Meet the 2015 November Nine

The final game of the 2015 WSOP Main Event is drawing to a close. Below you can find a list with the nine most envied poker players of the world, with a shot to win a share of the $24 million prize pool of this year's WSOP final table.

The winner of the event cashes out an amount worthy of the greatest jackpots at the Royal Vegas - up to $7.6 million this year - and gets the distinction of being considered the World Champion of Poker.

Without further ado, here are the names of this year's November Nine (and their stack of chips).

9. Federico Butteroni (6,200,000)

25 year old Butteroni has the shortest stack of them all. The player has been running hot at the Rio Hotel and Casino this year, coming in 20th in the Monster Stack in Vegas. He is the 18th most successful player in Italy. Now he will have the chance to prove the world his worth. He will be the first Italian player to play for poker’s ultimate prize since Filippo Candio finished fourth in 2010.

8. Patrick Chan (6,225,000)

One of the notable appearances of the 26 year old American player is his 226th place at the $565 No Limit Hold'em at The Colossus in May. He has stamina, and the prize in front of his eyes. He is the 686th in the Global Poker Index. His stack is the second shortest, but he will most likely fight for fame and fortune.

7. Joshua Beckley (11,800,000)

With five cashes in the WSOP this year, Beckley has less than a year of professional poker behind him. He racked up over $200k in live cashes so far. He plays online, too, at one of New Jersey's online poker rooms - under the moniker "asdf26".

6. Thomas Cannuli (12,250,000)

"Let me tell you something right now. My rail is going to be the biggest and loudest rail so get ready for it." Cannuli told the press after finding out he is one of the Nine. As you can see, this young player (23 years of age, the youngest of the Nine) is not without self confidence. " I might be a new face for tournament poker but for cash games I've been around for a long time and I've left my mark everywhere I go."

5. Max Steinberg (20,200,000)

The only player in the November Nine with a WSOP bracelet - Steinberg has won a NLHE event in 2012. He started his poker player career at the age of 17, playing online poker with his twin brother Danny. Now he is a part time poker pro/DFS specialist. He is friends with Ben Sulsky, one of the best online poker players of the world.

4. Pierre Neuville (21,075,000)

With 20 WSOP cashes under his belt and years of experience in European poker tournaments, Pierre Neuville is not your average November Nine. Take his age, for example - he is the oldest of them all with his 72 years of age. Neuville considers himself a "passionate poker amateur". He started playing after retiring from a board game company. He has qualified for 23 European Poker Tour events in a row, and he finished as runner-up in EPT Copenhagen and EPT Vilamoura. Besides, he is the second on the Belgian all time money list.

3. Neil Blumenfield (22,000,000)

At 61, Blumenfield is the second oldest member of the November Nine. He is not a poker professional - in "real life" he is the president and COO of Elastic Intelligence, a business solutions software development company.

2. Zvi Stern ( 29,800,000)

36 year old Stern appears to be one of the least experienced November Niners, with just two WSOP cashes under his belt. He is among the most adventurous of them all, it seems - born in Tel Aviv, he travels the world to participate in various poker tournaments. His looks are distinctive - a black hood and a pair of dark shades make him stand out of the crowd.

1. Joe McKeehen (63,100,000)

24 year old Joe McKeehen is a former champion at Risk, a strategy board game with the goal to conquer the world. He is good at poker, too - he has the stack of over 60 million chips and his live and online cashes of a total value of over $3 million to prove it.

Whether they are passionate of exciting games of blackjack at the Royal Vegas casino or a game of video poker, every card game enthusiast is excited about the final table of the WSOP in November.

Cover Image Source: Online Poker Report