2010 WSOP November Nine

Posted by icemonkey9 on Jul 17, 2010 in November Nine, wsop | 0 comments

The final 9 players in the WSOP Main Event are called the November Nine. This year, the 2010 November Nine promise to be some of the best tournament players in the game today with a great mix of recognizable names from both online and live circuits.

The day began today with 27 players but today we will play all the way down to the final table which will start with ten players. Once those ten players are at the table, which is being filmed by at least 8 cameras on-site by ESPN, they will eliminate one person and have play halted, to resume back here at the Rio on November 9th.

Players that figure to be in the hunt include the chip leader, Joseph Cheong who is from La Mirada, California. It's great to see that many fellow Southern Californians are doing well and remain, including Soi Nguyen who was second in chips when today began, who hails from Santa Ana, CA which is about 15 minutes from where I live. Other So Cal players include Adam Levy, Hasan Habib (Downey, CA) and Patrick Eskandar from Ladera Ranch.

One player that has really impressed me is Jason Senti who is a lead instructor over at BlueFirePoker.com and a nice guy to boot. He normally plays mid and high stakes Heads-Up cash games and I got a great interview with him after play was done yesterday. Another name climbing the charts is Italian poker pro Filippo Candio who grinds out tournaments on PokerStars because in Italy you cannot play cash games online.

A lot of the buzz on the floor is with Joseph Cheong who is strong, confident and really skilled at the game. He's already gotten management, as have many of the top players remaining, and might just be a household name in poker come November for the conclusion of the Main Event.

Canadians should be very proud as three of the final 20 players (and counting) hail from the great country up north with Jonathan Duhamel, Pascal LeFrancois and Matthew Jarvis doing their country proud.

If you want to read more, check out the coverage at 2010 WSOP November Nine.