The top ten nominees from the online voting process will be given to the Governing Council for reviewing, the council will select one or two nominees to be inducted into the WSOP Poker Hall of Fame.
The chosen player/s will be inducted at a ceremony just before the 2015 WSOP Main Event final table starts in November.
In 2008 Jacobson had an opportunity to try make it as a poker pro after winning an online satellite tournament to the 2008 WSOP Main Event which he busted out on the third hand. This was his first big live tournament that he played and it didn’t end well for him.
Martin continued to play online satellites to live poker tournament and qualified for several other events including: EPT London and EPT Budapest where he made his first cash in a live event finishing in 3rd place.
His success in live events eventually amounted to more than $5 million in just six years of playing poker with 55 cashes and 27 final tables appearances.
The November Nine player will return for the final table of the 2014 WSOP Main Event with an 888poker patch hoping to bring the title home to Brazil for the first time.
Bruno Foster achievements over his 12 year poker career and reaching the final table of this years Main Event have earned him a sponsorship deal from 888poker.
888poker Brazilian team now includes: Bruno Kawauti, Nicolau Villa-Lobos and latest addition to Team 888Poker – Bruno Foster.
After a three month waiting period, players will return for the Final Table where the winners gets a guaranteed $10 million first place prize and the most prestigious title in poker, a WSOP Main Event bracelet.
2014 WSOP November Nine are: Jorryt van Hoof, Felix Stephensen, Mark Newhouse, Dan Sindelar, William Pappaconstantinou, Martin Jacobson, Bruno Politano, William Tonking and Andoni Larrabe.
The 2014 WSOP Main Event will be broadcast on ESPN starting with highlights between September 28 until November 9, the final table will be broadcast live on November 10-11, 2014.
Some records were broken for attendance with Day 1c being the largest starting field in history of the WSOP Main Event with 3,768 players registering on the last day.
More than half of the playing field has been eliminated at this point with about 3,300 players going through to Day 2.
In this 2014 WSOP Main Event Day 1 update we’ve included the chipleaders and notable players survival and eliminations on the first three starting days of the World Series of Poker Main Event.
