Day 6 At WSOP Main Event - A Thriller

15.07.2008, Lesen Sie hier den Bericht über «Day 6 At WSOP Main Event - A Thriller».

Original Main Event entry field now down to just 27 - and Hellmuth is gone

Day 6 of the 39th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas ended as we went to press, with just 27 players left, all guaranteed to earn six-figure or bigger rewards for lasting the course so far.

It was a long day full of excitement as chip leader Mark Ketteringham on $5.8 million led the surviving Day 5 field of 79 players into Day 6 with plenty of big guns still in contention, including David "Chino" Rheem, David Benefield, Brandon Cantu, Kido Pham and Mike "The Mouth" Matusow.

There was an early controversy when tournament officials ruled that 'Poker Brat' Phil Hellmuth should start the day a little later, having received a one-orbit penalty for berating a player as play closed on Day 5. This had the potential to prejudice Hellmuth's chances as he was among the short stacks in a field with an average chip stack of well over a million.

Hellmuth subsequently met with top tournament and Harrah's officials, including WSOP director Jeffrey Pollack, who decided the penalty imposed was excessive and overturned the punishment, allowing Hellmuth to continue. Pollack stressed that Hellmuth had been strongly cautioned, saying: "Phil has now been warned and put on notice in a way that he never has been."

For Hellmuth, it was a temporary respite however. The WSOP star was subsequently taken down by Andrew Rosscamm deep into Day 6 and departed in 45th place with a check for $154 400.

Eliminations continued throughout the day in a steady stream right through to the 90 minute dinner break at which point what was left of the field was seated in the cavernous Amazon Room around just four tables, with the target of reaching 27 players to end the day in sight and just eight eliminations away. It took time - an hour later only one more elimination had been reached. Highlights included some monster six-figure bets by Cristian Dragomir, including one that gave Tiffany Michelle a half million dollars.

Dragomir, along with Nikolay Losev headed for the exit in 29th and 28th positions respectively as the night ended, taking home a highly consolatory $193 000 each for their finishes, and giving the surviving 27 players an opportunity to get a good night's sleep before entering Day 7of this increasingly tense competition.

Eliminations in Day 6 have included: Matt Matros, Keith Hawkins, Justin Scott, Alex Outhred, Phil Hellmuth, Jonathan Plens, Kido Pham, Andrew Rosscamm, Jamal Kunbuz and Victor Ramdin. Mike Matusow held out until 30th place but was also eliminated.

Jeremy Joseph, who was chip leader and going so well earlier in the tournament went out at 57th position with a check for $115 800, and major Day 6 chip leader early on, Mark Ketteringham, was eliminated in 52nd place for $135 000. Internet superstar Adam Levy left in 48th position.

Unofficial Day 6 Top Ten chip counts as Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa went to press were:

Craig Marquis $11 300 000

Dennis Phillips $11 150 000

Tiffany Michelle $9 900 000 - the only woman left in the Main Event.

Peter Eastgate $8 720 000

Gert Andersen $8 350 000

Kelly Kim $7 850 000

Chris Klodnicki $7 800 000

David Rheem $6 800 000

Ivan Demidov $5 800 000

Paul Snead $5 600 000

The average stack going in to Day 7 is $5 069 630, and 27 players are left on three tables.

Über World Series of Poker (WSOP):

Die World Series of Poker, oder kurz WSOP, ist eine Reihe von Pokerturnieren, die jedes Jahr in Las Vegas ausgetragen werden.

Die World Series of Poker finden jährlich im Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas statt.

Die World Series of Poker ist die grösste und prestigeträchtigste Pokerveranstaltung der Welt. Mit einer umfassenden Liste von Turnieren in allen wichtigen Pokervarianten ist die WSOP das am längsten laufende Pokerturnier der Welt und geht auf das Jahr 1970 zurück.

Darüber hinaus hat die WSOP bahnbrechende Allianzen in den Bereichen Rundfunk, digitale Medien und Unternehmenssponsoring gebildet und die Marke mit der Einführung der WSOP Europe im Jahr 2007 und der WSOP Asia-Pacific im Jahr 2013 sowie der WSOP International Circuit Series im Jahr 2015 erfolgreich international ausgebaut.

Ursprünglich wurden die Tourniere in Las Vegas Downtown im Binion's Horseshoe Casino ausgetragen. Im Jahre 2005 kaufte Caesars den Brand WSOP. Seit diesem Datum werden die Pokermeisterschaften im Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino durchgeführt.

Gewinner der letzten Jahre des WSOP-Championship-Mainevent

2020: Damian Salas 2019: Hossein Ensan 2018: John Cynn 2017: Scott Blumstein 2016: Qui Nguyen 2015: Joe McKeehen 2014: Martin Jacobson 2013: Ryan Riess 2012: Greg Merson 2011: Pius Heinz 2010: Jonathan Duhamel 2009: Joe Cada 2008: Peter Eastgate 2007: Jerry Yang 2006: Jamie Gold 2005: Joe Hachem 2004: Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer 2003: Chris Moneymaker 2002: Robert Varkonyi 2001: Carlos Mortensen 2000: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 1999: J.J. "Noel" Furlong 1998: Scotty Nguyen 1997: Stu Ungar 1996: Huck Seed 1995: Dan Harrington 1994: Russ Hamilton 1993: Jim Bechtel 1992: Hamid Dastmalchi 1991: Brad Daugherty 1990: Mansour Matloubi 1989: Phil Hellmuth Jr. 1988: Johnny Chan 1987: Johnny Chan 1986: Berry Johnston 1985: Bill Smith 1984: Jack Keller 1983: Tom McEvoy 1982: Jack Strauss 1981: Stu Ungar 1980: Stu Ungar 1979: Hal Fowler 1978: Bobby Baldwin 1977: Doyle Brunson 1976: Doyle Brunson 1975: Sailor Roberts 1974: Johnny Moss 1973: Puggy Pearson 1972: Amarillo Slim Preston 1971: Johnny Moss 1970: Johnny Moss

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