$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship (Event #73)

Timothy Su said, to be honest, there wasn't much thought behind the pot of the tournament thus far at the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event.

When big blind Sam Greenwood three-bet his cutoff open, Su made a reasonable call with ten-nine suited — that much everyone would understand. After flopping an open-ended straight draw, Su continued to play it standard with a call. When the board paired on the turn, though, he went off-script, shoving over Greenwood's bet.

After the high-stakes legend called it off with aces up, it created the pot that would swing the tournament one way or the other. More than 80 percent of the time, one of the world's finest no-limit players would have the chip lead and north of 100 big blinds in the biggest tournament on the planet. The other 20 percent or so, a little-known software developer with just a few thousand in cashes would rocket above the rest of the competitors and eliminate arguably the most skilled player remaining.

As fate would have it, the latter scenario unfolded. Su made his straight on the river, leaving shocked onlookers both live and online abuzz about the massive inflection point in the tournament.

Su said he was just trying to take advantage of a pay jump and put some pressure on Greenwood, since he thought Greenwood had plenty of bet-folds in his range.

"He had one of the best hands to call it off with," Su said. "The cards determined where the money went."

After they went to Su, he looked to be in the driver's seat to repeat his status as chip leader to end the night. However, by the time the players put chips in bags at 2 a.m. on Friday, his 34,350,000 was only third-best after Nicholas Marchington (39,800,000) and European Poker Tour standout Hossein Ensan (34,500,000).

Like Su, Marchington is a first-timer in the Main Event. An online cash player by trade, Marchington described the atmosphere in the Main Event as "awesome."

"I'm at a loss for words," he said when asked what it means to be leading at this juncture. "I could never have imagined it but here I am.

"The support from home has been great. Obviously at first, a lot of my family wasn't sure about me playing poker for a living. But not only with this score, just the result kind of shows that I made the right decision."

If Marchington can make it through 34 more opponents, he'll have 10 million pieces of evidence. However, much work still remains as his lead is far from safe. The counts have tightened and around 10 players could double through him and immediately assume the lead.

Furthermore, despite the eliminations of Greenwood and the likes of Antonio Esfandiari, Jake Schindler and Alex Foxen on Day 6, some seasoned competitors still remain. Dario Sammartino, Preben Stokkan and Yuri Dzivielevski are some of the most recognizable grinders remaining, and few would blink an eye if any of them became world champion.

Thirty-five remain and only nine will advance to the final table. Day 7 play begins at noon on Friday and promises to be the lengthiest stretch of poker played yet in this most marathon of tournaments. Come back to PokerNews to see who will remain in contention for $10 million.

Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 550,000 from the hijack and Preben Stokkan three-bet to 1,900,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Dzivielevski made the call.

The flop came    , Stokkan continued with a bet of 1,400,000 which Dzivielevski called.

The turn brought them the  , Stokkan now barreled a bet of 2,700,000 over the line. Dzivielevski contemplated his options for a while but opted to fold in the end.

Yuri Dzivielevski	16,900,000	-3,100,000
Preben Stokkan	14,600,000	3,000,000

The flop read     with almost 3,600,000 in the middle already.

Henry Lu bet 1,200,000 from the cutoff which Zackary Koerper called on the button.

They both checked through the   on the turn to the   on the river. Lu now fired a bet of 3,200,000 into the pot for Koerper to fold to.

Henry Lu	25,150,000	3,650,000
Zackary Koerper	9,925,000	-2,725,000

The Tournament Director has announced that there will be four more hands remaining on Day 6 of the 2019 WSOP Main Event.

Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 500,000 and Atlee Jones got his short stack in from the big blind. Dzivielevski asked for a count and once it was determined to be for 1,775,000 in total, he made the call.

Atlee Jones:   
Yuri Dzivielevski:   

"We are live," the rail of Jones said when they spotted the cards in the showdown and added "diamonds are good" on the     flop. Jones took the lead on the   turn while Dzivielevski had a flush draw.

It was not the spade that ended the tournament of Jones, but the   that came on the river, sending him to the rail in 38th place for $211,945.

Yuri Dzivielevski	14,500,000	2,000,000
Atlee Jones	0	-4,600,000

Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 500,000 and Preben Stokkan called in the big blind. On a flop of    , Stokkan check-called a bet of 900,000 and they ended up checking through the   turn and   river. Stokkan showed    and Dzivielevski had that beat with   .

Over on table 472, Marcelo Cudos made it 625,000 to go and Timothy Su called from the big blind. Su check-called bets of 475,000 on the     flop and 1,300,000 on the   turn. The   river was checked and Su announced a pair, turned over the   . Cudos tabled the winning hand in    and his rail from Argentina started clapping.

Timothy Su	33,025,000	-1,975,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	12,500,000	1,200,000
Preben Stokkan	11,600,000	-250,000
Marcelo Cudos	10,500,000	2,450,000

Luke Graham shoved from the hijack and Yuri Dzivielevski asked for a count from the cutoff. The dealer confirmed how much Graham had, which was 4,775,000. Dzivielevski called while the rest of the table folded.

Luke Graham:   
Yuri Dzivielevski:   

The board ran out       for Graham to find an ace on the turn to stay alive and double up.

The dealer dissected one of Graham's stack and concluded they were only 19 high so Graham was all-in for 4,600,000 exactly, which Dzivielevski paid up.

Yuri Dzivielevski	11,300,000	-4,300,000
Luke Graham	9,825,000	5,225,000

Zhen Cai raised to 700,000 from the button and Corey Burbick called from the big blind.

The flop was     and Burbick check-called 450,000 from Cai.

The turn was the   and Burbick check-called 1,000,000 from Cai.

The river was the   and both players checked.

Burbick tabled    for aces and fives, Cai mucked and Burbick won the pot.

Zhen Cai	14,300,000	-1,750,000
Corey Burbick	9,000,000	1,975,000

Oliver Bithell raised to 525,000 from under the gun and Hiroki Nawa defended his big blind.

They both checked through the     to see the   pair the board up on the turn. Nawa bet 325,000 and Bithell called.

The river completed the board with the  , Nawa continued with a bet of 400,000 but Bithell decided to raise to 2,200,000. This sent Nawa into the tank for several minutes, during which he stared at Bithell a few times and was stared right back at. After a while, Bithell decided to call the clock on him. The floor came over, the dealer explained the situation, and the floor gave Nawa 30 seconds to make a decision. The floor started counting down from five and eventually declared the hand dead.

Oliver Bithell	16,300,000	0
Hiroki Nawa	10,050,000	-250,000