Joshua Remitio opened to 325,000 in middle position and Mikiya Kudo three-bet to 925,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Remitio, who called.
Remitio checked on the flop and called when Kudo bet 685,000. Remitio check-called again on the when his opponent sized up to 2,100,000.
Remitio checked for a third time on the river and Kudo put him to the test by moving all-in for 4,600,000. Remitio shook his head as he thought through the situation and announced a call.
Kudo turned over for a bluff with ace-high and Remitio tabled for trip tens to win the massive pot and send Kudo to the rail.
Chance Kornuth opened the action with a raise to 400,000 from an early position and Joshua Field announced all in from the button. The shove was for 3,025,000 in total and Kornuth took some 90 seconds before making the call as the camera crew rushed by to film the showdown.
Joshua Field:
Chance Kornuth:
The flop didn't change anything and Field was on very thin ice after the turn, as Kornuth was the only one with a diamond in the hand. No miracle happened on the river and ace-queen high was enough to score the knockout.
Picking up the action on the turn on a board of , Joshua Remitio, in the small blind, bet 2,400,000 and Adam Walton moved all-in from the big blind. Remitio called with his opponent covered.
Adam Walton:
Joshua Remitio:
"We are all-in and behind," Walton informed his rail when he saw he was up against aces. "We need a king or a queen. I've haven't used my one-time yet. One time!"
Walton didn't improve on the river and he was eliminated, as Remitio's rail roared in excitement.
"Nice f***ing hand, dude," table mate Ronnie Abro said to Remitio, who was all smiles as he stacked his new chips.
Morgan Machina has been playing poker since 1990 and is no stranger to the WSOP Main Event. He has a thing or two to say about the opponents he's been playing with on the feature table.
Tyler Cornell raised it up from under the gun and Jonathan Dwek defended from the big blind. The flop came and Dwek checked to Cornell who continued for 400,000. Dwek check-raised to 1,300,000 and Cornell called.
The turn brought the and Dwek fired another 1,600,000 into the middle. Cornell still called and the completed the board. Dwek slowed down with a check this time and Cornell slid out a bet of 2,200,000. Dwek sighed and was forced to send his cards to the muck.
The action folded to Chance Kornuth in the small blind, who moved all-in into a short-stacked Robert Cowen in the big blind. Cowen called off with his tournament life on the line.
Robert Cowen:
Chance Kornuth:
Cowen was ahead with ace-high but Kornuth took the lead on the flop of and held as the board ran out .
The action kicked off with an open raise to 400,000 by Alejandro Lococo and Tyler Cornell three-bet to 1.5 million in the big blind, earning a call from Lococo. The flop brought a bet worth 900,000 by Cornell and Lococo came along, giving it just brief consideration.
On the turn, Cornell announced all-in and Lococo asked for a count. The shove was for 4.61 million and it took just 90 seconds for Lococo to mull over the decision and call.
Tyler Cornell:
Alejandro Lococo:
Cornell vaulted out of his seat and so did the rapper from Argentina. The river was a blank and just like that, Cornell was eliminated in 37th place for $163,900.
The 2021 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event is down to the final 36 hopefuls out of a field of 6,650 entries. All those still in contention have locked up a decent portion of the $62,011,250 already and will pad their bankrolls with a payday of at least $198,550. However, all eyes are set on the days to come as a new World Champion will be crowned at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Day 6 concluded with three dozen contenders still in the mix and Hye Park topped the leaderboard with a stack of 29,500,000. During the late stages, Park notched up several knockouts to surpass Demosthenes Kiriopoulos (24,905,000) and Joshua Remitio (21,490,000) on the overnight leaderboard. For Remitio, the tournament has already surpassed all expectations as he admitted in table chat that his previous biggest buy-in was a mere $300.
"I'm just taking it one level at a time. I am kind of shocked I've made it this far. This is my first main event and I don't really play any tournaments to begin with. I'm just trying to wake up from this dream," Remitio said after he had bagged up the third-biggest stack on Day 6. He has been studying for the last two years and locked up the far biggest cash on the live poker circuit already.
Top 10 in Chips After Day 6 of the 2021 WSOP Main Event
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Hye Park
United States
29,500,000
123
2
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
Canada
24,905,000
104
3
Joshua Remitio
United States
21,490,000
90
4
Chase Bianchi
United States
20,765,000
87
5
Koray Aldemir
Germany
18,905,000
79
6
George Holmes
United States
18,425,000
77
7
Ramon Colillas
Spain
18,200,000
76
8
Alejandro Lococo
Argentina
17,950,000
75
9
Ozgur Secilmis
Turkey
14,700,000
61
10
David Cabrera
Spain
14,530,000
61
Among the notables with big stacks are also Chase Bianchi, Koray Aldemir, Ramon Colillas, Alejandro Lococo, and David Cabrera. The Argentinian rapper Lococo, who is known under his stage name "Papo MC" finished Day 6 inside the top 10 after his late surge in the final level culminated in the elimination of Tyler Cornell.
Bianchi built his stack throughout the day with a smile on his face. "This is my first Main Event cash. I'm just trying to enjoy it and blast away." For many other hopefuls, the deep run is a dream come true including Matthew Jewett: "I wake up every day having to pinch myself. I've dreamt about this my entire life."
Chance Kornuth finished the day just outside of the top 10 and continues to shine in the 2021 WSOP, during which he won his third career gold bracelet in Event #29: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em. Other notables returning for Day 7 include Jareth East, Jesse Lonis, the WSOP bracelet winners Robert Mitchell and Mitchell Halverson, as well as Nicolas Dumont.
Two GGPoker qualifiers are also still in the hunt for the top prize of $8 million. Sean Ragozzini made it through with 13,435,000 in chips while ClubGG qualifier Vasu Amarapu follows not far behind with 10,290,000.
Big Names Fall on Day 6
Day 6 commenced with 96 contenders and several big names were among them. Stephen Chidwick started with one of the bigger stacks but his Main Event run came to an end during the first level of the day. After dropping into the middle of the pack, the Brit took a flip with ace-queen against pocket nines and flopped top pair. However, Mitchell Halverson rivered a straight to send Chidwick to the rail.
John Morgan turned a flush to eliminate Yuri Dzivielevski and Stephen Song ran into the flopped flush of Ruslan Dykshteyn. Right before the first break, Asher Conniff had his aces cracked by the ace-queen suited of Lewis Spencer.
During the second level of the day, Morgan was dominated with ace-five suited against the ace-ten of Abhinav Iyer and found no help on a jack-high board. In the hours that followed thereafter, the hopes of an even deeper run also ended for Chris Dowling, aforementioned WSOP bracelet winner Iyer, Ehsan Amiri, Nick Petrangelo, Robert Cowen, Alex Goulder, and 2021 WSOP bracelet winner Tyler Cornell.
End of the Road for Nanji and Lim
Among the 96 returning players were also two women as well. Fatima Nanji and Dragana Lim were aiming to make it through another day and keep their hopes alive of reaching the final table. Nanji had taken part in some events during the early stages of the festival and returned on short notice from Canada to participate in the Main Event. That decision certainly paid off as Nanji collected $68,900 for her 90th place finish.
Upon completion of five two-hour levels, Day 6 concluded with 36 players remaining. They will return for Day 7 on Monday, November 15, at noon local time. The recommencing blinds will be 120,000-240,000 with a big blind ante of 240,000. Day 7 is scheduled to play down to the nine-handed final table and the PokerNews team will be back then to provide all the key hands from start to finish.