And then there were nine.

The final table for the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event is set, with England’s Philip Hilm, 31, leading in chips (22,070,000).

Tuan Lam, of Toronto, ranks second with 21,315,000 chips, while another Englishman, Jon Kalmar, is third (20,320,000).

The first person from Africa to make a WSOP final table, Raymond Rahme, 62, is fourth. The Johannesburg resident has 16,320,000 chips.

Lee Childs, from Washington DC, is fifth with 13,240,000 chips, while poker professional Lee Watkinson is sixth. From Cheney, Washington, Watkinson is one of two players at the final table that already owns a WSOP bracelet. He has 9,925,000 chips.

Hevad Khan, with 9,205,000 is seventh. Originally from Poughkeepsie, New York, at 22, he’s the youngest player at the final table.

A psychologist and social worker, Jerry Yang, from Temecula, California, is eighth. He has 8,459,000 chips.

Occupying Seat 7, Russia’s Alex Kravchenko is ninth in chips with 6,570,000. He won a bracelet in the $1,500 Omaha High-Low competition at this year’s WSOP and has cashed five times at the 2007 tournament.