27 runners remain in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. Today is an exciting day, because they will play down to 9 – the 2010 November Nine!  Once there are 9 players remaining, play will stop. We’ll have 3 months off, and play will resume in November – and I will be there to watch the final table!

2010 WSOP Main Event Day 8 players:

Interesting note made at the WSOP website: Last year the November Nine were comprised of the top 12 players entering Day 8 (today).

1. Joseph Cheong , 24,490,000
2. Cuong Nguyen, 23,100,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois, 15,780,000
4. Jason Senti, 13,550,000
5. Matthew Jarvis, 13,300,000
6. Matt Affleck, 12,515,000
7. Jonathan Duhamel, 10,520,000
8. John Racener, 10,470,000
9. Filippo Candio, 10,020,000
10. Benjamin Statz, 9,885,000
11. Robert Pisano, 8,060,000
12. Michiel Sijpkens, 7,765,000
13. Duy Le, 7,255,000
14. Scott Clements, 7,250,000
15. David Baker, 6,825,000
16. Michael Mizrachi, 6,300,000
17. Brandon Steven, 6,045,000
18. Adam Levy, 4,745,000
19. William Thorson, 3,680,000
20. Redmond Lee, 3,315,000
21. Mads Wissing, 3,070,000
22. Ronnie Bardah, 2,525,000
23. Matthew Bucaric, 2,270,000
24. John Dolan, 2,175,000
25. Patrick Eskandar, 1,655,000
26. Johnny Lodden, 1,560,000
27. Hasan Habib, 1,510,000

Where we at for the 2010 WSOP Main Event?

• Day 8, Level 30
• Players remaining = 27
• We are in the money (747 paid)
• Pre-Action Day 8 chip counts above
• Action starts = Noon today
• PLAYING DOWN TO 9 TODAY!

Two days ago I had a dream of seeing Johnny Chan and Scotty Nguyen at the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table. Scotty busted late on Day 5, so, yesterday, that dream was re-shaped into “Johnny Chan Makes the 2010 WSOP Main Event Final table.” I could live with that.  Today, my hopes are crushed.

For the last three days, the poll (in the right margin) has been “Will Johnny Chan make it to the November Nine?”. Of course, that was chosen as the poll because I believed that he was a shoe-in since he was placing in the top 20 for several days in a row.

Yesterday, he started play in 9th place with 2,559,000 chips; over a million more chips than average. About an hour into the day’s play, Chan suffered a crushing blow when his KhKc were dominated by another player’s AsAc. Nothing came on the board to improve either hand and Chan was down to 800,000 in chips.

A little over an hour later, Chan got JsJd and pushed All In (550,000 chips), only to be facing another player’s – you got it – AsAc! Same hand as the first blow.

Chan went out in 159th place, earning $57,102.

Where we at for the 2010 WSOP Main Event?

• Day 7, Level 25
• Players remaining = 78
• We are in the money (747 paid)
• Pre-Action Day 7 chip counts - 2010 WSOP Main Event current chip counts
• Action starts = Noon today
• PLAYING DOWN TO 27 TODAY!

Good luck to fellow citizen of Massachusetts, Ronnie Bardah of Stoneham!

Alas, the last hopes for the 2009 November Nine to shine in the 2010 WSOP Main Event were dashed on Day 5 (Wednesday, the 14th), when the final remaining November Niner, Eric Buchman busted out in 549th place.

Buchman had started the day in 351st place, short stacked with 250,000 in chips. Prop bets aside, Buchman earned $24,709 for his 2010 WSOP Main Event efforts…plus a boat load of respect from fellow November Niners and poker pros alike. He beat out 6770 other runners!

Congratulations Eric!

So let’s review…

Here’s the results for the 2009 November Nine playing in the 2010 WSOP Main Event:

• Eric Buchman – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 5
• Joseph Cada – Started day 1C; Eliminated Day 3
• Steven Begleiter – Started day 1C; Eliminated Day ?
• Kevin Schaffel – Started day 1A; Eliminated Day ?
• Darvin Moon – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Jeff Shulman – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Antoine Saout – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Phil Ivey – Started day 1D; Eliminated early Day 2B
• James Akenhead – Started day 1A; Eliminated Day 2A

Where we at with the Main Event?

• Day 6, Level 21
• Players remaining = 205
• We are in the money (747 paid)
• Pre-Action Day 6 chip counts - 2010 WSOP Main Event current chip counts
• Action starts = Noon today

Struggling with a below average stack of 250,000 chips, Eric Buchman is the sole remaining 2009 November Niner competing in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. Buchman has made it to Day 5 which begins today (Wednesday) at Noon.  Starting the day in 351st position, Buchman will be competing against 573  other runners to become the 2010 Main Event champ.

• Day 5, Level 17
• We are in the money (747 paid)
• Pre-Action Day 5 chip counts - 2010 WSOP Main Event current chip counts
• Action starts = Noon today

Woot! Woot!  –> Johnny Chan still in the running with an above average stack of 1,159,000 chips. Gooooooooo Johnny!
 

There will be a brand new 2010 WSOP Main Event champion this year as Cada was eliminated during day 3 action.  Johnny Chan continues to be one of the chip leaders in 9th place with 636K in chips.

Day 4 begins at Noon Tuesday. Approx. 1,240 runners remain. Chip leader, James Carroll has 803K in chips.

The 2009 WSOP November Nine in order of 2010 current standings…

• Eric Buchman – Started day 1D; Made it to Day 4; (91st) 244,400 chips
• Joseph Cada – Started day 1C (301); Eliminated Day 3
• Steven Begleiter – Started day 1C; Eliminated Day ?
• Kevin Schaffel – Started day 1A; Eliminated Day ?
• Darvin Moon – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Jeff Shulman – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Antoine Saout – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Phil Ivey – Started day 1D; Eliminated early Day 2B
• James Akenhead – Started day 1A; Eliminated Day 2A

Can’t find the posts announcing Begleiter’s and Schaffel’s eliminations, but, cannot find them on the Day 3 chip count, either. Schaffel, I know was good through level 4 of Day 1A with 32,500 in chips.

Do you know when Begleiter and Schaffel were eliminated? Please post the link in Comments, thanks.

Wondering how the 2009 WSOP November Nine did on their journeys to the 2010 WSOP Final Table? Not as well as the 2008 November Nine did last year!  All but 2 have been eliminated. Buchman and Cada remain – and are in great position given that there are over 2500 runners left.

The 2009 WSOP November Nine in order of 2010 current standings…

• Eric Buchman – Started day 1D; Made it to Day 3; (222nd) 147,000 chips
• Joseph Cada – Started day 1C (301); Made it to Day 3; (324th) 122,400 chips
• Steven Begleiter – Started day 1C; Eliminated Day ?
• Kevin Schaffel – Started day 1A; Eliminated Day ?
• Darvin Moon – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Jeff Shulman – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Antoine Saout – Started day 1D; Eliminated Day 2B
• Phil Ivey – Started day 1D; Eliminated early Day 2B
• James Akenhead – Started day 1A; Eliminated Day 2A

Can’t find the posts announcing Begleiter’s and Schaffel’s eliminations, but, cannot find them on the Day 3 chip count, either. Schaffel, I know was good through level 4 of Day 1A with 32,500 in chips.

Do you know when Begleiter and Schaffel were eliminated? Please post the link in Comments, thanks.

This week is the last week of July’s play in the 2010 WSOP - and - we’ll learn who’s going to be in the 2010 November Nine!

Sunday off. The 2010 WSOP Main Event resumes Monday and plays every day, Monday through Saturday. Play begins at Noon each day. Friday, they’ll play down to 27, and Saturday they’ll play down to 9 players; the 2010 Novmber Nine.

Monday is Day 3.  2,560 runners remain out of the 7, 319 WSOP Main Event entrants.

All the 2010 WSOP events except the Main Event – which started yesterday - have concluded. So, how is Justin Bonomo doing with his 2010 WSOP Panorama Towers Prop Bet?

Well, on 6/12/2010 – David Baker won Event #19: 2-7 Draw Lowball World Championship (no Limit).

Congrats to Justin Bonomo!

 

Last year, Justin Bonomo bet 7 – 1 that at least one of the poker players from Panorama Towers would win a bracelet in the 2009 WSOP—and—he wasn’t disappointed…Greg Mueller won two bracelets!

Why’d he even make a bet like that? Well, because it is not such a long shot. During the 2009 WSOP, we learned from a conversation between Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo who were playing at the same table at the $40K 40th Anniversary No Limit Hold’Em tournament that somewhere between 40 – 80 poker players live in the Panorama Towers (during a WSOP). (I wrote about that conversation, Poker Pros Choose Panorama Towers, last year.)

Well, this year for the 2010 WSOP, Bonomo’s betting 10 – 1 that at least one poker player from Panorama Towers wins a bracelet. Here’s his post announcing this year’s Panorama Towers prop bet on the TwoPlusTwo Forum.

Justin Bonomo announces his 2010 WSOP Panorama Towers prop bet

Interest in Justin’s prop bet grew, and the Two Plus Two forum was laden with whine after whine (hear your child’s fussy “Are we there yet?”) about how quickly Justin could post the official list of poker pros living at Panorama Towers who would be included in his prop bet. Justin promised that he would post the official list by midnight 5/28/2010, and sure enough, a couple of days earlier, on 5/26/2010 he posted the official list of poker pros and the terms of the prop bet on Two Plus Two.  

Terms: Min bet $1K to Bonomo’s $10K
Poker Pros Included:

1. Andre Aakari
2. John Aguiar
3. Shayan Ahmed
4. JC Alvarado
5. David Baker
6. Aaron Been
7. John Robert Bellande
8. Dan Bilzerian
9. Micheal Binger
10. Nick Binger
11. Justin Blek
12. Noah Boeken
13. Liv Boeree
14. Justin Bonomo
15. Joseph Cheong
16. David Chicotsky
17. Stephen Chidwick
18. Ray Coburn
19. Shaun Deeb
20. Cyriel Dohmen
21. Antonio Esfandiari
22. Jay Farber
23. Ryan Fee
24. John van Fleet
25. Dan Fleyshman
26. Hunter Frey
27. Jimmy Fricke
28. Eric Froehlich
29. Matt Gianetti
30. Keith Gipson
31. Noah Glimmer
32. Barry Greenstein
33. Isaac Haxton
34. Andreas Høivold
35. Tommie Janssen
36. Adam Junglen
37. Lauren Kling
38. Phil Laak
39. Matt LaGarde
40. Ben Lamb
41. Liz Lieu
42. Maria Mayrinck
43. Nenad Medic
44. Alex Melnikow
45. Tyler Netter
46. Evelyn Ng
47. Steve Odwyer
48. Brock Parker
49. David Peat
50. Joe Piccoli
51. Ali Prescott
52. Brian Rast
53. David Sands
54. Jeff Sarwer
55. Sara Schwersky
56. Joe Sebok
57. Scott Seiver
58. Mike Sowers
59. Jennifer Tilly
60. Mimi Tran
61. Lex Veldhuis
62. Alexandra Vuong
63. David Williams
64. Derek Williams
65. Shirley Williams
66. Robert Williamson III
67. Shawn Buchannan – included after 6/17/2010
68. Greg Mueller – included after 6/17/2010