Nikita Luther Leads 45 Players Into Final Day of Event #6: $3,000 6-Handed
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #6: $3,000 6-Handed at the World Series of Poker Paradise. The second and final day commences at noon local time at Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas.
The event offered a $1 million guarantee and attracted a total of 755 entrants to create a prize pool of $2,197,050, smashing the guarantee by more than double. The top 114 finishers grabbed a piece of it and all eyes are on the bracelet and top prize of $424,550.
Only 45 players will be returning for the final day, and Nikita Luther sits atop the leaderboard with 2,160,000 in chips for 86 big blinds when play resumes. Other players making their way back to the felt include Alex Keating (855,000), Darren Rabinowitz (790,000), Erick Lindgren (590,000), Yuval Bronshtein (530,000), Christian Rudolph (515,000), and Eric Afriat (270,000).
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikita Luther | India | 2,160,000 | 86 |
| 2 | David Miscikowski | United States | 1,235,000 | 49 |
| 3 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 1,200,000 | 48 |
| 4 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 1,180,000 | 47 |
| 5 | Maksim Vaskresenski | Poland | 1,175,000 | 47 |
| 6 | Aram Zobian | United States | 1,025,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Junhyoung Ki | South Korea | 1,020,000 | 40 |
| 8 | Rafael Reis | Brazil | 990,000 | 39 |
| 9 | Marcos Exterkotter | United States | 980,000 | 39 |
| 10 | Jinhoon Lee | South Korea | 945,000 | 37 |
Day 2 will return on Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/25,000/25,000. Levels will be 40 minutes in duration with a 15-minute break scheduled for every three levels and the plan is to play down to a winner.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team provides updates from WSOP Paradise at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in The Bahamas until a winner is crowned.