Will he do it? Since the poker boom, there has never been so much anticipation regarding one player and one final table. But as Phil Ivey looks to complete an incredible World Series, the poker community watches and wonders if he will add the finishing touches to a magical WSOP run. Although he enters the

No one has more ground to cover than James Akenhead at this year’s World Series of Poker main-event final table. Entering play ninth in chips, the young Brit has his work cut out for him. But with an impressive number of recent results in his relatively short career, Akenhead might prove to be up for the task. Akenhead has

The pressure of the main-event final table might get to some people. But one man who will likely be unfazed by that pressure is Steven Begleiter, someone who has experienced the intense thrills of success and the deep pains of failure, and not only at the poker table. Begleiter witnessed firsthand the epic

Darvin Moon may be more comfortable with a chainsaw in his hands and work boots on his feet, but the small-town logger from Oakland, Maryland has more than held his own at the 2009 WSOP main event. As play suspended for the November Nine, Moon had established himself as the overwhelming chip leader

In a time before Jesus was Jesus, Jeff Shulman was poised to become the world champion of poker. But one two-outer and a brutal cooler later, that dream was dashed. Now, nine years later, he’s back at the WSOP main-event final table. With just nine players remaining from an original field of 6,494, Shulman

In a time before Jesus was Jesus, Jeff Shulman was poised to become the world champion of poker. But one two-outer and a brutal cooler later, that dream was dashed. Now, nine years later, he’s back at the WSOP main-event final table. With just nine players remaining from an original field of 6,494, Shulman