Aldemir Leads 96 Players into Day 6 of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship
After a grueling Day 5 that was a test of endurance for 292 hopeful poker players, just 96 runners remain in Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker. The WSOP’s flagship event is into it's home stretch with elite players Stephen Chidwick, Chance Kornuth, and Day 5 chip leader Koray Aldermir returning at 12 p.m. PT for Day 6. The remaining players will continue their battle for their share of the $62,011,250 prize pool.
Germany’s Aldemir is the chip leader with over 14 million in their stack after a Day 5 that saw nearly 200 players hit the payout line. Aldemir made his way to the top of the leaderboard after rivering a flush that knocked out Ognyan Dimov. Despite having over $3 million in earnings at the WSOP, he is still looking for his maiden bracelet.
Day 4 leader Roman Colillas and Canada’s Jonathan Dwek round out the top three and have each accumulated over 10 million chips. Colillas, a PokerStars Ambassador and 2019 PokerStars Players Championship No-Limit Hold’em winner continues to build his stack on the quest for his first WSOP title whilst Dwek looks to improve on his 38th place finish in the 2017 Main Event.
2021 WSOP Main Event Top 10 Counts Day 5
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 14,325,000 | 179 |
| 2 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 12,000,000 | 150 |
| 3 | Jonathan Dwek | Canada | 10,125,000 | 127 |
| 4 | Zachary Mcdiarmid | United States | 9,700,000 | 121 |
| 5 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 8,995,000 | 112 |
| 6 | Roongsak Griffeth | United States | 8,925,000 | 112 |
| 7 | Andreas Kniep | Germany | 8,515,000 | 106 |
| 8 | Tonio Röder | Germany | 8,000,000 | 100 |
| 9 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 7,805,000 | 98 |
| 10 | Stephen Gerber | United States | 7,700,000 | 96 |
Croatia's Dragana Lim will return with more than 5 million chips as one of two remaining female hopefuls. She is joined by Fatima Nanji, who will enter Day 6 seeking an opportunity to spin it up with just over ten big blinds.
Day 5 was full of the highs and lows that you can expect to find in the deep stages of the WSOP Main Event. Pete Chen hit the rail in brutal fashion after top-ten finisher Tonio Röder rivered a straight. Elsewhere, John “BetonDrew” Gonzalez saw his magical Main Event run come to an end when his eights ran into the pocket tens of Glynn Beebe. And in a flurry of action to end the evening, Alejandro Lococo picked up quads to vault into the top ten, just a couple of hours after cracking aces with the same pocket pair of fours.
Other players that did not survive to see Day 6 include Matt Berkey, Marle Spragg, Jason Koon, Joey Weissman, and breakout Main Event featured table star Conrad Simpson.
Day 6 will kick off at 12 p.m. Las Vegas time on Sunday, November 14. Action will resume in Level 26 with blinds at 40,000/80,000/80,000.
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The 2021 WSOP Main Event in Numbers
| Day | Players Total for Day | Players Total Cumulative | Players Surviving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 523 | 523 | 348 |
| 1b | 845 | 1,368 | 611 |
| 1c | 600 | 1,968 | 433 |
| 1d | 2,550 | 4,518 | 1,933 |
| 1e | 797 | 5,315 | 590 |
| 1f | 1,045 | 6,360 | 782 |
| 2abd | 2,900 | 6,496 | 1,440 |
| 2cef | 1,810 | 6,650 | 922 |
| 3 | 2,362 | 6,650 | 1,000 |
| 4 | 1,000 | 6,650 | 292 |
| 5 | 292 | 6,550 | 96 |