2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

November Nine Final Table
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
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 3: Phil Ivey (9,765,000)

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey
Seven bracelets; two this year. $12 million in career tournament earnings. 36 WSOP cashes. 3rd on the all-time money list with the top spot in sight (he’ll claim it with a fifth-or-better finish). 1 WPT title. Wildly respected and equally feared by his peers. All this and he’s just 32 years old. This man truly needs no introduction.

A dream scenario for poker fans around the world, the player widely recognized as the best all-around poker player in the world has made the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event and the world has taken notice. Earlier this month, Ivey appeared on the cover of ESPN the Magazine. He was featured in a segment on E60 and has helped attract mainstream media outlets the likes of USA Today, the New York Times, the Associated Press and even a correspondent from Playboy.

While it’s still too early to tell what kind of effect an Ivey win would have on the poker world, we can assure you it’ll be nothing short of massive.

Ivey enters the final table with 9,765,000 in chips, in seventh position overall, but let’s be honest… that means very little at the moment. All eyes are indeed on Ivey and with 40 big blinds to start the day, he remains an imminent threat to the other eight players at the table.

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