$10,000,000 and Eternal Glory: the Latest Betting odds for 2014 WSOP Main Event November Nine

November Nine returns to Las Vegas for the final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event.

2014 WSOP November Nine is back in Las Vegas to contest the main prize

• 4 months after guaranteeing their final table places, the players return

• The event is held in total compliance with American gambling laws

• Each of the players will walk away with at least $700K, while the 1^st place will win $10 million

The most prestigious poker tournament of the year, the 2014 World Series of Poker is about to enter its closing stage in total compliance with the American gambling laws. After a 4-month wait, the final table, or November Nine will be returning to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to contest the WSOP gold bracelet, and a whopping prize pool.

The nine best players have beaten a field of 6,683 from 87 different countries to get to the final table of the 45^th annual WSOP tournament. There’s a huge $62,820,200 prize pool up for grabs, with first place taking home a guaranteed prize of $10,000,000, while the eight runners-up to share another $18,480, 121.

The competition in Las Vegas kicks off tonight at 9PM eastern time, and resumes the same time tomorrow to go all the way down to the wire. This year’s WSOP has beaten a couple of records already, gathering players from around the world, who bought-in directly or have qualified at a wide selection of poker rooms including online poker sites in the United States. Let’s take a closer look at the nine players, who will compete for the grand prize this year.

Seat 1 – William Pappaconstantinou: 17,500,000 chips

Billy Pappas as William Pappaconstantinou is otherwise known, is the world foosball champion from Lowell, Massachusetts. Interestingly enough, he’s hasn’t got a lot of poker experience to boast, with only $81,000 in poker earnings since 2002. So far, he’s best achievement has been the 5^th place at the WSOP Circuit held at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in 2013, where he scooped just over $50,000.

Seat 2 — Felix Stephensen: 32,775,000 chips

The 23-year-old Felix Stephensen comes from Oslo, Norway and has only been playing his second WSOP Main Event this year. With only a single cash placement in his carreer, Felix is the least experienced player at the table. He came in the 92^nd place during the 2013 EPT Barcelona and took home $16,791. He has already guaranteed at least $730,725 for making it this far, not bad for a second time participant.

Seat 3 — Jorryt van Hoof: 38,375,000 chips

The 31-year-old from Eindhoven, Netherlands, is currently the chip leader. He’s the second Dutch poker player to make the November Nine, after Michiel Brummelhuis placed 7^th last year. van Hoof has already raked up $310,286 in tournament earnings, and even placed twice on the final table after making the November Nine earlier this year.

Seat 4 — Mark Newhouse: 26,000,000 chips

The 29-year-old Chapel Hill, North Carolina resident, is the first player to make back-to-back Main Event final table since Dan Harrington. Newhouse boasts lots of experience of course, with over $2.7 million in career tournament earnings. The major bulk of it came from his win in the 2006 WPT Borgata Open – $1.5 million. Last year, he placed 9th at the WSOP Main Event and took home $733,224.

Seat 5 — Andoni Larrabe: 22,550,000 chips

Andoni Larrabe from Basque, Spain, is the youngest player at the table with his 22 years of age. He’s the first Spaniard to make the November Nine, since Carlos Mortensen won the tournament back in 2001. He’s biggest achievement is the 11^th place at the 2012 EPT Grand Final Main Event, where he won the bulk of his $98,000 career tournament earnings.

Seat 6 — William Tonking: 15,050,000 chips

The 27-year-old from Flemington, New Jersey, has $92,000 in career earnings from his 10 cash finishes. Tonking’s best result was the 5th place at the 2012 Sands Deepstack Extravaganza Main Event, giving him $28,000. He has also reached a cash place at one of the WSOP events this summer – 77^th place in the $1,500 NLHE Mixed Max tourney.

Seat 7 — Daniel Sindelar: 21,200,000 chips

The 30-year-old poker pro from Columbus, Nebraska is now permanently residing in Las Vegas. He has a whopping $527,000 in career earnings to boast, including such highlights as $105,312 for a win at the 2007 Fall Poker Classic Main Event, and $60,000 cash at the Card Player Poker Tour at the Wynn last year.

Seat 8 — Martin Jacobson: 14,900,000 chips

Jacobson has the most live tournaments experience among the players at the table. The 27-year-old from Stockholm, Sweden is now residing in London and has scored $807,427 for his 6th place at last year’s WSOP One Drop. He can also boast two runner-up sports at the European Poker Tour, with $762,185 won at Deauville and $382,156 picked up at Vilamoura. Overall, he’s career tournament earnings equal to $4.6 million so far.

Seat 9 — Bruno Politano: 12,125,000 chips

The first ever Brazilian to make the November Nine, Bruno Politano is 31 years of age and comes from Fortaleza. He’s an amateur player, but can already show some impressive results including an 8^th place at the LAPT Brazil Main Event, where he won $27,206. After scooping his place at the final table this summer, he went on to finish 6^th at the WSOP Asia Pacific side event and won $17,435.

November Nine betting odds

Each of the players on the final table is guaranteed at least $730,725 in winnings. The average stack right now is 22,276,667 chips, and with the blinds at 200,000-400,000 and ante at 50,000, they’ll have an average of 56 big blinds.

Naturally, punters all over the world can wager a couple of bucks on who’s going to win the 2014 WSOP Main Event. Most online sportsbooks in the United States are offering great outright winner odds for the grand poker event.

Bovada is favoring the current chipleader Jorryt van Hoof to win the event with 3.85 odds from Bovada, while Felix Stephensen is second in line at 5.00. Mark Newhouse is close with 6.00 odds, followed by Andoni Larrabe at 8.00, Dan Sindelar at 8.50, and Martin Jacobson at 9.00. William Pappaconstantinou’s chances are valued at 11.00 odds, followed by William Tonking with 13.00 odds and last, but not least Bruno Politano at 17.00 odds.