2 Canadians at WSOP Final Table !

Its down to the final nine players, dubbed by
many as the "November Nine", who will
now take a break for almost four months
and return to the Rio Nov. 9th to play the
first part of the final table. The final 2
players will then return for a heads-up
match Nov. 10th to determine the champion.

Tournament director Jack Effel announced
the final-table participants to thunderous
applause, adding "Players, you may now
go on your 117-day break!"


The 2008 WSOP Main EventFinal Table:

Dennis Phillips 53, St. Louis, MO, -26,295,000

Ivan Demidov, 27, Moscow, Russia, -24,400,000

Scott Montgomery, 26, Perth, ON, -19,690,000

Peter Eastgate, 22, Odense, Denmark, -18,375,000

Ylon Schwartz, 38, Brooklyn, NY, -12,525,000

Darus Suharto, 39, Toronto, ON, -12,520,000

David Rheem, 28, Los Angeles, CA, -10,230,000

Craig Marquis, 23, Arlington, TX, -10,210,000

Kelly Kim, 31, Whittier, CA, -2,620,000


Canadian Scott Montgomery is a
professional poker player who's had some
pretty decent results so far this year:
-2008 Bellagio Cup IV, 4th, $36,025
-2008 WSOP Event 25 (Heads-Up), 16th, $36,096
-2008 WSOP Event 7 (NLHE) 17th, $18,833
-2008 WSOP Event 2 (NLHE) 29th $18,770
-2008 WPT L.A. Poker Classic (WPT) 5th $296,860

The other Canadian, an accountant from
Toronto named Darus Suharto has only
one previous major cash. It was at the
2006 WSOP Main Event where he finished
448th for $26,389.

Final-table payouts:
1st: $9,119,338
2nd: $5,790,024
3rd: $4,503,352
4th: $3,763,516 5
th: $3,088,013
6th: $2,412,510
7th: $1,769,177
8th: $1,286,672
9th: $900,670

TV coverage of this years WSOP
preliminary events starts this
Tuesday the 22nd at 8pm for those
of you lucky enough to get ESPN.
(Event #1 WC Pot-Limit Holdem)