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Finalists Felix Stephensen, 24, of Norway, Jorryt Van Hoof, 31, of the Netherlands and Martin Jacobson, 27, of Sweden gather after the first night of play during the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table early Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at the Rio. Play continues Tuesday night.

Updated Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 | 4:29 a.m.

2014 WSOP Final Table Day 1

Finalists Felix Stephensen, 24, of Norway, Jorryt Van Hoof, 31, of the Netherlands and Martin Jacobson, 27, of Sweden gather after the first night of play during the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table early Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at the Rio. Play continues Tuesday night. Launch slideshow »

Main Event final table chip counts and results

  • Jorryt van Hoof: 89,620,000
  • Martin Jacobson: 64,750,000
  • Felix Stephensen: 46,100,000
  • William Tonking: $2,848,833 (4th)
  • Billy Pappas: $2,143,794 (5th)
  • Andoni Larrabe: $1,622,471 (6th)
  • Dan Sindelar: $1,236,084 (7th)
  • Bruno Politano: $1,622,471 (8th)
  • Mark Newhouse: $730,725 (9th)
  • Blinds at 500,000-1 million with 150,000 ante

Moments after the final hand in the World Series of Poker Main Event over the summer, eight of the nine finalists congregated around the table to celebrate.

The ninth, 29-year-old Mark Newhouse, was off to the side granting ESPN an immediate interview. Four months later, Newhouse remains the center of attention with the November Nine final table reassembled in the Rio’s Penn & Teller Theater to play for $10 million and poker’s world championship.

Nine-handed play will begin momentarily and continue until the field is trimmed to three, likely early Tuesday morning. The final three players return at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to play down to the winner.

Having already notched perhaps the greatest achievement in WSOP history by advancing to the final table in back to back years, Newhouse will now try to consummate his legacy with a victory.

He comes into play with an above-average chip stack of 26 million, third behind only the Netherlands’ Jorryt van Hoof and Norway’s Felix Stephensen.

Newhouse, a Los Angeles native, has the most chips of the four Americans, with local Dan Sindelar close behind at 21.2 million. William Pappaconstantinou, of Lowell, Mass., one of the top foosball players in the world who had never competed in a WSOP event before this one, is in the middle with 17 million chips.

New Jersey’s William Tonking starts out the back half with 15 million chips. The only player currently garnering as much attention as Newhouse is last in chips.

As promised, Bruno Politano brought a huge group of family and friends from Brazil to cheer him on. The chants started early in the theater, hours before the players were due to take their seats.

To stay with tradition, I’ll make my picks one through nine on how the November will finish. I was way off last year, but had a strong showing in 2012 including predicting eventual winner Greg Merson.

I like Spain’s Andoni Larrabe, who comes in fourth in chips right behind Newhouse, to prevail. He had a calculated yet aggressive style in the summer that catered to this type of event.

Making it with him to Tuesday, I’ll pick a surging Martin Jacobson — the Swede is currently eighth in chips — second with Newhouse in third.

Fourth through ninth are in order as follows: Felix Stephensen, Sindelar, chip leader Jorryt van Hoof, Tonking Politano and Pappaconstantinou.

Stay tuned to lasvegassun.com for live coverage of the final table all night. Play will also air on ESPN2, though on a 30-minute delay so take note that this blog will be updated in real time.

Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.

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