With Negreanu's towering persona gone, the 2015 WSOP November Nine will not spend the next three months in Kid Poker's shadow.
PokerListings.com has comprehensive bios and video interviews with all nine players but to get you started we've curated the best quotes and slapped them on photos in our take on a "Humans of New York" style character sketches.
Get to know all of this year's November Nine quickly and easily with the photos and words below.