2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Delayed Until November 9, 2008

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On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the final 9 of 6,844 players in the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold’em, 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event were left. Due to a change in the WSOP Main Event tournament to allow broadcasting on ESPN, the Final table will be delayed until November 9, 2008. The final 9 players will also be known as the “November Nine”. The November Nine will play at the Rio’s 1,500-seat Penn & Teller Theater. Each of the 9 players have secured at least $900,000 in winnings. The first place prize will be $9.1 million. 666 players cashed in the event out of a prize pool of $64,333,600.
The official chip count and seating assignments for the 2008 November Nine:
1· DENNIS PHILLIPS, 53, St. Louis, Missouri, 26,295,000

2· IVAN DEMIDOV, 27, Moscow, Russia, 24,400,000

3· SCOTT MONTGOMERY, 26, Perth, Ontario, Canada, 19,690,000

4· PETER EASTGATE, 22, Odense, Denmark, 18,375,000

5· YLON SCHWARTZ, 38, Brooklyn, New York, 12,525,000

6· DARUS SUHARTO, 39, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 12,520,000

7· DAVID RHEEM, 28, Los Angeles, California, 10,230,000

8· CRAIG MARQUIS, 23, Arlington, Texas, 10,210,000

9· KELLY KIM, 31, Whittier, California, 2,620,000
The final nine will play for a total of $32,633,446, with the following pay schedule:
1st Place: $9,119,517
2nd Place: $5,790,024
3rd Place: $4,503,352
4th Place: $3,763,515
5th Place: $3,088,012
6th Place: $2,412,510
7th Place: $1,769,174
8th Place: $1,286,672
9th Place: $900,670