The countdown to 2010 has began and I’m still wandering where the year has gone, but 2009 was a good year for poker. There were many new records and achievements like the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker, the largest online poker pot and tournament. Phil Ivey makes it to the November Nine after winning his 7th WSOP bracelet.

High Stakes player Tom Dwan became a Team Full Tilt Poker member after many hours of high stakes action in the Durrrr challenge. Isildur1 the unknown Swedish high stakes player ends the year on a bad note.
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The WSOP 2009 final table was full of action this year and the main event winner Joseph Cada has now claim the 2009 main event bracelet when he defeated Darvin Moon in the heads-up stage of the 40th anniversary WSOP event.

Twenty-one year old Joe Cada has won the WSOP main event, although Cada has already cashed eleven times in WSOP events. Joseph Cada was the short stack going it to heads-up with Darvin Moon having almost a double stack lead.

The WSOP 2009 had a direct buyin 0f $10,000 with 6,494 players participating in this years main event which has a first place prize of  $8,546,435.

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November Nine WSOP: Event 57, the $10000 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold’em main event 2009 is now over for the time being with the nine remaining players set to compete on the final table in November.

Phil Ivey has booked his place in the WSOP 2009 November nine group with many considering him to be the greatest poker player in the world.

Jordan Smith was knocked out on the bubble in 10th place winning $896,730 with all the remaining players comprising of the 2009 November nine guaranteed at least $ 1,263,602 and a whole lot of press coverage and publicity.
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