Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Hand #28: Ognyan Dimov limped the small blind and Antonio Barbato in the big blind checked. On the     flop, Dimov bet 40,000 and a raise to 125,000 by Barbato forced a fold from Dimov.

Hand #29: Ryan D'Angelo raised to 90,000 and Dimov called on the button. The flop came     and D'Angelo checked, Dimov made it 80,000 to go and picked up a call. On the   turn, both players checked and the   on the river completed the board. D'Angelo bet 125,000 and Dimov folded.

Hand #30: Barbato raised to 85,000 on the button and Nick Schulman moved all in for 805,000 in the big blind. Barbato folded and Schulman claimed the pot.

Hand #31: Barbato raised it up to 85,000 from the cutoff and Schulman jammed for the second time, for 930,000 out of the small blind. Barbato let it go and Schulman climbed back above a million.

Hand #32: A walk for Dimov.

Antonio Barbato	2,350,000	-50,000
Nick Schulman	1,075,000	255,000

Hand #22: Nick Schulman raised it up to 85,000 on the button and Ognyan Dimov called in the big blind. The flop came     and Dimov checked, Schulman continued for 45,000 and Dimov called. On a turn of  , Dimov quickly checked and Schulman checked behind to see the   on the river. Dimov bet 110,000 and Schulman folded.

Hand #23: Dimov limped in from the small blind and Antonio Barbato in the big blind raised to 140,000, forcing a fold from Dimov.

Hand #24: Barbato limped the small blind the very next hand and Joey Weissman checked his option in the big blind to see the duo head to a flop of    . Barbato bet 40,000 and Weissman folded.

Hand #25: Barbato raised it up to 85,000 on the button and claimed the blinds and antes.

Hand #26: On the button, Weissman made it 85,000 to go and Ryan D'Angelo called in the big blind. The flop came     and both players opted to check. After the   turn, D'Angelo checked and Weissman checked behind to see the   on the river. Again both players checked and Weissman tabled the    as winning hand.

Ognyan Dimov	3,910,000	145,000
Ryan D'Angelo	2,755,000	-220,000
Antonio Barbato	2,400,000	65,000
Nick Schulman	2,040,000	-160,000
Joey Weissman	1,125,000	105,000

Hand #12: Joey Weissman raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Ryan D'Angelo three-bet to 300,000 from the small blind. Ognyan Dimov quickly folded his big blind. Weissman four-bet to 725,000. D'Angelo shoved for about 2,250,000 and Weissman snap-folded.

Hand #13: Weissman raised to 70,000 from the under-the-gun position and the rest folded.

Hand #14: Antonio Barbato completed his small blind and Weissman opted to check. The flop came     on which both players checked. They did the same on the   on the turn to the   on the river. both players checked again. With unknown hole cards, the players chopped the pot.

Hand #15: Barbato raised to 65,000 from the button and Nick Shulman called in the big blind. The flop came    , Schulman checked, Barbato bet 56,000. Schulman folded.

Hand #16: Dimov raised to 70,000 from the under-the-gun position and the rest folded.

Ryan D'Angelo	3,025,000	725,000
Ognyan Dimov	2,945,000	0
Joey Weissman	2,683,000	-665,000
Antonio Barbato	2,418,000	63,000
Nick Schulman	1,402,000	-105,000

Hand #2: Joey Weissman raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and everyone else folded

Hand #3: Ognyan Dimov completed his small blind and Antonio Barbato opted to check. They both checked through the     on the flop to the   on the turn. Dimov check-called the 30,000 bet of Barbato. The river completed the board with the   on which they both checked again. Barbato tabled    for the pot.

Hand #4: Barbato completed the small blind and Weissman raised to 120,000 in the big blind, Barbato called. The flop came    , Barbato check-called the 85,000 bet of Weissman. They both checked through the   on the turn to the   on the river. Barbato bet 127,000 and Weissman considered his options. Weissman folded.

Hand #5: Ryan D'Angelo raised to 75,000 from the under-the-gun position and Nick Schulman called in the big blind. The flop came    , Schulman check-folded to the 30,000 bet of D'Angelo.

Hand #6: Weissman raised to 70,000 from the button and D'Angelo called. The flop came    , D'Angelo check-folded to the 40,000 bet of Weissman.

Joey Weissman	3,598,000	-85,000
Ognyan Dimov	2,500,000	-60,000
Antonio Barbato	2,490,000	285,000
Ryan D'Angelo	2,455,000	105,000
Nick Schulman	1,615,000	-77,000

Hand #1: Nick Schulman raised to 60,000 on the button and Yue Du called out of the big blind. The flop of     was checked and the   fell on the turn. Du checked and Schulman made it 110,000 to go, which then resulted in the check-raise all in of Du. Schulman called and the cards were tabled.

Yue Du:   
Nick Schulman:   

Yu was playing the nut flush draw versus Schulman's top pair. The   on the river was a blank and Du was covered to join the rail in 6th place for $60,686.

Nick Schulman	1,692,000	831,000
Yue Du	0	-796,000

Welcome back to the final day of Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed which will start at noon local time on the ESPN Feature Table. The final six players will be battling it out for the coveted gold WSOP bracelet and the first-place prize of $378,743 here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Taking the lead for today will be one-time bracelet winner Joey Weissman with 3,683,000 in chips which is over 100 big blinds. But the rest of the table won't let him take the win easily. There are three other bracelet winners on the table. Ryan D'Angelo (2,350,000) and Yue Du (796,000) are two other players trying to win their second WSOP bracelet. Bulgaria's Ognyan Dimov is trailing Weissman in the chip counts with 2,560,000 and looks to be bringing a big Bulgarian rail with him in his campaign to victory. Antonio Barbato from Italy took 2,205,000 with him overnight to try and better his biggest live cash ever. He'll be looking to surpass it by winning his first bracelet and the first for Italy this summer.

Two-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman has 29 big blinds with 861,000 in chips. He won his first bracelet in 2009 in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship and his second in the same tournament but in 2012. Will he win his first No-Limit Hold'Em bracelet today? Schulman is also known for his excellent commentary during the Super High Roller Bowl and many other occasions. Now it's his turn to be commentated on as the final table will be streamed on PokerGO.

Play ended in Level 26 with almost 50 minutes to go. The players will return to finish that level which has a small blind of 15,000, big blind of 30,000, and a running ante of 5,000. It is expected that the action will be swift so make sure to keep an eye on the PokerNews updates as the winner will be crowned today, here in the Amazon Room.