Cada Folds to the Four-Bet

Steven Begleiter made it 650,000 to go, Joe Cada reraised to 1.7 million, Begleiter four-bet to 5.5 million and Cada folded.

Cada= 12,960,000
Begleiter= 28,195,000

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.

And meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Booooo!

Jordan Smith raised to 650,000 and got no action. He showed .

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.

And meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Where's the Cocktails?!

Master of Ceremonies Robbie Thompson just got on the mic and asked for a cocktail server to come to the final table area. All we can say to that is -- good luck. The railbirds are jammed so deep around the entrances to the final table area that we doubt a cocktail server can even get in.

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.

And meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Jordan Smith Eliminated in 10th Place ($896,730)

Eric Buchman opened for 650,000, Darvin Moon flat-called from the button and Jordan Smith reraised to 2.6 million from the small blind. Buchman folded and Moon called.

The flop was . Smith checked, Moon bet 4,000,000, Smith moved all in and Moon called.

Smith
Moon

The turn was the , Smith picking up an inside straight draw to a wheel. The river, though, was the and Moon took down the pot with his set of eights, eliminating Smith and setting the 2009 "November Nine."

Moon has an estimated 59,770,000 chips.

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.

And meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Meet Your November Nine

What a day of poker! I bet no-one thought the tournament would be down to its final nine players -- the November Nine -- before 11pm

Yet here we are, just shy of 11pm local time, with the final nine players bagging and tagging for the night.

We started today at noon with 27 players. Leo Margets, the sole woman in the field, was the first elimination just twenty minutes into the day.

That seemed to set the tone for play, as players got their chips into the middle.

Before we finished the first level of play, three more players were eliminated, including the good-for-television Antonio Esfandiari.

All through the day, players continued to be eliminated at a rapid pace.

The big stacks did their jobs today, as Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter and Billy Kopp all applied relentless pressure on the short stacks.

It was unfortunate for Kopp that he ran a small flush into a bigger flush and went busto in 12th place, a classic elimination that is sure to haunt Kopp for a long time.

Of course there's one other player whom everyone was watching today. Some consider him to be the greatest player in the world; all were hoping he'd make the final table. Phil Ivey started off trending dangerously downwards, but he seemed to recognize what many other players did not -- the stacks were still relatively deep and the levels were still two-hours long.

No need to panic. Ivey didn't panic, and as a result he secured a spot in the November Nine.

Here is the Final Table for The 2009 WSOP World Chapioship

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

Moon will be the chip leader for the next four months until action resumes from November 7 - 10.

It's great to see James in the FT, w needed to have a Brit there

I shall be cheering him on come Novmber when they come back to do it all over again. Well not all over again, there will be only 9 of them and each with a GNTD $1.2M to enjoy

And with that, from me I bid you a pleasant
Good night!

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.

And meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Thank you Aegis

You just schooled me on how to present an ongoing update. Absolutely incredible.

Now all I got to do is learn how to type that fast and add good grammar at the same time.

Im still learnin how to chew gum and walk at the same time.

Great sample of journalism buddy, ive printed off a couple o sheets for future reference.  TYVM.

Anyone want to see James Akenhead

interveiw is on the hitsquads blog.

wwwdotpokerhitsquaddotcom

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