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Win a seat to the World Series of Poker The qualifiers for poker’s biggest event have kicked off at this online poker room. You can win your way to the World Series of Poker for as low as $1.
Win a seat to the World Series of Poker The qualifiers for poker’s biggest event have kicked off at this online poker room. You can win your way to the World Series of Poker for as low as $1.

This year another big change is the $40,000 buy-in no-limit holdem freezeout tournament.

2009 World Series of Poker Schedule:

Event # - Date & Time - Event - Buy-In

1 May 27, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em (2 day event) - $500
2 May 28, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - 40th Annual No-Limit Hold’em (4 day event) - $40,000
3 May 29, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $1,500
4a May 30, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (4 day event) - $1,000
4b May 31, 2009Sunday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (4 day event) - $1,000
5 June 1, 2009 Monday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $1,500
6 June 1, 2009 Monday 5 PM - World Championship Seven Card Stud (3 day event) - $10,000
7 June 2, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
8 June 2, 2009 Tuesday 5 PM - 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) (3 day event) - $2,500
9 June 3, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $1,500
10 June 3, 2009 Wednesday 5 PM - Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (3 day event) - $2,500
11 June 4, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
12 June 04, 2009 Thursday 5 PM - World Championship Mixed Event (3 day event) - $10,000
13 June 5, 2009 Friday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,500
14 June 5, 2009 Friday 5 PM - Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $2,500
15 June 6, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $5,000
16 June 6, 2009 Saturday 5 PM - Seven Card Stud (3 day event) - $1,500
17 June 7, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (3 day event) - $1,000
18 June 7, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event)- $10,000
19 June 8, 2009 Monday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $2,500
20 June 9, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) $1,500
21 June 9, 2009 Tuesday 5 PM - H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event) - $3,000
22 June 10, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (3 day event) - $1,500
23 June 10, 2009 Wednesday 5 PM - World Championship 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) (3 day event) - $10,000
24 June 11, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) $1,500
25 June 11, 2009 Thursday 5 PM - Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event) - $2,500
26 June 12, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
27 June 12, 2009 Friday 5 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $5,000
28 June 13, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
29 June 13, 2009 Saturday 5 PM - World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (256 player max) (3 day event) - $10,000
30 June 14, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $2,500
31 June 14, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event) - $1,500
32 June 15, 2009 Monday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
33 June 15, 2009 Monday 5 PM - World Championship Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $10,000
34 June 16, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
35 June 17, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $5,000
36 June 18, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
37 June 18, 2009 Thursday 5 PM - World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $10,000
38 June 19, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
39 June 20, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
40 June 20, 2009 Saturday 5 PM - World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $10,000
41 June 21, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (3 day event) - $5,000
42 June 21, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - Mixed Event (3 day event) - $2,500
43 June 22, 2009 Monday 12 PM - Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (3 day event) $1,000
44 June 22, 2009 Monday 5 PM - Seven Card Razz (3 day event) - $2,500
45 June 23, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $10,000
46 June 23, 2009 Tuesday 5 PM - Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $2,500
47 June 24, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) (3 Day event) - $2,500
48 June 25, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $1,500
49 June 26, 2009 Friday 12 PM - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (5 day event)- $50,000
50 June 26, 2009 Friday 5 PM - Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (3 day event) - $1,500
51 June 27, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
52June 28, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $3,000
53 June 28, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better[/link] (3 day event) - $1,500
54 June 29, 2009 Monday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
55 June 29, 2009 Monday 5 PM - 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (3 day event) - $2,500
56 June 30, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $5,000

57 World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em Event - $10,000

57A July 03, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Day 1A
57B July 04, 2009 Saturday 12 PM -Day 1B
57C July 05, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Day 1C
57D July 06, 2009 Monday 12 PM - Day 1D

The Schedule for the remaining days in the main event is:
7/7/2009 Tuesday 12 noon Day 2A
7/8/2009 Wednesday 12 noon Day 2B
7/10/2008 Friday 12 noon Day 3
7/11/2008 Saturday 12 noon Day 4
7/12/2008 Sunday 12 noon Day 5
7/13/2008 Monday 12 noon Day 6
7/14/2008 Tuesday 12 noon Day 7
7/15/2009 Wednesday 12 noon Day 8 (Play down to 9 players)

*Final Table Schedule to Play November 7-10, 2009

They are the semi-bluff, which basically means that you are betting on a hand that still has a chance to improve and the stone cold bluff where you have absolutely nothing and can’t win unless you make a move and other players fold.

A good spot where a poker bluff might work when playing Texas Holdem at online poker sites is when you are on the button. Having position or being last to act is very important in Holdem.  Being able to see what players are doing before you act gives you a big advantage.

Another good spot to bluff in when playing poker is when there are just a few players in the hand. If you bluff against a full table of players still in the hand you must get every single player to fold in order to win. It is much easier to get just a few players to fold instead of an entire table.

Another poker bluff opportunity at is when you are playing Texas Holdem and have already led out before the flop. If you bluff after the flop it is called a continuation bet and will work if the flop missed everyone.  A lot of professional poker players use this move often.  Aggression pays in poker.

The poker bluff works better if you have established yourself as a tight player. The more respect you get for having big hands against tight players, the better chances of pulling off a bluff will be.  Spend time setting up your image.  Occassionally let them see that you had the hand.  Some sites even let you flip a card over when you fold. 

There will be occasions when bluffing works well and other situations when it does not. You don’t want to try a poker bluff against aggressive players. Bluffing works better against tight players that need the cards to play.

It does not work against maniacs. It also works much better when there are not a lot of players in the hand.

You can get into a bad habit of bluffing too much if you are not careful. Bluffs work best when they are unexpected, not routine. You also have to remember that you can lose a lot of money. Poker bluffs need to be timely. If you routinely bluff and get called you are going to lose.

Remember that for an online poker bluff to work all of your opponents have to fold. If you can see that your opponent is going to call no matter what you do then bluffing is just not going to work. Pick your spots well when bluffing and you will be much better off.

If you are starting out in poker, this chart can give you a good idea of which hands to play from what position. In no-limit poker, it really is about position and the size of the bet. Some times you don’t even need a good hand to take the pot. Although I would say this is a more advanced poker strategy. The chart below will give you the general hands to play.

Try it out and in no time your online poker playing will be better than the rest.

$5000 Freeroll Tournament - free entry

Freeroll update…registration starts at 5pm EST January 29th.

There is no fee to enter. Registration for the $5000 freeroll tournament starts in less than 2 hours. They are only allowing 4000 players so register early.

Get your FREE entry here!

The tournament will start on January 31st, at 5pm EST. $5000 up for grabs and free to enter.

Good Luck

Erick Mastack
PokerGTA.com

Live poker tournaments are a great way to show off your poker skills, socialize with other poker players, make some money, and generally have a good time. Live poker tournaments have a wide range of buy ins and prizes, and different poker games with different betting structures. Live poker tournaments can be found just about everywhere thanks to the widespread coverage and popularity of the game, and live poker tournament schedules can fit into anyone’s schedule.

Live poker tournaments vary in entry fees and prizes. Obviously the bigger the entry fee and the more players in the live poker tournaments, the bigger the prizes. Some people actually get sponsored to play in a tournament if they agree to wear their clothes and promote a company’s product. Another way to get sponsored in a live poker tournament is by winning a satellite tournament, which is a tournament where the winner or winners receive a buy in to a tournament as a prize. Some live poker tournaments are basically play money tournaments. No real money is exchanged to enter, and the winner or winners may receive prizes in the form of league points for their local bar or pub, or gift cards and other prizes. While most live poker tournaments have a prices fixed entry fee, others may allow you to buy back in if you lose your chips, rebuy if you lose your chips, and even add on to your stack, at certain points in the tournament. The type of live poker tournaments available to play in include multi table tournaments, single table tournaments, sitngos, and the previously mentioned satellite tournament. Multi table tournaments are the most common, and allow as many entrants that can fit into the venue. Single table tournaments are just what they sound like, where there is one table, and the players there play until there’s one person left. Sitngos usually have a predetermined amount of entrants, and once that many entrants sign up, the tournament begins. These can range anywhere from a one table sitngo to a 180 man sitngo.

At this online poker room they are offering players the chance to make their wildest dreams come true by winning entry to some of the world’s biggest live poker tournaments. Every month there will be new ways in which you can win your live seat through satellites starting from $2, direct buy-ins and other exciting promotions.

A Satellite tournament is a multi-tiered approach to winning major poker tournaments. For example, 100 players might enter a $2 Satellite, with the total prize pool of $200. Based on this prize pool, winners will be paid out with Satellite coupons to higher buy-in satellites. These coupons could be $11, $60 or a Grand Final entry coupon, which would in turn be used to enter a higher level of Satellite or directly into the corresponding Live Seat Grand Final.

Satellites will help any online poker player achieve their goals of entering a major live tournament, with prize packages reaching up to $15,000! These packages cover entry and fees for the world’s most popular poker tournaments, including the Aussie Millions, Asia-Pacific Poker Tour, and even the World Series of Poker. Check the schedule below and get started on the road to poker glory.

Visit this online poker site for a chance to win a live poker tournament seat.

Live Seat Schedule

Watch the videos of the final 9 players battle it out for the $9.1 million first place prize. As well the main event champion also receives the main event WSOP bracelet.

If you missed the first set of final table videos visit Main Event 2008 Videos.

The main event had 6844 entrants…watch and see the final table.

Watch part 2 of the Main Event 2008 videos.

Now don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t mean they aren’t good players. If they knew the game on texas holdem, specifically no-limit poker, they would soon realize that there isn’t much value in facebook poker. You just can’t win any money at poker on facebook.

Join the Facebook Poker Cheat group and share your ideas.

If you are playing texas holdem on facebook maybe you should try an online poker room like CarbonPoker. They have free tournaments that you can win real money at.

Specifically, I am referring to freeroll poker tournaments. Freerolls are freezeout poker tournaments where you can win money. Granted, not a lot of money but something to start your bank roll and definitely more than anything you can hope to win at facebook.

Some online poker sites, like Carbon, offer free bonuses for signing up. They want you to play at there room and they will go to great lengths to entice you.

So if you are looking for a Facebook poker bonus code, I would suggest visiting CarbonPoker and signing up. You will receive their free sign up bonus and they have daily freerolls where you can win real money.

Who knows you may be the next Peter Eastgate.

• 1st Place: $9,119,517  -  Peter Eastgate
• 2nd Place: $5,790,024   - Ivan Demidov
• 3rd Place: $4,503,352   -  Dennis Phillips - started chip leader at final table
• 4th Place: $3,763,515   -  Ylon Schwartz
• 5th Place: $3,088,012   -  Scott Montgomery
• 6th Place: $2,412,510   -  Darus Suharto
• 7th Place: $1,769,174  -  David Rheem
• 8th Place: $1,286,672  -  Kelly Kim
• 9th Place: $900,670   -  Craig Marquis

2008 WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate

The final 2 players are currently playing for the main event championship $9.1 million pay out.  The final 2 players are Peter Eastgate who has taken out 4 of the final 9 players and Ivan Demidov.

November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - Kelly Kim

Kelly Kim, resides in California, is a professional poker player and 31 years old. He cashed three times in the 2007 World Series of Poker and paid cash for his entry to this year’s main event. Before he turned pro, he was a business analyst and has a degree of UC San Diego. He comes into the final table as the short stack, with only 2,620,000 in chips.

Interview video with Kelly Kim
November 9 main event final table 2008 World Series of Poker player

Kelly Kim rounds out the November Nine as the long shot with a very small chip stack of only 2,620,000. That may seem like a lot of chips, but compared to the next lowest (Craig Marquis) stack of 10.2 million, and the highest (Dennis Phillips) of 26.2 million, it will be interesting to see if Kim can increase his stack size soon enough to stay in the Final Table. The professional poker player of Korean descent resides in Whittier, California. Growing up, he played football and wrestled in high school. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UC-San Diego and used to work as a business analyst. During his sophomore year of college, he entered his first live poker tournament at a small Indian casino. Kim’s first live tournament cash came in 2001, earning $798, but those numbers have increased significantly to total 37 cashes and $351,744 in winnings. He respects Daniel Negreanu because he doesn’t hide anything from his fans, and is open and honest. Like many of the “November Nine,” Kim also plans to help his family and friends with the prize money.

Kelly Kim starts the main event final table with 2,620,000 in chips.

November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - Craig Marquis

Craig Marquis is a Texan from Arlington and is 23 years old, and could also become the youngest WSOP main event champ ever. He’s a college student who’s pretty new to poker — he’s been playing about a year and a half. If he wins, he plans on buying his family a swimming pool.

He starts the final table with 10,210,000 in chips.

Interview video of Craig Marquis
November 9 main event final table player 2008 World Series of Poker

Craig Marquis took a few years of community college, then went to UT-Arlington, before taking a break from school to play poker. While Marquis has only been playing poker for less than two years and mostly puts his skills to the test online, he has pocketed three live tournament cashes, all of which came from World Series of Poker events; the first two in 2007 and another this year in Event #17, the $1500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Shootout. Marquis looks forward to increasing his current earnings of $35,759 with his play this November in the Main Event Final Table. Marquis’s favorite poker players are David Benefield and Tom Dwan. In his free time, he enjoys playing the guitar and watching movies. He plans to help his family, and give his sisters some assistance with their schooling with his prize money.

November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - David Rheem

David Rheem or as he is known in the poker world, “Chino”,lives in Los Angeles, California and is 28. He’s a poker pro who’s been playing for 10 years and paid cash to enter the main event.

He starts the final table with 10,230,000 in chips.

Interview video of David Rheem
November Nine final table main event 2008 World Series of Poker player

Growing up, Rheem excelled at basketball and, as most kids following that sport, looked up to Michael Jordan. This California native has been playing professional poker for ten years now, topping the profits list with $634,657 over 15 cashes in the last three years. Five of those came from World Series of Poker events, but this will be Rheem’s first WSOP Main Event cash. He nearly won a bracelet in the 2006 No-Limit Hold’em $1,000 re-buy WSOP event finishing second and earning $328,000. Few people know that Chino is scared of heights. His plans with the prize money are to help his family and friends.

November Nine final table main event player - Darus Suharto

Darus Suharto was born in Indonesia but now lives in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. He attended both York University and the University of Central Arkansas. He’s 39, has an MBA from Indiana University and works as an accountant. He won his way into the main event through a satellite.

He starts the final table with 12,520,000 in chips.

Interview video of Darus Suharto
November 9 final table main event player 2008 World Series of Poker

Suharto has only produced one live poker tournament cash in the amount of $26,389, for his 448th place finish at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event. His favorite poker player is Daniel Negreanu and his hobbies include traveling, reading, going to movies or just relaxing at home. In his free time, he also volunteers at some professional associations/not-for profit organizations.

November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - Scott Montgomery

Scott Montgomery is from Perth, Ontario in Canada, is 26 years old and sits in third place among the chip leaders in the Main Event final table at the 2008 World Series of Poker. He is a poker pro who’s been playing for about four years and paid cash to enter this year’s main event.

He starts the final table with 19,690,000 in chips.

Watch interview video of Scott Montgomery - November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table

He received his Bachelor of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo and has been playing poker for about four years. All of his live tournament cashes came in 2008 – three of those in the 2008 WSOP – and Montgomery’s total live tournament earnings equal $406,585. His favorite poker memory is winning three consecutive tournaments online. In poker circles, fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu tops Montgomery’s list as his favorite player.

Peter Eastgate is from Odense, Denmark and is 22 years old, making him the youngest player at the final table. If this poker pro wins, he’ll be the youngest WSOP champ ever. He’s a high school grad and paid his entry fee in cash.

He starts the final table with 18,375,000 in chips.

Watch an interview with Peter Eastgate - November 9 final table main event 2008 World Series of Poker player

Nicknamed “Isser”, Peter is a professional poker player and has been involved with the game for about three years. He paid cash to enter the 2008 WSOP and now finds himself at the Final Table. He has claimed two live tournament cashes over the last two years, earning $76,084. While he respects many poker players, Eastgate says that his favorite is Patrik Antonius because of his “skill and class.”

Update: Peter East gate won the 2008 World Series of Poker main event for $9.1 million. Of the 9 players at the final table Eastgate eliminated four of them.

November 9 Player Ivan Demidov

Ivan Demidov is from Moscow, Russia. He’s a professional poker player, but 2008 was his first time playing at the World Series, where he also finished in 11th place in Event #44, the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em with rebuys event.

Watch a interview with Ivan Demidov - main event final table player 2008 World Series of Poker

Nicknamed “Soul,” Ivan Demidov is the second highest chip leader in the 2008 Main Event Final Table. The 27-year-old professional poker player has earned most of his cashes in online poker rooms. Demidov has seen only three live tournament cashes, though his earnings total is an impressive $65,081. Demidov excels in computer games such as Starcraft and Warcraft and was one of the top online players. He is single and enjoys skiing and scuba diving.

Dennis Phillips is leading the 9 players with 26,295,000 in chips. Phillips qualified for the event by winning a $200 satellite tournament, controls nearly 25 percent of the remaining chip at the final table.

For a brief interview with Dennis Phillips of the November 9 check out this video:

When asked, what does it take to make a World Series of Poker final table, Phillips responds,

If the same 6,844 player sat down and started the main event again, you would probably see nine different players at the final table. But you would also see an amazing amount of the same players who cashed this year also cashing again. It takes some luck and especially no bad luck to advance deep into a tournament but a huge amount of skill. You have to maximize those few premium hands that you get and be able to lay down a monster hand to someone. this is tough. I laid down pocket aces TWICE after the flop in the tournament.

• Schwartz has 11 World Series of Poker events cashes, including 15th place in the Limit Hold’em event this year. His cashes in 30 live tournaments have made him almost $256,000.

•  As a former professional chess player, Schwartz, realized early on he could make more money at poker. He started playing chess when he was 13. At 16, he was making a living from chess in New York’s East Village.  At 23, he became a chess master.

What to expect at the Final Table

Schwartz may have had the best attitude of any of the finalists: “I’ll evaluate my play, but I think I’m just going to find a hammock, a beach and a good bottle of tequila.”

How he qualified for the tournament

Schwartz has a Web site, shipthecheese.com, where he credits two men with teaching him poker: his grandfather and “Fat Nick,” whom he describes as “a 350-pound old man with one tooth in his mouth that crack was kind of enough to leave.”

Final table main event poker stardom?

“I still live in the same apartment,” he told the New York Post. “I go to the pub. Nothing has changed, except that I’m getting attention from TV people.”

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ESPN poker analyst Norman Chad:

“If he wins, he wants to go somewhere no one will find him, like Tim Robbins in ‘Shawshank Redemption.’ He’s smart and strange — you’ve got to fear the smart, strange ones — and he’ll wait for others to make mistakes at the table.”

For a brief interview with Ylon Schwartz watch this video about his expectations of the final table:

Ylon Schwartz, one of the nine players left at the final table in the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), has decided to auction an opportunity to sponsor him.

The auction will take place on eBay and the winner will earn a ten-square-inch advertising patch on his hat, chest or arm, reports Poker News Daily.

A starting bid of $100,000 will have to be made and half of all the proceeds will be donated to the EDC Habitat for Humanity charity.

Scott Neuman, president of RecordWeb Communications, the firm promoting Schwartz, said that the poker star was pleased to help out with the fundraising effort.

He commented: “What people have to remember is that while it’s a charity auction, the value of the patch is worth between $100,000 and $3 million.”

Schwartz will sit down at the final table with over 12 million chips, which will put him in fifth place when the other eight take to the felt.

Dennis Phillips is the chip leader with over 26 million and he recently auctioned advertising space on his own jacket to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table is about to make history.  Normally the WSOP main event is played out to one winner or champion in one continuous event.  Not so this year.

Last July, the main event of the 2008 World Series of Poker was played from 6844 players down to the final nine.  Instead of completing the event and producing a winner of the top prize of $9.1 million, the completion was set for a later date.

We are 6 days from the completion of the 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table.  Planned for November 9th on ESPN, the event will be played down to 2 players.  Late on the 10th they will battle it out for the main event title, the bracelet and the 9 million dollar first place prize.  It is explected to be completed sometime early on the 11th of November.

Here is a list of the November 9, 2008 WSOP main event final table players and their starting chip counts:

• DENNIS PHILLIPS, 53, St. Louis, Missouri, 26,295,000 

• IVAN DEMIDOV, 27, Moscow, Russia, 24,400,000 

• SCOTT MONTGOMERY, 26, Perth, Ontario, Canada, 19,690,000 

• PETER EASTGATE, 22, Odense, Denmark, 18,375,000 

• YLON SCHWARTZ, 38, Brooklyn, New York, 12,525,000 

• DARUS SUHARTO, 39, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 12,520,000 

• DAVID RHEEM, 28, Los Angeles, California, 10,230,000 

• CRAIG MARQUIS, 23, Arlington, Texas, 10,210,000 

• KELLY KIM, 31, Whittier, California, 2,620,000 

IF you are interested in the final November Nine’s seating arrangement at the main event final table, players will be sat in the following order:

• Seat 1: Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
• Seat 2: Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
• Seat 3: Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
• Seat 4: Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
• Seat 5: Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
• Seat 6: Chino Rheem - 10,230,000
• Seat 7: Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
• Seat 8: Kelly Kim - 2,620,000
• Seat 9: Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000

Don’t miss out on your free online poker site entry into next years World Series of Poker main event tournament.

The final 9 players or November 9 as they are now called will play for a total of $32,633,446, with the following pay schedule:

Update:  Final table 2008 World Series of Poker results

• 1st Place: $9,119,517  - Peter Eastgate
• 2nd Place: $5,790,024   - Ivan Demidov
• 3rd Place: $4,503,352   -  Dennis Phillips - started chip leader at final table
• 4th Place: $3,763,515   -  Ylon Schwartz
• 5th Place: $3,088,012   -  Scott Montgomery
• 6th Place: $2,412,510   -  Darus Suharto
• 7th Place: $1,769,174  -  David Rheem
• 8th Place: $1,286,672  -  Kelly Kim
• 9th Place: $900,670   -  Craig Marquis

Steps

Divide the number of cards unseen by the number of “outs” that you have. “Outs” are the cards remaining in the deck that will allow you to make a winning hand.
Subtract 1.

There must be at least that many bets in the pot (i.e., multiples of your bet) for a call.

Example: Say you have 2 hearts. Two more hearts fall on the flop. There are now 47 unseen cards. You have 9 outs (9 out of 13 unseen hearts remaining in the deck) to make your flush on the next card.

Divide 47 by 9 = 5.2
Subtract 1 = 4.2

There must be at least 4.2 bets in the pot for you to call a single bet.
If you don’t get your card on the turn, you may be faced with repeating the process in the next round of betting. Remember that post-turn bets are usually larger than pre-turn bets.

Tips

The preceding steps are a quick method for determining outs on the next card. Other methods exist.

Some people advocate determining the number of outs required to make your hand using all future cards. For example, if you need one card for a flush, you actually have two draws to that card, not just one. Doing the math, you get 1.5:1 odds, so 1.5 bets would be your break even. Since you can be can be forced out on the next round, this is only true if there is no more betting. However, you need to estimate all future bets to get to that last card (yours and theirs), and that ratio needs to be 1.5 or more. It’s much harder to do this math on the fly, however, and usually requires you to memorize an ‘out’ list for different card combinations.

Outs:-1—2—3—4–5-6-7-8-9-12-15 Need
Odds:45-22-14-10-8-7-6-5-4-3–2

Note that it mentions outs to a “winning hand”. There is no automatic system to determine what a “winning hand” is. Maybe that 3-of-a-kind could win. But maybe there’s 3 cards to a flush on the table. Experience will dictate what you consider a minimum strength hand to win.

The actual formula for calculating hand-odds is:(cards_left - outs)/outs (which is the same as cards_left/outs - 1)

e.g.: (47-9)/9 = 47/9-1 = 38/9 = 4.22/1

The 2008 WSOP main event was played out differently than the past years. The main event was played out to 9 players and stopped in July. Rather than complete the tournament and mark a champion of the $9.1 million first prize, the tournament was delayed until November 9th.

The “November 9″, as the final 9 players of the 2008 main event are known as, are all millionaires. Check out the November 9 player profiles.

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