This event will be broadcast in early 2010 on ESPN.The World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas and the World Series of Poker Europe main event may share the same "main event" title, but they are extremely different tournaments. Vegas brings out the masses year after year, with 6,494 players competing on poker's biggest stage. In contrast, Europe offers a quieter and much smaller environment (334 players in 2009) but a tougher field. Gone are the thousands of amateurs in Europe. In their place, pro after pro after pro. It's a tournament filled with the best, and for the second year in a row, the final table featured six WSOP bracelet winners and some very familiar faces.
Two of these faces just emerged onto the poker scene in July. James Akenhead and Antoine Saout made the WSOP final table in Las Vegas and followed in the footsteps of Ivan Demidov (a November Niner in 2008), by making both main event final tables in the same year. The duo will hope for a better result in Las Vegas as both failed to break through, finishing in ninth and seventh, respectively. In any case, most members of the 2009 November Nine have had success since they left the Rio, and the additional final-table experience is sure to help Akenhead and Saout in November.read more
