Event #65: $10,000 Main Event Dia 7 | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-07-15 01:06 UTC-7

The 2014 WSOP November Nine is Set; Newhouse Makes Back-to-Back Final Tables in Poker's Greatest Event

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Mark Newhouse makes back-to-back Main Event final tables

After eight long days of poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event established its official final table of nine.

Leading this year’s November Nine is Jorryt van Hoof, the second Dutch player to ever reach the final table of the Main Event. Van Hoof bagged 38,375,000 chips thanks to two key knockouts in Level 33 — one of the players he eliminated was his fellow countryman, Oscar Kemps. Prior to the 2014 Main Event, van Hoof only had $358,580 in career live tournament earnings. Now he is guaranteed $730,725 and the favorite to capture the $10 million first-place prize.

Joining van Hoof at the final table will be Mark Newhouse, who has now made a return trip to the biggest final table in poker. Newhouse finished ninth in the 2013 Main Event for $733,224 after entering the final table last in chips, but this year he is in among the leaders with 26,000,000. The American is the first player to reach back-to-back Main Event final tables since “Action” Dan Harrington finished third and fourth respectively in the 2003 and 2004 Main Events.

In order to earn more money than Harrington did in those two years, Newhouse will have to finish in sixth place or higher.

Rounding out the 2014 November Nine are Felix Stephensen, Martin Jacobson, Dan Sindelar, William Pappaconstantinou, Bruno Politano, Andoni Larrabe, and William Tonking.

Day 7 of the 2014 WSOP Main Event began with 27 players, and Sean Dempsey was the first player to exit when Newhouse made a flush on the river against him. Brian Roberts (26th), Bryan Devonshire (25th), Kyle Keranen (24th), Yorane Kerignard (23rd), Iaron Lightbourne (22nd), and Leif Force (21st) followed him to the rail. Lightbourne was in great shape to double up with pocket queens aqainst Dan Sindelar’s ace-queen, but Sindelar flopped an ace and the Brit couldn’t find a one-outer or running straight cards.

The next player to exit was Dan Smith, who called a four-bet shove from van Hoof in Level 31, creating an 80-big blind pot. The two were flipping, Smith with ace-king of spades and van Hoof with pocket fours, and the wired pair held as the board produced but one paint card — the .

Online legend Scott “urnotindanger2” Palmer exited in 19th place, running pocket deuces into pocket aces, and he was followed out the door by Scott Mahin (18th), Andrey Zaichenko (17th), Eddy Sabat (16th), and Thomas Sarra Jr. (15th).

Sarra Jr. tried to get tricky, calling a raise from Newhouse then four-betting over a three-bet from Stephensen. The Norwegian moved all in, and Sarra Jr. called of his remaining 30 big blinds with king-queen. Stephensen had him dominated with ace-king of spades, and Sarra Jr.’s Main Event dreams were dashed by the turn.

The eliminations of Kemps (14th), Craig McCorkell (13th), Christopher Greaves (12th), and Maximilian Senft (11th) brought us to an unofficial final table of 10.

On the sixth hand at the unofficial final table, Tonking flopped the nuts against Jacobson, who had the nut flush draw. Jacobson failed to find a club on the turn or the river, and Tonking successfully doubled through. Eleven hands later, Larrabe was all in and at risk with pocket aces against the ace-king of Velador. There was a king in the window of the flop, but once again the best hand held up.

Velador suddenly found himself on the short stack, and moved all in on Hand #24 over a raise from Politano and a call from Newhouse. The action folded back to Newhouse, who tank-called with pocket fives, and he had Velador's pocket fours dominated. Velador failed to improve his hand, and when the final card was dealt the Amazon Room exploded into a chorus of songs and chants, The Brazilian contingent even fired off confetti cannons, spraying green and yellow bits of paper throughout the stands.

The 2014 World Series of Poker November Nine

Seat	Name	Country	Chips
1	William Pappaconstantinou	USA	17,500,000
2	Felix Stephensen	Norway	32,775,000
3	Jorryt van Hoof	Netherlands	38,375,000
4	Mark Newhouse	USA	26,000,000
5	Andoni Larrabe	Spain	22,550,000
6	William Tonking	USA	15,050,000
7	Dan Sindelar	USA	21,200,000
8	Martin Jacobson	Sweden	14,900,000
9	Bruno Politano	Brazil	12,125,000

On behalf of PokerNews and the WSOP, we would like to thank everyone for following along all summer long. Bracelets were won, history was made, and now we are just four months away from crowning yet another Main Event champion — a champion that will win $10,000,000. For now, this is our final good night from Las Vegas for the summer, but we'll see you right back here in early November for the conclusion of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event!

Tags: Andoni Larrabe Bruno Politano Dan Sindelar Felix Stephensen Jorryt van Hoof Martin Jacobson William Pappaconstantinou William Tonking

2014-07-15 00:51 UTC-7

Luis Velador Eliminated in 10th Place ($565,193)

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Hand #23: William Pappaconstantinou raised to 900,000 in the hijack. Jorryt van Hoof made it 2.25 million on the button, chasing the blinds out, and Pappaconstantinou followed suit.

Hand #24: Bruno Politano raised to 900,000 in middle position, and Mark Newhouse called from the button. Luis Velador risked it all in the small blind for 6.15 million, and Politano thought for about two minutes before mucking. Newhouse took a bit of time as well before deciding to call.

Newhouse:
Velador:

Velador needed a four to avoid busting on the most disappointing bubble in poker. The flop: . The turn closed out chopping possibilities. The Brazilian crowd broke into song again as the dealer prepared to deliver the river card. It was the prettiest card in the deck: the , and Velador was done in by the bigger boat.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Luis Velador	Eliminado

Tags: Bruno Politano Jorryt van Hoof Luis Velador Mark Newhouse William Pappaconstantinou

2014-07-15 00:05 UTC-7

Break Time; On the Bubble of the November Nine

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The final 10 players are heading on a 20-minute break.

Level 34 began with 13 players all looking to hang around long enough to reach the elusive November Nine, and on a near instant reaction to the resumption of play, Christopher Greaves found a double when his held up against Jorryt van Hoof's down on the secondary feature table. However up on the main stage, WSOP bracelet winner Craig McCorkell would play his last hand of the Main Event when he button-shoved and Mark Newhouse looked him up with . The final board would read and Newhouse's ace-high sent McCorkell to the rail for a $441,940 payday.

Now down to 12, chips would circle between players on each of their respective tables before Greaves would fall in 12th. Following a raise by Martin Jacobson and a three-bet by William Pappaconstantinou, Greaves moved all in holding and Pappaconstantinou would look him up with . Unfortunately for Greaves he could only spike a queen, and when the chips were counted, he was left with just three antes. On the following hand, Greaves saw the last of his chips enter the pot with and run into Jacobson's which made a pair of aces on the flop to bow out in 12th.

With Greaves now headed to the payout cage, Maximilian Senft would follow right behind him when he shoved all in holding and Newhouse called with . The board ran out to see the Austrian take 11th and leave the final 10 players to battle it out together until the November Nine is reached.

Van Hoof led the final 10 with an impressive 37,425,000 in chips and on the sixth hand of the unofficial final table, William Tonking would find a huge double through Jacobson. Jacobson limped under the gun holding and Tonking completed from the small blind with Dan Sindelar checking. Sindelar bet out on the flop and Jacobson raised before Tonking check-raised all in with Jacobson calling once Sindelar folded. With Tonking in the lead holding , the turn and river landed the and to see Tonking double through.

As the final few hands of the level played out, Andoni Larrabe found a much needed double holding against Luis Velador's . The board ran out and Larrabe doubled before the end-of-level chip counts were as follows:

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jorryt van Hoof	35,575,000	-45,000
Felix Stephensen	34,275,000	-45,000
Andoni Larrabe	21,700,000	-50,000
Dan Sindelar	20,400,000	-50,000
Mark Newhouse	19,400,000	-50,000
Billy Pappas	19,300,000	-50,000
Martin Jacobson	15,200,000	-200,000
Bruno Politano	13,525,000	-345,000
William Tonking	11,750,000	1,500,000
Luis Velador	9,350,000	-650,000

Tags: Christopher Greaves Jorryt van Hoof Maximilian Senft

2014-07-15 00:03 UTC-7

Unofficial Final Table Hands #16-17: Larrabe Doubles Through Velador

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Hand #16: Felix Stephensen raised to 650,000 from middle position and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #17: Jorryt van Hoof popped it up to 800,000 from middle position and found a call from Luis Velador in the hijack. Andoni Larrabe three-bet shoved all in from the hijack for his last 10 million. Action folded back around to van Hoof who threw his hand into the muck. Velador asked for a count and then went into the tank for about two minutes before announcing a call.

Velador:
Larrabe:

Larrabe was in a dominating position heading to the flop with his pocket aces. The dealer fanned on the felt, pairing Velador's king but keeping Larrabe out in front. The paired the board on the turn, meaning Larrabe needed to dodge a king on the river in order to score the double.

The completed the board and Larrabe secured the double.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jorryt van Hoof	35,620,000	-900,000
Felix Stephensen	34,320,000	850,000
Andoni Larrabe	21,750,000	11,650,000
Dan Sindelar	20,450,000	-600,000
Mark Newhouse	19,450,000	-100,000
Billy Pappas	19,350,000	-100,000
Martin Jacobson	15,400,000	500,000
Bruno Politano	13,870,000	-150,000
William Tonking	10,250,000	-250,000
Luis Velador	10,000,000	-10,100,000

2014-07-14 23:31 UTC-7

Newhouse One Player Away from Back-to-Back November Nines

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Mark Newhouse is originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but he now calls Los Angeles, California home. A former student at Appalachian State, Newhouse is now a professional poker player that is looking to become the first player to make the November Nine twice. What’s more, he’d be doing it in consecutive years, becoming the first players since Dan Harrington to make back-to-back Main Event final tables.

Newhouse has been playing in the WSOP Main Event every year since 2006, but in his first five years all he managed was a 182nd in 2011 for $47,107. Then, in 2013, Newhouse managed to navigate a field of 6,352 players to find himself a part of the November Nine, albeit as the second shortest stack. Amazingly, Newhouse is among the final ten in the 2014 WSOP Main Event with enough chips to coast to the November Nine.

Newhouse first came to poker prominence when he earned over $1.5 million when he won the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open in September 2009, but admitted that he wasn't the smartest person with his money following the big win, as you can see from what he told PokerNews in a Where Are They Now? interview.

"I made a lot of very poor decisions over the next couple of years," Newhouse said. “Right now I am a totally different person than I was then, and I am on the right track. I'm sort of in a rebuilding mode. I have made nearly every mistake you can make in this business and learned from all of them. I am doing my best to do the right things these days and things are going pretty well for me now. The road to rebuilding is a much longer and slower one than the road of destruction, but with a healthy lifestyle, a hard work ethic, a little discipline, and the experience of past mistakes my goals don't seem all that far away.”

With swagger and experience, Newhouse could very well rub some of the audience the wrong way, but the fact that he’s performed as he has in back-to-back years will no doubt endear him to many fans.

As for his 2014 WSOP Main Event journey, Newhouse played Day 1c and actually finished with less than the starting stack. His 29,675 put him 1,656 out of the advancing 2,571 players. Things went much better for Newhouse on Day 2, which is when he increased his stack to 220,400, putting him in 139th place out of 1,864 players.

Newhouse nearly doubled his stack on Day 3, which gave him 423,400 — 131 of 746. On Day 4, Newhouse’s stack jumped to 1.301 million, putting him in 27th place out of 291 players. Things really took off for Newhouse on Day 5, which is when he amassed a stack of 7.4 million, the most out of the remaining 79 players. Newhouse lost the chip lead on Day 6, but he still managed to finish in the top 27 with 6.82 million, which put him in 11th place.

Barring some bad luck, Newhouse should make history and become the first player to make a return appearance to the November Nine.

Here's a look as Newhouse's WSOP résumé prior to the 2014 Main Event:

Total WSOP & Circuit Earnings: $915,754

WSOP Bracelets: 0
WSOP Cashes: 8
WSOP Earnings: $906,093

Circuit Rings: 0
Circuit Cashes: 1
Circuit Earnings: $9,661

Tags: Mark Newhouse Player Profiles

2014-07-14 23:28 UTC-7

Unofficial Final Table Hands #4-6: Tonking Doubles Through Jacobson

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William Tonking doubles through Jacobson

Hand #4: Dan Sindelar raised to 750,000 from early position and it folded around to Mark Newhouse who called from the button. The two took a flop of and Sindelar came out swinging for 950,000. Newhouse called to see fourth street.

The turn was the and Sindelar slowed with a check. Newhouse rapped the table back and the finished off the board. Both players checked and Sindelar tabled for merely king-high. Newhouse rolled over to take down the pot.

Hand #5: Jorryt van Hoof opened to 700,000 from the hijack and Luis Velador tossed out a call from the button. Andoni Larrabe three-bet shoved for 8.85 million from the small blind, inducing folds from the big blind and both van Hoof and Velador.

Hand #6: Martin Jacobson limped from under the gun and it folded around to William Tonking who completed from the small blind. Sindelar checked from the big blind and the trio took a flop of . Tonking checked, Sindelar fired 500,000, and Jacobson came over the top with a raise to 1.75 million. Tonking announced a check-raise all in for 4.675 million. Sindelar folded and Jacobson called.

Jacobson:
Tonking:

Tonking led with a flopped straight but Jacobson was drawing live with four to a club flush and a nine for a chop. The fell on the turn, keeping Tonking ahead with his straight. The drilled the river, allowing Tonking's straight to hold and scoring him the double up to 11.25 million in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jorryt van Hoof	34,870,000	-850,000
Felix Stephensen	33,020,000	-150,000
Mark Newhouse	25,250,000	2,500,000
Luis Velador	21,620,000	-1,000,000
Billy Pappas	19,050,000	-150,000
Dan Sindelar	17,200,000	-2,650,000
Martin Jacobson	17,170,000	-5,130,000
William Tonking	11,250,000	5,825,000
Andoni Larrabe	11,000,000	1,750,000
Bruno Politano	10,020,000	-150,000

2014-07-14 22:45 UTC-7

Maximilian Senft Eliminated in 11th Place ($565,193)

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Hand #104: Andoni Larrabe raised to 600,000 under the gun, and cards went into the muck in succession until Maximilian Senft shoved all in on the button for 3.625 million. The blinds folded, and Larrabe asked for a count, folding about two minutes later.

Hand #105: Mark Newhouse opened to 600,000 under the gun, and Senft made it two straight shoves. Newhouse called after everyone else folded.

Newhouse:
Senft:

The flop came , and Senft needed runner-runner to survive against Newhouse, who had yet another set. His chances ended on the turn. The was the meaningless river.

The players will now redraw for the unofficial final table.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Maximilian Senft	Eliminado

Tags: Andoni Larrabe Mark Newhouse Maximilian Senft

2014-07-14 22:39 UTC-7

Christopher Greaves Eliminated in 12th Place ($565,193)

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Christopher Greaves is eliminated in 12th place

Hand #121 Martin Jacobson opened to 650,000 from under the gun and Christopher Greaves called all in for 100,000. Jorryt van Hoof called from the big blind, but on a flop, he check-folded to a 600,000-chip continuation-bet from Jacobson.

Jacobson:
Greaves:

With Greaves in terrible shape, the on the turn would see him drawing dead as the completed the board on the river.

Tags: Christopher Greaves Jorryt van Hoof Martin Jacobson

2014-07-14 22:21 UTC-7

The Last Bracelet Winner in the Field -- Luis Velador

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The last remaining World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner in the field, Luis Velador has been playing poker professionally since 1997. Before that Velador, who was born in Mexico in 1964 but now resides in Corona, California, worked as a tile setter.

Velador’s first tournament cash actually came in 2000 when he won the $300 Limit Hold’em Championship at the Winnin’ o’ the Green in Los Angeles, a victory that earned him $28,240. Since then he has amassed more than $1.4 million in tournament winnings, and that doesn’t include what he’ll take home for his 2014 WSOP Main Event performance.

Speaking of the WSOP, Velador won his first bracelet in 2008 when he topped a field of 2,304 players to win Event #32 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $574,734. Two years later, Velador captured his second bracelet by outlasting 481 other players in Event #33 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha for $260,552.

As for his 2014 WSOP Main Event journey, Velador more than doubled his starting stack on Day 1c when he finished with 73,800, which put him 366th among the advancing 2,571 players. He more than doubled that on Day 2, finishing 340th of 1,864 with 165,900, and then he finished the surviving 746 Day 3 players with 380,500, which put him in 167th place.

On Day 4, Velador managed to bring his stack up to 1.353 million, which put him 26th out of 291 players. Once again he would more than double that as he finished Day 5 with 3.78 million, putting him 18th out of 79 players. Day 6 is where it was at for Velador though as he navigated his way to the final 27 with 16.6 million, putting him second in chips behind Martin Jacobson.

Velador continues to play his game on Day 7 and finds himself a favorite to make the November Nine.

Here's a look as Velador's WSOP résumé prior to the 2014 Main Event:

Total WSOP & Circuit Earnings: $942,222

WSOP Bracelets: 2
WSOP Cashes: 15
WSOP Earnings: $942,222

Tags: Player Profiles Luis Velador

2014-07-14 22:10 UTC-7

One of The Netherlands' Finest Looks to Clean Up in the WSOP Main Event

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Dutchman Jorryt van Hoof hails from the city of Eindhoven where he was born on November 15, 1982. Van Hoof studied Industrial Engineering for a year before he decided to become part-owner in a game store called GameForce.

Van Hoof has had entrepreneurial interests from a very young age, from even before he got into poker. He also played Magic The Gathering from the age of 12, and his involvement in games and business brought him to poker, as many of his customers frequently played the game.

Van Hoof's early poker knowledge stems from reading books, after which he further evolved his game by playing and discussing the game with his friends. The Dutchman played his first poker towards the end of 2003 and notched up his first ever live tournament result at the Aviation Club in Paris in the Spring of 2005. Just a few months later Van Hoof played his first events at the World Series of Poker and notched up his first cash in a $2,000 no-limit hold'em event where he finished 66th for $3,450.

In the fall of 2006 Van Hoof had a huge opportunity to become a poker celebrity in the Netherlands when he lead the Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam for three straight days, but he ended up finishing in seventh place for $67,790, while the first-place prize was $893,233.

While tournament poker's not Van Hoof's bread and butter, he managed to cash three more times at WSOP times in 2007 and 2008, after which he did not go to Las Vegas up until this summer. At the 2013 Utrecht Series of Poker in the Netherlands Van Hoof won the €1,000 event for €32,205, and last year's November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis finished seventh in that same event.

Brummelhuis and Van Hoof go way back. The two were a part of the early poker movement in the Netherlands. While tournament results dictate a poker player's reputation, Van Hoof has been one of the fan favorites of the Dutch poker community for many years. Back in the day Van Hoof won the first ever $5,000 winner-take-all tournament for $100,000 and made a famous call with 8-high against Dylan Linde in the Sunday Million which had the online railbirds going crazy.

After having lived in Dublin for a year to fully focus on being a consummate professional, Van Hoof moved to Malta, a country he lived in for many years. Van Hoof now lives back in the Netherlands where he spends most of his time playing online pot-limit Omaha.

The man who's known online as “TheCleaner11” has been cleaning out some of the biggest cash games around for many years. Van Hoof makes training videos for Dutch poker site NederPoker and also points out that players should focus on the mental and physical aspect of being a successful player.

Interestingly enough Van Hoof owes his online screen name to Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo. After playing against Bonomo under the screenname “Jorrytvh”, Bonomo was asked if he knew who he had played against and responded, "I don't know, but he cleaned me out.”

Tags: Jorryt van Hoof Justin Bonomo Michiel Brummelhuis Player Profiles