WSOP 2011 final table is set!
Image Let's see the "new nine kings" of the poker world that will be played in November, the title of champion of the WSOP Main Event. This year promises to be a final table more balanced than the last two editions: the 35 year-old Czech player Martin Staszko (chip leader) starts with an initial endowment of just over 40 million chips, nothing to do with the stack in Darvin Moon 2009 (58.930.000) and Jonathan Duhamel (65,975,000) twelve months ago.

The average age of the November Nine is 28.1 years. The oldest is the 49enne Badih Bou-Nahr is also the only non-professional. Instead the 21 year old young Ukrainian Anton Makiievskyi that in case of victory would become the youngest champion of all time. We see a brief profile of the nine finalists:

Seat 1: Matt Giannetti (United States) chips: 24750000
Matt Giannetti

Matt Giannetti
The 26 year old professional player living in Las Vegas where he attended the High Stakes No Limit Hold'em tables. Online is known by the nickname "hazards21". Before playing poker full time, attending the University of Texas. For most of the day 8 was the final table short stack, but broke loose and managed to win third place. In live tournaments won about $ 500,000, but is primarily a cash game player. He is definitely a candidate to give serious consideration to win the gold bracelet.

Seat 2: Badih Bou-Nahr (Belize) chips: 19700000
Born in Lebanon, is a businessman who moved to the Caribbean for several years, in the paradise of Belize. And most senior player with its 49 years. To see him at the final table is a true miracle if you think that he had been short since day 6. Despite all he managed to resist for the first time and bring his country to the final table of the WSOP Main Event. Has some experience in the live circuit: he has also won a major side event of the LAPT San Jose. He is the first WSOP ITM. His live tournament prize is approximately $ 70,000 collected in his career.

Seat 3: Eoghan O'Dea (Ireland) chips: 33,925,000
"Tiltpaddy" (his nickname of battle) is a poker pro for 26 years, now in fifth placing in the money at the World Series (this year alone has cashed 4 times). In the live circuit has won about $ 800,000 and has a second place in the WPT Marrakech in 2009. A native of Dublin, comes from a family of players. And 'son of the legendary Donnacha O'Dea, better known as' The Don', inveterate gambler Irish, who won a gold bracelet at the WSOP in 1998, and former swimming champion (he attended the Olympics in 1968). Eoghan's son will try to imitate the 13 years after his exploits. Part second.

Seat 4: Phil Collins (United States) chips: 23875000
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Phil 'USCphildo' Collins won in online tournaments more than $ 3 million
Phil "USCphildo" Collins only in online tournaments won more than $ 3 million, but his career was cut short by a professional grinder Black Friday in April. A resident of Las Vegas, the 26 year old American is not joking either live (9 WSOP ITM), where he cashed in the last 4 years or $ 125,000, but the main course arrives in a few months ... Before turning to poker he attended the University of South Carolina, where he met his wife Katie (married for a year). It promises to be one of the most interesting players in the November Nine.

Seat 5: Anton Makiievskyi (Ukraine) chips: 13825000
Makiievskyi is the youngest, with only 21 years old. That is debut at the World Series and has limited experience in live but even this aspect has been able to close the day 7 in the head. He is the first Ukrainian to become a November Nine.

Seat 6: Sam Holden (UK) chips: 12375000
Originally from Sussex, Holden has only 22 years behind and how his colleague and rival in Ukraine is to debut at the Rio Casino: right in the Main Event got the result most prestigious of his career. Up to now live in not touching the $ 10,000 in winnings. Minimum return home with a check for $ 782,000. And he is the shortest at the table.

Seat 7: Pius Heinz (Germany) 16425000
The 22 year old Cologne divides his time between study and poker. His debut at the WSOP was to be framed with a seventh place in the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em. He is the first German in history to enter the Main Event final table.

Seat 8: Ben Lamb (United States) chips: 20875000
Ben Lamb, winner of the $ 10,000 PLO Championship

Ben Lamb, winner of the $ 10,000 PLO Championship
Benjamin "Ben" Lamb was born in Tulsa in 1985 and lives in Las Vegas. He’s been in the top 10 for almost all the eight days of the tournament. His rush to the 2011 WSOP will be remembered for a long time, but without doubt is one of the hottest players and competitive in Pot Limit Omaha (PLO known online as top grinder with the nickname "benba") in the specialty began immediately with the Rio a nice third place in the $ 1,000 PLO, was also runner-up $ 3,000 from the event and won the World Championship $ 10,000. It has proven to be trained in all disciplines with the final table (8 °) in the $ 50,000 Championship.

It is also great in NLHE, with a 12th place in the Six Handed $ 10,000 Main Event last exploits that allowed him to win on the leaderboard WSOP 'Player of the Year', making fun of Phil Hellmuth. In many malign its golden moment, but let's not forget that in 2009, had always dominated the tournament, reaching the eighth day, before being eliminated in 14th place. Player great experience, his bank account thanks to the live poker has been enriched by as much $ 2.5 million, not counting the rich prize that will cash in November, whatever happens.

Seat 9: Martin Staszko (Czech Republic) chips: 40175000
Professional, original Trinec, 35 years old and is experiencing a golden moment with 5 flags captured in the current edition of the World Series. And 'the chip leader with more than 40 million chips and is the first player to play for his country's most prestigious poker title on the final table. Prior to the exploit had won a 11th WSOP 2011 EPT Deauville in 2010 and was finished tenth at the 'Unibet Poker Open in Prague who toke place at the Golden Prague Poker Room. He is very competitive online tournaments, where he's known by the nickname "filfedra" recently won $ 91,539 in the event 5 of the 2011 PokerStars SCOOP.
 
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