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With less than a week to go before the "November Nine" return to Las Vegas for a shot a poker immortality, sports books are setting lines, office pools are coming together, and many of us in the poker media are busy speculating what effect our next...
In honor of this weekend's final table, we here at PokerNews HQ have all individually run a number of extremely complex algorithms and formulas (we guessed) to come up with our official predictions.
Although he may be the oldest member of the November Nine, don't expect Kevin Schaffel from Coral Springs, Fla., to bow to the younger lads at the table. Having played poker for 40+ years, Schaffel may not be as intimidating as his younger, more...
What a day of poker! If you asked anyone in the media when we got here this morning if we thought the tournament would be down to its final nine players -- the November Nine -- before 11pm, we would have laughed and challenged you to put your whole bankr
| Year | Winner / Winning Hand | Prize (US$) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Peter Eastgate | ![]() ![]() |
9,152,416 |
| 2007 | Jerry Yang | ![]() ![]() |
8,250,000 |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold | ![]() ![]() |
12,000,000 |
| 2005 | Joe Hachem | ![]() ![]() |
7,500,000 |
| 2004 | Greg Raymer | ![]() ![]() |
5,000,000 |
| 2003 | Chris Moneymaker | ![]() ![]() |
2,500,000 |
| 2002 | Robert Varkonyi | ![]() ![]() |
2,000,000 |
| 2001 | Juan Carlos Mortensen | ![]() ![]() |
1,500,000 |
| 2000 | Chris Ferguson | ![]() ![]() |
1,500,000 |
History of WSOP by years
WSOP 2008
Phil Ivey just cracked a smiile after winning a pot.
3 minutes agoBusted Ftops. gonna head down to rio in a minute...
5 minutes agoKevin Schaffel is our 8th place finisher. #wsop
5 minutes agoSad scene. Buchman lucksacked schaffel and his group of clowns went nuts. Makes me a tad depressed. http://yfrog.com/5kn64kj
8 minutes agoWhat an unbelievable hand. Eric Buchman eliminates Kevin Schaffel with Quad Kings against the Aces of Schaffell.
8 minutes ago
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