Upon completion of level six, the final eight players have been sent on a scheduled 60-minute dinner break. The action will recommence at 8.50 p.m. local time and another four levels are scheduled for tonight or down to the final five contenders.
With two players seeing a board of 6♥5♦2♠ and about 375,000 in the middle, Jonathan Bowers bet 150,000 from the small blind. Elie Nakache meant to call but accidentally threw in 225,000 instead of 150,000. It was ruled that Nakache would have to min-raise to 300,000. Bowers raised to 1,300,000, Nakache folded and Bowers took the pot without showdown.
Joshua Adkins made it 250,000 to go in the cutoff and was called by all three players behind including Elie Nakache on the button, Manh Nguyen in the small blind and Jonathan Bowers in the big blind.
The 9♠7♦4♣ flop was checked by the blinds and Adkins bet 450,000. Nakache called and Nguyen folded, Bowers also called as well.
After the J♥ turn, Bowers bet 1,100,000 and Adkins potted to 5,750,000 for Nakache to fold. Bowers pondered about it for half a minute and piled in his stack, Adkins almost jumped out of his chair in excitement to move forward chips and flip over his cards.
Jonathan Bowers: 10♠8♠5♣5♦ 
Joshua Adkins: Q♥J♦10♣8♣
Both had the nut straight until then but Adkins was freerolling to a superior straight. The river was the 6♦ and they chopped it up.
"Thank fuck," Bowers could all but say and Adkins told his rail "that was for the tournament".
Jonathan Bowers raised to 250,000 from under the gun and David Benyamine called, as did Elie Nakache in the small blind. On the K♠J♥6♠ flop, Nakache checked and Bowers made it 650,000 to go. Benyamine let go whereas Nakache called and checked again the 9♦ on the turn.
Bowers increased his sizing to 1,800,000 and Nakache folded.
Jonathan Bowers opened to 250,000 from middle position and was called by Joshua Adkins in the small blind and Elie Nakache in the big blind.
The flop came J♠9♥3♠ and all three players checked leading to the A♠ turn. Adkins checked, Nakache bet 250,000, Bowers folded and Adkins called.
On the J♦ river, Adkins bet 1,100,000 which was enough to force a fold from Nakache.
With 14 bracelets and nearly $50 million in tournament earnings between the four of them, there's no denying that Shaun Deeb, Josh Arieh, Daniel Weinman and Matt Glantz are poker crushers. But with resumes that include a $1 million bounty pull, a body fat prop bet victory worth nearly the same amount and a win in the biggest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in history, it's clear the group of close friends also have luck on their sides.
The four American poker players have branded themselves as "Team Lucky" — a name that Deeb may have come up with, though they aren't certain — as a way of consciously embracing and owning their good fortunes while fighting back against the jaded cynicism all to common in the poker world.
But Team Lucky is about more than once-in-a-lifetime bounty binks and turned two-outers leading to $12 million scores. As PokerNews learned during brunch with its four members, is more about friendship, camaraderie, and shared values than a good run of cards.
Manh Nguyen raised to 300,000 from under the gun and David Benyamine called in the hijack. On a flop of 5♠5♣4♥, it checked to Benyamine and his bet of 225,000 won the pot right there without any resistance.
Benyamine then limped in soon after and Jonathan Bowers called in the small blind, Krzysztof Magott checked his option from the big blind. The K♥Q♣3♠ flop was checked and Benyamine's bet of 250,000 won the next pot.
Elie Nakache limped in and Mandy Calara raised to 300,000. Chip leader Joshua Adkins in the big blind potted to 1,050,000 and Calara was the only caller.
On a flop of 9♦3♦2♣, Adkins bet the pot and Calara called all-in for the rest of it with some 14 blinds behind.
Mandy Calara: A♦K♦J♥2♦
Joshua Adkins: A♥A♠10♣6♥
The 6♣ turn and 9♥ river failed to improve Calara and he was eliminated in ninth place for $100,917.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | 2,650,000 | 27 |
| 2 | Joshua Adkins | United States | 11,575,000 | 116 |
| 3 | Elie Nakache | France | 6,750,000 | 68 |
| 4 | Manh Nguyen | United States | 6,800,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Jonathan Bowers | United Kingdom | 7,600,000 | 76 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Magott | Poland | 1,500,000 | 15 |
| 7 | Mandy Calara | United States | 2,520,000 | 25 |
| 8 | David Benyamine | France | 5,300,000 | 53 |
| 9 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 4,200,000 | 42 |
With the recent elimination of Sonny Franco, the field has been reduced to the final nine players and they are now being moved to the right side feature table. They will play the remaining 45 minutes left of the level before heading into the dinner break.
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