November Nine WSOP Main Event Final Table Analysis: Part 2

The November nine group of players are ready for action and as the viewer you need to select your hero and tune in to rail the biggest live poker tournament of the year. If you have read part one of this article you will know we have discussed Darvin Moon, James Akenhead, Jeff Shulman and Phil Ivey. Let us know learn about the other five players who all have a chance of becoming the WSOP main even winner of 2009.

Kevin Schaffel is a divorcee from Coral Springs Florida with two grown up children. He managed to finish 42nd in the WSOP main event of 2004 and has had a few other good cashes since then leading up to this final table appearance. He is currently sixth in chips with a total of $12,390,000. He will need to make a few moves to get into contention, possibly doubling up through Darvin Moon if he finds a hand worth playing back at the chip leader with. His hobbies including playing golf, gin rummy and racquetball and he said his ambition is to play poker more and win a big tournament. He may do both here, but is one of the less likely players to win it based on his chip stack.

Steven Begleiter hails from Chappaqua, New York and is third in chips with a stack of $29,885,000. What is surprising about Steven is that he plays the game recreationally and usually for low stakes. He learned the game playing in tournaments at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut and according to various quotes he feels he may be outclassed in a field of top players. Fortunately for him, the main event tends to offer a blend of amateur and experienced players at final table so he is definitely in a position to ladder up a few more spots and certainly be in the running to take the title. According to Bluff Magazine Steven has no other notable cashes to his name, so this is a great chance for him to do well, but he may find it difficult to make the right play in tough spots as the money will mean the world to him.

Second in chips with a stack of $34,800,000 is Eric Buchman. He is not far from the chip leader and finds himself in a very strong position moving into the final table. Eric is 29 and from Valley Stream, New York. He is a legitimate poker player in terms of his previous winnings of over $1 million in tournaments including second place in the 2007 WSOPC Atlantic City Main event winning over $208,000. Eric has made two other WSOP final tables and has over 22 notable event cashes to his name. This man can play tournament poker and with the stack that he takes into the final table many would argue he is in the strongest position seeing as Darvin Moon is so inexperienced. Buchman is a favourite to win the event in my opinion.

Joe Cada is a college drop-out done well. He is an aggressive poker player who even played back at Phil Ivey a few times leading up to the final table. He has two notable WSOP cashes to his name and is holding a stack of $13,215,000 going into the final table. Joe spends most of his time playing cash games and certainly has plenty of poker experience to back up his stack. If he can get lucky and get enough chips to challenge the leaders this player certainly knows how to win.

25 year old Frenchman Antoine Saout is our final participant of the November 9. He hails from Saint Martin des Champs, France and holds $9,500,000 going into the final table which is one of the shortest stacks. Antoine is an inexperienced poker player having only learning to play eighteen months ago and winning his seat via a $50 satellite online. Should he go on to win, he could have an effect on poker like Chris Moneymaker did in 2003. This is an amazing achievement to get to where he is in such a short space of time. For three days Saout sat to the left of the great Phil Ivey, so there is no doubt he has a good grasp of the game and could be the surprise package of the final table. Many players on Everest will be sweating his final table appearance with $1 million being split 51 ways for around $19,000 per person.

My prediction for the winner? Eric Buchman. He is a class poker player with a stack to threaten.

By Malcolm Clarke

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