Main Event World Series of Poker – a term that breaks the heart of perhaps every poker enthusiast returned after a one-year forced break, and although many, given the global situation and various measures in the US, assumed it would be no glory, in the end we can still talk about a successful event. The final 6,650 entries make this year the tenth largest in history, and of the $62,011,250 prize pool, the champion along with the precious bracelet will take home $8 million this year.
After five days of th event, the field has shrunk to the last 96 players, with names like Jason Koon (191st for $44,200), Salko Imsirovic (father of Ali Imsirovic - 100th place for $ 50,900) and one of the most famous champions of this tournament, Chris Moneymaker, who ended his journey in tournament at 260th place ($ 38,600) after a unsuccessful flip with AJ against 66.
The past hours brought another step towards the title to of a group of 96 players, led at the beginning of the day by Koray Aldemir and Ramon Colillas. Both nominees successfully fought their way through the pitfalls of the day, but Stephen Chidwick ($ 89,900), Yuri Dzivielevski ($ 81,000) and Nick Petrangelo ($ 45,900) did not have the same luck.
The last Czech player in the game, Roman Hrabec, who qualified for the Main Event via online satellites, also got a stop sign last night. A previously unknown player at the WSOP recorded four ITM finishes this year, making it to the final table in the $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo event (6th place for $ 31,733). In Main Event, his journey ended with a 13-blind shove with A 9, with which he bumped into A K, and after a blank board it was decided that the most successful Czech player at this year's WSOP ME gets a $95,700 bonus for respectable 72. place.
The packages of stacks were given this morning to the top 36 players, led by home player Hye Park (29,500,000). Koray Aldemir (18,905,000) will continue his interesting journey from current fifth place, followed by PS ambassadors Ramon Colillas (18,200,000) and Alejandro Lococom (17,950,000), but we will still find three-time WSOP champion Chance Kornuth (13,645,000) among the players.
Complete chipcount of participants day 7:
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Source: WSOP.com, PokerNews.com
