Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

After eight long days of poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event established its official final table of nine.

Leading this year's November Nine is Jorryt van Hoof, the second Dutch player to ever reach the final table of the Main Event. Van Hoof bagged 38,375,000 chips thanks to two key knockouts in Level 33 — one of the players he eliminated was his fellow countryman, Oscar Kemps. Prior to the 2014 Main Event, van Hoof only had $358,580 in career live tournament earnings. Now he is guaranteed $730,725 and the favorite to capture the $10 million first-place prize.

Joining van Hoof at the final table will be Mark Newhouse, who has now made a return trip to the biggest final table in poker. Newhouse finished ninth in the 2013 Main Event for $733,224 after entering the final table last in chips, but this year he is in among the leaders with 26,000,000. The American is the first player to reach back-to-back Main Event final tables since "Action" Dan Harrington finished third and fourth respectively in the 2003 and 2004 Main Events.

In order to earn more money than Harrington did in those two years, Newhouse will have to finish in sixth place or higher.

Rounding out the 2014 November Nine are Felix Stephensen, Martin Jacobson, Dan Sindelar, William Pappaconstantinou, Bruno Politano, Andoni Larrabe, and William Tonking.

Day 7 of the 2014 WSOP Main Event began with 27 players, and Sean Dempsey was the first player to exit when Newhouse made a flush on the river against him. Brian Roberts (26th), Bryan Devonshire (25th), Kyle Keranen (24th), Yorane Kerignard (23rd), Iaron Lightbourne (22nd), and Leif Force (21st) followed him to the rail. Lightbourne was in great shape to double up with pocket queens aqainst Dan Sindelar's ace-queen, but Sindelar flopped an ace and the Brit couldn't find a one-outer or running straight cards.

The next player to exit was Dan Smith, who called a four-bet shove from van Hoof in Level 31, creating an 80-big blind pot. The two were flipping, Smith with ace-king of spades and van Hoof with pocket fours, and the wired pair held as the board produced but one paint card — the  .

Online legend Scott "urnotindanger2" Palmer exited in 19th place, running pocket deuces into pocket aces, and he was followed out the door by Scott Mahin (18th), Andrey Zaichenko (17th), Eddy Sabat (16th), and Thomas Sarra Jr. (15th).

Sarra Jr. tried to get tricky, calling a raise from Newhouse then four-betting over a three-bet from Stephensen. The Norwegian moved all in, and Sarra Jr. called of his remaining 30 big blinds with king-queen. Stephensen had him dominated with ace-king of spades, and Sarra Jr.'s Main Event dreams were dashed by the turn.

The eliminations of Kemps (14th), Craig McCorkell (13th), Christopher Greaves (12th), and Maximilian Senft (11th) brought us to an unofficial final table of 10.

On the sixth hand at the unofficial final table, Tonking flopped the nuts against Jacobson, who had the nut flush draw. Jacobson failed to find a club on the turn or the river, and Tonking successfully doubled through. Eleven hands later, Larrabe was all in and at risk with pocket aces against the ace-king of Velador. There was a king in the window of the flop, but once again the best hand held up.

Velador suddenly found himself on the short stack, and moved all in on Hand #24 over a raise from Politano and a call from Newhouse. The action folded back to Newhouse, who tank-called with pocket fives, and he had Velador's pocket fours dominated. Velador failed to improve his hand, and when the final card was dealt the Amazon Room exploded into a chorus of songs and chants, The Brazilian contingent even fired off confetti cannons, spraying green and yellow bits of paper throughout the stands.

On behalf of PokerNews and the WSOP, we would like to thank everyone for following along all summer long. Bracelets were won, history was made, and now we are just four months away from crowning yet another Main Event champion — a champion that will win $10,000,000. For now, this is our final good night from Las Vegas for the summer, but we'll see you right back here in early November for the conclusion of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event!

Hand #20: Dan Sindelar popped it up to 900,000 from the hijack and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #21: Action folded to Felix Stephensen in the small blind and he completed. Jorryt van Hoof checked from the big blind and the two took a flop of    . Stephensen fired 400,000 only to have van Hoof come over the top for 1.55 million. Stephensen tossed away his cards and van Hoof took down the pot.

Hand #22: Andoni Larrabe made it 850,000 to go from early position and it folded around to Mark Newhouse in the big blind. He called to see a flop.

The dealer fanned a monotone flop of     on the felt. Newhouse checked to the raiser and Larrabe continued out for one million. Newhouse quickly mucked and Larrabe took the pot.

Jorryt van Hoof	36,475,000	950,000
Felix Stephensen	32,870,000	-1,355,000
Andoni Larrabe	23,050,000	1,400,000
Dan Sindelar	21,300,000	950,000
William Pappaconstantinou	18,500,000	-350,000
Mark Newhouse	18,350,000	-1,000,000
William Tonking	15,150,000	-150,000
Martin Jacobson	15,000,000	-150,000
Bruno Politano	13,125,000	-150,000
Luis Velador	6,650,000	-150,000

The cards are now back in the air for the final 10 players.

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:

Jorryt van Hoof	35,575,000	-45,000
Felix Stephensen	34,275,000	-45,000
Andoni Larrabe	21,700,000	-50,000
Dan Sindelar	20,400,000	-50,000
Mark Newhouse	19,400,000	-50,000
William Pappaconstantinou	19,300,000	-50,000
Martin Jacobson	15,200,000	-200,000
Bruno Politano	13,525,000	-345,000
William Tonking	11,750,000	1,500,000
Luis Velador	9,350,000	-650,000

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.

Jorryt van Hoof	35,620,000	-900,000
Felix Stephensen	34,320,000	850,000
Andoni Larrabe	21,750,000	11,650,000
Dan Sindelar	20,450,000	-600,000
Mark Newhouse	19,450,000	-100,000
William Pappaconstantinou	19,350,000	-100,000
Martin Jacobson	15,400,000	500,000
Bruno Politano	13,870,000	-150,000
William Tonking	10,250,000	-250,000
Luis Velador	10,000,000	-10,100,000

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.

Jorryt van Hoof	33,970,000	-750,000
Felix Stephensen	32,670,000	-200,000
Mark Newhouse	21,600,000	-450,000
Dan Sindelar	21,150,000	1,450,000
Luis Velador	20,700,000	-150,000
William Pappaconstantinou	19,600,000	2,080,000
Martin Jacobson	15,000,000	-1,620,000
Bruno Politano	14,120,000	2,300,000
William Tonking	10,950,000	-150,000
Andoni Larrabe	10,700,000	-150,000

Mark Newhouse is originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but he now calls Los Angeles, California home. A former student at Appalachian State, Newhouse is now a professional poker player that is looking to become the first player to make the November Nine twice. What's more, he'd be doing it in consecutive years, becoming the first players since Dan Harrington to make back-to-back Main Event final tables.

Newhouse has been playing in the WSOP Main Event every year since 2006, but in his first five years all he managed was a 182nd in 2011 for $47,107. Then, in 2013, Newhouse managed to navigate a field of 6,352 players to find himself a part of the November Nine, albeit as the second shortest stack. Amazingly, Newhouse is among the final ten in the 2014 WSOP Main Event with enough chips to coast to the November Nine.

Newhouse first came to poker prominence when he earned over $1.5 million when he won the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open in September 2009, but admitted that he wasn't the smartest person with his money following the big win, as you can see from what he told PokerNews in a Where Are They Now? interview.

"I made a lot of very poor decisions over the next couple of years," Newhouse said. "Right now I am a totally different person than I was then, and I am on the right track. I'm sort of in a rebuilding mode. I have made nearly every mistake you can make in this business and learned from all of them. I am doing my best to do the right things these days and things are going pretty well for me now. The road to rebuilding is a much longer and slower one than the road of destruction, but with a healthy lifestyle, a hard work ethic, a little discipline, and the experience of past mistakes my goals don't seem all that far away."

With swagger and experience, Newhouse could very well rub some of the audience the wrong way, but the fact that he's performed as he has in back-to-back years will no doubt endear him to many fans.

As for his 2014 WSOP Main Event journey, Newhouse played Day 1c and actually finished with less than the starting stack. His 29,675 put him 1,656 out of the advancing 2,571 players. Things went much better for Newhouse on Day 2, which is when he increased his stack to 220,400, putting him in 139th place out of 1,864 players.

Newhouse nearly doubled his stack on Day 3, which gave him 423,400 — 131 of 746. On Day 4, Newhouse's stack jumped to 1.301 million, putting him in 27th place out of 291 players. Things really took off for Newhouse on Day 5, which is when he amassed a stack of 7.4 million, the most out of the remaining 79 players. Newhouse lost the chip lead on Day 6, but he still managed to finish in the top 27 with 6.82 million, which put him in 11th place.

Barring some bad luck, Newhouse should make history and become the first player to make a return appearance to the November Nine.

Here's a look as Newhouse's WSOP résumé prior to the 2014 Main Event:

Total WSOP & Circuit Earnings: $915,754

WSOP Bracelets: 0
WSOP Cashes: 8
WSOP Earnings: $906,093

Circuit Rings: 0
Circuit Cashes: 1
Circuit Earnings: $9,661

Hand #1: Andoni Larrabe raised to 600,000 from middle position. Jorryt Van Hoof defended his big blind, and the flop came    . Van Hoof checked, and Larrabe bet 800,000. Van Hoof made the call, seeing the   hit the felt on the turn. Another check from Van Hoof, and this time Larrabe fired 1.35 million. Van Hoof let his hand go.

Hand #2: William Pappaconstantinou raised to 700,000 in the cutoff. He was called by Felix Stephensen on the button and Mark Newhouse in the big blind. The three saw a flop of    . Action checked through, and a   paired the board. Newhouse came out with 1 million, and only Stephensen continued. The river brought the  , and Newhouse checked. Stephensen thought briefly before making a small bet of 750,000. Newhouse mucked immediately.

Hand #3: William Tonking opened for a raise to 700,000 in early position. Pappaconstantinou three-bet to 1.5 million and took down the pot.

Jorryt van Hoof	35,720,000	-1,705,000
Felix Stephensen	33,170,000	2,745,000
Mark Newhouse	22,750,000	-2,000,000
Luis Velador	22,620,000	-455,000
Martin Jacobson	22,300,000	-150,000
Dan Sindelar	19,850,000	-150,000
William Pappaconstantinou	19,200,000	800,000
Bruno Politano	10,170,000	-155,000
Andoni Larrabe	9,250,000	1,900,000
William Tonking	5,425,000	-850,000

Hand #122: William Tonking opened to 700,000 from the button and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #123: William Pappaconstantinou was under the gun and opened to 750,000. He took down the blinds and antes.