Sam Soverel Leads Final Four as $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Championship Goes into Overtime
Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Championship is one of the most prestigious events of the year at the World Series of Poker. Winning the bracelet requires navigating through numerous pitfalls over a star-studded field filled with some of the most talented players in the world. Four players are on the verge of doing just that after nearly 12 hours of play brought an end to Day 3, calling for an unscheduled Day 4.
Leading the final four players is Sam Soverel, who ended the night with 22,125,000. Daniel Vicente follows in second place after bagging 5,750,000 while the final four are rounded out by Isaac Kempton with 3,875,000 and Klemens Roiter with 1,025,000.
Final Day Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Kempton | United States | 3,875,000 | 19 |
| 2 | Klemens Roiter | Austria | 1,025,000 | 5 |
| 3 | Daniel Vicente | Spain | 5,750,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Sam Soverel | United States | 22,125,000 | 111 |
Day 3 Action
Day 3 began with 27 players remaining and an average stack of just over 60 big blinds, ensuring the remaining hopefuls a ton of postflop playability. Dario Sammartino was eliminated in one of the first hands of the day after flopping top pair with king-jack, only for David Kaufmann to have him beat with king-queen.
Daniel Negreanu caught a crucial double-up in the second level after fading the flush draw of Omar Del Pino, who started the day second in chips. Soverel doubled up through Del Pino after backdooring a flush soon after to leave Del Pino severely short, and Del Pino was eliminated a few hands later.
Soverel ascended to the top of the counts with a second double up, this time through Day 1 chip leader Benjamin Chalot, who four-bet shoved with ace-five suited only to run into Soverel’s pocket aces. Soverel went on a heater from there, eliminating Tzai Wei Phua and Gustavo Ortega soon after to separate himself from the rest of the field. Soverel followed that up by cracking Mike Watson’s pocket aces to score yet another knockout, holding over a quarter of the total chips in play with ten players remaining.
Negreanu looked to cool off Soverel after getting his stack in with pocket nines against Soverel’s pocket eights. An eight on the flop turned things in Soverel’s favor, ending Negreanu’s run just shy of the final table.
Sean Winter survived as one of the shorter stacks for most of the day until his run ended on the final table bubble after running king-queen into Eric Wasserson’s ace-king. Soverel then wasted no time scoring the first final table knockout after Yuliyan Kolev shoved the turn with a gutshot, only for Soverel to show up with a slow-played set of eights. Soverel was finally slowed down after losing a flip to double up Wasserson while Kempton turned a gutshot to eliminate Leonard Maue in sixth.
Wasserson ran into an unfortunate cooler just before the end of the night after running ace-queen into Daniel Vicente’s pocket kings. Soverel got the rest of his chips a few hands later to score the final knockout of the night, ending with just over two-thirds of the total chips in play.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $986,337 |
| 2nd | $649,925 |
| 3rd | $437,276 |
| 4th | $300,521 |
The final four players have all locked up $300,521 and will play for the bracelet and top prize of $986,337 starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 16. They'll be at Level 30, blinds 100.000/200.000 with 200.000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the exciting action from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.