Players Start To Arrive For WSOP Main Event Final Table

This Sunday, the November Nine will return to the scene where they had so much success earlier in the World Series of Poker main event. The nine finalists return to the tables at the Rio on Sunday, when they will begin play for the biggest prize in professional poker today.

The $8 million top prize has become somewhat of an afterthought for players over the past couple of months. Once they reached the final table back in July, the players became instant celebrities, and they have spent the past few months juggling their fame with their practice schedule. all of the players have gone over in-depth strategies in their head over and over.

Sunday, those strategies will all go out the window when the cards are finally dealt at the final table. The players will be able to execute the first few phases of their strategy, but likely will have to adjust on the fly as the cards will dictate which players move along in the tournament. A bad run of cards at this point could mean disaster for some of the finalists.

One player who will be able to handle not receiving cards for the first portion of the main event will be chip leader Martin Stasko. He currently has over forty million in chips, more than doubling the stacks of players in six through nine positions. Eoghan O'Dea is second with just over 33 million in chips, and Matt Giannetti is third at 24,750,000. Sam Holden is the short stack, holding 12,375,000.

The players started arriving last week, and have been homing their skills by playing in tournaments and cash games. The play will continue likely up until Saturday, when players will get a good night's rest before they begin the grueling run that is the final table. Play will continue Sunday and Monday, and the champion is expected to be crowned sometime on Tuesday.

November 2, 2011
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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