November Nine Set In 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event
A total of 6,420 players put up the $10,000 buy-in for the 2015 World Series of Poker main event, creating a total prize pool of $60,348,000. After a little more than a week of long, grueling days at the tables, the annual summer series has reached the final table of its marquee event, otherwise known as the November Nine.
There’s a top prize of $7,680,021 on the line, but the final nine players will have to wait until Nov. 8 to determine who will take it home. In the meantime, all of the players have been given their guaranteed ninth-place payday of $1,001,020.
One player who will not coming back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino this November is Daniel Negreanu, who busted in 11th place, much to the dismay of hundreds of poker fans who gathered to watch him in the Amazon Room.
The actual final table bubble boy was Alexander Turyansky, who was one of four German players to make it to the final day. Instead, Pius Heinz remains the only German to ever make the WSOP main event final table.
The typical WSOP main event player in 2015 was just under 40 years old and American, but the final table of this year’s main event will feature a wide range of ages between 23 and 72, and players from not only the United States, but also from Israel, Belgium and Italy.
Leading the way into November will be Pennsylvania native Joe McKeehan, who fought off some nerves to dominate the late stages of the tournament and bag up one third of the total chips in play.
The only WSOP bracelet winner at the table is Max Steinberg, who enters the final table in the middle of the pack. He’ll be joined by two senior citizens in Neil Blumenfield and Pierre Neuville, who are looking to prove that poker isn’t just a young man’s game.