Jonathan Dwek raised to 225,000 from the cutoff and Thissa de Silva moved all in from the big blind. Dwek quickly called with , and De Silva was racing with the . The flop of kept Dwek in the lead, and though the turn and river were both paint cards, they were the and .
Dwek is up to 11 million after that hand while De Silve has been eliminated in 66th place for $101,444.
Scott Blumstein opened in the cutoff and called a three-bet to 760,000 from Scott Stewart. The flop came . Stewart bet 960,000 and received a call. On the turn, Stewart bet 1,460,000. Blumstein moved all in after some thought and Stewart snap-called.
Stewart:
Blumstein:
Blumstein needed a seven, but the river was a . Stewart had what looked to be 4,350,000 and received a full double.
During the first break on Day 6, PokerNews caught up with Superman (also known as Jonathan Dwek) who is pleased with his spot in the tournament at the moment after winning a big hand early. Dwek entered the day with a bit over 1.9 million chips.
“I’m up to 7,400,000 — it was a good level,” Dwek said. “Yesterday I was thinking I’d be back and knocked out right away. It was not a good day yesterday, but now I’m feeling good.”
The CFO of a tech company, the Toronto native has scored his first Main Event cash in a big way and is hoping to bring some fun back to the game. PokerNewsspoke with him on Saturday about his trip to the WSOP.
Just before the break, Richard Tuhrim got the rest of his 2,015,000 chips all in from the small blind and Mike Linster had him at risk in the big blind. The cards were tabled, and Tuhrim was behind.
Tuhrim:
Linster:
The board came , giving both players a pair of aces, but Linster with the best kicker. The turn changed nothing, and neither did the river.
Tuhrim was eliminated in 68th place, taking home a payday of $101,444 for his run in the Main Event.
Jack Sinclair raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Joseph Dipascale three-bet to 600,000 from two seats over. Once the action was on Michael Krasienko in the big blind, he moved all in and that forced a fold from Sinclair. Dipascale called all in for 3,285,000 and the camera crews rushed by to record the showdown.
Dipascale:
Krasienko:
The flop destroyed all hope of a comeback for Dipascale, and he was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality. Dipascale had to settle for 69th place and a payday of $101,444 while Krasienko moved up to almost 10 million in chips.
Joining the action on the turn with around 800,000 in the middle, Paul Senat announced all in out of the small blind for his last 730,000 and Jonathan Dwek quickly called in the big blind. The camera crews quickly rushed to the table while the cards were tabled to see Senat already drawing dead.
Senat:
Dwek:
No card in the deck could avoid the elimination of Senat, who was officially eliminated in 70th place for $101,444 as soon as the river completed the board.
Dan Ott opened to 180,000 in middle position and Colin Moffatt three-bet to 575,000 in late position. It folded back around to Ott and he moved all in. Moffatt called for his remaining stack of around 2,750,000 total.
Ott:
Moffatt:
Ott was well in the lead with pocket kings. The board ran out , providing no help to Moffatt, and he was eliminated.
Moffatt takes home $101,444 for his 71st-place finish in the Main.
Christian Pham has been on a tear as of late, taking down several pots preflop, a few on the flop, and steadily rebuilding his stack after being down to just over 2 million less than an hour ago. Shawn Daniels was one of the unfortunate victims of Pham's heater as Pham just eliminated Daniels from the tournament.
Christian Pham opened with a raise to 260,000 from the hijack and action folded around to Shawn Daniels who was in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,680,000 and Pham went into the tank. He tanked for several minutes before the clock was called. Pham tanked down until there was only 10 seconds left, then called with a covering stack.
Pham:
Daniels:
The flop was an exciting one when it came down , giving Pham a better pair, but Daniels a flush draw. The turn was the though, not improving Daniels, and the didn't improve him either, so he was eliminated from the tournament in 72nd place. Pham's heater has him now sitting just under 8 million chips.
Ian Johns raised to 180,000 from the cutoff and Bryan Piccioli called from the button. The flop came and Johns led out for 260,000. Piccioli made the call and the turn was the .
Johns checked this time and Piccioli quickly fired out a bet of 600,000. Johns thought for a moment and then pushed all of his stacks into the middle for 1,700,000. Piccioli didn't waste any time calling and tabled . Johns was behind with , but had many outs to double up.
The river landed the and Johns bricked all of his outs. Piccioli celebrated after scooping a big pot and Johns left the tournament area after being eliminated.
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flop destroyed all hope of a comeback for Dipascale, and he was drawing dead on the 
turn, making the 
river a formality. Dipascale had to settle for 69th place and a payday of $101,444 while Krasienko moved up to almost 10 million in chips.
turn with around 800,000 in the middle, Paul Senat announced all in out of the small blind for his last 730,000 and Jonathan Dwek quickly called in the big blind. The camera crews quickly rushed to the table while the cards were tabled to see Senat already drawing dead.
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didn't improve him either, so he was eliminated from the tournament in 72nd place. Pham's heater has him now sitting just under 8 million chips.
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