WSOP November nine 2009

The November Nine are on a 115-day break and the chipleader is a logger from Maryland who plans on going back to his day-job. He’s got the biggest stack but not the biggest name of the November Nine, part two.

Phil Ivey, considered by most to be the best player in the world, is also in the mix and though he’s only got 9,765,000 in chips, he’s the name that everybody will talk about the players reconvene in November.

Here are the chip counts of the November Nine:

1. Darvin Moon - 58,930,000
2. Eric Buchman - 34,800,000
3. Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000
4. Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000
5. Joseph Cada - 13,215,000
6. Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000
7. Phil Ivey - 9,765,000
8. Antoine Saout - 9,500,000
9. James Akenhead - 6,800,000

Moon’s chip lead is thanks largely to monstrous pots that resulted in the 12th place and 11th place finisher busting out.

First, with play down to two tables, he eliminated Billy Kopp by flopping a better flush than Kopp in a pot worth 45,000,000. After a flop of [Kd] [9d] [2d] and a turn of [2h] all the chips went in the middle with Kopp holding [5d] [3d] and Moon holding [Qd] [Jd].

Then, with the final ten players all seated together Moon continued to run red hot getting into a pot with Jordan Smith. After Moon called a preflop raise from the button, Smith re-raised to 2,600,00 and Moon called. The two players saw a [8c] [4d] [2d] flop, Smith checked and Moon bet 4,000,000. Smith moved all-in and Moon called instantly and tabled a set of eights. Smith showed pocket aces and when he was unable to improve on the turn or river he was the November Nine bubble boy.

The two shortest stacks belong to the only non-American players at the final table. England’s James Akenhead is the shortest with 6,800,000 and France’s Antoine Saout sits in eighth with 9,500,000.

Pokerstars WCOOP 2009

The world’s premier online poker tournament series returns, and this year the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will be bigger than ever. This is the event where the rewards are huge and the best players gather to play for millions of dollars. In this year’s series there’s a guaranteed combined prize pool of $40,000,000 and you can qualify for as little as $1. Legends of the game will be made, fortunes won, and you can be part of it.

WCOOP 2009 will run 45 events, including three High Roller events, and will conclude with the No Limit Hold’em Main Event which has a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000. Take a look at the schedule to find out more about all of the events, buy-ins and start times.

Last year at the WCOOP, PokerStars awarded $39,958,000 in prize money over 33 events, with ‘ckingusc’ being crowned Main Event champion, scooping $1,265,432 for first place. Team PokerStars Pro also had a strong WCOOP in 2008, with Chris Moneymaker and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier posting stand-out results.

How to Qualify
Online qualifiers for the WCOOP will begin July 5. To find the tournaments in the PokerStars lobby, click the ‘Events’ and ‘WCOOP’ tabs, or simply type ‘WCOOP’ into the Event Filter.

Satellites start from as little as $1 or 100 FPP. Qualifiers will run around the clock, and there are buy-ins to suit all bankrolls. You can also qualify for the WCOOP via PokerStars Steps satellites.

The 2009 WCOOP is set to be the biggest event series in the history of online poker. Make sure you are part of it.

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Schedule

Event	Date	Time (ET)	Buy-in	Game	Guarantee
1	3-Sep	14:30	$215	NL Hold’em [6-max]	$1,250,000
2	3-Sep	16:30	$215	Razz	$200,000
3	4-Sep	14:30	$215	PL Omaha [6-max]	$500,000
4	4-Sep	16:30	$215	NL Single Draw 2-7 w/rebuys	$200,000
5	4-Sep	20:00	$109	8-Game [5-minute levels]	$50,000
6	5-Sep	12:45	$109	NL Hold’em	$1,000,000
7	5-Sep	14:30	$215	PL 5-Card Draw	$200,000
8	5-Sep	16:30	$215	FL Hold’em	$400,000
9	6-Sep	12:45	$215	NL Hold’em	$1,000,000
10	6-Sep	14:30	$10,300	NL Hold’em [High Roller]	$2,000,000
11	6-Sep	16:30	$530	NL Hold’em [2-day]	$3,000,000
12	7-Sep	14:30	$215	NL Hold’em [4-max]	$500,000
13	7-Sep	16:30	$320	7-Card Stud	$150,000
14	8-Sep	14:30	$320	Mixed Hold’em [6-max]	$300,000
15	8-Sep	16:30	$320	FL Badugi	$100,000
16	8-Sep	20:00	$1,050	NL Hold’em	$500,000
17	9-Sep	14:30	$530	NL Hold’em Triple Shootout [10-max]	$500,000
18	9-Sep	16:30	$320	8-Game	$300,000
19	10-Sep	14:30	$320	PL Omaha [6-max, 1R1A]	$400,000
20	10-Sep	16:30	$320	FL Triple Draw 2-7	$100,000
21	11-Sep	14:30	$215	NL Hold’em w/rebuys	$1,250,000
22	11-Sep	16:30	$530	FL Omaha Hi/Lo	$400,000
23	11-Sep	20:00	$320	NL Hold’em [10-minute levels]	$300,000
24	12-Sep	14:30	$530	NL Hold’em [Heads-up Match Play]	$1,000,000
25	12-Sep	16:30	$320	HORSE	$400,000
26	13-Sep	12:45	$215	NL Hold’em	$1,000,000
27	13-Sep	14:30	$25,500	NL Hold’em [High Roller Match Play]	$800,000
28	13-Sep	16:30	$1,050	NL Hold’em [2-day]	$3,000,000
29	14-Sep	14:30	$320	Mixed [PL Hold'em, PL Omaha]	$400,000
30	14-Sep	16:30	$320	NL Hold’em [2X Chance]	$600,000
31	15-Sep	14:30	$320	PL Omaha w/rebuys [6-max]	$700,000
32	15-Sep	16:30	$530	7-Card Stud Hi/Lo	$200,000
33	15-Sep	20:00	$1,050	NL Hold’em	$500,000
34	16-Sep	14:30	$215	NL Hold’em [big antes]	$500,000
35	16-Sep	16:30	$320	PL Omaha Hi/Lo	$500,000
36	17-Sep	14:30	$530	NL Hold’em w/rebuys [6-max]	$1,000,000
37	17-Sep	16:30	$2,100	PL Omaha [6-max]	$600,000
38	18-Sep	14:30	$530	NL Hold’em [1R1A]	$1,000,000
39	18-Sep	16:30	$1,050	FL Hold’em [6-max]	$400,000
40	18-Sep	20:00	$215	NL Omaha Hi/Lo [10-minute levels]	$200,000
41	19-Sep	14:30	$530	PL Omaha [Heads-up Match Play]	$250,000
42	19-Sep	16:30	$2,100	8-Game	$350,000
43	20-Sep	12:45	$215	NL Hold’em	$1,000,000
44	20-Sep	14:30	$10,300	HORSE [High Roller]	$1,000,000
45	20-Sep	16:30	$5,200	NL Hold’em Main Event [2-day]	$10,000,000