Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day 6 Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 6
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 6
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$94,041,600
Entries
10,112
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Entries
160
Players Left
59
It will be hard to match the dramatic action that took place on Day 5 of the 2024 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, but the remaining 160 players returning for Day 6 inside the Horseshoe Event Center will do their best as poker's biggest event gets closer to crowning a champion.
Leading the way for the third straight day is 2022 GPI Player of the Year Stephen Song, who seeks his second bracelet, another career year and to add to his more than $6 million in live earnings.
Song, who bagged 4,745,000 on Day 4 before running up a stack of 12,310,000 on Day 5, will have to fend off a trio of Portuguese pros who ascended to the top of the counts on Day 5: Carlos Caldas, Diogo Coelho and Manuel Machado. He will also have to contend with fellow Americans Yegor Moroz and Kevin Davis, as well as Ireland's Charles Russell, Mexico's Tomas Szwarcberg, Belgium's Laurent Manderlier and Sweden's Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, an online crusher recognized as one of the best in poker without a bracelet.
Day 6 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Song | United States | 12,310,000 | 154 |
| 2 | Carlos Caldas | Portugal | 12,110,000 | 151 |
| 3 | Diogo Coelho | Portugal | 9,950,000 | 124 |
| 4 | Yegor Moroz | United States | 9,470,000 | 118 |
| 5 | Manuel Machado | Portugal | 8,830,000 | 110 |
| 6 | Kevin Davis | United States | 8,675,000 | 108 |
| 7 | Charles Russell | Ireland | 8,055,000 | 101 |
| 8 | Tomas Szwarcberg | Mexico | 7,950,000 | 99 |
| 9 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 7,900,000 | 99 |
| 10 | Laurent Manderlier | Belgium | 7,500,000 | 94 |
Other notables who will be in the Day 6 field include Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast, four-time bracelet winner Kristen Foxen, poker commentator Tony Dunst and high-stakes familiars Danny Tang, Ren Lin and Leonard Maue.
The field shrank significantly on Day 5 and saw some of poker's biggest names go, including Phil Ivey, Alex Livingston, Nacho Barbero, Alejandro Lococo and Adrian Mateos, who correctly folded kings before getting aces cracked in a brutal turn of events.
Day 6 kicks off today at noon local time on Level 26 with blinds of 40,000/80,000/80,000. It will follow the same schedule as previous days with five two-hour levels planned and 20-minute breaks after each level and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 28 at approximately 6:40 p.m.
Each returning player has locked up a payday of at least $70,000, while all eyes are on the eight-figure prize of $10 million up top.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 | 14-17 | $450,400 |
| 2 | $6,000,000 | 18-26 | $350,000 |
| 3 | $4,000,000 | 27-35 | $300,000 |
| 4 | $3,000,000 | 36-44 | $250,000 |
| 5 | $2,500,000 | 45-53 | $200,000 |
| 6 | $2,000,000 | 54-62 | $160,000 |
| 7 | $1,500,000 | 63-71 | $140,000 |
| 8 | $1,250,000 | 72-80 | $120,000 |
| 9 | $1,000,000 | 81-125 | $100,000 |
| 10-11 | $800,000 | 126-134 | $85,000 |
| 12-13 | $600,000 | 135-162 | $70,000 |
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here on-site and ready to continue providing Main Event updates ahead of the 2024 champion being crowned.
The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is nearing its conclusion, but there is still plenty of poker action before the doors close on the Las Vegas series. That includes crowning a winner in the $10,000 Main Event, which attracted a record field of 10,112 players. However, just 160 players will return for Friday’s Day 6, and of those six are draftees in the popular $25K Fantasy Draft.
Each of these players is guaranteed a modest three fantasy points, but if they can outlast 52 players and make the top 108 they will trigger the massive 100-point field bonus, which could have big implications in the current standings.
The Main Event money bubble burst back on Day 4, and since then 27 players from the $25K Fantasy league have hit the rail, each earning three points in the process. They include Day 5 casualties in Adrian Mateos (Team Lucky), Ryan Hoenig (Team Chingas), Josh Reichard (Team Oz), Jesse Lonis (Team Girl Dads), Alex Livingston (Team Lang), Nacho Barbero (Team Negreanu), David “Bakes” Baker (Team Lang), Bin Weng (Team Chingas), Phil Ivey (Team Sepiol), Anson Tsang (Team Lady Gaga), Maria Ho (Team Noori), and Adam Friedman (Team Sepiol).
Click here for a deeper look into the returning Day 6 players.
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Heads-up on a board of 4?7?5?2?, Hossam Mohamed Ali bet 300,000 from middle position and Daniel Erlandsson called in the hijack.
Ali checked the 10? river and Erlandsson bet 550,000. Ali quickly called and Erlandsson showed J?10? for a rivered pair of tens. Ali mucked and Erlandsson took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200,000
1,420,000
|
1,420,000 |
|
3,200,000
-1,500,000
|
-1,500,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
On the first hand of the day at the feature table, Kristen Foxen raised to 160,000 from under the gun with A?8?, then Bradley Mercer in the cutoff three-bet to 425,000 with A?Q?.
Foxen went deep into the tank, staring at Mercer, but she eventually decided to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,200,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
||
|
1,900,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Tyler Montoya shoved for 955,000 total from middle position and just behind him, Gerald Morrell also shoved for approximately 1,100,000. Everyone else folded and a showdown was held.
Tyler Montoya: A?2?
Gerald Morrell: J?J?
Montoya would need some help, which didn't come on the 9?4?9? flop.
However, the 5? turn and 3? river gave Montoya a runner-runner wheel to vault into the lead for the double up.
Morrell was left with just 130,000 following the bad beat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,110,000
1,155,000
|
1,155,000 |
|
130,000
-960,000
|
-960,000 |