Seat 9: Bruno Politano (12,125,000 -- 30 BB)
There is little doubt 31-year-old Bruno Politano will have the largest and loudest rail in the Penn & Teller Theater, and his early estimate is that he��ll be bringing 200 boisterous Brazilians with him. Despite being the short stack with 12.125 million �� though that is the ��biggest�� short stack since the November Nine was established in 2008 �C rest assured Politano will make his presence known.
Born Oct. 15, 1982, Politano, also known as Bruno Foster, is the pride and joy of Cear��, Brazil. Politano, who studied at Col��gio 7 de Setembro in Fortaleza, Brazil, currently ranks 98th on the Brazilian all-time money list with $110,054 in live earnings (obviously not including what he��ll take home for 2014 WSOP Main Event performance). His poker prowess comes as no surprise when you consider he��s friends with some of his homeland's best poker players, such as Andre Akkari, Maria Mayrinck, and Thiago Decano.
Prior to his deep run in the Main Event, Politano��s biggest cash was for $47,493 for a third-place finish in the 2013 Brazilian Series of Poker Main Event (BSOP) in Florian��polis. Other significant finishes include eighth in the Latin American Poker Tour IV Sao Paulo R$5,000 Main Event for $27,206 and seventh in the 2011 BSOP High Roller for $10,594.
In 2011, Politano notched his first WSOP cash when he placed 148th in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold��em event for $2,548. In 2014, Politano returned to Las Vegas and earned two more cashes prior to the Main Event �C 17th in Event #39 $3,000 No-Limit Hold��em for $20,148 and 135th in Event #58 $1,500 No-Limit Hold��em Mixed Max for $2,708.
Politano has fully embraced the November Nine experience and was the only one of them to travel to Australia for the WSOP Asia-Pacific, which is where he made the final table in Event #7: AU$2,200 No-Limit Hold��em Six-Handed. He ultimately finished in sixth for AU$19,809.