Nearing the November Nine
by Brett on 07.15.09, 3:00 pm
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The end of the road is near as the remaining 27 players prepare to play down to the November Nine on Day 8 of the WSOP Main Event. Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari and Jeff Schulman are the big names going in but the field is loaded with online superstars, including Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp, who is second in chips with nearly 16 million. Darvin Moon, an owner of a small logging company in Maryland, is the chip leader with more than 20 million.
Here’s a look at your final 27 with the P5ers listed in bold. For bios on all of the P5ers remaining take a look at a great writeup by David Huber on pocketfives.com.
| Last Name, First Name | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
| Moon, Darvin | 20,160,000 | B2 | 8 |
| Kopp, Billy | 15,970,000 | B3 | 9 |
| Begleiter, Steven | 11,885,000 | B3 | 5 |
| Ivey, Phil | 11,350,000 | B2 | 1 |
| Schaffel, Kevin | 11,245,000 | B3 | 8 |
| Saout, Antoine | 11,135,000 | B3 | 7 |
| Shulman, Jeff | 10,170,000 | B2 | 2 |
| Buchman, Eric | 10,005,000 | B1 | 6 |
| Robbins, Jamie | 9,795,000 | B3 | 1 |
| Lamb, Ben | 9,410,000 | B3 | 6 |
| Akenhead, James | 8,615,000 | B1 | 9 |
| Cada, Joseph | 6,565,000 | B2 | 7 |
| Calderaro, James | 6,475,000 | B1 | 3 |
| Lichtenberger, Andrew | 5,625,000 | B2 | 5 |
| Ludovic, Lacay | 5,610,000 | B3 | 4 |
| Zackey, Warren | 5,485,000 | B1 | 5 |
| Mattes, Marco | 5,285,000 | B2 | 6 |
| Vedes, Tommy | 5,070,000 | B1 | 8 |
| Smith, Jordan | 4,510,000 | B2 | 9 |
| Esfandiari, Antonio | 4,470,000 | B3 | 2 |
| Tavelli, Ian | 4,385,000 | B1 | 2 |
| Tamayo, Jonathan | 3,300,000 | B1 | 4 |
| Habbak, Jesse | 2,750,000 | B1 | 1 |
| Caragiorgas, George | 1,615,000 | B2 | 3 |
| Maimone, Nick | 1,545,000 | B2 | 4 |
| Margets, Leo | 1,530,000 | B1 | 7 |
| Balmigere, Francois | 1,440,000 | B3 | 3 |
- July 16, 2009 -- Smith Takes 10th; November Nine is Set
- July 16, 2009 -- Final 10 Take Their Seats; Kopp, Robbins Exit
- July 16, 2009 -- New Life!
- July 15, 2009 -- TheNew Short Stack
