November Nine Are Set

It was a long 8 days, but the main event at the World Series of Poker has finally played down to the final table.  The remaining nine players will have to wait until November to continue their quest for the biggest title in poker.

The biggest name in this years November Nine would have to be Michael Mizrachi.  Mizrachi had many ups and downs in the last couple of days of the main event, but he was able to hold on and finish strong in order to head into the final table 7th in chips.  The biggest chip stack falls to Jonathon Duhamel who has just under 66 thousand chips, which is about 30% of all chips in play.  There is no doubt that Duhamel will enter the final table in November as the favourite.

The unlucky tenth place finisher ended up being Brandon Steven.  Steven got all of his chips in with (A,K) suited against Jarvis’ pocket queens.  The queens held up and the November Nine were set.

The last part of day 8 played out very slowly with no player wanting to make the mistake that would cost them their spot at the final table.  When the action finally came to a close the remaining nine players and the crowd in attendance rejoiced that the final stage was finally set and one of these players would become a new multi millionaire and have a place in poker history forever.

The final table will take place in Las Vegas in November so be ready to watch what goes down!

Jeffrey Lisandro Wins 3rd 2009 WSOP Bracelet

Jeffrey Lisandro did the incredible last night when he won the $2.5K razz event at the 2009 World Series of Poker.  This is his 3rd bracelet of the series, each coming from playing a form of stud poker.  His first win was in the $1.5K seven card stud event and the second came in the $10K world championships of seven card stud eight or better.  Finally he finished the trifecta of stud variation victories winning the $2.5K razz event in commanding style.

Before this win Lisandro was already tied for first in the World Series of Poker player of year standings, but this win catapults Lisandro into a very commanding position.  One of the few men that still have a chance at catching him is Phil Ivey, who is actually the only other poker player to have won 3 bracelets in one World Series, which he did back in 2002.

Jeff said that he will be taking a break now because he’s a little burned out, but he did also mentioned he will likely play a couple more tournaments in the hopes of taking down the recording setting 4th WSOP bracelet.

Lisandro has been around poker for a long time, but this World Series has really made him a household name.

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