Nate Silver raised to 160,000 in middle position and Tony Dunst called from the button. Nikita Luther then shoved all in from the big blind, Silver called for his last 2,335,000, and Dunst folded 7?7?.
Nate Silver: A?K?
Nikita Luther: 10?10?
"Gotta win some flips," Silver said heading to the K?8?3? flop, which gave him top pair and the lead. The board ran out 9?6? and the FiveThirtyEight founder doubled up while leaving Luther as a short stack.
Patrick Tardif was all in and at risk for 2,200,000 against fellow Ontario resident Pavel Dyachenko.
Patrick Tardif: Q?Q?
Pavel Dyachenko: A?K?
The flop landed Q?10?3? to improve Tardif to a set but to give Dyachenko hope with a Broadway draw. That hope was crushed as the Q? peeled off on the turn to give Tardif quads and the 7? river changed nothing to earn him a double.
"At least if you win, it will bring people to Ontario," Dyachenko said optimistically.
A huge pile of chips were spotted being passed to Juan Maceiras Lapido at the expense of Aaron Speer.
Ludovic Geilich recapped the 10,000,000 chip pot to PokerNews.
Speer opened to 180,000 before Lapido made it 600,000 from the blinds. Speer four-bet to 1,500,000 and called off his 5,000,000 stack when Lapido moved all in as the slightly bigger stack.
Aaron Speer: A?Kx
Juan Maceiras Lapido: QxQx
The 9?8?6? flop kept the queens ahead, while the 9? turn gave Speer a flush draw to go along with his overcards. The 7? river was a brick and Lapido collected the pot after it was confirmed he covered Speer.
Sam Stein Calls Large River Raise by Pierpaola Lamanna
Pierpaola Lamanna opened to 180,000 from under the gun and was called by Sam Stein from the hijack.
The A?2?2? flop checked through to the K? turn. Lamanna thought over his options before deciding to check. Stein bet 260,000 and after some more thinking time, Lamanna called.
The J? completed the board and Lamanna checked for a third time. Stein reached into his stack and picked up 630,000 and placed it into the middle.
After a minute or so, Lamanna slid out a pile of T-100,000 chips and raised to 2,400,000.
Stein seemed exasperated at the spot and went into the tank himself. He agonized over his choices for quite some time. As the TV cameras began to surround the table, Stein found a call, and the cards were tabled.
Lamanna had 10?10? for tens and deuces but was bested by the aces and kings held by Stein, who had A?K?.
On the first hand of Day 6, Nicholas Rigby raised to 235,000 from early position and was called by Jan-Peter Jachtmann in the cutoff. Luis Yepez, in the big blind, then shoved all in for 590,000, Rigby reshoved, and Jachtmann got out of the way.
Luis Yepez: A?J?
Nicholas Rigby: A?10?
Yepez got up from his seat and began filming the action as the board ran out 2?Q?5?3?Q?. His jack-kicker played to earn him a double up and cut down Rigby's stack right from the start of the day.
There are very few tournaments in the world where players return to the felt for Day 6. There are also very few players who can say they have been a part of a Day 6. For the 149 players returning today, they can say those words as Day 6 has arrived for Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker.
Starting to get down to the business end of the tournament, the players can finally see an end in sight in this record-breaking event that is set to play out over the next week. There are three more days of poker until the pinnacle final table of nine players will be set to battle out for poker's greatest fame. The winner will be able to walk home with the Main Event's largest sum ever of $12,100,000.
Leading the way after a wildly successful Day 5 is Zachary Hall with 16,310,000 chips, a clear leader over the rest of his competition. Hall made his WSOP debut back in 2011 where he also made his one and only final table, finishing in seventh place. However, making a final table this week in poker's biggest event will bring much bigger rewards and something Hall is certainly looking forward to.
Other big stacks heading into Day 6 include Bryan Obregon (12,295,000), Liran Betito (11,140,000), and Andrew Hulme (11,065,000) as the only other players with eight-figure stacks in the Main Event.
Although many fan favorites hit the rail on Day 5, including the likes of previous champions Chris Moneymaker and Joe Hachem, there are still a few household names still in contention. YouTube sensation Masato Yokosawa (6,740,000), poker commentator Tony Dunst (8,285,000), and Nicholas Rigby (1,650,00) will have more to say as the day unfolds.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Zachary Hall
United States
16,310,000
204
2
Bryan Obregon
United States
12,295,000
154
3
Liran Betito
Israel
11,140,000
139
4
Andrew Hulme
United Kingdom
11,065,000
138
5
Joshua Payne
United States
9,850,000
123
6
Anirban Das
India
9,230,000
115
7
Tony Dunst
United States
8,285,000
104
8
Glenn Fishbein
United States
8,265,000
103
9
Jonathan Therme
France
7,900,000
99
10
Jack O'Neill
United Kingdom
7,735,000
97
There are two women among the remaining players in the field and each of them has the potential as much as any other to reach the pinnacle of the game. Nikita Luther (4,380,000) and Estelle Cohuet (3,380,000) have battled through the opening five days and positioned themselves for a deep run. Gaelle Baumann from France was the last woman to make the "unofficial" final table, finishing 10th, but these two ladies will hope to change that this year.
Nikita Luther
The schedule for today will be the same as all of the others with another five 120-minute levels on tap. A 20-minute break will take place after every level along with a 75-minute dinner break after the third level of the day. Players will be returning to Level 26 with the blinds at 40,000/80,000 and an 80,000 big blind ante. Each player has already locked up at least $67,700, but the pay jumps will soon start to become more significant.
As always, the PokerNews team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the LIVE updates. If you want to know what is happening in real-time, keep it tuned in here for all of the excitement!
