This year's November Nine includes a medical supply salesman, seven poker pros and one Grinder. Meet the nine guys who have a very, very long four months ahead of them.


Chip count for the final table (blinds stand at 250k/500k/ante 50k):

1. Jonathan Duhamel 65,975,000
2. John Dolan 46,250,000
3. Joseph Cheong 23,525,000
4. John Racener 19,050,000
5. Matthew Jarvis 16,700,000
6. Filippo Candio 16,400,000
7. Michael Mizrachi 14,450,000
8. Soi Nguyen 9,650,000
9. Jason Senti 7,625,000

The venue for the final table is not the Amazon Room but the Penn & Teller Theatre at the Rio, where play begins on Saturday November 6th. After one day's rest the final two players go heads up on Nov 8th.

ESPN coverage of this year's WSOP begins in two days time, July 20th and it will culminate on the final table broadcast on November 9th.

All nine players have already received 9th place money of $811,823. The total final table prize money is $29 million paid out as follows:

1st place –     $8,944,138
2nd place –    $5,545,855
3rd place –    $4,129,979
4th place –    $3,092,497
5th place –    $2,442,960
6th place –    $1,772,939
7th place –    $1,356,708
8th place –    $1,045,738
9th place –     $811,823

This year's Main Event field of 7,319 players made it the second largest poker tournament in history. All in all there were a record 72,966 entrants from 117 countries in this year's series and a total prize pool of $187,109,850.

Here are brief introductions to the 2010 November Nine in seating order:

Seat 1: FILIPPO CANDIO, 26, Cagliari, Italy - 16,400,000
The only European at the table is a poker pro from the Italian island of Sardinia. Tournament cashes $248,000, one at WSOP.

Seat 2: JOSEPH CHEONG, 24, La Mirada, California - 23,525,000
Poker pro. Born in South Korea, moved to the USA at age 6. University degrees in psychology, math and economics. Total tournament cashes $74,000 (two cashes at WSOP).

Seat 3: JOHN DOLAN, 24, Bonita Springs, Florida - 46,250,000
Poker pro. Total tournament cashes $216,000 (five cashes at WSOP).

Seat 4: JONATHAN DUHAMEL, 22, Boucherville, Quebec (Canada) - 65,975,000
Former finance student turned poker pro. Total tournament cashes $119,000 (two cashes at WSOP).

Seat 5: MATTHEW JARVIS, 25, Surrey, British Columbia (Canada) - 16,700,000
The other Canadian at the table is an online poker pro who credits his success to "reading books and plenty of trial and error". Live tournament cashes $45,000, none at WSOP.

Seat 6: MICHAEL MIZRACHI, 29, Miami, Florida - 14,450,000
Easily the most accomplished player at the table. 18 tournament wins, including his bracelet at this year's Event #2, the $50k Players Championship. Five final table appearances and a total of 22 cashes at the WSOP. More than $8,800,000 in total tournament cashes. Nicknamed The Grinder.

Seat 7: CUONG "SOI" NGUYEN, 37, Santa Ana, California - 9,650,000
The only amateur player at the table and the only one past 30, Soi Nguyen is a medical supply salesman and a single father of one. No previous cashes at live tournaments (The Hendon Mob database does list two Cuong Nguyens but our man is neither of them).

Seat 8: JOHN RACENER, 24, Port Richey, Florida - 19,050,000
Poker pro. $1,180,000 in tournament cashes, two final tables and a total of five cashes at the WSOP.

Seat 9: JASON SENTI, 25, St Louis Park, Minnesota - 7,625,000
Former engineer turned poker pro who says he prefers PLO to NL Hold'em. $18,000 in tournament cashes, his single previous cash coming in last year's WSOP.

Places 10 to 27:

10. Brandon Steven $635,011
11. Pascal LeFrancois $635,011
12. Adam "roothlus" Levy $635,011
13. Duy Le $500,165
14. Hasan Habib $500,165
15. Matt Affleck $500,165
16. Benjamin Statz $396,967
17. David Baker  $396,967
18. Scott Clements $396,967
19. Michiel Sijpkens $317,161
20. Patrick Eskandar $317,161
21. Redmond Lee $317,161
22. William Thorson $317,161
23. Robert Pisano $317,161
24. Ronnie Bardah $317,161
25. Mads Wissing $317,161
26. Matthew Bucaric $317,161
27. Johnny Lodden $317,161

Sources: WSOP.com, WSOP press release and thehendonmob.com.