The final stage has been reached at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event as nine players have remained to sit at the final table in November.

From a starting field of over 6000 entrants, 7 days of intense poker play whittled down players from across the world to the best nine.

Day 7 was an exciting and momentous one for the 27 players who sat down to battle it out for a place in the final of the $10,000 No-limit Hold’em event.

The poker action began at midday on July 14^th in the Rio, LasVegas.

All 27 players were guaranteed to take home a quarter of a million dollars, even if they didn’t make it to the final stage of the tournament.

Eliminations on day 7 were as follows:

27th — Michael Carroll — $257,334
26th — Phi Nguyen — $257,334
25th — Niklas Flisberg — $257,334
24th — Aaron Gordon — $257,334
23rd — Tim Loecke — $257,334
22nd — Judet Tony Cristian — $257,334
21st — Paul Snead — $257,334
20th — Brandon Cantu — $257,334
19th — Albert Kim — $257,334
18th — Jason Riesenberg — $334,535
17th — Tiffany Michelle — $334,535
16th — Anthony Scherer — $334,535
15th — Owen Crowe — $463,202
14th — Gert Andersen — $463,202
13th — Nicholas Sliwinski — $463,202
12th — Chris Klodnicki — $591,869
11th — Joe Bishop — $591,869
10th — Dean Hamrick — $591,869

Tiffany Michelle earned a proud achievement as the last surviving woman in the tournament.

She outlasted big name player Brandon Cantu, who was eliminated in 20^th place, but proceeded to take some heavy hits on her stack.

She gave an excellent performance throughout and was just steps away from becoming only the second woman to sit at the WSOP Main Event final table.

So far, the only woman to achieve such status was Barbara Enright in the 1995 tournament, finishing in fifth place.

Internet poker pros Chris Klodnicki and Owen Crowe were also knocked out during Day 7.

Probably the most disappointed face around town was Dean Hamrick, last to be eliminated in 10^th place, so close and yet so far.

Play went on until 3am, when finally, only 9 players remained.

These nine will now have to wait until November 9th to play for the $9 million prize money and the coveted WSOP bracelet. Out of these nine, two will play a heads-up in November 10^th to decide the champion.

Surprisingly there is barely a recognizable face in the November Nine, as they have been dubbed.

The most familiar is David ‘Chino’ Rheem, who had support from some of the heavyweight players including Michael Mizrachi, J C Tran, Greg Mueller and Mark Newhouse.