Hand #7: Mark Newhouse raised to 600,000 from middle position. Dan Sindelar made it 1.85 million in the small blind, forcing Martin Jacobson to fold his big blind. Newhouse decided to see the flop, which came . Sindelar made a quick bet of 1.2 million, which Newhouse called, and a arrived on the turn. Sindelar's next barrel was 2.7 million, and Newhouse's cards were quickly into the muck.
Hand #8: Action folded to Sindelar, who raised to 700,000 on the button. Bruno Politano defended his big blind, and the flop came . Politano check-called 550,000 to see the turn. Two checks followed, and the hit the river. After two more checks, Politano took the pot with for queens and tens.
Hand #9: Luis Velador opened the action for 625,000 in middle position. Politano again called from the blinds, and William Pappaconstantinou did the same. Everyone checked the flop, and an arrived. This time, Politano came out betting with 750,000. Pappaconstantinou called, while Velador let it go. The river led to a 2 million bet from Politano. Someone said something in the Brazilian crowd and was quickly hushed. Pappaconstantinou slid his cards to the dealer.
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Hand #10: Jorryt van Hoof was under the gun and opened with a raise to 700,000. Action folded over to Dan Sindelar who called from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, leaving the two heads up to the flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and van Hoof checked. Sindelar came out with a bet of 775,000, van Hoof folded, and Sindelar took down the pot.
Hand #11: Action folded to Felix Stephensen in the small blind. He completed and van Hoof checked the big blind. The flop came down and Stephensen checked. Van Hoof knuckled the table in reply, allowing the to pair the board on the turn. Two more checks occurred and the put two pair on the felt on the river. Both players checked again and the hands were exposed. Van Hoof showed and Stephensen tabled , meaning the two would chop the pot with two pair and jack high.
Hand #12: Martin Jacobson raised to 650,000 from middle position only to have William Pappaconstantinou three-bet the action to 1.425 million from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way, putting the action back on Jacobson. He called to see a flop.
The flop fell and Jacobson quickly checked to the raiser. Pappaconstantinou continued out for 1.8 million and Jacobson sent his cards sailing into the muck. Pappaconstantinou pulled the pot and now has 19.6 million in chips.
Hand #13: Cards were flicked into the muck until Felix Stephensen made it 650,000 in the cutoff. The players behind him wasted little time before folding.
Hand #14: Jorryt van Hoof took his turn opening from the cutoff, for 700,000. Mark Newhouse came along on the button, and both blinds got out of the way. The flop resulted in a bet of 1.05 million from van Hoof, and Newhouse again continued, seeing a fall. Van Hoof bet about the size of the pot, with 4.55 million. Newhouse folded right away.
Hand #15: Martin Jacobson opened for 650,000 from an early position, and nobody called.
Hand #16: Felix Stephensen raised to 650,000 from middle position and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Jorryt van Hoof popped it up to 800,000 from middle position and found a call from Luis Velador in the hijack. Andoni Larrabe three-bet shoved all in from the hijack for his last 10 million. Action folded back around to van Hoof who threw his hand into the muck. Velador asked for a count and then went into the tank for about two minutes before announcing a call.
Velador:
Larrabe:
Larrabe was in a dominating position heading to the flop with his pocket aces. The dealer fanned on the felt, pairing Velador's king but keeping Larrabe out in front. The paired the board on the turn, meaning Larrabe needed to dodge a king on the river in order to score the double.
The completed the board and Larrabe secured the double.
Hand #18: Action folded to Luis Velador, who opened for 600,000 in middle position. William Tonking called in the cutoff, and the two saw a flop heads up. The Brazilian crowd broke into random song and were shushed. Velador ceded control of the pot to Tonking, who bet 750,000 and took it down.
The final 10 players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Level 34 began with 13 players all looking to hang around long enough to reach the elusive November Nine, and on a near instant reaction to the resumption of play, Christopher Greaves found a double when his held up against Jorryt van Hoof's down on the secondary feature table. However up on the main stage, WSOP bracelet winner Craig McCorkell would play his last hand of the Main Event when he button-shoved and Mark Newhouse looked him up with . The final board would read and Newhouse's ace-high sent McCorkell to the rail for a $441,940 payday.
Now down to 12, chips would circle between players on each of their respective tables before Greaves would fall in 12th. Following a raise by Martin Jacobson and a three-bet by William Pappaconstantinou, Greaves moved all in holding and Pappaconstantinou would look him up with . Unfortunately for Greaves he could only spike a queen, and when the chips were counted, he was left with just three antes. On the following hand, Greaves saw the last of his chips enter the pot with and run into Jacobson's which made a pair of aces on the flop to bow out in 12th.
With Greaves now headed to the payout cage, Maximilian Senft would follow right behind him when he shoved all in holding and Newhouse called with . The board ran out to see the Austrian take 11th and leave the final 10 players to battle it out together until the November Nine is reached.
Van Hoof led the final 10 with an impressive 37,425,000 in chips and on the sixth hand of the unofficial final table, William Tonking would find a huge double through Jacobson. Jacobson limped under the gun holding and Tonking completed from the small blind with Dan Sindelar checking. Sindelar bet out on the flop and Jacobson raised before Tonking check-raised all in with Jacobson calling once Sindelar folded. With Tonking in the lead holding , the turn and river landed the and to see Tonking double through.
As the final few hands of the level played out, Andoni Larrabe found a much needed double holding against Luis Velador's . The board ran out and Larrabe doubled before the end-of-level chip counts were as follows:
Hand #19: Luis Velador opened for 1 million in middle position. William Tonking called in the hijack seat, and it was heads up to a flop. Velador's continuation-bet was 1.5 million, and Tonking shoved over it to put Velador's stack of about 7 million more at risk. Velador let it go.