The odds are set for the World Series of Poker and things are heating up as the November Nine compete in the final table event.

By now, most of you know the identities of the “November Nine” that remain in contention for the 2009 WSOP Main Event title, which will play out in Las Vegas this coming weekend. For those looking to cash in, Bookmaker.com CEO Mickey Richardson has tasked his odds makers to determine which nine have the best chance of surviving the final table.

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Thought you knew everything there is to know about your favorite poker players? Here are ten, fun facts about this month’s top poker players including: Darvin Moon, Steve Begleiter, Antoine Saout, Eric Buchman, James Akenhead, Jeff Shulman, Joe Cada, Kevin Schaffel and Phil Ivey.

10. Darvin Moon is a Luddite
Main Event chip leader Darvin Moon, who holds nearly a third of chips in play, isn’t part of the online poker generation. In fact, he’s not really party of the technology generation.

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(As reported by Gambling911.com) When the World Series of Poker (WSOP) decided last year to initiate a four-month break between the time the WSOP Main Event final table is set and the time it is played off, part of the reason was to give the event four months of publicity.

The other part of the reason was to give the nine final table members the chance to ink endorsement deals with online poker rooms-in exchange for wearing a room’s logo during televised final table play, the final table member earns a fee.
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As the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker tour gets underway, the November Nine seem to be dominating with players like Steven Begleiter, Kevin Schaffel, and Todd Terry sit in the top three in chips. Bryan Devonshire, a top online poker player was the chip leader with 27 players to go until his fortunes turned sour.As of Tuesday, Todd Terry leads the way with a stack of 850,000.

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The massive field of 6,494 players who entered the World Series of Poker® (WSOP) Main Event has been narrowed to just nine competitors who will return to Las Vegas in November to compete for a top prize of more than $8.5 million and the most coveted prize in poker: the WSOP champion’s gold bracelet.

Main Event play began July 3; the field was trimmed to just 27 players from seven countries at the start of play on July 15. The nine players who survived the day to advance to November’s final table, along with their chip counts, are:
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