Event #14: €10,350 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em

Not even four full levels were needed to whittle a field of 14 players down to the last six players of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 Main Event at King's Resort. Anthony Zinno from the United States leads the way with 16,845,000 in chips.

Behind Zinno is Alexandros Kolonias, who bagged 12,150,000 in chips after spinning up a short stack on the penultimate day. Dario Sammartino, chip leader at the start of the day, remains in contention as well. The Italian is just the fourth player that made two World Series of Poker Main Event final tables in the same year, after Ivan Demidov, Antoine Saout, and James Akenhead. Sammartino will enter Day 6 with 7,100,000 chips, giving him the fourth-biggest stack among the remaining hopefuls.

The other three players that round the top six are Anh Do (8,725,000), Claas Segebrecht (6,400,000), and Rifat Palevic (2,915,000). Here are how the players are seated when play resumes on Thursday, October 31 at 2 p.m. local time.

2019 WSOPE Main Event - Seat Assignments for the Final Day

A Real Blast for Zinno

"My final day was a blast, a real blast", Zinno said after he was done with bagging and tagging his chips. "I started the day feeling optimistic about the outcome, this is how I play every tournament, always focused on winning. I lost a preflop all-in during the final table with ace-jack versus ace-queen, but I tried to remain calm. I realized that I still have a big stack and there is no reason to be disappointed," the bracelet-winner added.

If Zinno wins the Main Event tomorrow, it will be his third WSOP gold bracelet and his third seven-digit score, all of which will correspond to first places. "No matter how big your volume is in the span of two years, the variance is a huge factor and usually you get many top 18 finishes. It is very important to run well in these spots, and this is exactly what happened to me today. I ran pure," Zinno explained.

The most important hand of the day for Zinno was the last one, where he eliminated Julien Martini in seventh place. The Frenchman opened from the hijack with queens, Anh Do called from the cutoff with ten-nine and Zinno picked up aces in the big blind.

"This was a straight cooler, as I was blessed to hold aces. I could have ace-jack and the progress of the hand would have been exactly the same except the result, so then the final table would have been a whole different story. Martini is one of the best tournament players and I can say that this was the perfect spot for me, having pocket aces in a standard squeeze spot against an aggressive player with pocket queens," Zinno said about the cooler. Martini ended up shoving all in for 5.87 million chips and Zinno called to send him to the rail after a clean board for him.

Day 5 Results and Remaining Payouts

Day 5 Action

Play started for Day 5 of the event with 14 players returning to the tables to battle it out for a seat on the unofficial final table of nine and then in the final six players of the Main Event. At the beginning of the day there were multiple double ups as it looked like the short stacks were always finding a way to stay alive and win the all in clashes.

It took almost an hour for the first elimination to come and it was Mykola Kostyrko who busted in 14th place. After the eliminations of Christian Rudolph, David "ODB" Baker, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, and Daniel Rezaei the unofficial final table of nine was set.

A record nine different nationalities composed the final table of the event, with Alexandros Kolonias holding the chip lead with over eight million chips, but there were three more players who had more than eight million. The players were mostly careful during the final table and it took almost one and a half level for the first elimination.

Marek Blasko saw his king-queen being in the losing end of the hand against Zinno's king-ten, despite hitting a queen on the flop, since two tens in the turn and the river respectively sent him to the rail. Jakob Madsen lost a flip against Kolonias when he was left short to bust in eighth place and sent the remaining players to the final day bubble.

Martini started Day 5 in the best possible way since he doubled up in the very first hand against Baker to take the lead but finished just one place away from the final day of the event. "So close but yet so far," is what he said after busting in his fourth career WSOP final table.

Julien Martini raised to 450,000 from the hijack and Anh Do called from the cutoff with   . Anthony Zinno three-bet to 1,700,000 from the big blind and Martini responded by moving all in for for 5,870,000. Do gave up his hand but Zinno snap-called

Julien Martini:   
Anthony Zinno:   

The       board was of no help to Martini and he headed to the exit in 7th place for €132,017.

Anthony Zinno	16,845,000	7,920,000
Julien Martini	0	-6,370,000

Anthony Zinno raised to 500,000 from early position with    and Jakob Madsen three-bet shoved for 2,060,000 from middle position. Alexandros Kolonias made the call from the hijack but Zinno let it go.

Jakob Madsen:   
Alexandros Kolonias:   

The board ran out       and Kolonias raked in the pot with jacks and fours, sending Madsen to the rail in 8th place for €99,555.

Alexandros Kolonias	12,115,000	2,160,000
Jakob Madsen	0	-2,060,000

Julien Martini opened the action with a raise to 450,000 in the hijack with the    and Anthony Zinno came along out of the big blind with the   . On a flop of    , Zinno checked Martini did so as well in order to see the   turn for free.

Zinno checked once more and Martini now bet 800,000 to instantly win the pot.

Claas Segebrecht raised to 400,000 with the    and Jakob Madsen in the big blind gave it some thought before laying down   .

Anthony Zinno	8,925,000	-750,000
Julien Martini	6,370,000	250,000
Claas Segebrecht	3,400,000	0
Jakob Madsen	2,060,000	-500,000

Anh Do raised to 350,000 from middle position with    and Alexandros Kolonias defended from the big blind with   .

The flop was     and Kolonias checked. Do threw in a bet of 510,000 that was enough to win the pot.

Anh Do	12,600,000	595,000
Alexandros Kolonias	10,850,000	495,000

Alexandros Kolonias raised to 350,000 from the button with    and Marek Blasko called from the big blind with   .

The flop fell     and Blasko checked. Kolonias moved all in for 9.855,000 and Blasko with 1,070,000 behind, gave it some thought but chose to fold.

Alexandros Kolonias	10,355,000	-250,000
Marek Blasko	1,070,000	-510,000

Action folded to Anh Do who raised to 360,000 from the button with   . Dario Sammartino defended from the big blind with   .

The dealer fanned a flop of     and Sammartino checked. Anh Do bet 680,000 and Sammartino check-called.

The turn was the   and Sammartino checked again. Do continued with a bet of 1,650,000 and Sammartino thought for a long while, then folded.

Anh Do	12,055,000	1,690,000
Dario Sammartino	6,930,000	-1,550,000

The action was folded around to Anh Do on the button and looked at his cards, with   . He raised to 350,000 and Dario Sammartino defended his big blind with   .

The flop came     and both players checked.

The turn was the   adding a flush draw to Sammartino's hand, but Do was still ahead with his top set. He bet 510,000 after Sammartino's check, who decided to let his hand go.

Anh Do	10,375,000	250,000
Dario Sammartino	8,480,000	-950,000

Dario Sammartino opened the action with a raise to 350,000 from middle position with    and Anthony Zinno was in the hijack position, making a three-bet to 1,200,000 with   .

Alexandros Kolonias on the button folded    after this action and Sammartino threw his cards to the muck too.

Alexandros Kolonias	10,075,000	-350,000
Dario Sammartino	9,430,000	-30,000
Anthony Zinno	7,595,000	80,000