In this day and age making the November Nine more than once seems impossible. No one has done it yet, but that's not to say players don't have multiple final table appearances. Perhaps the most notable man to do it was Dan Harrington, who took sixth in 1987 before winning in 1995. Then, in 2003 and 2004, he made headlines by making back-to-back final tables and finishing in third and fourth place respectively.
Harrington advanced from the Day 1b field with 60,675 and is looking to make his first final table in nine years.
Here's a look at all the players who've made multiple WSOP Main Event final tables:
During the first break, the Brasilia Room hosted the last bracelet ceremony of the summer. Of the winners who received her prize was Loni Harwood, who finished first in Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Harwood is the second woman to win an open event at the 2013 WSOP (after Dana Castaneda in Event #54). She made two final tables earlier in the summer, and now has six total cashes. Her victory yesterday catapulted her to third place on the Player of the Year leader board, ahead of David “Bakes” Baker, Marco Johnson, and Tom Schneider, all of whom have produced stellar results in their own right over the past six weeks. Harwood currently sits with 23,500 in chips, and with a deep run in the Main Event, she has the potential to move even higher in the POY rankings.
With players still filtering in to find their seats, we've found a few more notable names here in the Brasilia Room, including one pro who has already chipped up to begin the day.
We noticed Phil Laak down to 14,075 in chips and while we didn't see how he last half his starting stack, we did catch him as his opponent paid off his set of sevens and added some chips back into his stack.
Costa Rican poker pro Humberto Brenes has always been one of the more friendly figures in the game, both on the felt and off, and today "The Shark" has been feasting on the fishes.
When we heard the familiar call of "Amigo!" while passing by Brenes' table, we stopped by to hear him happily report that he has moved to the 43,000 mark to begin the second level of play.
Action folded around to Jason Somerville in the small blind. He called, and the big blind checked. Somerville bet 200 when the flop came , and the big blind called. Somerville then check-called his opponent’s bet on the turn, and check-called 700 on the river. His opponent showed , and Somerville mucked. After the hand, he’s down to 5,600 in chips.