For the second time in three years, Nicholas Rigby was eliminated on Day 6 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, this time for losing a race on the featured table.

The Pittsburgh area poker player who was one of the more entertaining characters in the field, went out in 131st place ($67,700) in the largest Main Event ever (10,043 entries). He finished 52nd in 2021, and like this year, spent much of his final few sessions seated at the PokerGO live-stream tables.

Poker Fan Favorite Can’t Win a Race

Similar to 2021, Rigby, who made the “dirty diaper” hand (deuce-three) famous, went on quite a wild roller coaster ride in the Main Event, running up a massive stack, bluffing much of it off, then rebuilding to a big stack. Rinse and repeat. But on Wednesday, the ride came to its conclusion during the first level of the session.

PokerGO’s live-stream shifted over to Rigby’s table where he was all in and at risk with J♠J♥ against the A♣K♣ of Diego D’Aquilio, a classic race situation for a 40 big blind pot (3,280,000).

The flop came out 10♥J♣2♠, top set for Mr. Dirty Diaper, putting him in a great spot to double up back to a decent stack. All he had to do was dodge the gut-shot straight draw, and he would do that with the 6♠ on the turn. But when the Q♠ hit on the river, it completed D’Aquilio’s straight and sent Rigby home in 131st place on Day 6.

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“It’s been a blast. Not everyone gets to experience what I did,” Rigby told PokerGO’s Kara Scott in his post-game interview.

Rigby’s run came to an end early on Wednesday afternoon, but he provided plenty of entertainment for the fans. He bagged a Day 1d chip lead, continued building his stack on Day 3, and had a huge stack at points of every session except for Day 6 where he simply couldn’t get anything going. Rigby has just two World Series of Poker cashes, both in the Main Event, and both deep runs.

The 2023 WSOP Main Event continues with 111 remaining players at the time of publishing. Some notables still standing include Tony Dunst, John Racener, and Ryan Tosoc.

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DATE TIME ET TOURNAMENT NAME BUY-IN GTD

Sun July 16 2:00 PM GOAT Opening GC 2,000,000 Freeroll [Turbo] 0 0

Mon July 17 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 01-L: NLHE GC 4,000,000 Guaranteed 11,000 4,000,000

Mon July 17 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 01-M: NLHE GC 9,000,000 Guaranteed 33,000 9,000,000

Mon July 17 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 01-H: NLHE GC 24,000,000 Guaranteed 99,000 24,000,000

Mon July 17 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 01-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed 11,000 2,500,000

Tue July 18 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 02-L: PLO GC 5,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] 5,500 5,000,000

Tue July 18 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 02-M: PLO GC 9,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] 11,000 9,000,000

Tue July 18 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 02-H: PLO GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] 22,000 20,000,000

Tue July 18 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 02-L: PLO GC 4,500,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] 5,500 4,500,000

Wed July 19 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 03-L: NLHE GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [2R1A] 5,500 3,500,000

Wed July 19 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 03-M: NLHE GC 12,000,000 Guaranteed [2R1A] 22,000 12,000,000

Wed July 19 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 03-H: NLHE GC 25,000,000 Guaranteed [2R1A] 55,000 25,000,000

Wed July 19 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 03-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed [2R1A] 5,500 2,500,000

Thu July 20 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 04-L: NLHE GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [Bounty] 11,000 3,500,000

Thu July 20 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 04-M: NLHE GC 8,000,000 Guaranteed [Bounty] 33,000 8,000,000

Thu July 20 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 04-H: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Bounty] – Fortune Cookie Day 99,000 20,000,000

Thu July 20 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 04-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed [Bounty] 11,000 2,500,000

Fri July 21 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 05-L: NLHE GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max] 11,000 3,500,000

Fri July 21 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 05-M: NLHE GC 8,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max] 33,000 8,000,000

Fri July 21 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 05-H: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max] 99,000 20,000,000

Fri July 21 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 05-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max] 11,000 2,500,000

Sat July 22 3:00 PM GPC GOAT 06-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 11,000 2,000,000

Sat July 22 4:15 PM GPC GOAT 06-M: NLHE GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 22,000 3,500,000

Sat July 22 5:30 PM GPC GOAT 06-H: NLHE GC 15,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] – Hammock Day 99,000 15,000,000

Sat July 22 6:30 PM GPC GOAT 07-X: NLHE GC 5,000,000 Guaranteed [4-Max, Deep] 33,000 5,000,000

Sat July 22 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 08-L: NLHE GC 1,500,000 Guaranteed [1R1A] 5,500 1,500,000

Sat July 22 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 08-M: NLHE GC 8,000,000 Guaranteed [1R1A] 22,000 8,000,000

Sat July 22 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 08-H: NLHE GC 18,000,000 Guaranteed [1R1A] 55,000 18,000,000

Sat July 22 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 08-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [1R1A] 5,500 2,000,000

Sun July 23 3:00 PM GPC GOAT 09-M: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 99,000 20,000,000

Sun July 23 4:15 PM GPC GOAT 09-L: NLHE GC 5,000,000 Guaranteed [Super Deep] 22,000 5,000,000

Sun July 23 5:30 PM GPC GOAT 09-H: NLHE GC 32,000,000 Guaranteed [1R1A] 99,000 32,000,000

Sun July 23 6:30 PM GPC GOAT 10-X: NLHE GC 750,000 Guaranteed [Live Stream, 2R1A, Turbo] 3,300 750,000

Sun July 23 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 11-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed [Deep Turbo] 11,000 2,500,000

Sun July 23 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 11-M: NLHE GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep Turbo] 33,000 6,000,000

Sun July 23 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 11-H: NLHE GC 17,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep Turbo] 99,000 17,000,000

Sun July 23 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 11-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep Turbo] 11,000 2,000,000

Mon July 24 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 12-L: NLHE GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, Deep Turbo] 11,000 3,000,000

Mon July 24 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 12-M: NLHE GC 7,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, Deep Turbo] 33,000 7,000,000

Mon July 24 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 12-H: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, Deep Turbo] 99,000 20,000,000

Mon July 24 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 12-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, Deep Turbo] 11,000 2,000,000

Tue July 25 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 13-L: NLHE GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [Bounty, 6-Max] 11,000 3,000,000

Tue July 25 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 13-M: NLHE GC 7,000,000 Guaranteed [Bounty, 6-Max] 33,000 7,000,000

Tue July 25 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 13-H: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Bounty, 6-Max] 99,000 20,000,000

Tue July 25 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 13-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Bounty, 6-Max] 11,000 2,000,000

Wed July 26 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 14-L: NLHE GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] 3,300 3,000,000

Wed July 26 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 14-M: NLHE GC 8,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] 11,000 8,000,000

Wed July 26 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 14-H: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] – All or Nothing Day 33,000 20,000,000

Wed July 26 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 14-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max] 3,300 2,500,000

Thu July 27 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 15-L: PLO8 GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [8-Max] 11,000 2,000,000

Thu July 27 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 15-M: PLO8 GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed [8-Max] 33,000 6,000,000

Thu July 27 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 15-H: PLO8 GC 9,000,000 Guaranteed [8-Max] 55,000 9,000,000

Thu July 27 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 15-L: PLO8 GC 1,500,000 Guaranteed [8-Max] 11,000 1,500,000

Fri July 28 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 16-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed [6-Max] 11,000 2,500,000

Fri July 28 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 16-M: NLHE GC 7,000,000 Guaranteed [6-Max] 33,000 7,000,000

Fri July 28 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 16-H: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [6-Max] 99,000 20,000,000

Fri July 28 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 16-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [6-Max] 11,000 2,000,000

Sat July 29 3:00 PM GPC GOAT 17-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 11,000 2,000,000

Sat July 29 4:15 PM GPC GOAT 17-M: NLHE GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 22,000 3,500,000

Sat July 29 5:30 PM GPC GOAT 17-H: NLHE GC 15,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 99,000 15,000,000

Sat July 29 6:30 PM GPC GOAT 18-X: FLHE GC 5,000,000 Guaranteed 33,000 5,000,000

Sat July 29 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 19-L: NLHE GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty] 11,000 3,000,000

Sat July 29 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 19-M: NLHE GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty] 33,000 6,000,000

Sat July 29 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 19-H: NLHE GC 17,500,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty] 99,000 17,500,000

Sat July 29 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 19-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty] 11,000 2,000,000

Sun July 30 3:00 PM GPC GOAT 20-M: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 99,000 20,000,000

Sun July 30 4:15 PM GPC GOAT 20-L: NLHE GC 5,000,000 Guaranteed [Super Deep] 22,000 5,000,000

Sun July 30 5:30 PM GPC GOAT 20-H: NLHE GC 30,000,000 Guaranteed [1R1A] 99,000 30,000,000

Sun July 30 6:30 PM GPC GOAT 21-X: NLCP GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [8-Max] 33,000 3,500,000

Sun July 30 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 22-L: NLHE GC 1,500,000 Guaranteed [6-Max, Turbo] 11,000 1,500,000

Sun July 30 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 22-M: NLHE GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed [6-Max, Turbo] 33,000 6,000,000

Sun July 30 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 22-H: NLHE GC 15,000,000 Guaranteed [6-Max, Turbo] 99,000 15,000,000

Sun July 30 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 22-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [6-Max, Turbo] 11,000 2,000,000

Mon July 31 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 23-L: NLHE GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy] 3,300 3,000,000

Mon July 31 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 23-M: NLHE GC 10,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy] 11,000 10,000,000

Mon July 31 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 23-H: NLHE GC 30,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy] 33,000 30,000,000

Mon July 31 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 23-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy] 3,300 2,000,000

Tue August 1 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 24-L: NLHE GC 2,500,000 Guaranteed [Ante Up] 11,000 2,500,000

Tue August 1 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 24-M: NLHE GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed [Ante Up] 33,000 6,000,000

Tue August 1 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 24-H: NLHE GC 10,000,000 Guaranteed [Ante Up] 55,000 10,000,000

Tue August 1 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 24-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Ante Up] 11,000 2,000,000

Wed August 2 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 25-L: NLHE GC 4,000,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance] 11,000 4,000,000

Wed August 2 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 25-M: NLHE GC 10,000,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance] 33,000 10,000,000

Wed August 2 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 25-H: NLHE GC 25,000,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance] 99,000 25,000,000

Wed August 2 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 25-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance] 11,000 2,000,000

Thu August 3 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 26-L: PLO GC 4,000,000 Guaranteed [2R1A, 6-Max] 11,000 4,000,000

Thu August 3 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 26-M: PLO GC 10,000,000 Guaranteed [2R1A, 6-Max] 33,000 10,000,000

Thu August 3 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 26-H: PLO GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [2R1A, 6-Max] 55,000 20,000,000

Thu August 3 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 26-L: PLO GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [2R1A, 6-Max] 11,000 3,000,000

Fri August 4 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 27-L: NLHE GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [Super Bounty] 11,000 3,000,000

Fri August 4 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 27-M: NLHE GC 7,000,000 Guaranteed [Super Bounty] 33,000 7,000,000

Fri August 4 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 27-H: NLHE GC 18,000,000 Guaranteed [Super Bounty] 99,000 18,000,000

Fri August 4 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 27-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Super Bounty] 11,000 2,000,000

Sat August 5 3:00 PM GPC GOAT 28-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 11,000 2,000,000

Sat August 5 4:15 PM GPC GOAT 28-M: NLHE GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 22,000 3,500,000

Sat August 5 5:30 PM GPC GOAT 28-H: NLHE GC 15,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 99,000 15,000,000

Sat August 5 6:30 PM GPC GOAT 29-X: NLHE GC 3,000,000 Guaranteed [Shootout, Heads-Up, Turbo] 33,000 3,000,000

Sat August 5 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 30-L: NLHE GC 2,750,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance, 6-Max] 11,000 2,750,000

Sat August 5 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 30-M: NLHE GC 8,000,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance, 6-Max] 33,000 8,000,000

Sat August 5 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 30-H: NLHE GC 22,000,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance, 6-Max] 99,000 22,000,000

Sat August 5 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 30-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [2x-Chance, 6-Max] 11,000 2,000,000

Sun August 6 3:00 PM GPC GOAT 31-M: NLHE GC 20,000,000 Guaranteed [Deep] 99,000 20,000,000

Sun August 6 4:15 PM GPC GOAT 31-L: NLHE GC 5,000,000 Guaranteed [Super Deep] 22,000 5,000,000

Sun August 6 5:30 PM GPC GOAT 31-H: Main Event NLHE GC 40,000,000 Guaranteed [1R1A] 99,000 40,000,000

Sun August 6 6:30 PM GPC GOAT 32-X: NLHE GC 3,500,000 Guaranteed [Hyper-Turbo] 33,000 3,500,000

Sun August 6 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 33-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max, Turbo] 11,000 2,000,000

Sun August 6 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 33-M: NLHE GC 6,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max,Turbo] 33,000 6,000,000

Sun August 6 9:30 PM GPC GOAT 33-H: NLHE GC 17,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max, Turbo] 99,000 17,000,000

Sun August 6 10:30 PM GPC GOAT 33-L: NLHE GC 2,000,000 Guaranteed [Progressive Bounty, 6-Max, Turbo] 11,000 2,000,000

Day 43 of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Pairs Las Vegas saw five bracelet-awarding events take place. One of those tournaments crowned its champion, another was the Main Event, and another saw the money bubble drag on for three long hours of hand-for-hand action.

Shawn Daniels became a WSOP bracelet winner after coming out on top in Event #77: $777 Lucky 7’s. Only five players returned for the final day’s action, and the champion decided after less than four hours. Daniels is that champion and recipient of a cool $777,777 top prize in addition to some much sought-after WSOP hardware.

Vieira Leads With 15 Players Jockeying for Position in the $25K H.O.R.S.E.

Joao Vieira (2,595,000) heads into Day 3 of Event #80: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. with the chip lead in two after a long, arduous day of mixed games. Fifty-six players sat down on Day 2, with 14 late entrants joining them, but only 15 had chips in front of them when it came to bagging and tagging.

Hand-for-hand play began with 19 players remaining, as only 17 would receive some prize money for their efforts. It took three hours of stop-start poker, spanning three levels, for the money bubble to burst; Vieira eliminated Scott Bohlman during a round of Razz to send the survivors into the money.

Including Vieira, eight of the overnight top ten have at least one bracelet to their name. They include Josh Arieh (2,040,000), John Hennigan (1,588,000), Mike Matusow (705,000), and Brian Hastings (600,000).

Play resumes at 2:00 p.m. local time on July 12, an hour later than previously advertised, and PokerNews will continue its coverage. This event is scheduled to have a fourth day’s play on July 13.

Event #80: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. Top 10 Chip Counts

Main Event Reaches Day 6; Only 149 Players Remain

Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship continued on Day 43, and saw the 441 starters reduced to 149 after another five 120-minute levels. Emerging from the battlefield unscathed was none other than Zachary Hall (16,310,000), who takes a 50 big blind lead into Day 6.

Dozens of talented poker players join Hall on the sixth day of the tournament, knowing they are less than a week away from potentially banking a record-breaking $12.1 million score.

British pro Andrew Hulme (11,065,000) returns with a top five stack, while Tony Dunst (8,285,000) and bracelet winner Jonathan Therme (7,900,000) find themselves in the overnight top ten.

Lower down the counts are such luminaries as the 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener (7,670,000), start-of-the-day chip leader Ryan Tosoc (7,625,000), Maurice Hawkins (6,145,000), Amit Makhija (6,045,000), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (5,465,000), Nikita Luther (4,380,000), and Nicholas “Dirty Diaper” Rigby (1,650,000).

The cards are back in the air from 12:00 p.m. local time on July 12, so return to PokerNews then for all the Main Event action you can handle.

Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

Davies Tops $2,500 NLHE Day 2 Chip Counts; 24 Players Still in the Hunt

Seth Davies‘ wait to win a gold WSOP bracelet could soon be ending as he finds himself in the envious position of being the chip leader of Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em, where only 24 players remain.

Davies returns to the action on the third and final day with 9,425,000 chips, with second-placed Justin Kindred (6,000,000) some distance behind; 34 big blinds behind, in fact.

Four of the returning players are looking to add to their bracelet hauls. James Anderson (4,360,000) and Rui Ferreira (4,300,000) sit back down in the top five, while India’s Kartik Ved (2,220,000) and short-stack Galen Hall (705,000) have more work to do when play resumes.

Each of the returning players has locked in at least $24,635 for their efforts, with the top seven finishers grabbing a six-figure prize. The champion takes home $682,436 and a gold bracelet. Return to PokerNews from 11:00 a.m. on July 12 to discover who that champion is.

Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Top 10 Chip Counts

Huge Field of 3,091 Turns Out on Day 1a of the $600 NLHE Ultra Stack

Day 1a of Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack saw the 3,091 entrants reduced to a much more manageable field of 243 over the course of 22 levels. Chase Land (2,160,000) fared the best of those surviving players, bagging up an early chip lead.

Jiawei Mao (2,150,000) and Christina Gollins (2,000,000) were the only other players to cram at least two million chips into their overnight bags.

The Day 1a top ten is where you also find Shane Schleger (1,800,000), and Belarussian Alex Bolotin (1,785,000). Both of those players are vastly experienced and likely to progress much deeper in this tournament.

Team PokerStars’ Benjamin Spragg (1,020,000) progressed, as did Ian Steinman (965,000), Sebastien Aube (750,000), Dalibor Dula (730,000), and Anatolii Zyrin (615,000).

Day 1b shuffles up and deals at 10:00 a.m. local time on July 12, with anyone who played on the opening flight eligible to enter if they did not make it through to bagging and tagging. As always, PokerNews is the place for updates from this event.

Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack Top 10 Chip Counts

Matakis Bags Big on Day 1 of the $3K PLO 6-Max

Having won a bracelet earlier in the summer and leading the coveted Player of the Year race, Ian Matakis finds himself second in chips in Event #82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Handed) after the first of three day’s play.

Matakis finished Day 1 with 490,500, and was pipped to the chip leader post by Tyler Gaston (552,500).

Bracelet winners Lukas Zaskodny (481,500) and Dylan Weisman (455,500) will be delighted with their performances, as they resulted in bagging up top five stacks.

Other high fliers include Brazil’s Kelvin Kerber (401,500), Brandon Shack-Harris (286,000), and Shaun Deeb (282,000). They are joined Joe Serock (278,000), Norbert Szecsi (196,500), Mike Gorodinsky (179,000), Sammy Farha (177,500), Rob Cowen (177,500), and Kevin Gerhart (150,500) among others.

Only 238 of the 1,013 entrants punched their Day 2 tickets, and they return at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 12. PokerNews will see you then.

Event #82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Handed) Top 10 Chip Counts

What to Expect on Day 44 of the 2023 WSOP

The 2023 WSOP gathers pace again on Day 44 of the series thanks, in part to the Main Event being down to only 149 hopefuls, thus freeing up some space in the tournament areas.

Of course, Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship continues on July 12, with the “Big Dance” heading into Day 6. Joining the Main Event in nudging towards crowing a champion is Event #80: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E., Day 1b of Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack, and Event #82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.

Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em will award its bracelet, while two new tournaments shuffle up and deal for the first time.

PokerNews is bringing you updates from Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck and Event #84: $50,000 High Roller. After July 12, only ten new events plus a trio of online tournaments remain on the 2023 WSOP schedule!

Day 5 of the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event has come to a close at Horseshoe, Las Vegas, with the field whittled down to its last 149 players.

Holding the top spot heading into Day 6 is Zachary Hall, who ended the session with a stack of 16,310,000. Interestingly, Hall was once the poker coach of Ethan “Rampage” Yau, who is rooting for his former mentor from various Las Vegas card rooms.

Yau explained on Twitter that it was Hall who showed him the ropes when he was grinding $1/$3 cash games.

Hot on Hall’s heels is Bryan Obregon and Liran Betito, who bagged and tagged an impressive 12,295,000 and 11,140,000 respectively.

Notable names still in contention for the poker’s most sought-after accolade are Nate Silver (2,130,000), Masato Yokosawa (6,740,000) and British grinder Andrew Hulme (11,065,000).

WSOP Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts

Action From Day 5

Day 5 of the Main Event began with 441 players, and the eliminations came thick and fast, with some of poker’s biggest stars finding themselves on the wrong side of the rail.

High stakes crushers Jason Koon and Chris Brewer were ousted in the opening level with the former suffering a particularly bad beat. Koon was all in and at risk with pocket kings and was the favorite against his opponent’s pocket tens. Koon flopped a set but was removed from the table after his adversary rivered Broadway.

Brewer, who has finally experienced a dose of run good this summer with two bracelet wins under his belt, lost a flip with jacks to a tablemate’s ace-king.

It was also confirmed that there would be no repeat Main Event winner as the last remaining champions exited in the first half of the day. Chris Moneymaker jammed into kings while Joe Hachem was stacked by a rivered flush.

Nicholas Rigby, who has made the headlines again following another Main Event deep run, won one of the largest pots of the day against Chance Kornuth.

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The “Dirty Diaper” lover picked up a real hand and dragged in a 200-big blind pot after his aces remained best against Kornuth’s suited ace-king.

Last year’s third-place finisher Michael Duek headed to payout desk in the penultimate level of Day 5 while pro football Hall of Famer Richard Seymour was another famous face to fall short of making Day 6.

Hands of the Day

There were plenty of hands on Day 5 that would be fitting in any tournament highlight reel. At the top of the list today was a three-way all in between Stuart Taylor, Ryan Brown and the beloved Bill Klein.

Taylor got it in with ace-queen, only to run into Klein’s kings and Brown’s aces.

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Klein flopped a set of kings to be the huge favorite, but Taylor went runner-runner to make Broadway and survived in the unlikeliest of circumstances.

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Will Kassouf’s nine-high like a boss hand may have been eclipsed by Daniel Vampan. The American got Toby Lewis to fold the nut flush on a paired board with just eight-high!

Another corker was when Tony Dunst and Joey Spanne played a ten million chip pot. The action was tense during the hand, but it ended up in a chop as both players had aces.

Dunst is also among those returning for Day 6, as he bagged 8,250,000.

Plan for Day 6

The next step of the Main Event begins on Wednesday, July 12, at 12 p.m. local time, where the 149 players will play another five two-hour levels.

Play resumes on Level 26, where the blinds will be 40,000/80,000/80,000.

The players will have a 20-minute break after each of the first two levels. They will then go on a 75-minute dinner break after Level 23 (approx. 6:45 p.m.). There will be another short break after Level 24, and anyone with chips in front of them by the end of Level 25 will book their seat for Day 7.

Those still in the Main Event have locked up $67,700, but of course, all eyes will be on the $12,100,000 that awaits the winner in a few days’ time.

As always, stick with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from the record-breaking 2023 WSOP Main Event.

Day 5 of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has provided some memorable moments, none more so than a huge pot played between Nicholas Rigby and Chance Kornuth, who busted in the hand.

Shortly after moving to the PokerGO feature table, Kornuth ran into a tough situation against one of the loosest and most aggressive players in the field, who also just so happened to be among the chip leaders.

Tough Situation to Get Away from

With the blinds at 15,000/30,000 and players dropping like flies on Tuesday, Kornuth and Rigby were both in great shape above 100 big blinds. Action folded around to the button where Mr. Dirty Diaper looked down at A♦A♣ and raised it up to $100,000, a standard large-sized raise for the Pittsburgh poker player.

Kornuth, in the big blind, also had a monster — A♥K♥ — but was well behind the pocket aces. Still, the standard play with that hand in that spot is to three-bet it, which he did to the tune of 385,000, leaving about 2.7 million behind. Rigby then had a decision to make — four-bet or slow-play and just call. He went for the former and jammed all in.

When action returned to Kornuth, he took no time in making the call against the loose-cannon who isn’t afraid to pull the trigger on a massive bluff. This time, however, the Chip Leader Coaching founder ran into Rigby’s monster and needed some help if he were to win the 208 big blind pot (6,265,000). If not, he would be out of the world championship event on Day 5.

The flop came out J♦2♥9♦, leaving Kornuth only with backdoors to suck-out. When the 4♦ appeared on the turn, Rigby ran over to his rail and shouted, “let’s f*****g go,” as he knew it officially wrapped up the hand for pocket aces. Kornuth was out in 301st place, which paid $44,700, while Rigby chipped up to well over 6 million.

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Rigby had bluffed off a significant portion of those chips, and lost a number of other pots, and was down to under 2.3 million at the time of publishing. He finished 52nd in 2021 in the Main Event after running through a monster stack. His loose-aggressive style of play and willingness to play nearly any two hands works at times and works against him at others.

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Tears and emotion. That was the feeling of Shawn Daniels when he called on the river to win Event #77: $777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em of the World Series of Poker in Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

With his first WSOP bracelet, he claimed the first-place prize of $777,777. This win today surpasses his lifetime WSOP cashes which totaled $734,611 until now, which includes two WSOP Circuit ring wins on WSOP.com.

Finishing in second place, Julien Montois also exceeds his previous largest prize and even his total live earnings as he returns home with $400,777.

Event #77: $777 Lucky 7’s Final Table Results

Sadly for Daniels, in the seconds after he secured his win, his mind was far from the poker table. “I recently lost my fiancé so it’s been a tough summer,” he confessed. “I just wish she was here to celebrate it also. But it is what it is, it’s nice to get it done.”

Even with this feeling, Daniels “enjoyed it and played well” saying that the moment felt “pretty unreal.”

“I ran really well,” Daniels admitted. “On Day 1, I bagged almost the chip lead [second with 2,945,000 chips] so I was pretty comfortable. I got short on Day 2, and back to the chip lead, so it was swinging. I had a couple of three-outers on the river, so no complaints,” he said.

He arrived at the final table with 47,000,000 chips, the third-largest stack among the five remaining players. “But there weren’t many chips in play at the final table, around 100 big blinds in total,” Daniels explained. “So all the hands had a significant impact.”

In the end, he was the one who collected all the chips and won the tournament.

Final Table Action

There were only 5 players remaining on Day 3 of the Lucky 7’s. At the start of the final table, Anthony Scarborough was in the lead with twice the stack of Julien Montois, who was second in chips. However, in the first few hands, Scarborough experienced a descent into hell as he lost almost all of his hands.

Istvan Briski doubled through him, as did Charles La Boissonniere. But it wasn’t enough for La Boissonniere, who was the first player to be eliminated (finishing in fifth place for $125,777).

After La Boissonniere’s elimination, it was Shawn Daniels’ turn to double up against Scarborough, leaving him short-stacked. Then, from being the chip leader at the start of the day, Scarborough finished in fourth place ($168,777), eliminated by Briski.

Conversely, Briski had an amazing start as he took the lead and further increased it in the first level. With three players remaining, he held 50% of the chips in play. However, like Scarborough before him, Briski couldn’t maintain his chip lead, as Daniels closed the gap. Eventually, it was Daniels who eliminated Briski with two pair against Briski’s single pair and the ace-kicker. Briski finished in third place, winning $226,777.

In heads-up play, Daniels had twice the stack of Montois. Just before the break, the French player made a comeback and took the lead. After the restart, Daniels won a few big pots to regain the top spot, but this time, he kept the lead until the end, calling Montois’ all-in bet on the river.