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

2014-07-14 20:46 UTC-7

Thomas Sarra Jr. Eliminated in 15th Place ($441,940)

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Nível 33 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

Feature Table

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Felix Stephensen	27,860,000 12,840,000	12,840,000
Luis Velador	17,620,000 -320,000	-320,000

Mark Newhouse	16,890,000 -540,000	-540,000

Bruno Politano	14,080,000 -580,000	-580,000

Andoni Larrabe	8,070,000 -40,000	-40,000
Maximilian Senft	6,290,000 -200,000	-200,000
Craig McCorkell	5,100,000 -40,000	-40,000

Thomas Sarra Jr	Eliminado

2014-07-14 20:58 UTC-7

Oscar Kemps Eliminated in 14th Place ($441,940)

Nível 33 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Oscar Kemps	Eliminado

Tags: Jorryt van Hoof Oscar Kemps

2014-07-14 21:22 UTC-7

Van Hoof Busts Two in Level 33 to Take the Lead

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Nível 33 : 120,000/240,000, 40,000 ante

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.

Tags: Jorryt van Hoof

2014-07-14 21:47 UTC-7

The November Nine Quest of Felix "FallAtYourFeet" Stephensen

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Nível 34 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

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.

Tags: FallAtYourFeet Felix Stephensen Ola Amundsgard Player Profiles

2014-07-14 21:55 UTC-7

Craig McCorkell Eliminated in 13th Place ($441,940)

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Nível 34 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Felix Stephensen	30,050,000 -50,000	-50,000
Luis Velador	20,700,000 650,000	650,000

Bruno Politano	20,020,000 -400,000	-400,000

Mark Newhouse	14,270,000 4,420,000	4,420,000

Andoni Larrabe	7,950,000 -100,000	-100,000
Maximilian Senft	3,625,000 -100,000	-100,000
Craig McCorkell	Eliminado

Tags: Bruno Politano Craig McCorkell Felix Stephensen Mark Newhouse

2014-07-14 22:10 UTC-7

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

Nível 34 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

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

2014-07-14 22:21 UTC-7

The Last Bracelet Winner in the Field -- Luis Velador

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Nível 34 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

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 22:39 UTC-7

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

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Nível 34 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

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 22:45 UTC-7

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

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Nível 34 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

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 23:28 UTC-7

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

Nível 34 : 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante

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	-850,000
Felix Stephensen	33,020,000 -150,000	-150,000
Mark Newhouse	25,250,000 2,500,000	2,500,000

Luis Velador	21,620,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Billy Pappas	19,050,000 -150,000	-150,000

Dan Sindelar	17,200,000 -2,650,000	-2,650,000
Martin Jacobson	17,170,000 -5,130,000	-5,130,000

William Tonking	11,250,000 5,825,000	5,825,000
Andoni Larrabe	11,000,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Bruno Politano	10,020,000 -150,000	-150,000