The third and final day of Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship will take place today at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with some big names still in the mix.
A total of 502 entries were confirmed after late registration closed on Day 2, which generated a prize pool of $3,887,400. A top prize of $924,922 awaits the winner and surely all of the remaining 28 players will have their eyes firmly locked on that target.
Bulgaria's Fahredin Mustafov leads the pack with a stack of 3,300,000, and was the only player to surpass the three-million-chip milestone. Spain's Adrian Mateos sits closely behind in second with 2,860,000, then Taiwan's James Chen rounds out the top three counts in third with 1,895,000.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 3,300,000 | 132 |
| 2 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 2,860,000 | 114 |
| 3 | James Chen | Taiwan | 1,895,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Aleks Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 1,560,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 1,290,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Rodrigo Daher | Brazil | 1,265,000 | 51 |
| 7 | Michael Rocco | United States | 1,215,000 | 49 |
| 8 | Toshikazu Ishii | Japan | 1,200,000 | 48 |
| 9 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 1,160,000 | 46 |
| 10 | Felipe Boianovsky | Brazil | 1,100,000 | 44 |
For those with $25 Fantasy Draft sweats, the aforementioned Mateos and Chen are still in, along with Aram Zobian (770,000).
The defending champion, Alexandre Reard, is still in the mix with a stack of 1,605,000 and has a chance to go back-to-back in the same event. Reard won the event in 2023 for $1,057,663 and was on the final table with Eric Baldwin (535,000), who comes into the day as one of the shorter stacks.
All of the remaining players have guaranteed themselves a payday of at least $31,716, but with each pay jump being worth increasingly more, there may be some intense laddering as the tournament heads into its business end.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $924,922 | 7 | $104,465 |
| 2 | $610,013 | 8-9 | $78,455 |
| 3 | $410,657 | 10-11 | $60,315 |
| 4 | $282,302 | 12-17 | $47,493 |
| 5 | $198,261 | 18-23 | $38,326 |
| 6 | $142,316 | 24-28 | $31,716 |
Play will kick off at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe Event Center with blinds at Level 21, 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. The average stack is around 1,075,000, which will be 43 big blinds once the players get started.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the latest updated from the baize as the $10,000 6-Handed event reaches its conclusion.