Event #70: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

Day 6 of the 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event has come to an end and Jeffrey Farnes leads 35 players into Wednesday's Day 7. The 2022 Main Event drew 8,663 runners and generated a prize pool of $80,782,475, from which the winner will take home $10,000,000. Day 6 welcomed 123 players, and 35 will return on Wednesday at 2 p.m. local time to play down to a final table.

Farnes is trailed at the top of the chip counts by Brian Kim, who ran hot all day and came up just short of the chip lead in the last moments of the evening. Philippe Souki, Karim Rebei, and Espen Jorstad round out the top five chip counts.

2022 World Series of Poker Main Event Day 6 Top Ten Chip Counts

Day 6 Chip Leader

Farnes is the chip leader thanks to a day full of heroics and big hands.

"I guess it's every poker player's dream. It's surreal. I think I'll pinch myself when this whole thing's over," Farnes said about being the Day 6 chip leader.

The highlight of Farnes day came in the late stages of the evening when he made his charge up the leaderboard, first with the elimination of 2021 Main Event seventh place finisher Alejandro Lococo. Lococo got it in with ace-queen, but Farnes called with pocket tens.

"I just kind of felt like it was time to get one of the toughest players in the field out, so I tried it," Farnes said about his flip with Lococo.

"It was only, I think, 20 percent of my stack to do it so I went ahead and made the gamble. And it was right. So that was cool."

A short time later, Farnes vaulted into the chip lead when he picked up quads to take a chunk of Tzur Levy's chip stack and chip up to nearly 40 million.

"To get quad nines at the Main Event on Day 6. I don't know if it gets any better than that."

New Stars Emerge on Day 6

The most memorable hand of the day came when Haim Or Krief picked up pocket queens and cracked the aces of Gilbert Cruz in a three-way pot that also included Stanley Lee and his pocket jacks. The aces were in command, but runner-runner hearts brought a flush for Or Krief to send Cruz and Lee to the rail in early Day 6 action.

Among the others in the top ten is Matija Dobric, who made Day 7 last year and finished in 32nd place.

"There is no mindset, I just play hand by hand and whatever happens happens, that's poker like every other poker tournament," Dobric said after bagging up his chips at the end of Day 6. "I mean, it's not like every other event but I play my best every hand and there is nothing special about it.

"Last year it was really hard. I couldn't sleep because I was full of adrenaline and when I woke up after four or five hours of sleep, I was trying to stay awake at the table. This year is different, I am calm, I can sleep, I can get good rest, everything goes smooth."

Dobric will return for Day 7 with more experience and the rare opportunity to get another shot at making the Main Event final table.

Among the other breakout stars on Day 6 was Rebei, who got involved in hands early and often throughout the tournament.

"I hope [my playing style] is disturbing for the other players," Rebei said, offering some insight into his playing style - a style that involves playing a lot of hands. "What a lot of players have forgotten, there are 52 cards in the deck. If we want to play short deck, we play for short deck. I play 52 cards."

Also returning is Brooklyn-native Efthymia Litsou, who has locked up her first career WSOP cash in this year's Main Event.

"I'm feeling very good. My aim was to make it through Day 1 so Day 7 sounds great," Litsou said at the end of Day 6.

Litsou returns as the only woman remaining in this year's Main Event after Shelby Wells bowed out just after the tournament reached its final 100 players.

"I wish there were more women playing the game, so maybe next year," Litsou said.

Her preparation plans for Day 7?

"Get some alcohol in me first, and then some good night's sleep."

Other runners that made it to Day 6 but couldn't find their way to Day 7 include Dan Smith, Zilong Zhang, Day 2 chip leader Muhammad Abdel Rahim, Day 1A chip leader Cedrric Trevino and Day 5 chip leader James Hobbs.

Remaining Payouts

Players will return at 2 p.m. Wednesday to the Bally's Event Center and play will resume at Level 32 with blinds at 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 big blind ante. Action will continue on Day 7 until the Main Event reaches its final table and PokerNews will be there to carry all of the action.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews live reporting team all week long for coverage from the floor of the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.

In the penultimate hand of the night, the action was picked up on the      turn on which Jonathan Rosa checked. Philippe Souki bet 1,250,000 on his second barrel and Rosa then check-raised to 3,100,000 for Souki to call.

Rosa led the   on the river for 3,900,000 and Souki only took a few seconds before tossing in a single chip for the call. After being reluctant to show his cards, Rosa pointed towards Souki to show the superior hand and then mucked when the Brit tabled the    for a set of deuces.

Philippe Souki	32,475,000	10,975,000
John Eames	22,450,000	1,450,000
Cameron Blazevich	11,575,000	-525,000
Adam Demersseman	9,575,000	-775,000
Aaron Duczak	8,125,000	-375,000
Mack Khan	7,450,000	1,150,000
Matthew Su	7,075,000	-525,000
Mayank Madan	6,725,000	-275,000
Jonathan Rosa	4,350,000	-8,400,000

Efthymia Litsou raised to 525,000 from the cutoff and Robert Welch called from the button before Brian Kim came along from the small blind. Litsou called and the flop was    

Litsou shoved 6,200,000 on the flop and Kim called quickly.

Efthymia Litsou:   
Brian Kim:   

The board ran out with   and   to seal the deal on Litsou's big double with a set of jacks at the end of Day 6.

Brian Kim	33,000,000	-3,300,000
Efthymia Litsou	18,600,000	7,200,000
Robert Welch	4,100,000	-2,200,000

It's been a difficult level for Tzur Levy, who had fallen to around 5,000,000 after being up to more than 20,000,000. But he just got some of those chips back after tangling with Espen Jorstad.

Levy raised to 500,000 from early position as action folded around to Jorstad in the big blind, who called.

The flop came     and Levy continued for 400,000. Jorstad raised to 1,300,000 and Levy called to see the   on the turn.

Jorstad sat motionlessly, his arms resting on his lap, for a few moments before checking and Levy quickly checked behind. The river came the   and Jorstad again checked. Levy also tapped the felt as Jorstad showed   .

Levy, though, turned over    to take the pot.

Espen Jorstad	25,200,000	-3,300,000
Tzur Levy	7,500,000	2,500,000

Karim Rebei raised it up from the hijack and Kamal Bittar defended from the big blind. The flop came     and Bittar check-called a bet of 750,000 from Rebei.

The turn brought the   and both players checked to the   on the river. Bittar led out with a small bet of 600,000 and Rebei quickly called. Bittar showed    for a full house and raked in the pot.

Karim Rebei	29,400,000	2,500,000
Kamal Bittar	17,625,000	3,625,000

George Turner moved all in for 2,930,000 from the cutoff and was called by Vadim Rozin out of the small blind.

George Turner:   
Vadim Rozin:   

Turner was pipped by Rozin's superior kicker and would need to come from behind to survive. The     flop changed little but the   turn did give Turner a gutshot. It did not come in on the   river, ending the British player's deep run late on Day 6.

Vadim Rozin	16,100,000	4,900,000
George Turner	0	-3,100,000

Nathanael Kogel open-shoved his last 2,180,000 and Robert Welch went for the knockout from the small blind.

Nathanael Kogel:   
Robert Welch:   

The board ran out       and Kogel held on with pocket tens to secure the double.

Robert Welch	6,300,000	-1,100,000
Nathanael Kogel	4,900,000	2,700,000

Tzur Levy and Jeffrey Farnes went heads-up to the turn on a board of      when Levy bet 1,350,000 from early position. Farnes, to his immediate left, called.

The river came the   and Levy continued for 2,850,000. Farnes sat motionless for a moment before announcing a raise to 8,200,000.

Levy considered the decision for about a minute before sticking in a call. "Quads," Farnes said as he turned over   , taking the pot and increasing his stack to nearly 40,000,000.

Jeffrey Farnes	38,000,000	9,500,000
Tzur Levy	9,200,000	-7,925,000

Nathanael Kogel raised to 750,000 from middle position and Matthew Shepsky shoved his last 4,080,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Kogel called to put Shepsky at risk.

Matthew Shepsky:   
Nathanael Kogel:   

The board ran out       and Shepsky held on with ace-king to secure the important double in the last level of Day 6.

Matthew Shepsky	8,700,000	2,900,000
Nathanael Kogel	2,200,000	-4,400,000