No stage in poker stood as a bigger goal for a tournament player than the final table of the WSOP Main Event. For years, that meant going to sleep knowing you had the chance of a lifetime, to go down in poker history in the next few days as the cameras captured your every bet, raise and fold.
All of that changed in 2008.
The year after Jerry Yang's Main Event victory was broadcast to all on ESPN's standard tape delay, organizers made a decision to try to increase the excitement and anticipation around the final table: after the final nine was reached, play would be paused. At that point, everyone left would go home with 9th-place money and the players would reconvene a few months later to play out the final table on a short tape delay.
That lasted until 2016, and this is the history of the November (and October) Nines.
Click here to read the article about the history of the WSOP November Nine
runout ended his tournament in 99th place for $888.
flopped quads for Whitesell, and the 
turn and 
river could not save Ciccone from elimination.
flop did give him an open-ended straight draw. 
paired the board on the turn and Rhoda needed any ace, ten or five to stay alive but he 
river ended his tournament. 
flop gave her a few more outs with a Broadway draw. 
river helped her hand and she was eliminated a few spots short of the money bubble.