Daniel Vicente raised to 160,000 from the cutoff. Sean Winter responded with a raise all-in from the button for 1,395,000. Vicente called to put Winter at risk.
Sean Winter: 6♥6♣
Daniel Vicente: A♣K♣
Winter's sixes held on the runout of 3♠J♠J♥5♥4♠ to score the double.
Davide Suriano raised from the button to 160,000, leaving 1,200,000 behind. Sam Soverel responded by flexing his huge chip lead and moved all in from the small blind.
The big blind got out of the way, and Suriano called off the remainder of his stack.
Davide Suriano: J♠J♥
Sam Soverel: K♣4♠
It was instant service for Soverel on the 9♣A♠K♦ flop, pairing his king to take the lead.
There was no turn in fortunes for Suriano, as the 9♥ turn and 9♦ river were added to the board, sealing Suriano's fate, sending him to the rail in 9th.
Yuliyan Kolev raised from the cutoff to 200,000, and only Sam Soverel called, defending his big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of J♠K♦Q♥, and Soverel started with a check. Kolev continued for 140,000, before Soverel put in a check-raise to 400,000. Kolev then took a moment to survey the situation before moving all in for 1,440,000.
Soverel called, and the players flipped their cards over.
Yuliyan Kolev: K♠K♣
Sam Soverel: 10♣9♠
Soverel was ahead, having flopped a straight, and Kolev needed the board to pair.
"Dealer, put a jack out there", said Kolev, and as if by magic, the turn card was the J♦, securing Kolev a double up.
The dealer added the 5♠ river to the board before counting the all-in stack and sliding Kolev his double up.
Sam Soverel raised to 325,000 from the small blind, which the big blind, Yuliyan Kolev, called.
The dealer spread a 8♥A♦2♠ flop, and Soverel continued for 225,000, which Kolev called.
Soverel then opted to check when the J♦ turn joined the board. Kolev chose to take over the betting lead, putting out a wager of 750,000. Soverel had a plan, though, and executed a check-raise. He moved all in, covering Kolev's total stack of 2,500,000.
This appeared to put Kolev into a tricky situation. He took a few minutes considering his options, even standing up to get a better view of the board. After some more time passed, he opted to fold, asking Soverel to 'show the bluff'.
Soverel offered to show his cards, with the understanding that should Soverel ask the same of Kolev in the future, he would oblige.
Kolev agreed, and Soverel rolled over K♦2♦. A player not involved in the hand then asked Kolev if he folded ace-ten, to which Kolev confirmed he did indeed fold that hand.
The first of two double-ups occurred when [Removed:548] raised to 200,000 from the button and faced the all-in of Isaac Kempton from the big blind for 960,000. [Removed:549] called to put Kempton at risk.
Isaac Kempton: 9♣9♦
[Removed:548]: J♣10♣
Kempton held against the overcards when the board spread out 4♥Q♦5♥K♥7♥ to put Kempton over two million.
The second hand happened when Eric Wasserson raised to 200,000 from the button and Kempton raised to 600,000 from the small blind. Wasserson shoved to put Kempton at risk, who snap called.
Isaac Kempton: A♥A♣
Eric Wasserson: A♠10♥
Kempton had the goods on this one, and Wasserson was unable to pull off the upset on the 10♠Q♠2♥K♣Q♦ board to give Kempton another double up and put him over four million in chips in a hurry.
Eric Wasserson raised to 240,000 on the button before Sean Winter elected to jam for 1,140,000 from the big blind. Wasserson wasted no time calling to put Winter at risk.
Sean Winter: K♥Q♥
Eric Wasserson: A♠K♣
Winter needed help as his hand was dominated by the Big Slick of Wasserson.
The flop gave Winter some straight outs as it fanned out 10♦5♥A♣.
The 6♥ brought no relief to Winter, and the 2♠ river was the final card he would see in the tournament as he was eliminated in 8th place.
Isaac Kempton opened to 240,000 from the hijack and Leonard Maue defended from the big blind.
The flop came 9♣3♣J♦. Maue checked, Kempton shoved with a covering stack and Maue called, putting himself at risk.
Leonard Maue: J♥10♦
Isaac Kempton: K♦Q♦
Kempton had two overcards and a gutshot while Maue was ahead with top pair. The 10♥ turn gave Maue two pair but gave Kempton the nut-straight, which remained ahead on the 6♥ river to confirm Maue's elimination.
Eric Wasserson was forced to go all-in as he had 130,000, which was less than the mandatory big blind.
Sam Soverel opened the action with a limp from under the gun. Daniel Vicente came along from the small blind with a limp, and Wasserson was committed and at risk as Soverel and Vicente played for a side pot.
The J♣6♣A♣ flop led to a check from Vicente. Soverel bet 160,000, and Vicente called.
Vicente checked the 7♥ turn. Soverel sized up to 900,000, and Vicente wasted little time putting out the call.
The K♥ river resulted in another check from Vicenete. Soverel announced all-in and put Vicente in the tank. Vicente gave the spot considerable thought, but ultimately decided on a fold.
Soverel showed K♣8♥ for a pair of kings. Wasserson revealed 10♦10♥, which was not enough to overcome the better pair of Soverel.
Wasserson earned $211,068 for his fifth-place finish.
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 [Removed:548] 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
[Removed:548]
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.
Daniel Negreanu
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.
Daniel Vicente
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.
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