Charlie Carrel Goes for Gold in Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
The final 24 players in Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship return Friday for a 2 p.m. restart to play down to a winner. The 332-player field generated a prize pool of $3,120,800 and the top prize on the line is $775,923 along with the coveted gold bracelet.
London poker pro Charlie Carrel is the chip leader coming into Day 3 and is looking to add a WSOP title to his already impressive resume. Carrel has 1,500,000 to start the day.
Other players over the 1,000,000-chip mark to begin are Albert Daher (1,418,000), Chi Zhang (1,347,000), Tommy Chen (1,191,000) and Dmitry Yurasov (1,111,000). The field is still littered with many talented tournament players including Connor Drinan (822,000), Dario Sammartino (755,000), Sam Stein (690,000), Eric Wasserson (600,000), Goran Mandic (568,000), Kristen Bicknell (504,000), Joe Elpayaa (291,000) and Steven Iglesias (160,000).
All returning players will receive at least $25,139 and the top five will be getting six-figure paydays. Levels will last 60 minutes and they are scheduled to play down to a winner with a live-streamed final table. Make sure to follow PokerNews as our live reporting team brings you all the action from the tournament floor.
| Room | table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 1,418,000 | 71 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Jacob Powers | United States | 365,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | United States | 416,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Connor Drinan | United States | 822,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Xixiang Luo | China | 921,000 | 46 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 755,000 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 270,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Chi Zhang | United Kingdom | 1,347,000 | 67 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Joseph Elpayaa | United States | 291,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 1,111,000 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | William Stevenson | United States | 347,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Grayson Ramage | United States | 628,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Amit Makhija | United States | 772,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Ivan Deyra | France | 877,000 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 504,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | 1,560,000 | 78 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Tommy Chen | United States | 1,191,000 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Romain Lewis | United Kingdom | 449,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Goran Mandic | Croatia | 568,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | 379,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Sam Stein | United States | 690,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 191,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 600,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Steven Iglesias | Norway | 160,000 | 8 |