Day 5 Gets Underway at 11 a.m.
Day 5 of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event starts at 11 a.m. sharp. Just 297 players remain, all guaranteed $35,267 at this point. Day 5 will feature 5.5 levels of play, with play wrapping up around 12:50 a.m. The dinner break should be around 5:45 today, and lasts 90 minutes.
The feature table is Table 704, featuring Charlie Carrel and Greg Mueller. Table 725 is the outer feature table, and Table 703 is the secondary feature table. Play begins with one hour remaining in Level 21 (10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante).
You can follow all the updates today on PokerNews.com. ESPN2 has a live stream of the action from 11 a.m. through 1 p.m., with PokerGO taking over after that with coverage on a half hour delay till 6:15 p.m.
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 60 minutes | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
| 22 | 60 minutes | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 22 | 60 minutes | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
| 23 | 60 minutes | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 23 | 60 minutes | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| 24 | 60 minutes | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| 90 minutes break | ||||
| 24 | 60 minutes | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| 25 | 60 minutes | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 25 | 60 minutes | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| 26 | 60 minutes | 30,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 |
| 20 minutes break | ||||
| 26 | 60 minutes | 30,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 |
Day 4 Action
Yesterday on Day 4, as 1,084 survivors returned for Day 4, players were in the money but those numbers wouldn’t last long. Within only a few hours, the field had been thinned to about 700, and more players began to fall throughout the day. When the action was over, only 297 remained, including 2016 November Niner Kenny Hallaert who sits in third place in the chip counts and is looking for a second-straight final table. Five other November Niners also remain in the field hoping for another deep run: Ben Lamb, Antoine Saout, Eoghan O'Dea, Chino Rheem, Tom Cannuli, Michael Ruane, Matt Giannetti, and Jake Balsiger.
Argentina’s Damian Salas leads the field with 4,678,000 chips, and has more than $900,000 in tournament winnings. He’s looking to parlay his success into his first WSOP bracelet. Following him is Sebastien Comel with 4,198,000 and Hallaert with 4,145,000. Comel has $458,000 in winnings and looking for his first major win.
The 35-year-old Belgian Hallaert may be the story of Day 4 as he attempts the Herculean feat of back-to-back Main Event final tables. In 2016, he took sixth for $1.5 million and had a good run this summer with eight cashes for more than $350,000. That total includes two final tables: third in Event #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed for $238,855, and seventh in Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $58,803. Despite having many close calls and $2.2 million in WSOP winnings, he is still looking for that first bracelet.
Other notables with above-average stacks include JP Kelly (3,923,000), Jonas Mackoff (3,076,000), Mickey Craft (2,389,000), Dario Sammartino (1,769,000), Martin Finger (1,658,000), Charlie Carrel (1,598,000), Matt Bond (1,488,000), Isaac Haxton (1,436,000), and 888 Ambassador Dominik Nitsche (1,404,000).