is there any chance for a newbie to play bitcoin right now? or it's too late?
No, there's no "Late" words to join into bitcoin world. Bitcoin still have volatile behavior on its moving.
Make sure you take those advantages for profit taking.
There is a big possiblity that it will reach $12000 by this month of december as christmas gift for many users who have believing bitcoin for how many years. This is not the only price i expect it this month but it will reach up to $15,000 if the demand has continuesly increasing. So we expect more happenings by few more weeks.