WSOP Main Event 2014 - Final table, Round 1

Jorryt van Hoof, Martin Jacobson and Felix Stephensen are the three players left whose Main Event champion dreams are still alive, while Mark Newhouse busted in 9th place after busting in 9th in 2013 aswell.

In the first "round" of the Main Event final table, players aimed to play until only 3 of them were left. We have previously reported about the great stories of the 2014 WSOP, like the huge Brazilian rail rooting for Bruno Politano, who could potentially create a Latin-American poker boom by winning, whether Jorryt van Hoof will be able to use his chiplead, and whether Mark Newhouse can surpass his 9th place finish last year.

Play started with the following players and stacks:

1. seat: William Pappaconstantinou (USA) - 17.500.000

2. seat: Felix Stephensen (Norway) - 32.775.000

3. seat: Jorryt van Hoof (Netherlands) - 38.375.000

4. seat: Mark Newhouse (USA) - 26.000.000

5. seat: Andoni Larrabe (Spain) - 22.550.000

6. seat: William Tonking (USA) - 15.050.000

7. seat: Dan Sindelar (USA) - 21.200.000

8. seat: Martin Jacobson (Sweden) - 14.900.000

9. seat: Bruno Politano (Brazil) - 12.125.000

Play started on the 200.000/400.000 blind level, and we didn't have to wait long for the most dramatic hand of the night.

Jorryt van Hoof raised to 1.1 million on the (250,000/500,000-50,000 ante level), Mark Newhouse called from the cutoff, William Tonking squeezed to 3.75 million from the button, van Hoof folded, Newhouse called. On the 2-4-J rainbow flop Tonking bet 3,5 million, Newhouse called. On the 4 turn Tonking checked, Newhouse bet 4.5 million and Tonking called. Another Jack hit the river, and Tonking checked again.

Newhouse went all-in with 10.2 million, and Tonking called after thinking for a short while. Newhouse showed down T-T but Tonking had the Q-Q for a bigger two pair, and Newhouse, who said that busting in 9th in 2013 was extremely brutal, had his dreams shattered once again, while Tonking became the new chipleader.

The next player to bust was Bruno Politano, he shoved all-in with 8.1 million and QT from the button on the 300,000-600,000 blind level, was called by Felix Stephensen's 77, and failed to improve.

Just six hands later Stephensen raised to 1.3 million, van Hoof re-raised to 3 million, Sinderlar 4bet shoved with 9.15 million. After Stephensen folded, van Hoof made the call.

Showdown: 

Sindelar: J-J

van Hoof: A3 suited

van Hoof was behind, but pretty much flopped Sindelar dead on the A-7-2 two hearts flop, the only card that Sindelar could catch was the Jack of spades, but there was no miracle on the turn and river.

van Hoof busted the next player aswell, he raised to 1.8 million from the button with K5 suited on the 400,000/800,000 blind level, then called when Andoni Larrabe shoved with 8.325 million and JT suited. The board came 8-3-K-8-6 and Larrabe was eliminated.

On the 500k/1 million blind level Stephensen doubled with A8 against van Hoof's JJ, then Jacobson and Pappas went head-to-head. 

Jacobson shoved with 24 million and 55 from the button, Pappas shoved with just 1/3 of an ante more, the big blind folded and the two went to showdown.

Jacobson: 55

Pappas: AJ

The board came Q-6-5-7-2 and Pappas was left crippled, and was eliminated the next hand when his 77 couldn't outdraw van Hoof's JJ.

The final player to bust for the day was William Tonking, he want all-in with 20 big blinds over van Hoof's UTG raise with 2-2, but Jacobson found T-T in the small blind and reshoved. van Hoof folded instantly and even though Tonking flopped a flushdraw on the 4-5-J board, he couldn't get there on the 6 turn and Q river and was eliminated in fourth place.

The players finished the blind level then stopped playing, they will continue today from 8.00 pm Eastern Time, with the following stacks and for the following payouts.

Jorryt van Hoof - 89.625.000

Martin Jacobson - 64.750.000
Felix Stephensen - 46.100.000 

Payouts:

1. $10.000.000
2. $5.145.968
3. $3.806.402
4. William Tonking - $2.848.833
5. Billy Pappas - $2.143.174
6. Andoni Larrabe - $1.622.080
7. Dan Sindelar - $1.235.862
8. Bruno Politano - $947.077

9. Mark Newhouse - $730,725