Showdown for Final Seven in Event #16: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
Seven men enter the arena. One man leaves. This is Day 4 of the World Series of Poker, Event #16: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Play resumes today at 4 p.m. in the Horseshoe Events Center under the bright lights and the chips will fly.
Our chip leader Eddie Ochana knocked out Krasimir Yankov in 8th place at the end of last night's play to cushion his chip lead to 14,135,000.
Second in chips with 8,865,000 is Alexander Queen, who gained a large portion of those from Brent Hart in a big 5,700,000 pot earlier in the day. Later, he cracked the aces of Adam Saven to send Saven home in a 9th place elimination.
Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Eddie Ochana | United States | 14,135,000 | 71 |
| 2 | Alexander Queen | United States | 8,865,000 | 44 |
| 3 | Brent Hart | United States | 8,345,000 | 42 |
| 4 | Daniyal Gheba | United States | 2,900,000 | 15 |
| 5 | Shant Marashlian | United States | 2,665,000 | 13 |
| 6 | Kartik Ved | India | 2,610,000 | 13 |
| 7 | Taylor Black | United States | 1,635,000 | 8 |
Yesterday saw plenty of wild action, but one hand in particular sent the internet into a frenzy: the elimination of Poker Hall of Fame legend Erik Seidel, who turned a queen-high flushed but lost to a one-out straight flush on the river.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $660,284 |
| 2 | $440,202 |
| 3 | $309,128 |
| 4 | $220,373 |
| 5 | $159,517 |
| 6 | $117,271 |
| 7 | $87,582 |
Play resumes today with 13 minutes and 30 seconds left in Level 29, with blinds set at 80,000-160,000 and a 160,000 big blind ante. The remaining seven players are guaranteed at least $87,582. However, the coveted gold bracelet for first place comes with the top prize of $660,284.
Today's final table will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on PokerGO. Our coverage will be delayed 30 minutes to match.
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