Kiriopoulos Leads 21 Players into Final Day of Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
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Canadian player Demosthenes Kiriopoulos takes the lead into the final day of Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed with only 21 players left in contention for the $393,273 first prize and the prestigious WSOP bracelet. Kiriopoulos dominated Day 2, eventually bagging a giant stack of 1,450,000. He will have more than 120 big blinds when play resumes.
One of Kiriopoulos's numerous victims was six-time WSOP bracelet winner Layne Flack who was knocked out by "D. K." in the second-last hand of the day, leaving the tournament in 23rd place.
Anthony Marquez climbed up into second place after winning a huge pot with quads on the last hand of the day. He is just shy of one million in chips, with 998,000 in his bag. Shivan Abdine (970,000) rounds out the top three.
There were 263 players coming back for Day 2 of the $1,500 6-Handed tournament, all guaranteed a min-cash as they survived the bubble in the 1,748-entry field. Today's first two levels brought a ton of eliminations as the room was full of short stacks who were trying to spin their way back up to contention.
Matt Berkey, Justin Bonomo and Aditya Agarwal were all looming around the pole position at the early stages of the day. Agarwal went from the top all the way to zero within an hour and Bonomo's run was halted in 41st place.
Berkey's stack was diminished when his top pair couldn't hold when he was all in on the turn against James Mackey's huge draw. But Berkey healed his wounds and rebuilt his stack. He'll be back for the final day with 796,000, good for fifth place on the leaderboard.
Those who were eliminated during Day 2 included former WSOP Main Event finalists Jeremy Ausmus (37th for $8,187), Dan Sindelar (40th for $8,187), Sylvain Loosli (47th for $6,750), Bruno Politano (53rd for $5,648) and JC Tran (96th for $3,222).
Day 2 came to a close midway through Level 21 (6,000/12,000, ante 2,000) and play will resume Saturday at 12 p.m. in the Brasilia Room. The PokerNews team will be present to monitor all the action all the way through to the final hand. Tune in for the live coverage to see the new champion arise.
Seat Assignments for Day 3
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 1 | 1 | Anthony Marquez | United States | 998,000 | 83 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 2 | Ilkin Amirov | Azerbaijan | 850,000 | 71 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 3 | Brett Murray | United States | 297,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 4 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 484,000 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 5 | Arash Behnam | United States | 566,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 6 | Royce Matheson | United States | 619,000 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 1 | John Cynn | United States | 313,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 2 | Steven Jair Cabas | United States | 495,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 4 | Demosthenes Kiriopoulos | Canada | 1,450,000 | 121 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 5 | Bradley Lubetkin | United States | 684,000 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 6 | Ismael Bojang | Germany | 627,000 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 1 | Matt Stout | United States | 583,000 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 2 | Jeffrey Tugwell | United States | 356,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 4 | Matt Berkey | United States | 796,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 5 | Miguel Cieri | Venezuela | 370,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 6 | Andy Spears | United States | 305,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 1 | Steven Buckner | United States | 759,000 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 2 | Alexander Condon | United States | 510,000 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 3 | Matthew Zarcadoolas | United States | 457,000 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 5 | James Mackey | United States | 662,000 | 55 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 6 | Shivan Abdine | Australia | 970,000 | 81 |
and action checked to the original raiser. Joseph pushed all in, causing a fold from Amirov and a request for a count from Weinman. It was 199,000, which was too much for Weinman. 
for a flopped nuts. Joseph was drawing very thin with just 
.
hit the turn, which was one of the best possible cards to keep his hopes alive. He could still dream about a runner-runner boat or flush, but the 
disappointed him. 
with Berkey holding 
and Mackey having 
, giving Mackey a straight and the chip lead.
. Joseph checked, Amirov opened to 11,000. Joseph raised to 30,000 and Amirov called.
came on which both players checked.
for two pair but Amirov showed the 
for trips.
for a full house.
, Kiriopoulos bet what looked to be 42,000 in position and Hankins called.
for a flopped set, and he couldn't beat that. 
and that was enough to scoop a large pot to vault up to 530,000.
was a solid teaser as Holm was now drawing his gut-shot to a straight.
hit the felt. Any ten, jack or queen would cause a change in the events as it would make Holm's double up instead of Bonomo claiming another notch on his gun-stock.
. 
drawing dead. The river 
against 
