One of these poker players will win 8.7 million

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The final nine players in the World Series of Poker main event, as determined July 19 after an eighth session of no-limit Texas Hold em at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The finalists emerged from a field of 6,865 players and were competing Nov. 6-8 for the tournament's top prize of 8.72 million. Ninth place won 782,115, paid to all finalists in July; higher finishers win at least 1,010,015 and will be paid the difference from ninth-place money after they finish their run. Players are in order of their seating arrangement at the final table with their chip counts, with those eliminated at the bottom.------1. Pius Heinz (107,800,000)AGE: 22HOMETOWN: Cologne, GermanyOCCUPATION: student, poker playerPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: one cash in 2011 for 83,286------2. Ben Lamb (55,400,000)AGE: 26HOMETOWN: Las VegasOCCUPATION: poker professionalPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: leads 2011 Player of the Year race; one bracelet, 12 cashes for 2.16 million------3. Martin Staszko (42,700,000)AGE: 35HOMETOWN: Trinec, Czech RepublicOCCUPATION: poker professionalPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: four cashes for 22,875------ELIMINATIONS:4th Matt Giannetti (3,012,700)AGE: 26HOMETOWN: Las VegasOCCUPATION: poker playerPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: eight cashes for 205,541THE BUST: Eliminated by Lamb after Lamb had taken most of his stack with a flush. Moved in with an ace-three and Lamb called with pocket kings. Lamb caught two kings on the flop to crush Giannetti's hopes with four of a kind.------5th: Phil Collins (2,269,599)AGE: 26HOMETOWN: Las VegasOCCUPATION: poker playerPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: eight cashes, 48,769THE BUST: Eliminated by Heinz with ace-seven of diamonds. Heinz held pocket nines, and Collins failed to overtake him.------6th: Eoghan O'Dea (1,720,831)AGE: 26HOMETOWN: Dublin, IrelandOCCUPATION: student, poker playerPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: five cashes for 37,516THE BUST: Shoved his last 2.6 million in chips -- less than three big blinds -- with a queen-six and found a caller in Staszko with pocket eights. O'Dea didn't improve.------7th: Badih Bounahra (1,314,097)AGE: 49HOMETOWN: Belize City, BelizeOCCUPATION: grocery wholesalerPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: one cash in 2008 for 7,582THE BUST: Eliminated with ace-five to Staszko's ace-nine. Neither player hit the community cards.------8th: Anton Makiievskyi (1,010,015)AGE: 21HOMETOWN: Dnipropetrous'k, UkraineOCCUPATION: poker playerPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: noneTHE BUST: Eliminated by Heinz with two-pair versus Heinz' full house. Makiievskyi moved in with about a 50 percent chance to win and pulled ahead on the flop, but Heinz caught a third nine to match the pair in his hand to win.------9th: Sam Holden (782,115)AGE: 22HOMETOWN: Canterbury, United KingdomOCCUPATION: poker professionalPRIOR SERIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: noneTHE BUST: Moved all-in before the flop with an ace-jack and was called by Lamb's ace-king. Lamb hit a flush on the turn.

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