2010 World Series of Poker Final Table Set

7,319 poker players each paid the $10,000 buy-in for the 2010 World Series of Poker World Championship, a $10,000 buy-in, No Limit Hold'em tournament.747 places were paid with the top winner guaranteed an astonishing first place prize of $8,944,138, and of course a very prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.

The final table for the 2010 WSOP World Championship will be played out on November 9, 2010. The top 9 players who comprise the final table include:

Seat No. 1: Jason Sentl, a 25 year-old poker pro from St. Louis Park, Minnesota, who will mark his first time to cash at the WSOP. Jason Sentl has a chip stack of 7,625,000.

Seat No. 2: Joseph Cheong, a 24 year-old poker pro from Li Marada, California, who sits at a chip stack of 23,525,000.

Seat No. 3: John Dolan, a 24 year-old poker pro from Bonita Springs, Florida, who has six WSOP cashes including three in this year's WSOP. John Dolan has a chip stack of 46,250,000.

Seat No. 4: Joanthan Duhamel, a 24 year-old poker pro from Boucherville, Quebec, who marks his third time to cash at this year's WSOP. Jonathan Duhamel is the current chip leader with 65,975,000.

Seat No. 5: Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, a 29 year old poker pro from Miami, Florida, who won his first WSOP gold bracelet in the 2010 Poker Player's Championship, and has final tabled in three events and cashed in four events this WSOP. This marks his fourth final table, and his fifth cash, and possibly his second WSOP gold bracelet. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is a top contender for 2010 WSOP Player of The Year. His stack sits at 14,450,000.

Seat No. 6: Matthew Jarvis, a 25 year-old poker pro from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, who marks his first time to cash at the WSOP. He has a chip stack of 16,700,000.

Seat No. 7: John Racener, a 24 year-old poker pro from Port Richey, Florida, who is one of the stars of the national WSOP Circuit, including a 2007 WSOP Circuit Main Event championship. His current stack is at 19,050,000.

Seat No. 8: Filippo Candio, a 26 year-old poker pro from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, and has a chip count of 16,400,000.

Seat No. 9: Cuong "Sui" Nguyen, a 37 year old medical supplies salesman and the only amateur at the final table, who has the shortest stack with 9,650,000.

2010 WSOP: Tomer Berda Wins Event 56

1,942 poker players vied for the total net prize pool of $4.4 Million in Event 56 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, a $2,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament. 198 places were to be paid with the biggest prize of $825,976 going to the big winner Tomer Berda, who also wins a WSOP gold bracelet.

Tomer Berda is a 34 year-old Israeli Software Developer, who now resides in Menlo, California. It was the fourth time for Tomer Berda to cash in the WSOP. His most notable previous cash was a fifth place finish in Event 5 of the 2010 WSOP. After that, he endured 12 straight non-cashes before finally breaking through with a huge victory.

It was also a tough-climb as he head to overcome a 3-to-1 chip disadvantage in heads-up play.

“I never lost hope. I think he was playing better than me. I am supposed to be a good player heads-up. He was playing better than me, heads-up – I have to admit. But I was lucky because I did manage to win a coin flip and then another two big pots. So, I was lucky on the big pots. But he kept chopping me down. I was lucky to win the pots that mattered most,” explained Tomer Berda.

The runner up was Vladimir Kochelaevskiy from Moscow, Russia, and was paid $510,939, marking his fourth time to cash at the WSOP.

The third-place finisher was 25 year old poker pro Bryan Porter from Wilmington, North Carolina, who cashed for the second time this year worth $353,260.

The fourth-place finisher was Salvatore Bonavena from Cessaniti, Italy, who marked his second time to cash in a WSOP event, and got paid $254,777.

The fifth-place finisher was 39 year old poker pro and WSOP gold bracelet winner Mike Wattel from Scottsdale, Arizona, who now has 25 career cashes at the WSOP, earning $186,250 for this finish.

The sixth-place finisher was 35 year old Hungcheng Hung from Taipei, Taiwan, who marked his second time to cash this year, which paid $137,946.

The seventh-place finisher was Ali Alawadhi from Longwood, Florida, who marked his second WSOP final table appearance to win $103,527 in prize money.

The eighth-place finisher was 24 year old pro gambler Joseph Curcio from New York, New York, who marked his second time to cash at the WSOP, which paid $78,705.

The ninth-place finisher was Alfonso Amendola from Catania, Italy, who earned $60,580.

Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Mike Wattel (5th), James Mackey (10th), David Baker (35th), Jason Dewitt (65th), “Captain” Tom Franklin (83rd), David Singer (87th), Dan Heimiller (129th), and Jamie Gold (195th).

This was Dan Heimiller’s seventh time to cash this year. He is having one of his best WSOP years ever, having achieved six five-figure payouts.

Craig Marquis, who was one of the inaugural “November Nine,” finished in 16th place. Marquis finished 9th in the 2008 Main Event.