Stop Press! We just witnessed Naoya Kihara lose a pot! We caught the action on the turn and the board was showing . Kihara checked, Winzeler bet 28,000 and Kihara called. The river card was the and Kihara check-called a 65,000 Winzeler bet. Winzeler turned over for the nut flush and Kihara mucked his hand.
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Dimitar Danchev doubles through MacPhee
Dimitar Danchev and Kevin MacPhee have both got it in on the flop with Danchev at risk of elimination.
Flop:
Danchev
MacPhee
The turn was the giving Danchev two-pair before the on the river improved his hand to a straight. Danchev was up to 521,000 and MacPhee was down to 135,000.
Kevin MacPhee was the short stack, but not anymore.
Daniel Hindin opened to 20,000 and was called by MacPhee in the small blind before Joesph Cheong three-bet to 80,000 in the big blind. Hindin folded and MacPhee called whilst saying, "Let's gamble it up."
The flop fell and MacPhee moved in blind for his final 37,000. Call.
The World Series of Poker Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed came back today with 72 players all with two aims: to get in the money, and then go on and make a final table. We got to, and burst the bubble, but fell a little short of making the final table.
After 10 levels of play the field was whittled all the way down to 11 players. The player who tops the lot is runaway chip leader from Japan, Naoya Kihara with 1,548,000 chips. He had an incredible day where he busted player after player with huge hands that held, or draws that got there. When there were 24 players left he had more chips than the average player will take forward to tomorrow’s six-handed final table. Did anyone tell him this is a three-day tournament? He ended with around a quarter of the chips in play!
The field was stacked today, and will continue to be so tomorrow. Remember the name Hans Winzeler from last summer? He came second to Jason Mercier in this very tournament, earning $383,075. He’s in a great position to do a repeat, he’ll be hoping for one better though.
Here’s how the final 11 and their chip counts look heading to tomorrow:
Place
Player
Chips
1
Naoya Kihara
1,548,000
2
Tommy Le
965,000
3
Davidi Kitai
789,000
4
Hans Winzeler
613,000
5
Chris De Maci
515,000
6
Dimitar Danchev
469,000
7
Jason DeWitt
465,000
8
Scott Bohlman
397,000
9
Daniel Hindin
211,000
10
Kevin MacPhee
174,000
11
Joseph Cheong
125,000
Erick Lindgren was the unlucky bubble boy today after a strange hand versus Daniel Hindin. Check out Lee Davy’s version of events from earlier by clicking here. Other players who came back for day 2 but failed to cash included: Mike Sexton, Fabrice Soulier, Bruno Fitoussi, Antony Lellouche, and JC Tran.
Those happier to cash, although wishing they were still in included: David Benyamine, Brock Parker, Padraig Parkinson, Dermot Blain, Shaun Deeb, Tom Marchese, and Adam Junglen. For a full list of payouts click here.
Play resumes at 1:00 PM local time tomorrow. When seven players remain they will all be redrawn onto one table until one more player busts. From there the official WSOP final table begins. All the action will be covered right here on PokerNews, and streamed on WSOP.com
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. Kihara checked, Winzeler bet 28,000 and Kihara called. The river card was the 
and Kihara check-called a 65,000 Winzeler bet. Winzeler turned over 
for the nut flush and Kihara mucked his hand.
giving Danchev two-pair before the 
on the river improved his hand to a straight. Danchev was up to 521,000 and MacPhee was down to 135,000.
for a gutshot and flush draw.
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to make MacPhee a full house.
