One Player to Win $721,453 At the End of the Road in Event #56: $10,000 6-Handed NLHE Championship
At 2 p.m. local time, the final day of Event #56: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship will see 19 players out of 329 entries returning to four tables to play down to one winner. Follow along to see who gets to claim the first-place prize of $721,453 and a gold 2021 World Series of Poker bracelet at the end of the day.
All 19 players have secured at least $27,132 at the start of the day, but a pay jump is looming as 18th place awards them $33,042.
Boris Kolev is in the lead with 2,185,000 in chips which is worth 87 big blinds when the cards go in the air. He is followed by Asi Moshe with 1,980,000, who already has four bracelets in his collection. Completing the top three is Matt Berkey with 1,765,000 in chips.
But there are plenty of familiar faces left in the field who are no stranger to success on the felt. Nikita Kuznetsov, Vojtech Ruzicka, Ariel Mantel, Steve Yea, Fabian Gumz, Roland Rokita, Ben Yu, Pavel Plesuv, Abhinav Iyer, Nacho Barbero, JJ Liu, Mike Sowers, Sam Grafton, Olivier Rebello, Ben Diebold, and Eli Ross all have chips to play with today.
Final Day Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | 1 | Roland Rokita | Austria | 1,010,000 | 40 |
| 406 | 2 | JJ Liu | United States | 653,000 | 26 |
| 406 | 3 | Ariel Mantel | Argentina | 1,395,000 | 56 |
| 406 | 4 | Eli Ross | United States | 285,000 | 11 |
| 406 | 5 | Empty | |||
| 406 | 6 | Olivier Rebello | Canada | 450,000 | 18 |
| 414 | 1 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 865,000 | 35 |
| 414 | 2 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 1,560,000 | 62 |
| 414 | 3 | Empty | |||
| 414 | 4 | Mike Sowers | United States | 590,000 | 24 |
| 414 | 5 | Steve Yea | South Korea | 1,130,000 | 45 |
| 414 | 6 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 535,000 | 21 |
| 420 | 1 | Ben Yu | United States | 995,000 | 40 |
| 420 | 2 | Empty | |||
| 420 | 3 | Asi Moshe | Israel | 1,980,000 | 79 |
| 420 | 4 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 695,000 | 28 |
| 420 | 5 | Empty | |||
| 420 | 6 | Abhinav Iyer | India | 780,000 | 31 |
| 421 | 1 | Matt Berkey | United States | 1,765,000 | 71 |
| 421 | 2 | Fabian Gumz | Germany | 1,100,000 | 44 |
| 421 | 3 | Empty | |||
| 421 | 4 | Ben Diebold | United States | 374,000 | 15 |
| 421 | 5 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 2,185,000 | 87 |
| 421 | 6 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | 1,450,000 | 58 |
When the action kicks off at 2 p.m. at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the tournament will restart with blinds at 10,000/25,000/25,000 on Level 21.
Stick around to see who will grab that top prize and the bragging rights as the live updates will be provided right here by the PokerNews live reporting team as the action unfolds.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $721,453 |
| 2 | $445,892 |
| 3 | $293,578 |
| 4 | $198,205 |
| 5 | $137,303 |
| 6 | $97,660 |
| 7 | $71,373 |
| 8-9 | $53,637 |
| 10-12 | $41,181 |
| 13--18 | $33,042 |
| 19 | $27,132 |
for both of them to turn two pair but for Iyer to hold with the king-kicker to eliminate Barbero in eighteenth place.
, Plesuv checked but shoved for 120,000 when Diebold bet min-bet and the latter called with the bigger stack.
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on the river for Plesuv to bust in seventeenth place.
turn left him drawing dead to the 
river as he hit the rail.
for Rokita to flop a set but for Berkey to turn the flush to bust Rokita in fifteenth place.
for both of them to flop top pair but for Liu to turn a flush draw and brick the river as she was eliminated in thirteenth place just before the players were sent for a 15-minute break.
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