Chris Johnson open-shoved all in for his last 1,745,000 and Dan Smith moved all in from the button to force the blinds out.
Johnson:
Smith:
With Johnson needing to fade against Smith to stay alive, the flop saw a further three outs added to Smith's list, and when the fell on the turn, it would be Johnson now needing to spike to remain in the Main Event.
Unfortunately for the local Las Vegan, the river landed the to see him sent to the rail in 31st place for a $230,487 payday as Smith climbed to nearly 11 million in chips.
Out of nowhere, Dong Guo, Robert Campbell, and William Pappaconstantinou were all in on one of the secondary feature tables in a big three-way clash. Guo had opened for 265,000 from middle position, Campbell reraised all in from the cutoff seat for 1.69 million, Pappaconstantinou and Guo then got the money in after unknown action, and the cards were on their backs.
Pappaconstantinou had the and both players covered. Guo had the and was all in for around five million in chips. Campbell was the shortest stack with the worst hand holding the .
The board ran out , and Pappaconstantinou won the pot with his aces. He was able to eliminate both players — who took home $230,487 each — and move to about 14 million in chips.
Bryan Devonshire opened with a raise to 250,000 from under the gun. It folded around to Matthew Haugen in the small blind and he three-bet shipped all in for 2.155 million. Action came back to Devonshire and he instantly called.
Devonshire:
Haugen:
Devonshire led with his ladies and stayed that way through the flop. The hit the river, meaning Haugen needed a ten on the river to stay alive. The river was in fact the and was no help to Haugen. He was eliminated from play in 28th place and collected $230,487 for his efforts.
Day 6 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event began with 79 players, but after 11 hours of play the field was reduced to the final 27. Leading the way with a stack of 22.335 million was Martin Jacobson, who started off his run by emerging as the Day 1a chip leader.
Joining Jacobson atop the counts to finish the day were Luis Velador (16.6 million), Dan Sindelar (16.345 million), Andoni Larrabe (15.28 million), and William Pappaconstantinou (14.64 million).
The pace for the day was set when Jason Leifer was ousted in 79th place after being on the wrong end of a set-over-set situation, and then a short time later the last woman remaining in the field, Maria Ho, was eliminated when she got her short stack all in preflop holding the against the of Zachary Hirst. Ho, who was also the last woman standing in the 2007 WSOP Main Event, took home $85,812 for her 77th-place finish.
Another notable to fall on Day 6 was Brian Hastings, who got his last 1.3 million all in preflop holding the against the of Andrey Zaichenko. Both players ended up making a full house, but Hastings was second best and had to settle for 64th place for $103,025.
The first post-dinner elimination came when Clayton Maguire got all in preflop holding the , but ran into the of Craig McCorkell. The flop came seven high, but Maguire would fail to find anymore help and had to settle for 44th place and $186,388 in prize money. Likewise, David Tuthill, who was extremely short stacked at one point on Day 5, earned the same amount after falling in 43rd place when his couldn't overcome the of Velador.
Others who fell throughout the day were Kyle Bowker (71st - $103,025), Tony Ruberto (68th - $103,025), Vitaly Lunkin (57th - $124,447), Isaac Baron (52nd - $152,025), Ryan Fair (48th - $152,025), Matt Waxman (45th - $186,388), Adam Lamphere (41st - $186,388), Garrett Greer (32nd - $230,487), Chris Johnson (31st - $230,487), and Day 4 chip leader Matthew Haugen (28th - $230,487).
While dozens fell, there is still some experienced talent in contention for a coveted spot in the November Nine. That includes Brazilian Bruno Politano (11.625 million), “King” Dan Smith (10.335 million), WSOP bracelet winner Craig McCorkell (8.765 million), Russia’s Andrey Zaichenko (7.335 million), last year’s ninth-place finisher Mark Newhouse (6.82 million), poker pro and 2012 12-th-place finisher Bryan Devonshire (5.765 million), bracelet winner and 2006 WSOP Main Event 11th-place finisher Leif Force (4.035 million), and Indiana cash-game player Chris Greaves (3.935 million).
The final 27 players will return at 12 p.m. local time on Monday to play down to the November Nine, a feat that will guarantee them a minimum $730,725 payday with a shot at the $10 million first-place prize. Who will navigate their way to the most prestigious final table in poker, and who will have their dreams cut short? Join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team then to find out.
In the meantime, check out Remko Rinkema’s Day 6 interview with Jacobson:
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flop saw a further three outs added to Smith's list, and when the 
fell on the turn, it would be Johnson now needing to spike to remain in the Main Event.
to see him sent to the rail in 31st place for a $230,487 payday as Smith climbed to nearly 11 million in chips.
and was all in for around five million in chips. Campbell was the shortest stack with the worst hand holding the 
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of Zachary Hirst. Ho, who was also the last woman standing in the 2007 WSOP Main Event, took home $85,812 for her 77th-place finish.
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of Andrey Zaichenko. Both players 
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