Hand #82: Felix Stephensen took the pot with a raise to 625,000 from middle position.
Hand #83: Craig McCorkell shoved all in from the button for 4.175 million. Mark Newhouse called from the small blind, and Bruno Politano folded, showing .
McCorkell:
Newhouse:
The flop brought , and suddenly McCorkell was a lot less live as Newhouse had a flush draw. A turned, changing nothing, and the spelled the end for McCorkell.
Felix Stephensen is originally from Oslo, Norway, but he now calls London home. Born on July 22, 1990, Stephensen currently makes his living playing poker. He does so playing primarily online under the screenname “FallAtyourFeet,” and according to online tracking records, he is up more than $300,000 since 2011.
Stephensen, who is good friends with fellow Norwegian online pro Ola “no_Ola” Amundsgard, can usually be found at the $25/$50 pot-limit Omaha tables, though he has been known to take shots as high as $200/$400. As such, he has developed a strong reputation and loyal following in the online poker community.
As far as the live realm is concerned, Stephensen has just two cashes on his résumé. The first is a 12th-place finish in the 2009 Norwegian Championships £1,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event for £3,585, and the other was a 92nd-place finish in the 2013 European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event for €12,700.
As for the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event, Stephensen traveled to Vegas with friends and ponied up the $10,000 buy-in. He then swapped seven percent with Amundsgard, who ended up finishing 237th in the tournament for $38,634.
Stephensen’s Main Event journey began on Day 1c, and he only managed to bring his starting stack of 30,000 up to 39,350, which put him 1,237 of the 2,571 surviving players. Day 2 was a little better as he chipped up to 120,800, putting him 634 out of 1,864 players. On Day 3, his stack grew to 362,000 – putting him 185 of 746 – and Day 4 he doubled that to 739,000 – 102 of 291.
On Day 5, Stephensen worked his stack up to 1.355 million, but that was only good for 56th out of the surviving 79 players. Finally, on Day 6, Stephensen got out of the doldrums and managed to amass a respectable stack of 7.74 million, which put him ninth in chips among the final 27 players.
Another prosperous outing here on Day 7 has Stephensen primed to make the November Nine, but only time will tell if that comes to pass.
Jorryt van Hoof eliminates his fellow countryman, Oscar Kemps
Level 33 has come and gone, and three players, Eddy Sabat, Thomas Sarra Jr, and Oscar Kemps, were eliminated.
Sabat and Jorryt van Hoof were heads up on a completed board of . Sabat fired out a bet, van Hoof set him all in, and Sabat tank-called with for a jack-high flush. The Dutchman revealed for the nuts, and Sabat was eliminated.
Sarra Jr tried to get tricky, reraising Felix Stephensen after calling an initial raise from Mark Newhouse. Stephensen, the three-bettor, moved all in, and Sarra Jr was priced in and forced to call with . Stephensen had him crushed with , and by the turn Sarra Jr was drawing dead. Stephensen assumed the chip lead after the knockout.
Kemps was done in by his fellow countryman when he moved all in from the cutoff with and van Hoof woke up with . The aces held, and Kemps was off to the cage to collect his $441,940 14th-place prize.
The next player to be eliminated will earn an identical prize and the 12 remaining players will make a six-figure pay jump to $565,193. As stated above, van Hoof is our new chip leader with over 30 million. Stephensen and Velador are the only other players with 20 million or more.
The orange T5,000 chips will be raced off on this short break, and when the tournament resumes the blinds will be 150,000/300,000 with an ante of 50,000.
Hand #85: Action folded over to Oscar Kemps in the cutoff and he shipped all in for about 3.82 million. It folded over to Jorryt van Hoof in the big blind and he instantly called, standing up from the table and slapping his hand on the table.
Van Hoof:
Kemps:
Kemps was crushed by van Hoof's aces and he needed help on the community cards to stay alive. The flop came down , leaving Kemps drawing thin. The turn was the , officially eliminating Kemps from play. The finished the board and he made his way to the payout desk as the 14th place finisher.
Hand #64: Mark Newhouse raised to 500,00 out of the hijack, Thomas Sarra Jr reraised to 1.5 million in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Newhouse, who folded as well.
Hand #65: Newhouse raised to 500,000 in middle position, Sarra Jr called on his direct left, Bruno Politano called in the cutoff, and Felix Stephensen three-bet to 2.25 million out of the small blind. Newhouse folded, Sarra Jr reraised to 6.7 million, Politano folded, and Stephensen moved all in for 14.74 million.
Sarra Jr called.
Sarra Jr:
Stephensen:
Nearly 25 million was in the middle when the dealer rapped the table and delivered a flop of . Stephensen improved to a pair of aces and he had two spades, but Sarra Jr could still survive with running cards.
Unfortunately for him the turn was the , leaving him drawing dead, and a meaningless completed the board.
Sarra Jr earns $441,940 for 15th place, while Stephensen is now the chip leader with 27.86 million.
Hand #58: Dan Sindelar raised to 550,000 from under the gun and found a call from Martin Jacobson in the big blind. The flop came down and Jacobson checked. Sindelar bet 550,000 and Jacobson instantly mucked.
Hand #59: Oscar Kemps open-shipped all in from middle position for 3.685 million and it folded around to Sindelar in the big blind who instantly called.
Kemps:
Sindelar:
The flop came down , giving Kemps two pair and the lead in the hand. Sindelar was drawing live however and could catch a queen to make Broadway or a running two pair. Those hopes were immediately dashed, however, as the peeled off on the turn giving Kemps a full house. The did eventually peel off on the river, but it was for naught as Kemps had already clinched the double up.
Kemps now has 7.77 million while Sindelar has dropped to 20.84 million.
Hand #60: William Tonking raised to 525,000 from the hijack and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #61: Jacobson raised to 500,000 from late position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #62: Tonking opened to 525,000 from under the gun only to find a three-bet to 1.2 million from William Pappaconstantinou on the button. Action folded back to Tonking and he let his cards go.
Chris "Bass Master" Greaves hails from Zionsville, Indiana, which is a suburb of Indianapolis. The devoted father of three is a 1996 grad of Purdue University, and upon graduating he took an IT job with a dot-com in Manahatten; however, he became a victim of the dot-com bubble and was forced to return to the Indianapolis area.
That is where the 39-year-old Greaves, who currently works as an IT professional, honed his poker skills after Chris Moneymaker won the Main Event back in 2003. In his free time, Greaves grinds the cash games in the greater Indianapolis area at casinos, country clubs, and private games.
"The 'Bass Master' name is born back to the day when Greaves would show up to the game wearing his standard fishing hat," explained Chris Underwood, a friend of Greaves. "The nickname was given to him by a fellow player based on a hat he bought while on vacation in upstate New York despite no interest or experience fishing, We know he has no fear of any opponent at his tables. His dream is to moving west to California and playing poker for a living."
Greaves, who has eaten a Burger King Croissan'wich most mornings during the Main Event, satellited into the "Big One" on two previous occasions, but this year he forked over the $10,000 buy-in. As such, he has most of his action. In fact, after a few swaps he has precisely 88% of himself.
"There is a funny story. My friend is going to kill me. The three guys that I'm tight with and we play together every week, I said let's all swap five percent of each other," Greaves explained. "Two of the guys bought on it, and one of the guys was going to do it, but he backed out because in one of the daily deepstacks he cashed for $26,000 and he decided he was too good to swap with me. As I told him this morning when we were texting, 'Epic Fail.'"
Greaves, who is divorced, has three children — daughter Athena, 13, and two boys Harrison and Truman, 10 and 7. He'll be using a good portion of his winnings to making them happy. "My kids' mother ganged up on me with the kids and they made me promise to get them a hot tub," Greaves said with a laugh, "and I'm thinking of taking my kids on a trip to Europe."
Greaves' only tournament cash of $2,200 came way back in 2005 when he finished runner-up in a $230 no-limit hold'em tournament. Needless to say, his run in the 2014 WSOP Main Event was going to up his lifetime earnings considerably.
Speaking of his Main Event run, Greaves' began on Day 1c where he finished the advancing 2,571 players 719th in chips with 55,025. On Day 2, Greaves managed to work that up to 207,400, which put him 184 of 1,864 players. Likewise, the upward trend continued on Day 3 as he chipped up to 458,000 and finished the 746 advancing players 107th in chips.
On Day 4, Greaves nearly tripled his stack and finished with 1.205 million, which put him 34 of 291. He finished a little better on Day 5 as he was 31 of 79 with a stack of 2.8 million. Day 6 was a little rough on Greaves, but he managed to make the top 27 19th in chips with 3.935, a stack he’s worked up here on Day 7.
For more on Greaves, check out his interview with PokerNews' Sarah Grant:
Hand #52: Jorryt van Hoof opened to 525,000 from the cutoff and Eddy Sabat called from the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked to see the hit the turn. Sabat led at the turn for 600,000 and van Hoof flatted.
The hit the felt on the river and Sabat cut out a bet of 1.15 million. Van Hoof announced all in over the top and Sabat instantly shifted in his seat. He shook his head and counted out his chip stack. His all in was for 5.975 million total and he took his time making his decision.
Sabat stood from the table and plopped chips into the center, signifying a call. Van Hoof immediately tabled for the nuts.
"Aw, man, he's got the nuts," said Sabat as he rolled over for a lower flush. His hand was pulled into the muck and he became the 16th-place finisher.
Van Hoof raked in the pot and brought his stack up to 26.655 million for the overall tournament chip lead.
Hand #43: Mark Newhouse raised to 500,000 from under the gun, Bruno Politano called in middle position, and the two took a flop of . Newhouse led out for 600,000, Politano called, and the turn was the .
Newhouse led out again — this time for 1.1 million — Politano called, and the completed the board. Newhouse fired out a third and final bullet worth 2.75 million, Politano snap-called, and Newhouse showed for a flopped set of deuces.
The 2013 November Niner was pushed the pot, and he now has over 15 million chips.
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