Level 32 is complete and the players are now on a 90-minute dinner break. During the two-hour level, Scott Palmer exiting in 19th place, inciting the penultimate redraw in the 2014 Main Event. Once down to two tables, Scott Mahin and Andrey Zaichenko were eliminated in 18th and 17th places, respectively.
Dan Sindelar, who was the chip leader during the previous break, gave up the lead to Martin Jacobson momentarily, but regained it as the two battled it out on the secondary table. However, Brazilian Bruno Politano made a late surge during one of the final hands of the level, and is the chip leader entering the dinner break.
Mahin was eliminated in 18th place when he flopped two pair against Andoni Larrabe’s ace-high flush draw. The turn was the , giving the Spaniard extra outs to catch up, and the on the river completed his flush. According to ESPN’s Andrew Feldman, Mahin was very emotional during his exit interview with Kara Scott, shedding a tear or two.
Andrey Zaichenko then exited in 17th place, even after doubling through Sindelar in an exciting race. The momey went in preflop, Zaichenko held against Sindelar’s , and the river brought a four flush for the Russian. Not long after Zaichenko was faced with an all-in bet on a board of , and called with .
Unfortunately for him, Dutchman Jorryt van Hoof had him drawing dead with , and a meaningless completed the board.
The players are now on dinner break for an hour-and-a-half. We will have full counts for you shortly.
Hand #47: Jorryt van Hoof opened to 525,000 and Christopher Greaves called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop before a bet of 700,000 from van Hoof when the fell on the turn was enough to see him win the pot.
Hand #48 Jorryt van Hoof opened to 525,000 and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #49: From under the gun, Martin Jacobson opened to 500,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #50: From under the gun, Dan Sindelar raised and everyone folded.
Hand #51: Christopher Greaves opened to 600,000 and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #36: Action folded to Craig McCorkell, who completed the blind from the small. Mark Newhouse checked, and flopped. Newhouse folded to a flop bet.
Hand #37: Bruno Politano raised to 525,000 under the gun, and Newhouse called in the small blind. Thomas Sarra Jr. came along in the big blind. The blinds checked to Politano on the flop, and he bet 755,000. Newhouse raised to 1.7 million, and he took the pot when both opponents folded.
Hand #38: Felix Stephensen made it 500,000 to go, and he took the pot down.
Hand #39: McCorkell opened to 500,000 in the hijack and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #40: Newhouse raised in the hijack and won the pot.
Hand #41: Maximilian Senft raised on the button and was called by Luis Velador in the big blind. The board was when Velador bet 400,000 on the turn and got called. When the hit, Velador bet 800,000 and was called after about a minute. Velador's for top pair was good.
Hand #42: Newhouse opened to 500,000 from an early position and won the pot.
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.
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 #53: Jorryt van Hoof opened to 525,000 from the hijack and Dan Sindelar called from the button.
Van Hoof checked the flop and Sindelar bet out 750,000 to prompt a fold from van Hoof.
Hand #54: Christopher Greaves opened to 600,000 and Dan Sindelar three-bet to 1,525,000 to force Greaves' cards into the muck.
Hand #55: William Tonking opened to 525,000 from under the gun and Martin Jacobson reraised to 1,350,000. Tonking folded and Jacobson was pushed the pot.
Hand #56: Jorryt van Hoof opened to 525,000 and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #57: William Pappaconstantinou opened to 525,000 from the hijack and Jorryt van Hoof called in the big blind to see a flop.
Both players checked and when the turn landed the , Pappaconstantinou bet out 625,000 with van Hoof check-calling as the river landed the .
Van Hoof cut out a bet of 1,350,000 and Pappaconstantinou quickly called.
Van Hoof tabled his for trips and scooped the pot.
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: