Darvin Moon is doing his best to establish himself as a threat as the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event nears the November Ninepause. The 45 year old hovered in the top ten of the leaderboard until the final 15 minutes of play when he put a 5 million chip difference between himself and Billy Kopp to take the overall for the second day in a row.
But even with 20,160,000 in chips Moon isn’t even close to threat of the player whose name still strikes fear into nearly every remaining player; Phil Ivey.
“I’m going to hide in a corner when I get up against him,” admitted Moon. ”Everybody that’s made it this far has way more card experience than me. If Phil Ivey is on my left and even looks at me, I’m mucking.”
Ivey finished the night fourth in chips with 11,350,000 after cresting as high as 15,000,000 during Day 7 play. With 27 players remaining the goal for Ivey on Wednesday will be to make the November Nine and give himself a chance at the ever elusive World Championship bracelet.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan made a profit of over $2 million in June, thus repeating his success from May. Meanwhile, Gus Hansen still hasn't moved from the losers' list, finding himself on it for the third month in a row. May was a great month for Tom "durrrr" Dwan (pictured right), as he made a profit of $2,143,952.92 across 19,743 hands in 211 sessions. However, his success in June will really puzzle your mind, as he made a profit of $2,143,847.48 across 13,667 hands in 133 sessions.
