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Norwegian player Felix Stephensen won a huge pot right before the last break and he explained to us what happened. Stephensen's heart was racing, but he'll feel a lot better now knowing that he will be a in a good spot heading into the biggest bubble of his life.
Hand #119: From the button Martin Jacobson opened to 600,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #120: Martin Jacobson opened to 650,000 and William Pappaconstantinou three-bet the button to 1,350,000. With the action on Christopher Greaves in the small blind, he moved all in for 8,450,000. Jacobson folded, and Pappaconstantinou quickly made the call for his 8,300,000 in chips.
Pappaconstantinou: 
Greaves: 
With Pappaconstantinou in the lead, the 
flop changed little before the 
landed on the turn to now give Greaves an additional two outs.
Fortunately for the at-risk Pappaconstantinou, the river landed the 
and he doubled to 17,850,000 as Greaves was left crippled with just 150,000 in chips.
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.
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.
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 | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Pappaconstantinou | USA | 18,400,000 |
| 2 | Felix Stephensen | Norway | 30,425,000 |
| 3 | Jorryt van Hoof | Netherlands | 37,425,000 |
| 4 | Mark Newhouse | USA | 24,750,000 |
| 5 | Luis Velador | Mexico | 23,075,000 |
| 6 | Andoni Larrabe | Spain | 7,350,000 |
| 7 | William Tonking | USA | 6,275,000 |
| 8 | Dan Sindelar | USA | 20,000,000 |
| 9 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 22,450,000 |
| 10 | Bruno Politano | Brazil | 10,325,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
37,425,000
4,025,000
|
4,025,000 |
|
30,425,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
|
24,750,000
5,530,000
|
5,530,000 |
|
||
|
23,075,000
-545,000
|
-545,000 |
|
||
|
22,450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
||
|
20,000,000
-950,000
|
-950,000 |
|
18,400,000
6,800,000
|
6,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,325,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,350,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |
|
6,275,000
-1,325,000
|
-1,325,000 |
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.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,720,000
-1,705,000
|
-1,705,000 |
|
|
33,170,000
2,745,000
|
2,745,000 |
|
|
22,750,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
22,620,000
-455,000
|
-455,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
22,300,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
19,850,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
19,200,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
10,170,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,250,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
|
5,425,000
-850,000
|
-850,000 |
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 | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,870,000
-850,000
|
-850,000 |
|
|
33,020,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
25,250,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
21,620,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
19,050,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,200,000
-2,650,000
|
-2,650,000 |
|
|
17,170,000
-5,130,000
|
-5,130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,250,000
5,825,000
|
5,825,000 |
|
|
11,000,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
|
10,020,000
-150,000
|
-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
