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Gone Til November
The November Nine are on a 115-day break and the chipleader is a logger from Maryland who plans on going back to his day-job. He's got the biggest stack but not the biggest name of the November Nine, part deux.
Phil Ivey, considered by most to be the best player in the world, is also in the mix and though he's only got 9,765,000 in chips, he's the name that everybody will talk about the players reconvene in November.
Here are the chip counts of the November Nine:
1. Darvin Moon - 58,930,000
2. Eric Buchman - 34,800,000
3. Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000
4. Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000
5. Joseph Cada - 13,215,000
6. Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000
7. Phil Ivey - 9,765,000
8. Antoine Saout - 9,500,000
9. James Akenhead - 6,800,000
Moon's chip lead is thanks largely to monstrous pots that resulted in the 12th place and 11th place finisher busting out.
First, with play down to two tables, he eliminated Billy Kopp by flopping a better flush than Kopp in a pot worth 45,000,000. After a flop of [Kd] [9d] [2d] and a turn of [2h] all the chips went in the middle with Kopp holding [5d] [3d] and Moon holding [Qd] [Jd].
Then, with the final ten players all seated together Moon continued to run red hot getting into a pot with Jordan Smith. After Moon called a preflop raise from the button, Smith re-raised to 2,600,00 and Moon called. The two players saw a [8c] [4d] [2d] flop, Smith checked and Moon bet 4,000,000. Smith moved all-in and Moon called instantly and tabled a set of eights. Smith showed pocket aces and when he was unable to improve on the turn or river he was the November Nine bubble boy.
The two shortest stacks belong to the only non-American players at the final table. England's James Akenhead is the shortest with 6,800,000 and France's Antoine Saout sits in eighth with 9,500,000.
For full video interviews with all of the November Nine stay tuned to WorldSeriesofPoker.com.
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Tips:
Big Cards Don't Equal Big Hands
Chasing Straight & Flush Draws
Taking Control of a Hand
Playing A-K Can Be Tricky
Tips
from The Pros
Being
A Bully
Gus Hansen, October 18th 2007
"Many players
understand the concepts involved in building a large chip stack
during a tournament.
Pre-flop Raising Strategies
Phil Gordon - September 28th 2007
"To limp or not to
limp-that is the question. I'm not going to name any names here,
but there are some big-game pros who will argue that it's okay
to limp into a pot before the flop. They reason that the more
flops they see... "
Finding Your Inner Maniac
Greg "FBT" Mueller, May
22, 2006
"I had convinced
him that there was no difference between a $25 raise and a $4,000
raise."
Beware the Min Raise
Phil Gordon, May 15, 2006
"Every
time I've been faced with a minimum re-raise, I've been up against
a monster - pocket Kings or Aces."
Playing Bottom Two Pair
Rafe Furst, May 8, 2006
"Many players overplay top pair and over-pairs, and will
either call or re-raise all-in."
The Other Danger in Slow
Playing
Howard Lederer, May 1, 2006
"If he
bets on the turn and you raise, you're signaling that the turn
card helped you."
Why I Prefer Cash Games to Tournaments
Huckleberry Seed, April 24, 2006
"If you're attuned
to your opponent's moods, you'll find opportunities to profit
from their weakened states."
Early Tournament
Play
David Grey, April 17, 2006
"I'd rather
gamble early and bust than cling to a short stack for hours on
end."
Bad Position,
Decent Cards
Howard Lederer, April 3, 2006
"In spots like this, your best move is to
press an edge while you have it - before the flop."
Inducing
a Bluff
Layne Flack, March 27, 2006
"It's hard to bluff on three consecutive streets,
and most players won't launch that third bullet."
Back to Basics
David Grey, March 20, 2006
"As players improve, they inevitably see more
opportunities for profit, and thus, see potential in a greater
number of hands. "
Representing
a Bluff
Huckleberry Seed , March 13, 2006
"If
you had the nuts, he'd reason, you'd bet smaller, trying to get
some value."
Viewer Beware
Howard Lederer, March 6, 2006
"In the last couple of years, I've noticed
that some of the less experienced players who have entered $10,000
buy-in tournaments don't fully appreciate what they've seen on
TV."
When Passive
Plays
Chris Ferguson, February 27, 2006
"Ideally I want to get one decent sized bet
in over the course of this hand and by checking, I prevent my
opponent from giving me more action than my hand can handle."
Book Smarts
vs. Table Smarts
Erik Seidel, February 20, 2006
"Just as there is no right way to write a
song or paint a picture, there is no right way to play poker."
Playing with
John D'Agostino
Jay Greenspan, February 13, 2006
"After such a difficult opening, it's not
uncommon to see even very good players overwhelmed with resignation."
On Cavemen
and Poker Players
Ben Roberts, February 6, 2006
"Endeavor to leave each session in the same
emotional state."
Small-Pot
Poker
Gavin Smith , January 30, 2006
"I'm looking to pick up a lot of small pots
by applying a constant level of pressure to my opponents."
Tips From
Tunica
Andy Bloch, January 23, 2006
"When he check-raised, he failed to ask himself
a critical question: What hand can I call with that he could beat?"
How Big a
Bankroll?
Team Full Tilt, January 16, 2006
"If you're nervous about what you stand to
lose in a given pot, you're probably playing too high for your
bankroll. "
Thoughts
on Omaha-8
Jennifer Harman, January 09, 2006
"Whenever possible, you need to position yourself
to take every chip from a big pot."
In Defense
of the Call
Gavin Smith, January 02, 2006
"A strategic call might keep me from going
broke in a hand where I hold a good, but second-best hand."
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