Youngest Final Table Ever?

Gen Y domination

Surely it\’s got to be, right? And maybe not just for main events … I wouldn\’t be surprised if this represents the youngest final table ever — for any WSOP event in history! One of the youngest five, for sure, I\’ll virtually guarantee.

Eight 20somethings and one Gen-Xer (who happens to be the second shortest stack):

FILIPPO CANDIO – 26
JOSEPH CHEONG – 24
JOHN DOLAN – 24
JONATHAN DUHAMEL – 22
MATTHEW JARVIS – 25
MICHAEL MIZRACHI – 29
CUONG SOI NGUYEN – 37
JOHN RACENER – 24
JASON SENTI – 25

It seems the most prescient pre-game analysis might have come from a non-poker media source … specifically Time Magazine\’s Dan Kadlec, whose article (\”World Series of Poker: Attack of the Math Brats\”, 28 June 2010) is now up online for those of you who didn\’t get to read it in full when it first came out.

The November Nine Class of \’10 includes only two players who were 21 or older when Chris Moneymaker did his thing at age 27.