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Sylvia leads us to the table for the WSOP main event final

The final table for the World Series poker main event has been set, and Jesse Sylvia is a runaway chipleader with 43.875 million. Along with Sylvia in the final table are Andras Coroknai (29.375 million), Greg Merson (28.72 million), Russell Thomas (24.80 million), Steven G (16.86 million), Michael Esposito (16.26 million), Robert Salavuru (15.15 million), Jacob Balciger (13.11 million), and Jeremy Osmus (9.805 million).

From the original main event field of 6,598, the remaining nine players will now take a three-month break to catch up with ESPN's tape-delayed coverage. ESPN will air the final table plausible live at the end of October (with a 15-minute delay under Nevada game regulations).

The winner of the main event takes home $8,527,982. The ninth-place finisher in the main event will win $754,798. Gaelle Baumann of France and Elizabeth Hill of Norway, two women competing to advance to the final, came in 10th and 11th.

Both players earned $594,442 each for their efforts.

Bauman and Hill are also more advanced than any other woman in the modern era of poker at the main event.

The best finish by a woman in the modern era before Bauman and Hill was taken by Tiffany Michelle, who ranked 17th in 2008 and won $334,534.

Barbara Enright placed fifth in 1995, when the field size was significantly smaller. She received $114,180 for fifth place.

"I've always loved the game," said Hille, explaining why she started playing poker. "I didn't really know it until my boyfriend started teaching me about four years ago."

"He gave me the basics, really the basics, and let me play on PokerStars," Hill said. "And I was completely bitten by it. I couldn't stop playing. And it got me here today. So I can't complain."

"The last two or three days have been very tiring," Hill said. "When I come home at night, I am tired. But at the same time, time flies even when I am tired at the end of the day.

Hill added, "There's always going to be a little bit of a disappointment because I'm in a fierce competition." But at the same time, I received a note that said, 'I came in 11th at the main event. How cool is that?'

Making it to the finals of the main event is pretty cool for Jake Balsiger, too. The 21-year-old political science student at Arizona State University is on the verge of making more money than many of his classmates will make in a few years at a competition.

"It's unbelievable," said Balciger after the play. "I've been wanting to be a part of the main event since I was 13 and I've seen it on TV. Who doesn't want to be a part of the main event? Now it's surreal to play the first game for the last time."

Balsiger says he started playing poker seriously when he was 18. "I wasn't good at all," Balsiger said, recalling the beginning of the game. "I didn't say I was good until I made a little bit of money earlier this year. But this is the first year I put a lot of effort into it and it's going well."

Balsiger has no intention of retiring after his main event match. "I want to play poker for a living," Balsiger said. "The haste I got from this match is unbelievable."

Sylvia, a 26-year-old chip leader, was a little more gentle than Balshiger after the play. But his humble approach did not hide his joy.
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