The Amazon Room at the Rio-All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has just seen 56 days of very exciting poker action played out by a total of 6,494 poker players from around the world, all hoping to win their seat at the final table Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 in November, and ultimately become the Champion, scooping not only the big money winnings ($8,548,435), but also the title, and the much sought-after Bracelet.

Only 9 players can go through to the final table, and those 9 who battled their way through and won their place will gather together once again in November, at the same place in Las Vegas to determine the 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion.  Those 9, who include a Frenchman and an English man are all now millionaires. This is the line-up for final table: -

Darvin Moon  from Oakland, Maryland,  took – 58,930,000
Eric Buchman from Valley Stream, New York,  took  – 34,800,000
Steve Begleiter from  Chappaqua, New York,  took – 29,885,000
Jeff Shulman from Las Vegas, Nevada, took  – 19,580,000
Joe Cada from Shelby Township, Michigan, took  – 13,215,000
Kevin Schaffel from Coral Springs, Florida, took – 12,390,000
Phil Ivey from Las Vegas, Nevada, took – 9,765,000
Antione Saout from Paris, France, took – 9,500,000
James Ankenhead from London, England, took – 6,800,000