Poker 2015 Final Table
The final table players have arrived at PokerStars LIVE Macau. Play will be underway once some photos have been taken and the players have been introduced. Time to crown the MPC22 Red Dragon champion. After six days of poker the 987 unique starting entrants is down to just nine as the MPC22 Red Dragon final table is set to begin.
July 17, 2015 1:22 pmPhiladelphia’s Joe McKeehen, 24, became poker’s world champion on Tuesday, leading wire to wire at the final table to capture his very first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet and the top prize of $7,683,346 in gaming’s richest and most prestigious event. EPT 11 Deauville 2015 Live Poker Tournament Main Event, Final Table – PokerStars. EPT 12 Dublin 2016 Live Poker Main Event, Final Table Cards Up – PokerStars.
The 2015 World Series Of Poker featured 68 events and for the first time ever attracted more than 100,000 entries to create a prize pool worth $210.3 million. As always, the Series culminated in its showcase tournament, the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, which saw 6,420 hopefuls take to the Rio in Las Vegas hoping for a slice of the $60,348,000 prize pool. Seven days of intense action later and just nine players remain, all of whom are now guaranteed a minimum of $1,001,020 for their hard fought efforts. A huge $7,680,021 payday, however, awaits the ultimate champion, as well as a place in poker’s history books.
The November Nine will now take a four month break until Sunday, November 8th when the final table resumes once again in Nevada, and in the meantime here’s a look at this year’s finalists:
2015 WSOP November Nine:
1: Joseph McKeehen (USA) 63,100,000 (158bb)
2: Zvi Stern (Israel) 29,800,000 (74.5bb)
3: Neil Blumenfield (USA) 22,000,000 (55bb)
4: Pierre Neuville (Belgium) 21,075,000 (53bb)
5: Max Steinberg (USA) 20,200,000 (50.5bb)
6: Thomas Cannuli (USA) 12,250,000 (31bb)
7: Josh Beckley (USA) 11,800,000 (29bb)
8: Patrick Chan (USA) 6,225,000 (16bb)
9: Federico Butteroni (Italy) 6,200,000 (15.5bb)
Joseph McKeehen (USA): 63,100,000 (158bb)
Joe McKeehen, 24, (photo) is a Pennsylvania poker pro with $1,995,070 in live tournament earnings, including a runner-up finish at the 2014 WSOP Monster Stack event for $820,863. He has also amassed an impressive $1,173,693 playing online under the screen name “dude904” before Black Friday hit the US, and commenting on his chances going into the final table, explained:
“If I see you’re nervous, I can pick something up off that, online you can’t do that. I think a lot of people have experience, but since I have a lot of live experience it probably gives me an edge. I’ve definitely picked up reads on people, so I think that’s something where I’ll definitely have an advantage in in the future.”
Zvi Stern (Israel): 29,800,000 (74.5bb)
Zvi Stern, 36, is just the second Israeli to reach a WSOP Main Event final table, the other being poker pro Amir Lehavot in 2013 who eventually finished in 3rd place for $3,727,823. Not much is known about Zvi Stern, though, who had just two live cashes worth $49,595 coming into the Main Event, including this year finishing the $25,000 PCA High Roller 8 Handed in 34th for $44,540.
The second part of this article can be found here: “WSOP 2015 Final Table: Meet This Year’s November Nine (Pt2)”
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Following on from part 1, here are four more members of the 2015 November Nine:
Neil Blumenfield (USA): 22,000,000 (55bb)
Neil Blumenfield, 61, apparently resigned as President, CEO and Director of software company Elastic Intelligence, Inc, before the Main Event, and would have been the oldest finalist in November Nine history if not for Pierre Neuville, aged 72. The San Francisco resident has a total of 20 tournament cashes dating back to 2008 worth $130,468, including finishing the 2012 WSOP Main Event in 285th place for $38,453.
Pierre Neuville (Belgium): 21,075,000 (53bb)
Pierre Neuville, 72, (photo) is the oldest player to reach a November Nine position since the concept was invented in 2008, and if he wins the Main Event will become the competition’s oldest victor, beating Johnny Moss who won the title in 1974 aged 67. The Belgium has been playing poker since 1957, but after selling his toy company to Hasbro in 1969 and then taking up an executive position at the company, he was requested to stop playing poker, which he duly did until retiring in 2008. Since then he has amassed $2,166,842 in winnings, including finishing runner-up at the 2014 WSOP $5k No Limit Hold’em Six Handed event for $385,041. Currently placed at number 2 on Belgium’s ‘All Time Money List’, Neuville will also have to finish at least runner-up at the final table to overtake Davidi Kitai on $6,215,644.
Max Steinberg (USA): 20,200,000 (50.5bb)
Max Steinberg, 27, is a professional poker player currently residing in California with $1,936,457 in live tournament earnings to his name. He is also the only player at the table already with a WSOP bracelet, having triumphed at the 2012 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event for $440,238. As well as poker, Steinberg is heavily involved in the gambling industry, and runs fantasy sports site, dailyfantasywinners.com, along with his twin brother, Danny. Interestingly, Steinberg won his $10,000 buy-in Main Event seat via DFS site, DraftKings.com.
Thomas Cannuli (USA): 12,250,000 (31bb)
Thomas Cannuli, 23, is the youngest player at the final table and coming into the main event had just $52,235 in live cashes, including finishing last year’s ME in 691st for $18,406. Despite his low profile amongst casual poker fans, Cannuli is well known in the poker pro community and sweating him on the rail during his Main Event campaign were such players as Antonio Esfandiari, Brian Rast, Sorel Mizzi, and Jeff Gross. However, the New Jersey resident says he mainly plays cash games live and online, and commenting on his dark horse status, said:
“I haven’t had a lot of exposure and that’s why a lot of people don’t know about me. That’s the only reason why you guys haven’t heard of me – I haven’t exposed myself.”
See the third and final part of this article here: “WSOP 2015 Final Table: Meet This Year’s November Nine (Pt3)”