Not many people get a second chance at glory; Anton Morgenstern is one of those people. He finished 20th in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2013 and had final table within reach once again in 2015. He finished in 22nd place in 2015 for $262,000.

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As great of a performance as that was in 2013, it was disappointment for Morgenstern. With just 21 players remaining, he was the chip leader with 24.5 million. He would only survive one more elimination.

Mark Newhouse, who finished ninth in the 2013 and 2014 Main Events, first doubled through Morgenstern with A-Q versus pocket eights, knocking the Morgenstern down to fourth place. A bit later, it was Newhouse again getting into a raising war with Morgenstern on the turn with the board reading 2-A-A-3 until they were both all-in.

Morgenstern had A-J for trips, but Newhouse held pocket twos for a full house. Newhouse became the chip leader and Morgenstern was down to just 5 million chips and gone shortly thereafter.

“Maybe I was a bit too cocky,” Morgenstern told PokerNews.com on Day 6 of the 2015 Main Event.

Sounds like it. During his run to the top of the leaderboard in 2013, he told the PokerStars Blog, “When I play live, I just try to immediately let everybody know that I’m going to own the table. I open every pot. People put their chips ready for a call, then look at me and think, ‘Not against this guy.’ That’s what I’ve been doing for the first three days.”

In 2015, he was focused. He told PokerNews, “I’ve been just been trying to focus and stay off things like Facebook and not get too distracted. That was a big mistake I made the last time. Two years ago, I was really on top of my game until the last day. Right now, I don’t feel any better or worse, so if I make it to the last day it’s going to come down to that — seeing if I can handle it better than that.”

Entering 2015, Anton Morgenstern had $462,997 in live tournament earnings, more than 60 percent of which was from the 2013 WSOP Main Event.