Playing through a long night and early into this morning, John Juanda took down a strong final table and won the main event of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe. Russian Stanislav Alekhin finished second after he and Juanda battled for over seven hours and 241 hands heads up. John Juanda was down to a final river card on hand #399 but he caught a miracle straight to stay alive.
This WSOPE final table took 484 hands (a WSOP record for most hands at a final table) and 22 hours (including dinner and other scheduled and unscheduled breaks) finishing after 10 AM local time in London.
Fellow Russian Ivan Demidov finished in third place, Demidov is one of the "November Nine" who will be playing for the WSOP main event championship next month.
Here is how the final nine finished:
1 £ 868,800 John Juanda
2 £ 533,950 Stanislav Alekhin
3 £ 334,850 Ivan Demidov
4 £ 271,500 Bengt Sonnert
5 £ 217,200 Daniel Negreanu
6 £ 171,950 Scott Fischman
7 £ 135,750 Robin Keston
8 £ 108,600 Toni Hiltunen
9 £ 81,450 Chris Elliott
They are down to the final nine in London at the World Series of Poker Europe. Daniel Negreanu is there as is John Juanda. The most interesting player to notice is Ivan Demidov. Why? Because Ivan has another final table to play next month in Las Vegas. Ivan Demidov is one of the November Nine, still in the running for the 2008 WSOP main event bracelet. Now wouldn't this be a double win that would be talked about for a long, long time.
