For the first time in Event #56 seven players are seated together. They reside at one final table, but one of them will miss out on the official final table.
The players went on a quick break after a redraw and here are their chip counts:
Josh “brikdog24″ Brikis - 3.8 million
Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka - 3.1 million [...]

We saw the biggest pot of the tournament to date on Table 58 in the Orange Section of the Amazon Room.
Josh “brikdog24″ Brikis (pictured left) worked his stack all the way up to 1.8 million before getting it all in with James St. Hilaire. Hilaire had Brikis covered by 300K and with 3.6 million in [...]

The red carpet affair for Ante Up for Africa is over, so now we can focus on some poker!
Peter “Nordberg” Feldman started the day second in chips, but couldn’t get anything going and after a couple of tough hands has been eliminated. Feldman suffered a cooler on his last hand flopping set over set. Peter [...]

No we are not quoting a Daft Punk song nor are we promoting an overused poker euphemism.
Today is the last final table of the 2009 WSOP until the Main Event final table reconvenes on November 7th. Sixteen of the original 928 runners remain in Event #56 and they are all competing for $1 million and [...]

And just like that, we are one day removed from the end of preliminary events here at the 2009 WSOP. While this final event isn’t over just yet, the vibe at the Rio is one of anticipation for the Main Event just around the corner. Still, there were 25 or so players with [...]