World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Kicks Off Sunday Night

After more than three months off, the 2016 World Series of Poker main event November Nine will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to battle it out for the bracelet, the $8 million first-place prize and the title of world champion.

The final table will be broadcast live Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night on ESPN and ESPN2. You can also see it on the WatchESPN app. Once again, Lon McEachern and Norman Chad will provide the play-by-play and color commentary. They will be joined by sideline reporter Kara Scott, as well as Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth as analysts.

Each of the nine finalists is already guaranteed a seven-figure score, having been paid out $1 million in July, and the relatively mild payjumps will help the action along to keep things interesting for the viewers at home.

Here’s a look at the remaining prizepool.

1. $8,000,000
2. $4,658,452
3. $3,451,175
4. $2,574,808
5. $1,934,579
6. $1,463,906
7. $1,250,000
8. $1,100,000
9. $1,000,000

The event will resume with 32 minutes, 50 seconds left in level 35 with blinds of 250,000-500,000 with a 75,000 ante. The average stack is just over 37 million, worth 74 big blinds. Fernando Pons will start the day with just over 12 big blinds.

Here’s a full look a the final nine players.

Seat: 1 — Griffin Benger

Chip Count: 26,175,000
Location: Toronto, ON
Age: 31
Profession: Poker Player
Lifetime Earnings: $1,386,295
Biggest Poker Score: 2013 EPT Berlin High Roller — 1st Place ($562,343)

Seat: 2 — Vojtech Ruzicka

Chip Count: 27,450,000 (6th)
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Age: 36
Profession: Poker Player
Lifetime Earnings: $1,149,027
Biggest Poker Score: 2013 EPT Deauville High Roller — 3rd Place ($426,907)

Seat: 3 — Fernando Pons

Chip Count: 6,225,000 (9th)
Location: Palma, Spain
Age: 37
Profession: Account Manager
Lifetime Earnings: $20,653
Biggest Poker Score: 2012 Campeonato de España de Poker — 2nd Place ($19,127)

Seat: 4 — Qui Nguyen

Chip Count: 68,075,000 (2nd)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Age: 39
Profession: Gambler
Lifetime Earnings: $52,986
Biggest Poker Score: 2013 Aria $125 Nightly — 1st Place ($3,220)

Seat: 5 — Cliff Josephy

Chip Count: 75,000,000 (1st)
Location: Muttontown, NY
Age: 50
Profession: Poker Player
Lifetime Earnings: $2,641,620
Biggest Poker Score: 2006 Aruba Poker Classic — 2nd Place ($446,975)

Seat: 6 — Michael Ruane

Chip Count: 29,800,000 (5th)
Location: Maywood, NJ
Age: 28
Profession: Poker Player
Lifetime Earnings: $44,962
Biggest Poker Score: 2012 EPT Campione Main Event — 30th Place ($17,244)

Seat: 7 — Gordon Vayo

Chip Count: 50,450,000 (3rd)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Age: 27
Profession: Poker Player
Lifetime Earnings: $974,714
Biggest Poker Score: 2014 WSOP $3,000 NLH — 2nd Place ($314,535)

Seat: 8 — Kenny Hallaert

Chip Count: 43,325,000 (4th)
Location: Hansbeke, Belgium
Age: 37
Profession: Poker Player
Lifetime Earnings: $1,714,610
Biggest Poker Score: 2011 EPT Deauville Main Event — 6th Place ($210,962)

Seat: 9 — Jerry Wong

Chip Count: 10,325,000 (8th)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 34
Profession: Poker Player
Lifetime Earnings: $1,317,539
Biggest Poker Score: 2013 PCA Main Event — 3rd Place ($725,000)

For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with full results, news, player interviews and event recaps.

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