Poker news: Canada will be represented at the final table of the World Series of Poker.

Tuan Lam, 40, of Kitchener, Ont., made the nine-man final table after finishing the main event second in total chips with 21.315 million. Philip Hilm ended up first with 22.07 million chips. Play online poker

The final begins this afternoon. Read poker blogs

The winner will receive US$8,250,000. But even the ninth-place finisher won't leave empty handed, receiving $525,934. Play route 66 poker

Earlier yesterday, Scotty Nguyen, 'The Prince of Poker,' ended his remarkable run through the tournament's main event with class, busting out two places short of the final table and ending hopes for a repeat winner for the first time in a decade. Play $500 match poker bonus

Nguyen, the 1998 main event champion and fan favourite as play wound down to a final table, had as many as 15.5 million in chips but lost three huge pots in a disappointing collapse. Play full tilt poker

"When you're playing good, you get too cocky and too confident and you give players and women poker players no credit," the 44-year-old said after busting out in 11th with a $476,926 payday. "That's what happened. That's taking nothing away from all these players. They're great players. That's the reason they're here." Play poker tournaments

Poker news source: edmontonsun