WSOP 2014: A record setting November Nine in place

And so it is all over. Within the early hours of this morning the last hand of the arena Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas came to an end. After ten days of play the "November Nine" are actually known, a minimum of by name. Their backgrounds and probabilities of success after they return in November will now be pored over by the media, filling that point between now and that moment when certainly one of them wins the primary prize of $10 million.

Celebrations on stage

It's a record setting final table, featuring players from six nations. It features a first Brazilian player to succeed in the general table in Bruno Politano, who will return because the short stack, but with one in all poker's booming nations railing him every step of how. It also includes a Dutch player for the second one year in succession. Jorrt van Hoof will return because the chip leader with greater than 38 million.

Perhaps most notable is the inclusion of Mark Newhouse, who becomes the primary player to achieve a second November Nine, and the primary back-to-back finalist since Dan Harrington in 2004.

Mark Newhouse

Newhouse finished ninth in 2013. When he began the primary event this year he tweeted that he had no plans to complete ninth a second time. He is also right.

For followers of the eu Poker Tour the name Martin Jacobson will stand out.

Martin Jacobson

Jacobson is an EPT regular, with multiple final table appearances at the tour, including two runner-up finishes, and because the highest earner on the final can be a number of the favourites.

The full line up is as follows:

Seat 1 - Billy Pappaconstantinou, 29, Greece - 17,500,000Seat 2 - Felix Stephensen, 23, U.s.a. - 32,775,000Seat 3 - Jorryt van Hoof, 31, Netherlands - 38,375,000Seat 4 - Mark Newhouse, 29, America - 26,000,000Seat 5 - Andoni Larrabe, 22, Spain - 22,550,000Seat 6 - William Tonking, 27, U.s.a. - 15,050,000Seat 7 - Daniel Sindelar, 30, Usa - 21,200,000Seat 8 - Martin Jacobson, 27, Stockholm - 14,900,000Seat 9 - Bruno Politano , 31, Brazil - 12,125,000

They each face a return trip to Las Vegas to play the overall table on 10 and MARTINMAS. While the winner will receive a guaranteed $10 million, there is a further $18 million to be awarded for the opposite eight places, with the ninth place finisher already guaranteed $730,725.

1st place - $10,000,0002nd place - $5,145,9683rd place - $3,806,4024th place - $2,848,8335th place - $2,143,1746th place - $1,622,0807th place - $1,235,8628th place - $947,0779th place - $730,725

But for now the arena Series is at an end. The tables has been dismantled and removed, the banners was packed away for an additional year, and the Rio is returning to the way it looked some eight weeks ago.

The November Nine

Thanks to everyone who has read our coverage from Las Vegas during that point. As always it is a privilege to be here and to be granted permission to observe it first-hand. It'll be a really perfect final table.

Stephen Bartley is a PokerStars Blog reporter. Photos by Joe Giron and Jayne Furman/Poker Photo Archive

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