Nine players left in the 2009 World Series of Poker NL Texas Hold Em.
When Jordan Smith said "Good night, Moon" and exited in tenth place, the November Nine were determined. Here they are:

Darvin Moon - $58,930,000
James Akenhead - $6,800,000
Phil Ivey - $9,765,000
Kevin Schaffel - $12,390,000
Steven Begleiter - $29,885,000
Eric Buchman - $34,800,000
Joe Cada - $13,215,000
Antoine Saout - $9,500,000
Jeff Shulman - $19,580,000

The final table events will take place from November 7 - 10 2009. We hope you'll follow us throughout the rest of the year as we cover major poker tournaments around the globe. Please stop back in November for what is sure to be an exciting conclusion to the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Phil Ivey

Phil won his first World Series of Poker title at the age of 23 when he beat Phil Hellmuth and Amarillo Slim in the Pot-Limit Omaha event. Two years later in 2002, he won three more WSOP titles. Phil also won two Bellagio tournaments, one World Poker Open tournament, two Commerce tournaments, and has made his share of World Poker Tour final tables.






Gustav Hansen

Gustav Hansen (born February 13, 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco.[1] In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.

Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, Hansen was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. He was known for being a sports enthusiast throughout his teens, competing in several indoor and outdoor sports as a successful junior athlete. In 2000, he moved to New York City, and tried to make a living playing professional backgammon, but found the field too small for his taste.

He calls himself a professional gambler and has been known to take private bets on various personal athletic challenges (such as running), other than poker and professional sports.


Daniel Negreanu

A native of Toronto, Daniel Negreanu recognized early on in his life he had a knack for gambling and, more specifically, poker. So confident was he that at the age of 21 Daniel dropped out of college - just one credit shy of graduation - and moved to Las Vegas to pursue poker full-time.

With two first place finishes at the 1997 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods, Daniel took the world of tournament poker by storm and never looked back. He has since added three World Series of Poker bracelets, two World Poker Tour titles, and more than thirty victories in tournaments across the globe.

Daniel has acted as a tutor for up-and-coming players at our own Poker School Online, written more than a hundred articles on the sport, and even contributed to Doyle Brunson's 'Super System II.'

Negreanu currently resides in Las Vegas with his wife, Lori, and continues to be the model of composure and success for the new generation of poker players.


Chris "Jesus" Ferguson

Christopher Philip Ferguson (born on April 11, 1963, in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 WSOP Main Event, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.