2011 WSOP November Nine

The final nine players of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, also known as the WSOP November Nine, will meet again November 5th to 7th to battle for the prized bracelet and $8.7 million in cash.

This year is the most international final table of all time, with players from seven different countries. It is also very young, with an average age of 28 and 7 players under 30.

Here's more about each of the players, from the chip leader to the small stack:

Martin Staszko – 40,175,000 in chips
Staszko is the chip leader of the November Nine. The 35-year-old professional poker player is from Trinec and is the first from the Czech Republic to ever make the WSOP Main Event final table.

Eoghan O’Dea – 33,925,000 in chips
O’Dea is a 26-year-old poker pro from Dublin, Ireland and is second in chips. He has had a really good World Series of Poker this year, and cashing in three other events in 2011. He is the son of a WSOP bracelet winner, Donnacha O’Dea, who won his bracelet in 1998.

Matt Giannetti – 24,750,000 in chips
Giannetti is a 26-year-old poker pro from Las Vegas and will start the final table with a solid stack of chips. Before going pro, he was a student at the University of Texas.

Phil Collins – 23,875,000 in chips
This Phil Collins is not the famous singer, but a 26-year-old pro poker player from Las Vegas. He'll rejoin the action fourth in chips. While at the University of South Carolina, he met his wife Katie who lived across the hall from him.

Ben Lamb – 20,875,000 in chips
While Ben Lamb may only be fifth in chips when the final table resumes, he is without a doubt, the player to watch. He has already won one WSOP bracelet this year at Event 42 and is leading the "Player of the Year" rankings. This is his fifth final table at the 2011 WSOP and all eyes are on this player from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Badih Bou-Nahra – 19,700,000 in chips
Bou-Nahra is the oldest player at the final table at 49, and is the first ever player from Belize to appear at a Main Event final table. Bou-Nahra was born in Lebanon, but now calls Belize City his home.

Anton Makiievskyi – 13,825,000 in chips
Makiievskyi is the youngest player at the table and at 21, has the opportunity to be the youngest-ever champion the WSOP Main Event has ever seen, ousting Joe Cada from that title. This is his first WSOP, and it marks the first time a Ukranian has made the final table.

Pius Heinz – 16,425,000 in chips
Heinz is a 22-year-old student and poker player from Cologne, Germany. He has already done well at his first WSOP, finishing 7th in a no-limit event earlier in the summer. He will also be the first German to make the final table.

Sam Holden – 12,375,000 in chips
Holden is the short stack at the final table, but he won't enter the day desperate. The 22-year-old poker pro from Sussex, United Kingdom is playing in his first WSOP this year.