Gabe Kaplan

The time has come to crown the World Champion of poker! The November Nine will take their seats and play for nearly nine million dollars and the most coveted bracelet in poker. In what will be an explosive conclusion to the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, history is on the line and one player will walk away with nearly nine million dollars, while the others will fall painfully short on pokers biggest stage.

The anticipation is high as only 14 players are left to compete for the 9 spots at the Main Event Final Table. For most players this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of the November 9. For Phil Ivey, he has come close 3 times before, and is trying to finally break through to the Main Event Final Table for a chance to capture a World Championship and cement his place as the best poker player on the planet.

A 21 year old Michigan poker professional named Joe Cada who chose cards over college won the 2009 World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas, winning $8.55 million and becoming the youngest player to win the tournament in its 40 year history.

Only 18 players remain. Nine will go home short of the promised land. The other nine will become the November Nine. Who will it be? Will it be one of the 4 remaining youngsters capable of breaking the record of Peter Eastgate as the youngest Main Event Champion? Will it be Darvin Moon, the logger from Maryland who looks to extend his improbable run? Will it be Steve Begleiter, the former Bear Sterns executive looking to cash in on the biggest stage in poker? Will it be Billy Kopp, the young student from Kentucky who has held the chip lead for much of the tournament? Will it be Jeff Shulman the only player left who has actually been there before? Or will it be the most feared player in poker, Phil Ivey? The tension is sure to be as high as the stakes!

Day 8 of the 2009 Main Event continues. Just 23 players remain, and all eyes are on the biggest name in the game. Phil Ivey, who, after several near misses in recent years, is looking to finally make that elusive Main Event Final Table. One player left in the field who has been there before is Jeff Shulman, and he'd like nothing more than to get there again. And, as always, a new crop of players are making their mark, led by chip leader Billy Kopp, logger Darvin Moon, and former Bear Sterns Executive Steve Begleiter. Every hand counts, every decision counts, as we are inching closer to finding out who will be the November Nine.

After beginning with 6,494 players the main event is down to just 64! It is a star studded and highly decorated field. Headlined by Seven time bracelet winner and the man most consider to be the best player on the planet, Phil Ivey. The Magician, Antonio Esfandiari is at the feature table as he looks for bracelet number two. Leo Margets is at Table 2, as she looks to become the first female since 1995 to make a main event final table. Out in the field, Tom Schneider hopes to become the first player of the year to win the big one. While two players, Dennis Phillips and Jeff Shulman attempt to make their second main event final table. The big pros are getting all the attention, but as the main event has proven time and again, never count out the amateurs, like current chip leader, and Maryland logger, Darvin Moon. The tension is rising as everyone has their sites now squarely set on final table.

The 2009 Main Event has been reduced from 6,494 players to just 44, and with only 5 active tables left inside the Rio, every hand is crucial. Leo Margets is hoping to become just the second woman in history to advance to the Final Table, while her tablemate Jeff Shulman is looking to return for the first time since 2000. Seven time bracelet winner Phil Ivey is still in the hunt for his first Main Event championship, and at the featured table, top pro Antonio Esfandiari is heeding the advice of his new life coach as he tries to extend the most successful Main Event run of his career. When the day is done just 27 players will remain in pursuit of one of the nine most coveted seats in poker.

When other sports bring the best players together, they call it an All Star Game, but when it happens at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, it's simply called extraordinary. And extraordinary is exactly what we have for Show 23. Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR poker heavy hitters collide at our action-packed featured table. Two-time bracelet winner JC Tran, 2008 Main Event Champ Peter Eastgate, Final Table mate with Eastgate Dennis Phillips, and 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem battle in hopes of extending their memorable Main Event runs. Only a few feet away, seven time bracelet winner, Phil Ivey, anchors our secondary table. And out in the field, more top pros like Kenny Tran, ElkY Grospellier, and Antonio Esfandiari continue their march towards the 2009 Main Event Title. Big names, big stacks, and big dreams coming your way at the 2009 World Series of Poker.

In a field that began with 6494 players, Show #24 begins with just 100 remaining. It is a November Nine reunion at the Feature Table with 2008 Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate and third place finisher Dennis Phillips still sitting prominently in the spotlight. Eastgate is hoping to become the first repeat Main Event Champion in over 20 years, while Dennis Phillips is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Dan Harrington, who was the last player to make Main Event Final Tables in back to back years. Also in the field are the last two women standing, Nicole Peppe and Leo Margets. Only one woman has ever made the Main Event Final Table Barbara Enright in 1995. Will this be the year a woman does it again? This episode also features some of the top players in the game including: Kenny Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Antonio Esfandiari, 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider and the man many consider to be the best player in the world, seven time bracelet winner Phil Ivey.

Day 6 of the Main Event gets underway with a very talented field remaining. Former Main Event champions Peter Eastgate and Joe Hachem continue their quest for a rare second title, while Phil Ivey moves closer towards completing his resume as the best player in the game. And at the feature table, a pro known for his rapping as well as his game Prahlad Friedman, is seated next to a former Player Of The Year, Tom Schneider.

The final 9 is now within sight at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Over 96 percent of the 6,494 player field has been eliminated and among the remaining 230 players is a who is who of the poker world vying to be a member of the November 9. 2005 Champion Joseph Hachem and defending champion Peter Eastgate are in the hunt to join the pantheon of two time winners while a cast of accomplished players stand in their way. The ESPN and BLUFF number 1 ranked player in the world Bertrand Grospellier, 7 time bracelet winner Phil Ivey, 2008 November 9 member Dennis Phillips, 2007 Player of the Year Tom Scheneider, top pros Antonio Esfandiari, JC Tran, Kenny Tran and many more. Each are on track to make run at the poker ultimate prize. Will this be the year that a well know player finally goes all the way. Find out as Day 5 comes to a close.

With four days behind us and four days ahead before we reach the 40th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event final table. The stakes are big and the excitement is even bigger. It is Day 5! The players have all made the money and now they can see the light at the end of the tunnel and begin to dream about making it to the November Nine. 407 players will start the day and the field is stacked with some of the best in the game including an interesting match up at the feature table, two veterans of the main event final table, Andy Black who finished 5th the year that Joe Hachem won (2005) and Jeff Shulman who finished 7th the year that Chris Ferguson won (2000). They are seated alongside Elky Grospellier who is one of the hottest players on the planet today. Out in the field looms Phil Ivey along with four former world champions including the winner last year, Peter Eastgate as well as his final table mate Dennis Phillips. This one hour show is part one of three sessions of this action packed day five.