Hand #66: Felix Stephensen raised to 500,000 on the button and was called by Andoni Larrabe in the big blind. Larrabe checked flop, folding to 480,000.
Hand #67: Mark Newhouse raised to 500,000 under the gun. Maximilian Senft called, as did Luis Velador on the button. Newhouse checked the flop, and Senft took the opportunity to bet 775,000. Velador called, as did Newhouse. On the turn, everyone checked. An hit, and three checks followed. Senft's lost to the of Velador.
Hand #68: Senft opened to 480,000 in early position and Stephensen three-bet, taking the pot.
Hand #69: Craig McCorkell shipped it for 4.62 million on the button. He took it down when the blinds folded.
Hand #70: McCorkell jammed again, this time from the cutoff, and everyone was eager to muck.
Hand #86: From the cutoff, Christopher Greaves opened to 600,000 and Jorryt van Hoof three-bet to 1,500,000 from the small blind to produce a Greaves fold.
Hand #87: William Tonking opened to 525,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #88: William Tonking opened to 525,000 from the hijack and Dan Sindelar called in the small blind before William Pappaconstantinou three-bet to 1,350,000 from the big blind.
Both Tonking and Sindelar called as the flop fell and Pappaconstantinou bet out 2,700,000. Both Tonking and Sindelar quickly folded, and Pappaconstantinou scooped the pot.
Hand #71: Adoni Larrabe was the second player to act preflop and won the pot with a raise.
Hand #72: Bruno Politano raised to 525,000 in the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #73: Felix Stephensen raised to 500,000 on the button, Larrabe defended his big blind, and the flop came . Both players checked. The turn was the , Larrabe led out for 725,000, and the chip leader folded.
Hand #74: Luis Velador min-raised to 500,000 on the button, Craig McCorkell defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . McCorkell checked, Velador bet 500,000, and McCorkell folded.
Hand #89: Dan Sindelar raised to 550,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #90: Sindelar raised to 550,000 from the cutoff and once again took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #91: Martin Jacobson raised to 500,000 from under the gun only to have Sindelar three-bet to 1.275 million from the next seat over. Action folded back to Jacobson and he kicked his cards into the muck as well.
Hand #92: Action folded to Jorryt van Hoof in the small blind and he made it 750,000 to go. Jacobson folded his big blind and van Hoof won.
Hand #93: William Tonking raised to 525,000 from the cutoff and Sindelar came along from the big blind. The flop came down and Sindelar check-called a continuation bet of 400,000. The turn was the and Sindelar checked for a second time. Tonking kept up his aggression by betting 1.125 million. Sindelar stayed the course.
The rivered and both players quickly checked. Sindelar showed for a pair of tens, prompting a muck from Tonking.
Hand #94: Jorryt van Hoff opened to 525,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #95: Martin Jacobson opened to 500,000 and Christopher Greaves called in the big blind. Jacobson continued for 500,000 on the flop with Greaves calling before he check-folded for 1,000,000 when the landed on the turn.
Hand #96: Dan Sindelar opened to 525,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #75: Maximilian Senft opened to 480,000 and won the pot.
Hand #76: Felix Stephensen raised to 500,000 in early position and took the pot down.
Hand #77: Andoni Larrabe raised it up to 500,000 and was called by Mark Newhouse on the button. Small blind Bruno Politano made it 1.58 million to go. Larrabe ducked out of the way, but Newhouse wanted to see the flop. It came , and Politano bet 1.35 million. Newhouse called once more, seeing a turn. Politano allowed Newhouse to take the lead, but he checked it back. The paired the board, leading to third consecutive check before Newhouse bet 2.25 million. After tanking for a few minutes, Politano called. Newhouse mucked instantly, and Politano showed as his rail went bananas.
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.