Tomorrow it is finally time for the final table of the 2009 WSOP to start. Just like the name is suggesting it is the final nine players that will return the Rio in Las Vegas to fight for the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event title.

The rookie of the year in the 2009 WSOP is without a doubt Darvin Moon who is the chip leader out of the November Nine with $58.930.000 in chips. The question is if that is enough to take down the poker pro Phil Ivey who is currently holding $9.765.000 in chips.

What is the November Nine?
The November Nine is the nickname given to the final nine players of the World Series of Poker Main Event. They are given this name because there are nine players left who will fight it out for the WSOP Main Event title on the final table. The road to the final table is a long one and it started back in July. On the 15th of July the 10th place finisher was knocked out and the WSOP went in to hibernation mode for a couple of months. A total of 6.494 players paid the $10.000 buy in for the 2009 WSOP Main Event which made the price pool end up at a total of $61.043.600. Out of this money there is a total of $27.219.668 that is going to be devided up amongst the November Nine players.

The 2009 WSOP Main Event Prize Pool
All of the November Nine players are guaranteed to become millionaires. These are the prizes paid for the top 9 finishers of the 2009 World Series of Poker.

1: $8 546 435
2: $5 182 601
3: $3 479 485
4: $2 502 787
5: $1 953 395
6: $1 587 133
7: $1 404 002
8: $1 300 228
9: $1 263 602

Who are the November Nine?
Just in case you have been living under a rock for the last couple of months we thought we would update you on who the November Nine players actually are.

The 2009 WSOP Main Event Final table players are:

Jeff Shulman
Antoine Saout
Joseph Cada
Eric Buchman
Steven Begleiter
Kevin Schaffel
Phil Ivey
Darvin Moon
James Akenhead

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