Charlie Carrel Leads Final 24 Players in Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
A total of 332 players put up $10,000 to take their shot in Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship. After two days of play, only 24 players still have hopes to win gold in this event.
The Day 2 field was packed with poker talent and it was Charlie Carrel who closed the day with the chip lead after bagging up 1,500,000. Despite much online and EPT success, Carrel has yet to capture his first WSOP bracelet. He is in good position to battle for it going into Day 3 with the chip lead.
Other players to bag over 1,000,000 chips were Albert Daher (1,418,000), Chi Zhang (1,347,000), Tommy Chen (1,191,000), Dmitry Yurasov (1,111,000). Other big names bringing stacks into Day 3 include Connor Drinan (822,000), Dario Sammartino (755,000), Sam Stein (690,000), Eric Wasserson (600,000), Goran Mandic (568,000), Kristen Bicknell (504,000), Joe Elpayaa (291,000), and Steven Iglesias (160,000).
Hand-for-hand play began after the dinner break and the money bubble burst toward the end of that level when Goran Mandic came from behind to eliminate Lyle Vincent with 
against Vincent's 
. The remaining 50 players were in the money with a minimum payout of $15,091.
The bustouts happened quickly in the following level and slowed down a bit towards the end of the night. Many top pros hit the wayside in the money including Jonathan Jaffe (47th place for $15,516), Rainer Kempe (44th place for $15,516), Chris Ferguson (43rd place for $15,516), Ben Yu ($16,580), Sam Trickett (37th place for $16,580), Sam Grafton (35th place for $18,386), Olivier Busquet (32nd place for $18,386), and Dan Smith (29th for $21,131).
Several talented players were unfortunate to hit the rail on Day 2 before the money was reached including Phil Hellmuth, James Obst, ElkY Grospellier, John Racener, Adrian Mateos, Mike Watson, Tony Gregg, Ben Tollerene, Ankush Mandavia, Jeff Gross, Joshua Beckley, Joe Kuether, and Matt Glantz.
All players returning for the 2 p.m. restart are guaranteed at least a payout of $25,139 and the winner will receive $775,923 to go with the gold bracelet.
| Room | table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 1,418,000 | 71 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Jacob Powers | United States | 365,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | United States | 416,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Connor Drinan | United States | 822,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Xixiang Luo | China | 921,000 | 46 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 755,000 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 270,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Chi Zhang | United Kingdom | 1,347,000 | 67 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Joseph Elpayaa | United States | 291,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 1,111,000 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | William Stevenson | United States | 347,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Grayson Ramage | United States | 628,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Amit Makhija | United States | 772,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Ivan Deyra | France | 877,000 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 504,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | 1,560,000 | 78 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Tommy Chen | United States | 1,191,000 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Romain Lewis | United Kingdom | 449,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Goran Mandic | Croatia | 568,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | 379,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Sam Stein | United States | 690,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 191,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 600,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Steven Iglesias | Norway | 160,000 | 8 |
, Dmitry Yurasov had a bet of 75,000 in front of him on the button, Kristen Bicknell had 75,000 in front of her in the small blind, and Sam Stein had moved all in for 157,000 total. Action was on Yurasov and he called. Bicknell called too and Yurasov and Bicknell were now heads up for a potential side pot. 
river and Stein showed 
for two pair, queens and nines. 
was tabled and so was Yurasov's 
. 
and over 275,000 in the pot, Goran Mandic checked in the big blind and Kristen Bicknell bet 170,000 on the button. Mandic thought for a long while and folded, relinquishing the pot to Bicknell.
turn. The river was the 
and Carrel checked again. 
, Grayson Ramage checked under the gun and Dario Sammartino bet 32,000 on the button. Ramage called and the turn was the 
. Both players checked and the river was the 
, Dan Smith and Eric Wasserson were in the midst of a big pot. There was already more than 100,000 in the middle of the table. Wasserson, who was in the big blind, had checked over to Smith. Smith put out a bet of 80,000 from the hijack. This put Wasserson in the tank. 
and that gave Elpayaa the winning set and the double up.
and Kempe showed 
. 
