WSOP Main Event: Meet your November Nine
Posted by ThomasG | Filed under Stack Poker
Inside the Rio Convention Center, 7,319 players took their seats over the course of four day-1 starts. 27 were left standing as the final day arrived. 18 hours later, our November Nine was decided. Michael Mizrachi, Jason Senti, Joseph Cheong, John Dolan, Jonathan Duhamel, Matthew Jarvis, John Racener, Filippo Candio, and Soi Nguyen were the nine that remained at the featured table in the Amazon Room
The final nine will all go home with $811,823(9th place money), and some time to strategize their plans for the final table. The Champion will take home a prize of almost $9 million and, of course, the coveted WSOP Main Event bracelet.
Candio made history as the first Italian player to make the WSOP Main Event Final Table.
“I’m so happy. I started my career three or four years ago. I won an Italian Championship in 2009. I worked hard for this career and I think it’s important for my mission. Young guys try to become professional poker players, they say all is possible, if I do it, they can do it,” said Candio.
Going into November, Jonothan Duhamel is the overwhelming chip leader. Here he talks strategy and what he would do with the money:
But Michael “The Grinder” Mizarchi is showing no fear:
“Every time when I don’t have any chips, I end up winning the tournament, and it seems like it’s going to go this way again,” said Mizrachi. Michael also just won the $50,000 Player’s Championship.
Soi Nyugen and Jason Senti will be the short stacks heading into November.
Nguyen, from Santa Ana, Ca, has played in only three other live tournaments before and admits that it was watching poker on TV that got him in the game.
“I saw it on ESPN and Chris Moneymaker, figured, if he can do it, why can’t I.”
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