Alex Lynskey was down to just 540,000 after taking a bad beat to start the day and shoved all in from the hijack. Daniele Primerano reshoved all in on the button and the blinds quickly folded.
Alex Lynskey: J♦8♦
Daniele Primerano: A♠K♣
The flop came 5♣4♠4♥ which provided no immediate help to the former final tablist. The 6♠ on the turn got Lynskey to his feet and Primerano joined him. The 3♣ completed the board and Lynskey was eliminate after another deep run in the Main Event.
Maksim Pisarenko opened to 120,000 in the cutoff and Romain Locquet three-bet to 400,000 on the button. Wagner Wysotchanski flat-called from the small blind and Francis Anderson ripped all in for 640,000 in the big blind. Pisarenko quickly folded and Locquet reshoved all in for 3,635,000. Wysotchanski thought for nearly two minutes before dumping his cards in the muck.
Francis Anderson: Q♥Q♦
Romain Locquet: J♥J♦
Anderson held the better of the two pocket pairs and had both of the suits covered. The board ran out K♠10♣3♠K♥8♣ and Anderson's ladies held on for a double up which sparked some emotion himself and his friends on the rail.
Bruno Furth raised to 125,000 in early position and Murly Manokharan called on the button before Sejo Kasic three-bet in the big blind. Furth four-bet jammed and Manokharan folded before Kasic called with a stack of around 1,300,000.
Sejo Kasic: A♥A♣
Bruno Furth: A♠K♦
Furth had run into aces and couldn't improve as the board ran out 6♦Q♣2♥3♦9♣ to earn Kasic an early double.
Adam Bishop raised to 160,000 from the hijack with Charles Lee calling from the cutoff and Jamie O'Connor calling out of the small blind. Brian Arbaugh squeezed all in for 1,300,000 from the big blind, which got Bishop to tank fold. Lee took a few moments and made the call, while O'Connor got out of the way.
Brian Arbaugh: A♦Q♦
Charles Lee: 8♠8♥
In the first orbit of Day 6, Arbaugh found himself all-in and at risk in a flip. The 2♠6♠5♦ flop kept Lee ahead with two eights. The J♦ turn offered Arbaugh a flush draw, but the 10♠ river was a blank. The pot was pushed to Lee, and Arbaugh headed for an early shower.
William Camp raised to 120,000 under the gun before Leo Margets three-bet to 360,000 from the next seat. Joshua Abiscott four-bet jammed for 730,000 from the button, and Camp folded, A♥J♦, but Margets called to put Abiscott at risk.
Joshua Abiscott: A♠Q♥
Leo Margets: Q♦Q♣
Margets had the Ladies and just needed to avoid an ace to send Abiscott home.
The dealer revealed a flop of Q♠9♠6♣ to put Margets firmly in the lead with top set. The 2♠ turn gave Abiscott a flush draw, but he missed it on the 3♣ river. The pot was pushed to Margets, and Abiscott was out.
From the hijack, Paul Gibbons made it 125,000 and Esther Taylor three-bet to 450,000 from the cutoff. Christian Portillo four-bet jammed for 720,000 from the big blind. Gibbons called, but Taylor folded A♥Q♣
Christian Portillo: A♠6♠
Paul Gibbons: K♣K♠
Portillo needed to find an ace or some spades, otherwise, his Main Event would be over. The board ran out K♥3♣5♣10♠9♠ to give Gibbons a set of kings, sending Portillo to the rail.
In the first hand dealt on Table 641, Julien Mariani shoved the button for 530,000 and Samuel Rosborough isolated with a three-bet from the small blind.
Julien Mariani: A♣10♣
Samuel Rosborough: A♥J♠
Mariani was at risk of a very short Day 6, and didn't find anything to work with on the 5♠3♣K♦ flop. A Q♥ on the turn swapped the outs, but the 2♠ river was a brick, ending Mariani's day in one hand.
What started more than a week ago as a room full of hopeful dreamers has been whittled down to just 202 players who begin Day 6 today at noon local time, with a chance at becoming the 2025 World Series of Poker $10,000 WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship champion.
The voice that looms louder than all of them is Will Kassouf, the verbose Brit whose non-stop table chatter has attracted his fair share of detractors but also fans who find his act entertaining amid a sea of stoic opponents. Kassouf, who made a memorable run to the verge of the final table in 2016, begins the day inside the top 10 with 6,900,000 as he tries to do it over again.
Sebastian Schulze used two big hands yesterday to take a commanding chip lead with 12,745,000 heading into Day 6. Chad Power, who has made two runs inside the top 100 of the Main Event within the past decade, is in second place with 9,540,000, while 2023 Monster Stack champion Braxton Dunaway (8,600,000) follows in third place. Sergio Veloso (8,200,000) and Richard Buckingham (7,625,000) round out the top five.
Day 6 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sebastian Schulze
Germany
12,745,000
212
2
Chad Power
United States
9,540,000
159
3
Braxton Dunaway
United States
8,600,000
143
4
Sergio Veloso
Portugal
8,200,000
137
5
Richard Buckingham
United States
7,625,000
127
6
Albert Calderon
United States
7,365,000
123
7
Muhamet Perati
Italy
7,010,000
117
8
Will Kassouf
United Kingdom
6,900,000
115
9
Pedro Padilha
Brazil
6,835,000
114
10
Michael Garner
United States
6,505,000
108
The rest of the leaderboard is littered with seasoned pros, online qualifiers, and consummate grinders hoping for their shot at poker’s biggest prize. They include 2016 November Niner Kenny Hallaert (5,745,000), Johan Schumacher (5,200,000), bracelet winner Maksim Pisarenko (4,415,000), Adam Hendrix (4,345,000), three-time WPT champion Eric Afriat (4,250,000), and French high roller Thomas Eychenne (4,000,000).
Then there is Michael Mizrachi, the four-time PPC champion who is aiming to replicate his feat from 15 years ago when he not only won the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy but also finished fifth in the Main Event. “The Grinder” begins the day with 4,025,000. Other top stacks include Nick Pupillo (3,930,000), Anthony Gregg (2,950,000), Bruno Furth (2,735,000), Lautaro Guerra (2,695,000), Isaac Haxton (2,580,000), and Leon Sturm (2,300,000). Further down the leaderboard are Farid Jattin (1,715,000), 2018 finalist Alex Lynskey (1,575,000), 2019 finalist Zhen Cai (1,475,000), PokerGO’s Donnie Peters (1,430,000), and Francis Anderson (725,000).
Michael Mizrachi
Greg Merson is the only past champion still in the hunt as he starts the day with 2,960,000. Rene-Charles Angelil, the son of Celine Dion and Rene Angelil, is making a name for himself with his Main Event run and takes 3,165,000 into the day. Dillon Ott (1,265,000) has never made a deep run in the Main Event, but his twin brother Dan has when he was runner-up to Scott Blumstein in 2017. The Otts can make history as the first set of brothers to each make the Main Event final table if Dillon can last the next few days.
Five women still have a chance at ending the 30-year drought since Barbara Enright made the Main Event final table. Leo Margets leads the group with 2,810,000, followed by Esther Taylor (2,100,000), Thi Xoa Nguyen (2,000,000), Heather Hardie (925,000), and Lindsey McDougall (420,000).
Leo Margets
The action on Day 6 resumes on Level 25 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante. The 202 remaining players have already locked up $60,000, with the next pay jump to $70,000 coming when only 161 remain. The plan is to play five two-hour levels, with a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 27.
They’ve already outlasted more than 9,000 opponents, and the dream is very much alive for the players who’ve made it to Day 6. A run to the final table is starting to feel like it could become reality, so stay tuned throughout the day as PokerNews brings you all the action.
