Out of the nearly 6,500 players who started on this long, exciting and frustrating journey, only 64 were left at the end of Day 6. While these players represent the top one percent of all finishers in this year’s event, they each have a long way to go before they can make the final table and the November Nine.
Day 7 of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event saw the massive field of almost sixty-five hundred players reduced to a mere twenty-seven. Amateur Darvin Moon leads at the end of Day 7, just as he did after Day 6, with over twenty million chips.
Phil Ivey continues his deep run toward his quest to win his first Main Event title. He is currently in fourth place with over eleven million in chips. Other notable names in pursuit of the gold bracelet include editor of Card Player magazine Jeff Shulman, currently in seventh place with over ten million in chips, and poker pro Antonio “the Magician” Esfandiari, in twentieth place with over four million. The only woman remaining in the field, Barcelona native Leonor Margets, is second-from-last with 1.5 million.
Last year’s third-place finisher, Dennis Phillips, was not able to duplicate his previous success in this year’s tournament. He finished in forty-fifth place after his opponent’s ace-king of spades beat his ace-king of diamonds when a fifth spade came on the river. His finish earned him just over US$178,000.
2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider also came up short in his chase for the title. He finished in fifty-second place when his ace-seven offsuit could not improve enough to beat his opponent’s pair of nines. Schneider earned over US$138,000 for his efforts.
One more day of action will settle the question: who will be the November Nine? Will Ivey improve on his incredible performance and continue his quest for his best Main Event finish yet? Find out along with us and watch here for news and updates!
Sources: http://www.gamblingplanet.org/