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Taurus - May 16, 1944 Mike Caro is one of the legends of poker is on the same pedestal as Doyle Brunson. Nicknamed The Mad Genius of Poker, Caro has authored multiple books on poker strategy, psychology and is one of the few players who is considered to be an...

Kevin Schaffel is the oldest member of the WSOP 2009 November Nine at 51 years, he has been playing live cash games for quite some time now. His live tournament exploits have resulted in 6 cashes worth $168k. The first and most significant cash of his career came in the...

Justin Bonomo, also known online as "ZeeJustin" is an up in comer in the live poker circuit, however online game has had plenty of controversy over the last few years. He started playing poker at 16, and prior to that had shown interest in the card game "Magic" . Name:...

Joseph Cada is the youngest member off the November Nine at only 21 years of age. Should this young prodigy go on to win the 2009 WSOP Main Event, Joe would still be 21 years of age, making him the youngest player in history to take down the championship. Just...

Pisces - March 10 John Hennigan, nicknamed "Johnny World" was born and raised in Philadelphia and later moved to Atlantic City where he picked up the game of pool. A natural born hustler and talented in billiards he eventually picked up poker because he couldn't find a pool game running....

Scorpio - 3 November 1966 Joe Hachem is the leading professional poker player coming from Australia who turned to playing poker after a debilitating illness forced him to retire as a chiropractor. It wasn't until the 2005 World Series of Poker that Hachem was thrown into the spotlight when he...

Jerry Yang is the WSOP 2007 Main Event Winner taking home over $8 million for 1st place. The 39 year old psychologist and social worker from Temecula, California is a complete unknown on the poker circuit having qualified at a casino in a $250 live satellite. Name: Jerry Yang Age:...

Jeff Shulman is the second most experienced player to make the November Nine, as the editor of Card Player Magazine and a professional poker player with nearly $1.4 million in career live tournament earnings. At 34 years of age, Jeff resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he works under his...

Jamie Gold has won the largest and richest game in poker history, the Main Event of the 2006 World Series of Poker. Gold's dominance of the field was unprecedented in the history of WSOP. He was the chip leader for the event's final four rounds, which lasted an entire week....

James Akenhead is a rather famous professional poker player in the UK, he is no stranger to live tournament play, or the World Series of Poker so making the November Nine for the WSOP 2009 is not a total surprise. A member of the Hit Squad, with 20 live cashes...