2009 WSOP Main Event - The 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
Players Left 1 / 9
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Moving On Up

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
It took 52 hands last year to bust the first player. James Akenhead just went out on the 59th hand of play. With a slightly more flat pay structure, the hopes of speeding up play haven't been met yet. The jump into an 8th-place pay slot if only slightly over $36,000 -- much, much smaller than the nearly $400,000 jump last year.

Everyone is now guaranteed $1,300,231. The next jump is nearly $105,000 and is much more of a prominent thought in the players' minds now.

Hand #62 - Cada Messes With Ivey

Joe Cada seated on the left of Eric Buchman
Joe Cada seated on the left of Eric Buchman
Antoine Saout has the button. Phil Ivey opens with an under-the-gun raise to 1,100,000. When the action comes to Joe Cada, he bites his lip and shoves his remaining stacks across the imaginary betting line. Phil Ivey looks like he's thinking seriously about a call. But then again, Phil Ivey always looks like he's thinking about making a call. In the end, he lets it go after a few minutes of debate, and Cada chips his way back up over 7 million.

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Warning the Crowd

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
Jack Effel
Jack Effel
During the last hand where Joe Cada moved all in over the top of a raise from Phil Ivey, the crowd began to stir. Tournament Director Jack Effel made sure to remind the crowd that they are not to comment during a hand. This warning is especially heightened during the most important and prestigious tournament in the world. So far, Effel's done an amazing job of keeping things good natured and under control. Everyone seems to be having a great time and there is no animosity between cheering sections as you may see at a sporting event.

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Hand #65 - Steve Begleiter

Phil Ivey has the button. Antoine Saout opens from middle position to 1.1 million, folding all players to big blind Steve Begleiter. Begleiter deliberates and then puts in a matching call.

Both players check a flop of {3-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {q-Diamonds}. The {5-Spades} hits the turn, bringing a bet from Begleiter. Saout calls. The river is the {6-Diamonds}. Action goes check-check, with Begleiter showing {8-Spades} and something -- we couldn't see the other card -- to take the pot.

Saout's Selective Aggression Pays Off

Antoine Saout has quietly risen up the chip counts and is currently sitting third. Saout has been selectively timing his raises, three-bets, and all-in pushes. Each time he puts chips into the pot he has been the aggressor and up to this point we have not seen him show down a hand.

It will be interesting to watch the ESPN coverage to see whether Saout was being crafty, or whether he was getting dealt a lot of premium hands. Can the Frenchman continue to ride the wave of momentum that's seen him go from second-to-last in chips, to third place?

Stay tuned to find out!

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Tags: Antoine Saout

Fans Get Heated Up and Tossed

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
Two fans of Joe Cada have officially been ousted from the Penn & Teller Theatre. According to some of the people that could actually see what was going on, the two fans got into a fight with each other despite rooting for the same player. The fans were part of the group of Cada supporters that have been heavily frequenting the bar on breaks. Security made quick work of removing them from the building to keep things under control. Who said poker wasn't a contact sport?

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