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[QUOTE="doops, post: 1524531, member: 59356"]
The November 9:

SEAT 1:  Jason Sentl 
Hometown:  St. Louis Park, MN (USA)
Age:  25
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  This is Sentl's first time to ever cash in a WSOP event.  He picked the right tournament and the right year to achieve a poker breakout.
Chip Count:  7,625,000
 
SEAT 2:  Joseph Cheong
Hometown:  La Mirada, CA (USA)
Age:  24
Profession:  Poker Pro  
Note:  Cheong won a WSOP Circuit gold ring and earned a degree in psychology from UC-San Diego.  When Cheong won his victory three months ago, he promised himself he would play in the Main Event.  Here he is, competing on poker's grandest stage. 
Chip Count:  23,525,000
 
SEAT 3:  John Dolan
Hometown:  Bonita Springs, FL (USA)
Age:  24
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  Dolan has six WSOP cashes, including three at this year's series.  He has been one of the more consistent performers on this tournament, hanging around the leader board much of the way.    
Chip Count:  46,250,000
 
SEAT 4:  Jonathan Duhamel 
Hometown:  Boucherville, Quebec (Canada)
Age:  22
Profession:  Poker Pro  
Note:  This is Duhamel's third time to cash at this year's WSOP.  This has been a big year for Canada, with five gold bracelet winners.  Duhamel hopes to become the sixth.     
Chip Count:  65,975,000
  
SEAT 5:  Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi 
Hometown:  Miami, FL (USA)
Age:  29  
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  "The Grinder" is among the most successful tournament performers since the poker boom began.  He won his first WSOP gold bracelet and $1,559,046 in this year's Poker Players Championship. 
Chip Count:  14,450,000
 
SEAT 6:  Matthew Jarvis
Hometown:  Surrey, BC (Canada)
Age:  25   
Profession:  Poker Pro/Student 
Note:  Jarvis is primarily an online player.  This marks his first time to cash in a WSOP tournament.  Jarvis would become the first Canadian world champion should he win the Main Event.
Chip Count:  16,700,000  
 
SEAT 7:  John Racener 
Hometown:  Port Richey, FL (USA)
Age:  24
Profession:  Poker Pro   
Note:  Racener is one of the stars of the national WSOP Circuit, with more than $500,000 in earnings, including the 2007 Main Event championship victory at Harrah's Atlantic City.
Chip Count:  19,050,000
 
SEAT 8:  Filippo Candio 
Hometown:  Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy) 
Age:  26
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  Candio is the first Italian player ever to make it to the Main Event final table.  He has a number of cashes at major tournaments held in Europe.  
Chip Count:  16,400,000
 
SEAT 9:  Cuong "Soi" Nguyen 
Hometown:  Santa Ana, CA (USA) 
Age:  37  
Profession:  Sales (Medical Supplies)
Note:  Nguyen is the senior player at this final table, at the advanced age of 36.  He is also the only amateur sitting among the final nine.  Nguyen has been near the chip lead during the past three days of competition.  He cashed in the 2008 Main Event (614th place).   
Chip Count:  9,650,000
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