Event #67: MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

The 2021 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event is down to the final 36 hopefuls out of a field of 6,650 entries. All those still in contention have locked up a decent portion of the $62,011,250 already and will pad their bankrolls with a payday of at least $198,550. However, all eyes are set on the days to come as a new World Champion will be crowned at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Day 6 concluded with three dozen contenders still in the mix and Hye Park topped the leaderboard with a stack of 29,500,000. During the late stages, Park notched up several knockouts to surpass Demosthenes Kiriopoulos (24,905,000) and Joshua Remitio (21,490,000) on the overnight leaderboard. For Remitio, the tournament has already surpassed all expectations as he admitted in table chat that his previous biggest buy-in was a mere $300.

"I'm just taking it one level at a time. I am kind of shocked I've made it this far. This is my first main event and I don't really play any tournaments to begin with. I'm just trying to wake up from this dream," Remitio said after he had bagged up the third-biggest stack on Day 6. He has been studying for the last two years and locked up the far biggest cash on the live poker circuit already.

Top 10 in Chips After Day 6 of the 2021 WSOP Main Event

Among the notables with big stacks are also Chase Bianchi, Koray Aldemir, Ramon Colillas, Alejandro Lococo, and David Cabrera. The Argentinian rapper Lococo, who is known under his stage name "Papo MC" finished Day 6 inside the top 10 after his late surge in the final level culminated in the elimination of Tyler Cornell.

Bianchi built his stack throughout the day with a smile on his face. "This is my first Main Event cash. I'm just trying to enjoy it and blast away." For many other hopefuls, the deep run is a dream come true including Matthew Jewett: "I wake up every day having to pinch myself. I've dreamt about this my entire life."

Chance Kornuth finished the day just outside of the top 10 and continues to shine in the 2021 WSOP, during which he won his third career gold bracelet in Event #29: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em. Other notables returning for Day 7 include Jareth East, Jesse Lonis, the WSOP bracelet winners Robert Mitchell and Mitchell Halverson, as well as Nicolas Dumont.

Two GGPoker qualifiers are also still in the hunt for the top prize of $8 million. Sean Ragozzini made it through with 13,435,000 in chips while ClubGG qualifier Vasu Amarapu follows not far behind with 10,290,000.

Big Names Fall on Day 6

Day 6 commenced with 96 contenders and several big names were among them. Stephen Chidwick started with one of the bigger stacks but his Main Event run came to an end during the first level of the day. After dropping into the middle of the pack, the Brit took a flip with ace-queen against pocket nines and flopped top pair. However, Mitchell Halverson rivered a straight to send Chidwick to the rail.

John Morgan turned a flush to eliminate Yuri Dzivielevski and Stephen Song ran into the flopped flush of Ruslan Dykshteyn. Right before the first break, Asher Conniff had his aces cracked by the ace-queen suited of Lewis Spencer.

During the second level of the day, Morgan was dominated with ace-five suited against the ace-ten of Abhinav Iyer and found no help on a jack-high board. In the hours that followed thereafter, the hopes of an even deeper run also ended for Chris Dowling, aforementioned WSOP bracelet winner Iyer, Ehsan Amiri, Nick Petrangelo, Robert Cowen, Alex Goulder, and 2021 WSOP bracelet winner Tyler Cornell.

End of the Road for Nanji and Lim

Among the 96 returning players were also two women as well. Fatima Nanji and Dragana Lim were aiming to make it through another day and keep their hopes alive of reaching the final table. Nanji had taken part in some events during the early stages of the festival and returned on short notice from Canada to participate in the Main Event. That decision certainly paid off as Nanji collected $68,900 for her 90th place finish.

Lim was among the big stacks on the previous two days and continued her path to success with a double elimination. However, she eventually had to settle for 64th place after her ace-king ended up second-best to ace-queen on the feature table. Lim intends to use her $95,700 payday to build her own Animal Foundation.

Upon completion of five two-hour levels, Day 6 concluded with 36 players remaining. They will return for Day 7 on Monday, November 15, at noon local time. The recommencing blinds will be 120,000-240,000 with a big blind ante of 240,000. Day 7 is scheduled to play down to the nine-handed final table and the PokerNews team will be back then to provide all the key hands from start to finish.

Day 6 is officially over with 36 players remaining. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's events.

Sean Ragozzini raised to 400,000 from the hijack and Robert Mitchell defended his big blind.

The flop came    , Mitchell check-called the 200,000 bet of Ragozzini.

The turn was the  , Mitchell checked again. This time, Ragozzini bet 450,000 and Mitchell came along to the   on the river.

Mitchell checked for the final time, Ragozzini took his time to consider his options and then decided to bet 2,500,000 which Mitchell called. Ragozzini tabled the    for the flopped full house and the pot as Mitchell mucked.

Alejandro Lococo	19,600,000	-35,000
Koray Aldemir	19,000,000	-700,000
Sean Ragozzini	13,200,000	3,900,000
Jareth East	12,100,000	500,000
Jung Woo	10,500,000	-500,000
Matthew Jewett	9,500,000	0
Robert Mitchell	7,500,000	-2,900,000
Mitchell Halverson	5,900,000	-100,000
Denys Prydvor	3,100,000	-1,000,000

The action kicked off with an open raise to 400,000 by Alejandro Lococo and Tyler Cornell three-bet to 1.5 million in the big blind, earning a call from Lococo. The     flop brought a bet worth 900,000 by Cornell and Lococo came along, giving it just brief consideration.

On the   turn, Cornell announced all-in and Lococo asked for a count. The shove was for 4.61 million and it took just 90 seconds for Lococo to mull over the decision and call.

Tyler Cornell:   
Alejandro Lococo:   

Cornell vaulted out of his seat and so did the rapper from Argentina. The river was a blank   and just like that, Cornell was eliminated in 37th place for $163,900.

Alejandro Lococo	19,635,000	7,135,000
Tyler Cornell	0	-6,800,000

Jareth East raised to 450,000 from under the gun and Matthew Jewett three-bet to 1,300,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to East who tanked for over 90 seconds before making the call.

The flop came    , East checked and Jewett continued with a bet of 1,300,000 for East to fold.

Koray Aldemir	19,700,000	-1,300,000
Jareth East	11,600,000	-1,300,000
Jung Woo	11,000,000	1,300,000
Robert Mitchell	10,400,000	800,000
Matthew Jewett	9,500,000	1,300,000
Sean Ragozzini	9,300,000	-500,000
Mitchell Halverson	6,000,000	-400,000

Philipe Pizzari Pinto raised to 450,000 and Chase Bianchi three-bet 1,200,000 from the button. Pinto called and the flop was    .

Both players checked the flop and the turn was  . Pinto bet 950,000 and Bianchi called.

The river was  . Pinto fired 1,800,000 and Bianchi went into the tank for a brief time before calling. Pinto turned over   , but Bianchi had    to take the pot.

Chase Bianchi	13,500,000	3,900,000
Philipe Pizzari Pinto	12,900,000	-3,900,000

Koray Aldemir completed his small blind and Robert Mitchell opted to check in the big blind.

The flop came    , they both checked to the   on the turn. Aldemir bet 200,000 for Mitchell to call.

The river completed the board with the  . Aldemir continued with a bet of 320,000 for Mitchell to fold.

Koray Aldemir	21,000,000	700,000
Jareth East	12,900,000	400,000
Sean Ragozzini	9,800,000	700,000
Jung Woo	9,700,000	-1,200,000
Robert Mitchell	9,600,000	300,000
Matthew Jewett	8,200,000	-500,000
Mitchell Halverson	6,400,000	-400,000

Ramon Colillas raised to 400,000 and Nicolas Dumont called from the big blind.

The flop was     and Dumont checked. Colillas bet another 400,000 and Dumont called.

The turn was   and both players checked to see the river  .

Dumont fired 600,000 and Colillas raised to 2,000,000. Dumont went into the take for a moment and called. Colillas showed    to take the pot while Dumont mucked the losing hand.

Ramon Colillas	24,800,000	3,100,000
Philipe Pizzari Pinto	16,800,000	400,000
Chase Bianchi	9,600,000	100,000
Lewis Spencer	8,200,000	0
Nicolas Vayssieres	8,100,000	-700,000
Nicolas Dumont	6,700,000	-3,100,000
Jack Oliver	6,000,000	-500,000
Matthew Schulte	3,700,000	-900,000

Tyler Cornell defended the big blind against the cutoff raise by Norbert Koh and check-called a bet on the     flop. On the   turn, Cornell check-called for 1,050,000 and checked agin the   on the river.

Koh now bet 1,800,000 and Cornell reluctantly called to get shown    for the nut flush by Koh.

Norbert Koh	9,275,000	4,275,000
Tyler Cornell	6,800,000	-3,610,000

Jack Oliver limped in from middle position and Chase Bianchi called from the small blind. Ramon Colillas checked his option and the flop came    .

Bianchi bet 350,000 and Colillas got out of the way while Oliver called.

The turn was   and both players checked. The river was  .

Bianchi checked and Oliver bet 600,000. Bianchi check-raised to 2,490,000, enough to put Oliver all-in, and Oliver called quickly.

Bianchi had    and a missed straight draw. Oliver turned over    for the flush to take the pot.

Ramon Colillas	21,700,000	2,700,000
Chase Bianchi	9,500,000	-4,300,000
Jack Oliver	6,500,000	3,500,000