November Nine Final Table Day 1 | 2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

11-07-2009 18:35 UTC-12

Hand #142 - Joe Cada

Darvin Moon has the button. Joe Cada opens to 1.250 from middle position, and he finds calling action from Steve Begleiter in the big blind.

Heads up then, the two men see a flop of {K-Clubs}

. Begleiter checks, then folds to a bet of 1.5 million. Cada takes it down.

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11-07-2009 18:33 UTC-12

Jeff Shulman has the button. Action folds all the way around to Darvin Moon in the small blind. His raise to 1.75 million is called by big blind Phil Ivey. Moon has to act first on a flop of {8-Spades}

. He quickly puts 2.5 million chips into the pot; Ivey folds just as fast.

Ivey is now the short stack.

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11-07-2009 18:31 UTC-12

Ivey as the Short Stack Has the Penn & Teller Theater on Edge

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Since Cada's big double up with pocket fours versus Ivey's ace-eight off suit, it seems as if the room's energy has deflated. With Ivey now sitting as the shortest stack in the room with just under 11 million everybody seems to be on edge. A confrontation for Ivey could mean his elimination.

It's as if we're in the eye of a hurricane; it's so quiet, but there is no avoiding the destruction which could occur at any moment.

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11-07-2009 18:30 UTC-12

Hand #140 - Antoine Saout

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Antoine Saout has the button. He open-raises to 1.325 million, good enough to take down the pot with no confrontation.

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11-07-2009 18:30 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Steven Begleiter - 47,450,000
Eric Buchman - 46,100,000
Darvin Moon - 37,150,000
Antoine Saout - 27,425,000
Jeff Shulman - 15,600,000
Joseph Cada - 11,450,000
Phil Ivey - 10,375,000

11-07-2009 18:28 UTC-12

Hand #139 - Phil Ivey

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Joe Cada has the button. Phil Ivey raises to 1.25 million from early position and once again nobody is willing to take him on -- to the delight of the audience.

11-07-2009 18:28 UTC-12

Hand #138 - Jeff Shulman

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Eric Buchman has the button. Under the gun, Jeff Shulman raises to 1.75 million and wins the blinds and antes. A rare and faint smile crosses Shulman's face as he stacks that little pot.

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11-07-2009 18:26 UTC-12

Hand #137 - Phil Ivey

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Steve Begleiter has the button. Action quickly moes to Phil Ivey. He raises to 1.25 million. That raise takes down the pot.

11-07-2009 18:25 UTC-12

Hand #136 - Antoine Saout and Jeff Shulman

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Phil Ivey has the button. With his standard raise at this level, Antoine Saout opens the pot to 1.325 million. Next door, Jeff Shulman puts in the call, and the two men go heads up the rest of the way.

The dealer runs out a flop of {J-Hearts}