WSOP.com - $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

The final table is set for the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 Main Event on WSOP.com!

On Monday, the surviving 71 players from a 705-entry field returned to battle for one of nine coveted spots. It took less than seven hours of play for the lineup to be set, and now those players will have to wait until Monday, December 28 to play down to a winner live in Las Vegas.

Each player is guaranteed $98,813 in prize money, but each is looking to take home the $1,553,256 top prize, which also provides them the opportunity to compete for an additional $1 million and the gold bracelet in a heads-up showdown against the winner of the GGPoker international portion of the WSOP on Wednesday, December 30. The runner-up will also become a poker millionaire as $1,002,340 is set aside for second place.

Leading the pack with more than twice his nearest opponent is Joseph "kolebear" Hebert, who hails from Metairie, Louisiana. Hebert has 41 career WSOP cashes totaling $344,297, the majority of which has come on the WSOP Circuit.

Hebert came on strong from two tables onwards when he eliminated every player but one from the last 15 down to the final table. That included dispatching accomplished poker pros Clayton "NevarLucky" Maguire (13th - $62,266), Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani (12th - $62,266), and Dan "pepperprince" Zack (11th - $77,832).

Others at the final table include three-time WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva, New Jersey poker pro Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty, and Shawn "shades927" Stroke, who finished second in the 2018 WSOP Event #10: $365 NLH WSOP.com Online for $94,265.

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The tournament, which was limited to players in Nevada and New Jersey, proved to be a big success; in fact, the turnout for the single flight was larger than the combined 674 runners from the international portion on GGPoker. Combined, the 2020 WSOP Main Event reached 1,379 players.

Among those to make Day 2 but fall short of the final table were Barry "puigmyfriend" Hutter (70th - $18,274), Ryan "Protential" Laplante (68th - $18,274), Ruth "crazeelf666" Ruffman (63rd - $20,304), Nick "cashusklay" Schulman (55th - $20,304), Galen "turkmalloy" Hall (53rd - $22,334), Shankar "Burgersssss" Pillai (51st - $22,334), Darren "darrenelias" Elias (50th - $22,334), 2013 WSOP Main Event Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess (47th - $22,334), Freddy "nevera" Deeb (46th - $22,334), Scott "ThatsPraxis" Seiver (39th - $25,718), Jason "haderade" Somerville (32nd - $29,779), Maria "femmeonfelt" Ho (22nd - $35,194), and final table bubble boy Anthony "nowb3athat" Spinella (10th - $77,832).

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The field is down to the fina table of nine players. As such, play has concluded and the remaining players will play out the tournament live on Monday, December 28 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Stay tuned for a list of chip counts and a recap of the Day 2 action.

Dan "pepperprince" Zack raised to 240,000 from under the gun. Joseph "kolebear" Hebert called next to act and everyone else folded.

The flop came all clubs    . Hebert bet 480,000 after a check from Zack who then called.

The turn was the  . Zack checked again and Hebert forced him all in with the maximum bet. Zack called after a moment and turned over the two pair    while Hebert showed the hammer with top set the   .

The river was the   and Zack was vanquished in 11th place.

Joseph "kolebear" Hebert	12,748,534	3,473,618
Dan "pepperprince" Zack	0	-2,691,878

Joseph "kolebear" Hebert raised to 240,000 from early position. Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani defended out of the big blind.

The flop came    . Zamani checked. Hebert then bet 199,999 into the pot of 612,000. Zamani came over the top with a shove for 1,377,958. Hebert called and the cards were revealed.

Zamani had the    while Hebert had the   . The turn was the   and the river came the   to spell the end for Zamani in 12th place.

Joseph "kolebear" Hebert	9,274,916	-1,427,548
Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani	0	-1,259,958

Rody "Eli1995" Collazo raised to 200,000 from under the gun and it folded all the way around to the big blind, Joseph "kolebear" Hebert who moved all in to force Collazo to put his remaining 1,565,983 in the middle which he did.

Collazo was at risk but was in a good spot for a double as he held the    against the    of Hebert.

The flop kept the jacks ahead as it came    . But the turn was the doom card for Collazo as the   came off. The rive sealed the deal as the   fell to end Collazo's tournament run in 15th place.

Joseph "kolebear" Hebert	7,070,866	2,659,767
Rody "Eli1995" Collazo	0	-2,873,983

Stephen "tonystarsgfk" Graner raised to 200,000 from middle position. Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani moved all in from the small blind for 569,979. Graner made the call.

Zamani was looking good to double up as he held the    against the    of Graner.

The board ran out safely for the nines as it came       and Zamani gathered in the big double up.

Stephen "tonystarsgfk" Graner	1,798,758	652,855
Martin "Bathroomline" Zamani	1,319,958	-859,389

Michael "johnnycynn" Hahn moved all in for 853,624 from the cutoff and Dan "pepperprince" Zack called from the small blind. Clayton "NevarLucky" Maguire then moved all in from the big and Zack called off the 618,718 he had behin.

Michael "johnnycynn" Hahn:   
Dan "pepperprince" Zack:   
Clayton "NevarLucky" Maguire:   

Maguire had the best hand but the board ran out       to give Zack Broadway and the win. Meanwhile, Hahn was eliminated in 17th place.

Dan "pepperprince" Zack	3,870,308	2,677,966
Clayton "NevarLucky" Maguire	774,215	-1,300,792
Michael "johnnycynn" Hahn	0	-1,371,308

Sang "youngkoi" Lee was eliminated in 19th place when his    fell in a preflop all in to the    Dan "pepperprince" Zack.

The board ran out       and the field was cut to just two tables as the break approached.

Dan "pepperprince" Zack	1,200,342	-207,252
Sang "youngkoi" Lee	0	-992,396