Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day 6 Completed
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 6
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 6
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$93,399,900
Entries
10,043
Level
41
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
149
Players Left
49
Bringing The Payne: Only 49 Left After Day 6 of 2023 WSOP Main Event
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Only 49 hopefuls remain from a record-breaking field of 10,043 players in Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) after another five levels of play on a Day 6 marked by bad beats and the dropping of big names.
Leading the way is Joshua Payne with a stack of 47,950,000 after a late-night surge that included felting Day 5 chip leader Zachary Hall. The 23-year-old, who played much of the day in a pair of sleek cyborg sunglasses, is after just his third WSOP cash, including a 553rd-place finish in last year's Main Event for $25,500.
End of Day 6 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Payne | United States | 47,950,000 | 192 |
| 2 | Juan Maceiras Lapido | Spain | 40,500,000 | 162 |
| 3 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 24,375,000 | 98 |
| 4 | Richard Ryder | United States | 22,650,000 | 91 |
| 5 | Tim Van Loo | Austria | 21,700,000 | 87 |
| 6 | Alec Torelli | United States | 21,075,000 | 84 |
| 7 | Daniel Scroggins | United States | 20,800,000 | 83 |
| 8 | Pierpaola Lamanna | Italy | 18,875,000 | 76 |
| 9 | Nicholas Gerrity | United States | 18,075,000 | 72 |
| 10 | Ryan Tamanini | United States | 17,325,000 | 69 |
Next in line is Spain's Juan Maceiras Lapido, who is looking to add to his $1.1 million in live earnings and to improve on a fifth-place finish in the 2011 EPT Madrid Grand Final that brought him a career-best $467,532. A result of 13th place or better will do that for him.
Others toward the top of the counts include Conscious Poker founder Alec Torelli (21,075,000) include Daniel Scroggins (20,800,000), who mentioned on Day 5 that he was wearing a watch worth somewhere around $150,000. The Kentuckian would be able to buy another 80 of those watches should he win the record-breaking $12,100,000 first-place prize.
Other's still alive in the biggest WSOP Main Event in history include popular Japanese poker vlogger Masato Yokosawa, esteemed British pro Toby Lewis, and bracelet winner Daniel Weinman, who took a break from the action to pose with his friend Josh Arieh as he won his second bracelet of the series across the room.
Rigby's Reign Ends, Last Two Women Standing Depart
With several short stacks among the 149 players who started the day, it didn't take long for the eliminations to pile up and for tables to break inside the energetic and relatively packed Horseshoe Events Center.
Among the first to exit on Day 6 were France's Lorenzo Santos Rodriguez (149th - $67,700), Americans David Mzareulov (147th - $67,700) and Tony Dam (144th - $67,700) and Day 1a chip leader Yehuda Dayan (135th - $67,700).
Another Day 1 chip leader, Nicholas Rigby, who has been a prime source of entertainment throughout each day of action, had his second deep WSOP Main Event reach an end as he took a tough beat on a feature table.
The "Dirty Diaper" lover found himself all in and at risk with jacks against the Big Slick of Diego D'Aquilio, a classic flip as the flop landed 10♥J♣2♠ to give Rigby a big lead with top set. But as fate would have it, the board finished out 6♠Q♠ and D'Aquilio spiked the four-outer on the river to end Rigby's reign of terror.
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Yet another chip leader had a no-good Day 6. Day 5 chip leader Hall had a tumultuous day that included jamming into a set to double up Torelli. Hall spent the rest of the night short and was eliminated shortly after the floor announced the final four hands.
Meanwhile, statistician Nate Silver, the highest-profile player in the Day 6 field, lost a sick one that no pollster could have predicted when his set of sixes was pipped by Henry Chan's set of sevens.
Popular players taking beats was a familiar storyline on Day 6. Renowned poker commentator Tony Dunst spent most of the day under the feature table cameras until he was shown the light by Andrew Hulme, who managed to river a straight flush to crush the regular straight of Dunst.
There was plenty of attention on the last two women in the field, India's Nikita Luther and France's Estelle Cohuet. Luther, a bracelet winner who took down 2018's Tag Team event, bowed out in 96th place to win $78,900 and confirm Cohuet's title as the last woman standing.
The Winamax pro laddered a bit before getting all in with king-ten and failing to improve against the ace-queen of Raj Vohra. The 68th-place finish brought Cohuet a career-best $130,300 in what she told PokerNews was her first WSOP Main Event.
Others who fell late in the day include 2010 Main Event runner-up John Racener (53rd - $188,400), Allen Chang (56th - $156,100), James Jeffrey (60th - $156,100) and Andrew Dea (62nd - $156,100)
Day 7 of the Main Event is slated to kick off Thursday at noon local time as it moves closer to a winner. The plan is to play another five levels, each slated for two hours in duration with a 75-minute dinner break after the third level.
Stay with the PokerNews live reporting team tomorrow and the rest of the tournament as the record-breaking Main Event inches closer to crowning a champion.
Seat Draw for Day 7
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 622 | 1 | Alec Torelli | United States | 21,075,000 | 84 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 2 | Carlos Henrique Ferreira Silva | Brazil | 10,975,000 | 44 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 3 | Daniel Scroggins | United States | 20,800,000 | 83 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 4 | Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi | United Kingdom | 3,250,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 5 | Jose Ignacio Aguilera | Spain | 14,950,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 6 | Eric Schneider | United States | 6,025,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 7 | Anirban Das | Italy | 13,375,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 8 | Jack O'Neill | United Kingdom | 11,825,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 622 | 9 | Ryan Tamanini | United States | 17,325,000 | 69 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 1 | Steven Jones | United States | 6,250,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 3 | Bryan Obregon | United States | 10,425,000 | 42 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 4 | Michael Berk | United States | 5,875,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 5 | Daniel Vampan | United States | 17,000,000 | 68 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 6 | Masato Yokosawa | Japan | 3,175,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 7 | Joshua Payne | United States | 47,950,000 | 192 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 8 | Alexander Villa | Canada | 11,725,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 623 | 9 | Harsheel Kothari | United States | 1,600,000 | 6 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 1 | Ryan Tosoc | United States | 9,450,000 | 38 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 2 | Mitchell Halverson | United States | 1,150,000 | 5 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 3 | Christopher Kimmel | United States | 15,900,000 | 64 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 4 | Raj Vohra | United States | 4,300,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 5 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | 11,725,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 6 | Daniel Holzner | Italy | 2,050,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 7 | Logan Hoover | United States | 4,950,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 625 | 8 | Juan Maceiras Lapido | Spain | 40,500,000 | 162 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 1 | Dean Hutchison | United Kingdom | 10,800,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 2 | Cong Pham | United States | 13,200,000 | 53 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 3 | Richard Ryder | United States | 22,650,000 | 91 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 4 | Mark Teltscher | United Kingdom | 9,300,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 5 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 15,250,000 | 61 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 8,050,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 8 | Pierpaola Lamanna | Italy | 18,875,000 | 76 |
| Horseshoe | 628 | 9 | Scott Berko | United Kingdom | 3,900,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 1 | Tim Van Loo | Austria | 21,700,000 | 87 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 2 | Frank Bonacci | United States | 6,450,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 3 | Sam Stein | United States | 7,875,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 4 | Adam Walton | United States | 12,225,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 5 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 14,975,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 6 | Nicholas Gerrity | United States | 18,075,000 | 72 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 7 | Henry Chan | United States | 16,675,000 | 67 |
| Horseshoe | 629 | 8 | Pavel Dyachenko | Canada | 2,575,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 1 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 4,425,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 3 | Diego Daquilio | Italy | 7,800,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 4 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 24,375,000 | 98 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 5 | Sachin Joshi | United States | 13,350,000 | 53 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 6 | Ruslan Prydryk | Ukraine | 14,150,000 | 57 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 7 | Gabi Livshitz | Israel | 10,300,000 | 41 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 8 | Maurice Hawkins | United States | 4,475,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 9 | Joe Ghio | United States | 8,725,000 | 35 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,950,000
3,150,000
|
3,150,000 |
|
||
|
40,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
||
|
24,375,000
1,225,000
|
1,225,000 |
|
||
|
22,650,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
21,700,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
|
21,075,000
-725,000
|
-725,000 |
|
20,800,000
-6,200,000
|
-6,200,000 |
|
19,200,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
|
18,875,000
-1,425,000
|
-1,425,000 |
|
18,075,000
2,175,000
|
2,175,000 |
|
17,000,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
|
16,675,000
2,575,000
|
2,575,000 |
|
15,900,000
-1,125,000
|
-1,125,000 |
|
15,250,000
2,250,000
|
2,250,000 |
|
||
|
14,975,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
|
||
|
14,950,000
5,450,000
|
5,450,000 |
|
14,150,000
5,650,000
|
5,650,000 |
|
13,375,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
13,350,000
4,325,000
|
4,325,000 |
|
13,200,000
-3,200,000
|
-3,200,000 |
|
12,225,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
||
|
11,825,000
1,825,000
|
1,825,000 |
|
11,725,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
11,725,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
10,975,000
5,575,000
|
5,575,000 |
Day 6 Has Ended; 49 Players Remain
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Day 6 of the WSOP Main Event has wrapped up with 49 players remaining. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Das Loses to Schneider; Gets It Back
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Eric Schneider called bets by Anirban Das on the J♠6♣4♠ flop for 375,000 and the 2♥ turn for 525,000. They checked the 3♥ river and Das showed the Q♥J♣, which Schneider had beat with the K♦J♦.
Soon after that, a three-bet pot between them emerged to the Q♦6♣3♣ flop. Schneider bet 1,200,000 only for Das to move all-in and force a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,500,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
|
6,000,000 |
Da Silva Rocks Yokosawa to End the Night
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
On the last hand of Day 6, Masato Yokosawa raised to 450,000 with 2♠2♥ and Carlos Henrique Da Silva defended his big blind with 6♥6♣.
The 8♣10♠6♠ flop gave Da Silva a set and he led out for 425,000. Yokosawa called as the 2♣ spelled disaster for the Japanese star who made a lower set.
Da Silva bet another 1,100,000 and Yokosawa called to the K♥ river. Da Silva then shoved for 3,325,000 and Yokosawa snap-called, only to discover the bad news as Da Silva's raucous Brazilian rail erupted in celebration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,900,000
5,500,000
|
5,500,000 |
|
3,180,000
-6,820,000
|
-6,820,000 |
Payne's Late Night Surge Continues
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Action was caught on the 3♥6♣3♦8♠ board with around 1,700,000 in the middle.
Ryan Tamanini checked from early position and called when Joshua Payne made it 900,000 on his direct left.
The 6♦ river checked through to showdown.
"Ace-high," announced Tamanini, who had A♠Q♥.
"No good," replied Payne as he tabled his 5♠5♥ for a pair of fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,800,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,000,000
-2,200,000
|
-2,200,000 |
Richez Gets Poorer Against O'Neill
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Clement Richez was down to 2,500,000 and moved all in from middle position. Action folded to Jack O'Neill in the big blind who called to put him at risk.
Clement Richez: A♣9♣
Jack O'Neill: 5♠5♥
Richez was racing for a spot in Day 7 and picked up a straight draw on the 4♥2♠10♠3♠ board in addition to his overcards, but O'Neill dodged the 3♦ to send him to the rail near the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000,000 | |
|
Busted |
Start of Day Chip Leader Bows Out
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Start of day chip leader Zachary Hall has been nursing a short stack as of late and he decided to raise to 1,100,000 from under the gun. This left him with just 1,000,000 behind.
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi, also a short stack, agonized over the decision before letting his hand go. Action folded to Joshua Payne, who made it 2,500,000 from the hijack.
Daniel Holzner, who was in the small blind, had just 2,150,000 himself and he went into the blender before allowing Hall and Payne to duke it out.
Zachary Hall: K♦Q♥
Joshua Payne: 10♥10♠
Hall was pleased to see he was flipping, but the 8♣4♥3♥ flop kept Payne ahead. The 5♣ turn and 2♥ river confirmed Hall's exit and he fell late on in Day 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000,000
4,150,000
|
4,150,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
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