WSOP 2014 Results: Winner, Prize Money and More for Main Event Finals

The 2014 World Series of Poker has whittled down a field of thousands to a mere three players.

After nine players entered the final table on Monday night, six exited, losing out on a chance to take home the $10 million prize.

The structure of the main event was a bit different from your average sporting tournament in that play was halted for nearly four months before picking back up again. The brunt of the main event took place back in July until only nine players remained.

The "November Nine" then picked up the cards again, which meant they had months to stew and let the gargantuan stakes weigh heavily on their mind.

They also had plenty of time to plan how they'll spend that $10 million in the event they win.

Place	Player	Chip Count	Winnings
1	Jorryt van Hoof	$70,800,000	---
2	Martin Jacobson	$62,825,000	---
3	Felix Stephensen	$25,600,000	---
4	William Tonking	---	$2,849,763
5	Billy Pappas	---	$2,143,794
6	Andoni Larrabe	---	$1,622,471
7	Dan Sindelar	---	$1,236,084
8	Bruno Politano	---	$947,172
9	Mark Newhouse	---	$730,725

Mark Newhouse was the first player culled from the herd. It's a feeling all too familiar for the 29-year-old, having finished ninth in last year's World Series of Poker main event as well.

After the river, the table featured a two of diamonds, four of clubs, jack of hearts, four of hearts and jack of clubs. Newhouse decided to bluff a bit, going all-in with a pair of 10s. William Tonking called the bet and eliminated Newhouse with a pair of queens.

Simply making the final table two years in a row is a massive accomplishment. The last person to do so was Dan Harrington in 2003 and 2004. According to Ryan Feldman of ESPN Stats & Info, Newhouse had a 1-in-524,079 chance of doing so when the 2014 tournament began.

Just don't try to tell him how impressive going back-to-back was, per Robert Kirschen and Nolan Dalla of WSOP.com:

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Moments after busting out, Newhouse was understandably disappointed with the results. When asked what the legacy the back-to-back finishes will leave upon poker history, he said curtly, "nothing."

When a reporter asked what's next for the 29-year-old high-stakes cash game pro, he said, "I don't know, I'll go back to my (hotel) room, I guess....I'll figure that out in about an hour."

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Brazilian Bruno Politano was the second to go after getting knocked out by Felix Stephensen. Politano drew a queen of spades and a 10 of clubs while Stephensen held a pair of sevens. That pair proved to be enough, as neither player got anything of note after the river.

Politano brought with him a very vocal cheering section, which helped breathe some life into the Penn and Teller Theater inside the Rio Hotel & Casino. Case Keefer of the Las Vegas Sun lamented losing Politano and his throng of fans:

Dan Sindelar failed to find any sort of breakthrough on Monday and paid dearly for it. Slowly but surely, his chips dwindled down to nothing. Jorryt van Hoof did Sindelar in with an ace of hearts and a three of hearts.

Sindelar likely felt good about his hand when he drew a pair of jacks. His optimism grew to dread when the flop featured two hearts and an ace of diamonds. With a three of diamonds on the turn, Van Hoof strengthened his position and then wrapped up the hand after a queen of spades on the river:

Perhaps Sindelar was overwhelmed by being on a final table. He's a WSOP veteran, but this kind of stage was largely foreign to him, as he noted to Bernard Lee of ESPN.com heading into Monday night.

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I may have a bunch of cashes at the WSOP (17 since 2008), but I had no final tables leading up to this year's main event. It definitely weighed on me every year I did not make a final table because it was my goal heading into each summer. Also, I had never cashed in the main event before. Overall, I'm probably a lifetime loser in the WSOP in tournament buy-ins.

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Knocking out Sindelar allowed Van Hoof to create some space between he and Tonking atop the chip count.

The two players were the strongest performers, but Tonking was part of a wild night that included his own elimination. before that, the fourth player eliminated was Spain's Larrabe, followed by Pappas of the United States.

In the most shocking moment of the tournament thus far, though, it was one of the favorites Tonking who lost and was forced to leave the table. Finishing fourth is nothing to scoff at, but many fans of the World Series of Poker had Tonking pegged as the winner.

With van Hoof, Jacobson and Stephensen making up the final three players, the action in Las Vegas will only continue to pick up.

However, with blinds only increasing, it will become easier to go from the outhouse to the penthouse. With one well-timed bluff, a player's fortunes can change in an instant.