The Main Event attracted 6,598 players (from 82 different countries, aged from 21 to 92) this year. Now, after that Day 1 a b c, Day 2 a b c, Day 3,4,5,6 & 7 have been completed, only 9 players remain and have the chance of winning the gold coveted bracelet and the $8.5 million first-place prize!
Jesse Sylvia, 26, will be carrying the chip lead (43,875,000) over the next three-plus months as the final table this year will be played October 28-30. When the final table kicks off, Jesses's closest opponent will be Andras Koroknai, 30, from Hungary with 29,375,000. Koroknai is the only non-U.S. player on the final table. It will be interesting to see how it will affect his game.
Now you might wonder what happened to the Day 6 chip leader Marc Ladouceur and the last 2 standing women in the tournament, Gaelle Baumann from France and Elisabeth Hille from Norway. Ladouceur, from Canada, hit the rail already in 13th place ($465,159)- even though he had about 3 million more than his closest opponent when Day 7 started. And unfortunately we won't have any women on this year's final table as Hille finished in 11th place ($590,442) and Baumann was then eliminated in 10th place for $590,442 after losing an all-in with A9 against Koroknai's AJ.
Below is the final table lineup. We will be back with more information about the finalists later this week.
I was rooting for both Elisabeth Hille and Gaelle Baumann to reach the November Nine (or October Nine this year?!). Would have been fun to watch when ESPN starts translating the event on TV!
