Hand #1: Alex Lynskey opened to 425,000 from early position and Paulo Goncalves three-bet to 1,500,000 next to act.
The action folded back to Lynskey, and he gave them a chuck to the muck.
Hand #2: Hari Bercovici opened to 450,000 from middle position and John Cynn called in the hijack.
The flop landed and Bercovici bet out 475,000. Cynn folded, and Bervocici collected the pot.
Hand #3: Hari Bervocici limped in from early position and Alex Lynskey checked in the big blind.
The flop landed and Bercovici bet 300,000 and Lynskey check-folded.
Hand #4: Konstantin Beylin opened to 500,000 from the button and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #5: Alex Lynskey opened the button to 425,000 and Paulo Goncalves called in the small blind, as did Hari Bercovici in the big blind.
The flop landed and Goncalves checked to Bercovici who bet 450,000. Lynskey folded, and Goncalves called as the turn landed the and both players checked.
The river landed the and Goncalves bet out 1,000,000, and Bercovici folded.
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Yori EpskampCan 2009 Champ Joe Cada Make The Final Nine?
Johnny Moss. Doyle Brunson. Johnny Chan. Stu Ungar. Legendary names that echo across every poker room in the world. They all have one thing in common: winning the World Series of Poker Main Event multiple times (Moss, Ungar three times, Brunson, Chan two times). With 26 players remaining in the 2018 Main Event, Joe Cada has a shot to etch his name in poker history alongside these greats, as the 2009 champion will be back on Day 7 to win it all once more nine years after becoming the youngest Main Event champion of all time at just 21 years and 11 months of age.
To achieve the improbable, Cada — now an experienced veteran — has a steep mountain to climb. When action resumes at 12 p.m. local time to the Amazon room in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, The Michigan resident will return with 8,850,000 in chips in his quest for poker glory and the first place prize of $8,800,000. Cada sports half the average stack, still more than 40 big blinds at this point, giving him some room to work with.
Boasting five times Cada's stack, as well as the overall chip lead, is Aram Zobian (41,585,000). Zobian had a monster day six that saw him eliminating players left and right to claim the top spot. Despite the chip lead, Zobian suffered a big setback on Day 6 when he lost a massive all-in confrontation with kings against the ace-king of Artem Metalidi (30,845,000), who will start second in chips.
After the day, Zobian said he wasn't too distraught after the hand, and he rebounded from it. His mantra is simple: "Stay cool, confident and try to play my best," he said after Day 6. Zobian's best cash to date is $47,000 at 2018 $1,650 NLHE MegaStack Challenge in Foxwoods and no matter what happens today this amount will be absolutely shattered.
While Zobian may come without a pedigree, the aforementioned Metalidi knows what it's like to win big. The Ukranian sports more than $2 million in lifetime winnings, including a second place in the 2012 $3K No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max for $350,806. Metalidi started Day 6 with just 11 big blinds, but finds himself in second place at the end of it.
Artem Metalidi
Other highly experienced players with more than seven figures in lifetime winnings remaining are Alex Lynskey (22,045,000), bracelet winner Yueqi Zhu (19,245,000), two-time bracelet winner Eric Froehlich (15,285,000), Frederik Jensen (12,100,000), Sylvain Loosli (11,635,000), bracelet winner Ivan Luca (8,820,000), Bart Lybaert (3,825,000) and Barry Hutter. Hutter, who also has a piece of jewelry around his wrist, will start as the absolute short stack with 2,250,000 in chips.
For the first time in many, many years, play at the final table will continue the day directly after Day 7. Last year, the November Nine concept was shelved, but players had two days off to prepare for the biggest final table of their career. Stamina, always an important factor during the grueling grind that is the Main Event, will become an even more important factor as precious sleep hours will be limited throughout.
The plan on Day 7 is to play down to the final nine, which happened during Level 36 last year. Here's the blind schedule for today:
and Bercovici bet out 475,000. Cynn folded, and Bervocici collected the pot.
and Bercovici bet 300,000 and Lynskey check-folded.
and Goncalves checked to Bercovici who bet 450,000. Lynskey folded, and Goncalves called as the turn landed the 
and both players checked.
and Goncalves bet out 1,000,000, and Bercovici folded.
