2008 July 15 | Poker Blog

The November Nine are set for WSOP Main event final table
Final nine players in the 2008 main event and their respective chip counts:
Dennis Phillips 26,420,000
Ivan Demidov 23,920,000
Peter Eastgate 19,300,000
Scott Montgomery 19,300,000
Ylon Schwartz 13,040,000
Darus Suharto 13,020,000
David ‘Chino’ Rheem 10,880,000
Craig Marquis 10,120,000
Kelly Kim 2,900,000

Dennis Phillips is a 53 year old commercial account manager from Cottage Hills, Illinois. He entered the main event after winning a satellite held at Harrah’s Casino in St. Louis. He will be the starting chip leader when the final table starts on November 9.
Ivan Demidov is a 27 year old semi-professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. He has only been playing poker for two years and bought into the Main event directly with $10,000 cash.
Peter Eastgate is a 22 year old professional poker player from Isser, Denmark. He plays middle and high stakes poker for a living and has won several tournaments in Europe.
Scott Montgomery is a 26 year old professional poker player from Perth Ontario, Candada. He was a former English teacher in Japan until he discovered online poker and has been playing poker for a living since.
Ylon Schwartz is a poker player from Brooklyn, New York.He has over $250,000 in live tournament earnings and also excels at chess.
Darus Suharto is a 39 year old accountant from Toronto, Canada. He won his main event seat through a $650 Pokerstars online qualifier.
David “Chino” Rheem is a 28 year old professional poker player from Los Angeles, California. This would mark his second final table at this series, having finished 5th in the $5,000 Mixed Holdem event in June.
Craig Marquis is a 23 year old college student from Arlington, Texas. He is considered to be the least experienced player of the final nine, with less than two years of poker playing under his belt. However, he does play some big cash games online under the poker screen name: CraigMarq
Kim Kelly is a 31 year old professional poker player from Whittier, California. He was a former business analyst, but quit when he became good enough to play poker full time. He will start off the final table as the shortstack, but don’t count him out just yet.