Meet the November Nine - Part 1

Seat 1. Griffin Benger - 26,175,000 chips

The 31-year old Canadian poker pro is known online as Flush_Entity and as shaGuar in the video game world. He is considered a Counter Strike legend, having won the World Championship twice before transferring to online poker. He has won $6,491,997 at the online tables, he has previously won Sunday 500, Super Sized Sunday and $120,000 Mega Deep tournaments just to name a few. He has lead the online tournament leaderboard multiple times, most recently in 2014.

He has won $2,395,406 in live tournament before the Main Event. A big chunk of those winnings came from taking down the Shark Cage for $1 million in 2014.

Seat 2. Vojtek Ruzicka - 27,300,00

30 year old Czech pro Vojtech ''Vojta_R'' Ruzicka has been an online pro for many years. His biggest score came in 2011 when he finished in second place in the WCOOP Main Event for $710,000, but he also has plenty of other impressive scores, such as a Big $162 win.

He has been playing live since 2010 and has gathered $1,149,027 in live tournament earnings before the Main Event. In 2013 he won the EPT Deauville €10,300 High Roller but he also has a GCOP Rozvadov Main Event title.

Seat 3. Fernando Pons - 6,150,000

37 year old Fernando Pons is a recreational player, he is a business owner in Spain. This is the first WSOP tournament of his life, he qualified to the Main Event through a €30 online satellite. He had $10,589 in live tournament earning before the Main Event and has no known scores online. He will start the finale as the short stack with 6,150,000 chips.

In the next part of our November Niner series we will introduce to you Qui Nguyen, Cliff Josephy and Michael Ruane.