Feature Table Hand #75: Action folded to Ming Xi who opened to 650,000. Michael Dyer called in the small blind.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the . There, Dyer led out with a bet of 925,000. Xi folded and Dyer raked in the pot.
Feature Table Hand #76: Action folded to Michael Dyer on the button who raised to 600,000 and Alex Lynskey called in the big blind.
The flop was and Lynskey checked. Dyer put out a bet of 525,000 and Lynskey called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the on the river. There, Lynskey bet 900,000. Dyer called and showed his while we only saw the from Lynskey.
Feature Table Hand #77: Sylvain Loosli shoved all in from middle position for 2,380,000. Michael Dyer called from the cutoff and everyone else folded.
Sylvain Loosli:
Michael Dyer:
The flop came down which gave a flush draw to Dyer who still had outs to an ace as well. The turn was the though which changed nothing. The river was the and that would be it for Loosli. Dyer made a pair of aces to top Loosli's sixes.
For his deep run and 18th place finish, Loosli collected $375,000.
Outer Table Hand #69: Antoine Labat opened for 675,000 in middle position and Alexander Haro instantly tossed in his 2,325,000. Labat called with and dominated Haro's .
"All right, guys, congratulations on top 18," Haro said, trying a bit of reverse jinx magic.
The board brought him nothing and he did indeed take his leave in 19th, shaking hands with his tablemates on his way out.
Secondary Table Hand #54: Ivan Luca opened to 4,000,000 in middle position before Michael Dyer shoved all in from the small blind for close to 48 million.
Luca went into the tank for several minutes as he began looking around at the other table before he eventually called all in for his last 75,000.
Luca:
Dyer:
The dealer spread a sweat-tastic flop to give Luca outs to a flush to go along with his two over cards. Luca however had two clubs that he would need to fade as it would give Dyer a straight flush.
The dealer burned and turned the on the turn, and when the completed the board on the river, Luca was eliminated in 20th place for a $282,630 payday.
Secondary Table Hand #49: Michael Dyer raised to 600,000 from the cutoff, Paulo Goncalves three-bet to 1,750,000 from the small blind and Dyer called.
The flop fell , Goncalves bet 1,100,000, Dyer raised to 3,625,000 and Goncalves reraised to 7,350,000. Dyer reraised to about 19,000,000 and Goncalves called all in for about that amount after some thought.
Dyer tabled for middle pair with a flush draw, while Goncalves tabled for top pair with top kicker
The turn was the , keeping Goncalves ahead, but the river was the to give Dyer a winning flush.
Goncalves was eliminated in 21st Place for $282,630, while Dyer soared to the chip lead.
Feature Table Hand #34: Artem Metalidi opened under the gun with a raise to 500,000. Action folded to Nicolas Manion in middle position and he called. Ryan Phan called on the button. Nirath Rean then moved all in from the small blind for 3,760,000. Frederik Brink was in the big blind and he tanked for a while before folding. Metalidi called while the other two players folded and it was on to a showdown
Nirath Rean:
Artem Metalidi:
The flop came down which gave Rean a straight draw while Metalidi made a pair of tens. The turn was the which changed nothing. The river was the and that wasn't what Rean needed to stay alive and he was eliminated in 22nd place.
Outer Table Hand #29: Antoine Labat opened to 550,000 in early position and Martijn Gerrits three-bet to 1,700,000 from the hijack. Alex Lynskey put in a four-bet to 4,100,000 from the cutoff and Eric Froehlich five-bet shipped for around 16,300,000 from the small blind. Labat and Gerrits both quickly folded and Lynskey made the call.
Eric Froehlich:
Alex Lynskey:
Lynskey was in a great position to eliminate Froehlich and win a monster pot. The flop came and Lynskey was still well in the lead. The on the turn meant Froehlich would need to hit one of two remaining queens in the deck. The river brought the and Froehlich headed to the payout desk in 23rd place.
Secondary Table Hand #18: Hari Bercovici raised to 500,000 from middle position, John Cynn called from the cutoff, and Bart Lybaert three-bet shoved from the small blind for 6,050,000. Bercovici folded quickly, while Cynn mulled it over for a while before he called.
Lybaert tabled , but Cynn was in the lead with .
The flop came down , giving Cynn a set of sevens and leaving Lybaert needing running straight cards. The turn was a good start for Lybaert, but the river ended his Main Event in 24th place.
Outer Table Hand #18: Ming Xi raised to 780,000 in middle position and Alexander Haro called in the cutoff. Barry Hutter was in the small blind and moved all in for 2,540,000. Xi instantly re-shipped all in for around 7,500,000 and Haro thought for a minute before laying his hand down.
Ming Xi:
Barry Hutter:
It was a coin flip with Hutter at risk for his Main Event life. The flop came and Xi picked up a flush draw to go with his two overcards. The turn brought the and Xi paired his ace to take the lead. The on the river completed the board and Hutter was sent to the rail in 25th place.
Outer Table Hand #13: Antoine Labat opened for 550,000 under the gun and Jeff Trudeau moved all in from the button for 2.4 million. Labat called with and Trudeau showed . The flop came , giving Labat a pile of outs.
"That's a tough fade," Trudeau said with a smile.
He did so, sort of, on the turn, but Labat picked up even more outs as a queen would now counterfeit Trudeau's pair. The river: , pairing Labat for the win.
Yori Epskamp
Can 2009 Champ Joe Cada Make The Final Nine?
Johnny Moss. Doyle Brunson. Johnny Chan. Stu Ungar. Legendary names that echo across every poker room in the world. They all have one thing in common: winning the World Series of Poker Main Event multiple times (Moss, Ungar three times, Brunson, Chan two times). With 26 players remaining in the 2018 Main Event, Joe Cada has a shot to etch his name in poker history alongside these greats, as the 2009 champion will be back on Day 7 to win it all once more nine years after becoming the youngest Main Event champion of all time at just 21 years and 11 months of age.
To achieve the improbable, Cada — now an experienced veteran — has a steep mountain to climb. When action resumes at 12 p.m. local time to the Amazon room in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, The Michigan resident will return with 8,850,000 in chips in his quest for poker glory and the first place prize of $8,800,000. Cada sports half the average stack, still more than 40 big blinds at this point, giving him some room to work with.
Boasting five times Cada's stack, as well as the overall chip lead, is Aram Zobian (41,585,000). Zobian had a monster day six that saw him eliminating players left and right to claim the top spot. Despite the chip lead, Zobian suffered a big setback on Day 6 when he lost a massive all-in confrontation with kings against the ace-king of Artem Metalidi (30,845,000), who will start second in chips.
After the day, Zobian said he wasn't too distraught after the hand, and he rebounded from it. His mantra is simple: "Stay cool, confident and try to play my best," he said after Day 6. Zobian's best cash to date is $47,000 at 2018 $1,650 NLHE MegaStack Challenge in Foxwoods and no matter what happens today this amount will be absolutely shattered.
While Zobian may come without a pedigree, the aforementioned Metalidi knows what it's like to win big. The Ukranian sports more than $2 million in lifetime winnings, including a second place in the 2012 $3K No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max for $350,806. Metalidi started Day 6 with just 11 big blinds, but finds himself in second place at the end of it.
Artem Metalidi
Other highly experienced players with more than seven figures in lifetime winnings remaining are Alex Lynskey (22,045,000), bracelet winner Yueqi Zhu (19,245,000), two-time bracelet winner Eric Froehlich (15,285,000), Frederik Jensen (12,100,000), Sylvain Loosli (11,635,000), bracelet winner Ivan Luca (8,820,000), Bart Lybaert (3,825,000) and Barry Hutter. Hutter, who also has a piece of jewelry around his wrist, will start as the absolute short stack with 2,250,000 in chips.
For the first time in many, many years, play at the final table will continue the day directly after Day 7. Last year, the November Nine concept was shelved, but players had two days off to prepare for the biggest final table of their career. Stamina, always an important factor during the grueling grind that is the Main Event, will become an even more important factor as precious sleep hours will be limited throughout.
The plan on Day 7 is to play down to the final nine, which happened during Level 36 last year. Here's the blind schedule for today:
and both players checked to see the 
. There, Dyer led out with a bet of 925,000. Xi folded and Dyer raked in the pot. 
and Lynskey checked. Dyer put out a bet of 525,000 and Lynskey called. 
and both players checked to see the 
while we only saw the 
from Lynskey. 
which gave a flush draw to Dyer who still had outs to an ace as well. The turn was the 
though which changed nothing. The river was the 
.
completed the board on the river, Luca was eliminated in 20th place for a $282,630 payday.
, Goncalves bet 1,100,000, Dyer raised to 3,625,000 and Goncalves reraised to 7,350,000. Dyer reraised to about 19,000,000 and Goncalves called all in for about that amount after some thought.
for middle pair with a flush draw, while Goncalves tabled 
, keeping Goncalves ahead, but the river was the 
which gave Rean a straight draw while Metalidi made a pair of tens. The turn was the 
on the turn meant Froehlich would need to hit one of two remaining queens in the deck. The river brought the 
and Froehlich headed to the payout desk in 23rd place.
, giving Cynn a set of sevens and leaving Lybaert needing running straight cards. The 
turn was a good start for Lybaert, but the 
on the river completed the board and Hutter was sent to the rail in 25th place.
