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 #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 #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 #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.
With the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event down to its final 13 players, we've decided to take a look back into the record books to see each players first-ever tournament result. Here's a list of when and where these players had their first success in a live tournament, in chronological order from oldest to newest.
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.