WSOP November Nine So Close

WSOP Main Event Down to 13 at Level 34

If you’ll think back, this whole 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event began on July 5. The $10K NLHE Main Event started with 6,683 players and a $62,820,200 prize pool, out of which the top 693 players were paid.

July 6 was the official Day 6 of the tournament and thinned the field from 79 players to just 27 and payouts at the $286,900 level. Martin Jacobson of Sweden was again the chip leader, that night with 22,335,000 chips, far ahead of Luis Velador in second place with 16.6 million.

Day 7 was Monday and the final day of the tournament, which was to result in just nine players (the November Nine) who would break until returning in November to play for the $10 million first place prize.

Action started with the 27^th place elimination of Sean Dempsey and continued with Brian Roberts, Bryan Devonshire, Kyle Keranen, Yorane Kerignard, Iaron Lightbourne, Leif Force, Dan Smith, and Scott Palmer. Each received $286,900 for their play.

Play continued with the eliminations of Scott Mahin, Andrey Zaichenko, and Eddy Sabat, each taking home $347,521.

Thomas Sarra, Jr. then busted in 15^th place for $441,940, and Oscar Kemps followed for the same payout.

At the end of Level 33, just 13 players remained. Craig McCorkell was the chip leader, Jorryt van Hoof was in second, and Felix Stephensen was in third.

Of the 13 remaining players, only six were from the United States. There was one each from the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Austria, Brazil, and the UK.