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Today will see the start of Event #62: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed at noon local time here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas with starting stacks of 50,000 and blinds of 100/200/200 with 60-minute levels. This is scheduled as a four-day event.
Day 1 will play for 10 levels, with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6 around 6:30 p.m. Players who are eliminated are allowed one reentry until registration closes.
Day 2 will pick back up at noon on Tuesday and will play 10 levels. Late registration/re-entry is available until the start of Level 12, about 1:15 p.m. on Day 2.
Day 3 takes place on Wednesday, starting at noon and will continue until five players remain. Those final five individuals will return to action on Thursday at a time to be determined later, to play down to a winner.
Mostafa Haidary, who outlasted a field of 817 entrants, is the defending champion in this event. He took home $656,747 one year ago, along with his first gold bracelet after defeating Bernd Gleissner heads-up play.
2024 $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostafa Haidary | Australia | $656,747 |
| 2 | Bernd Gleissner | Germany | $437,821 |
| 3 | Krasmir Yankov | Bulgaria | $300,293 |
| 4 | Brandon Schwartz | United States | $206,606 |
| 5 | Pedro Madeira | Brazil | $148,939 |
| 6 | Matthew McEwan | United States | $107,770 |
| 7 | Max Kruse | Germany | $79,436 |
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