiter couldn't cash in his first Main Event last year, but he got another shot at it in 2009. After winning his 22-person home game league, he's parlayed this second chance into a final table and seven figures of cash. Twenty percent of Begleiter's winnings will go to his buddies at the home game, so there are a lot of people rooting hard for Begs to score big today.