Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
Day 2 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,120,800
Entries
332
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000
Charlie Carrel Leads Final 24 Players in Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
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 |
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000 | 393,000 |
|
1,418,000 | 273,000 |
|
1,347,000 | 377,000 |
|
1,191,000 | 391,000 |
|
1,111,000 | 401,000 |
|
921,000 | 606,000 |
|
877,000 | 157,000 |
|
822,000 | 227,000 |
|
772,000 | 117,000 |
|
755,000 | 60,000 |
|
690,000 | 175,000 |
|
628,000 | -82,000 |
|
600,000 | 355,000 |
|
568,000 | -62,000 |
|
504,000 | -206,000 |
|
439,000 | 344,000 |
|
416,000 | 416,000 |
|
379,000 | -336,000 |
|
365,000 | 365,000 |
|
347,000 | -45,000 |
|
291,000 | -114,000 |
|
270,000 | -430,000 |
|
191,000 | -324,000 |
|
160,000 | -64,000 |
Elio Fox Eliminated on the Last Hand of the Night
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
A preflop confrontation left Elio Fox all in and at risk. He was called by Chi Zhang who had a covering stack.
Zhang: 
Fox: 
The board rolled out 
offering no help to Fox and he hit the rail before being able to bag his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Sam Stein Triples Up Just Before End of Play
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
With the board reading 
, 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.
The turn was the and they both checked. They also checked the 
river and Stein showed 
for two pair, queens and nines.
Bicknell's 
was tabled and so was Yurasov's 
.
"Oh my god. How the hell did I pull that off" Stein asked when he saw the hands tabled, and he collected the pot for the triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,105,000 | 395,000 |
|
|
685,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
510,000 | -200,000 |
Four More Hands
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Players will play four more hands to finish off the night.
Kristen Bicknell Gets a Fold from Goran Mandic
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
With the board reading 
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
710,000 | 395,000 |
|
|
630,000 | -300,000 |
Grayson Ramage Gets Another Fold from Charlie Carrel
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Charlie Carrel raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and Grayson Ramage raised to 110,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Carrel called. They both checked the 
flop and the 
turn. The river was the 
and Carrel checked again.
Ramage bet 105,000 and Carrel stared him down. Once again, Carrel started making guesses about Ramage's holdings and stared at him for a while. Carrel eventually folded and Ramage took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,107,000 | 132,000 |
|
|
710,000 | 135,000 |
Stefan Schillhabel Gets There, Almost
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stefan Schillhabel moved all in before the flop. Next to act was Chi Zhang and he moved all in over the top. Everyone else folded leaving the two heads up.
Schillhabel:
Zhang: 
Schillhabel picked up some help when the flop came 
. The turn was the 
and that was the help that Schillhabel needed to take the lead. Unfortunately for him, the river was the , and that made Zhang a better two pair. Schillhabel hit the rail in 27th place and will take home $21,131 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
970,000 | 100,000 |
|
Busted |
Dario Sammartino Takes from Grayson Ramage
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
On a flop of 
, 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 , pairing the board.
Ramage bet out 95,000 and Sammartino quickly called.
Ramage showed and Sammartino's 
for two pair, tens and nines, with an ace kicker was good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
695,000 | 192,000 |
|
|
575,000 | -130,000 |