SPOILER WARNING: If you don't know who is in the final table and do not want to know, then stop reading.
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The biggest tournament in the world, over 6000 participants, now down to the last nine. Final table starts this Saturday and someone will be $8.5 million richer than before. The worst anyone can do is take home $1.2 million buckaroos. That's why you can't blame James Akenhead for celebrating after squeezing into the final 9 with the smallest stack because it was $400,000 more than the payout for finishing 10th.
Among the nine, all eyes will of course be on Phil Ivey, regarded as the best player in the world yet to have success at the main event. Phil even though 7th on chips will be looking to win because anything else would be a failure to him. Phil won $1.7 million online in October alone, so I doubt he would be pleased with anything less than 3rd place.
Darvin Moon however is the shock chip leader. He himself admited that he had a great run in the Main Event getting big pairs, flopping sets and flushes including his Q high flush against Billy Kopp's 4 high flush earning him over 45,000,000 chips in that hand. He is going to need more than luck at the final table, but with his huge lead, he could easily finish 5th or better.
The rest of the 9 include Jeff Shulman who has Main Event final table experience, Kevin Schaffe, Steve Begleiter, Eric Buchman, Joe Cada who has a shot at breaking Peter Eastgate's record as the youngest Main Event winner and Antoine Saout. Let the games begin!
| World Series Of Poker Main Event Final Table | ||
| Seat | Name | Chips |
| 1st | Darvin Moon | 58,930,000 |
| 2nd | James Akenhead | 6,800,000 |
| 3rd | Phil Ivey | 9,765,000 |
| 4th | Kevin Schaffe | 12,390,000 |
| 5th | Steven Begleiter | 29,885,000 |
| 6th | Eric Buchman | 34,800,000 |
| 7th | Joe Cada | 13,215,000 |
| 8th | Antoine Saout | 9,500,000 |
| 9th | Jeff Shulman | 19,580,000 |
| WSOP 2009 Final Table Payouts | |
| Place | Prize |
| 1st | $8,546,435 |
| 2nd | $5,182,601 |
| 3rd | $3,479,485 |
| 4th | $2,502,787 |
| 5th | $1,953,395 |
| 6th | $1,587,133 |
| 7th | $1,404,002 |
| 8th | $1,300,228 |
| 9th | $1,263,602 |
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