The November Niners

Now that the last remaining players to compete on one of the most famous, one of the most prestigious and definitely the one of the richest sporting event in the world, are completed, its time to learn a bit of them and have a taste of what could happen in the poker table come November.

Dennis Phillips

Dennis is a 53-year old truck driver from St. Louis, Missouri.  With 900 grand in his pocket and a shot for couple of millions more, expect this humble but eager tournament amateur to slug it out against the established veteran of the trade.

Ivan Demidov

Ivan is a professional poker player from Moscow who cashed in on three events and landed on the Main Event finals.  Surprised as he was, expect this soft-spoken online poker hotshot to twist the tables around in November.

Scott Montgomery

Scott is a Canadian resident who has the killer combination in WSOP – a big bankroll and lots of experience.  For those who tune in other tournaments, you’ve probably seen Scott in LA Poker Classic in 2008 where he finished fifth with almost 300 grand.

Peter Eastgate

Peter is a 22-year old poker player who hails from Denmark.  But make no hasty remarks about his age because this young player is one of Denmark’s recognized online professional players since 2005.  He cashed $10,000 dollars in for a chance at the felt table, and what do you know, after much of the 6,800 heads are gone, one of the youngest player this year is sitting on the poker table this November.

Ylon Schwartz

Ylon is a chess player who has been gambling for 25 of his 38 years.  He has made his living out of playing poker for several years, and he has no plans of stopping right now.  He was the player who has the most number of cash-in in WSOP event with 12.  Should he win, expect him to be out of sight for sometime because this New Yorker plans to escape to where you least expect him to be.

Darus Suharto

Canadian Darus Suharto is set to follow the footsteps of an unknown accountant who shocked the world how number crunchers play poker.  An Indonesian-born residing in Toronto Canada, expect Moneymaker-incarnate try to turn an $80 investment into multi-million dollar prize money.

David Rheem

Probably the most famous of the nine, David “Chino” Rheem has made several previous appearances in WSOP final table.  This 28-year-old professional poker player has been playing poker since he was 18.  With fear set aside and Lady Luck in place, Chino is ready to take on the final table challenge.

Craig Marquis

This 23-year-old poker player hailing from Arlington, Texas is the one who beat Hamrick’s AJ out of the tournament with pocket queens.  Expect Lady Luck to flutter around this young poker player, especially when you realized he was just playing poker for 18 months.

Kelly Kim

He maybe a wee bit shorthanded when it comes to bankroll, but don’t expect him to back out just yet.  A California-based business analyst who traded his portfolio for some chips, he has four months worth of time to think about how to make his narrow way to victory this November.