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Rio Resort home of the World Series of Poker
We are hours away from the legendary call to "Shuffle Up and Deal!" The call to begin play after the longest layoff in WSOP history should come at approximately 10:20 AM PST Sunday morning. The November Nine will look at the hole cards and the battle will begin for the top prize in all of poker, the World Championship of Poker. Along with the title the winner will receive $9,152,416 in cash and the fabled WSOP Championship Bracelet.
For the web's best updates live from the final table in the Penn & Teller Theater click here for Dr. Pauly's Blog Tao of Poker. Another good source of quick information is available at PokerNews Live Reporting. You'll also get Flipchip photos of the action. For the best in Final Table Recaps this is as far as you need to go. Dr. Pauly will keep you up to date on all the action on and off the final table in his special style you've come to favor and of course there will be plenty of Flipchip's in-your-face images from the event.
Watch the final table in the fastest turn around ever for a WSOP event on Tuesday, November 11th, at 9-11 PM ET. Within hours, almost live, of the final river hitting the board ESPN will bring you two hours of final table play leading to the crowning of the 2008 World Series of Poker's wortld poker player champion. Don't miss a minute of this highly anticipated finale.
For those wanting a refresher and a player guide to the 2008 WSOP Final Table check out our 2008 WSOP Final Table Nine Guide
Need more good stuff to read from the WSOP then click for Dr. Pauly's latest WSOP final table post and comment.
Can't get enough of WSOP poker? Use the following links for easy access to Dr.Pauly's daily Recaps of the WSOP Main Event.
Main Event Day 1A Recap
Main Event Day 1B Recap
Main Event Day 1C Recap
Main Event Day 1D Recap
Main Event Day 2A Recap
Main Event Day 2B Recap
Main Event Day 3 Recap
Main Event Day 4 Recap
Main Event Day 5 Recap
Main Event Day 6 Recap
Main Event Day 7 Recap
A table of the updated final table prize payouts are available after the jump.
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Moments after this photo was taken Dean Hamrick, in the one seat (far left), was eliminated on the bubble and WSOP Main Event play stopped for 117 days
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