Hand #53: Marti Roca De Torres on the button asked for the stack of Jack Salter and Niall Farrell in the big blind and folded. Salter moved all in with the words "you don't want to find a big hand against me." Farrell looked down at his and asked the other short stack Robert Bickley for his stack size before folding.
"I had ace-nine, but it was off-suit," Salter asked.
Hand #54: Mathijs Jonkers raised to 225,000 with the and Gianluca Speranza defended his big blind with the . Speranza flopped top pair on and check-called a bet of 200,000 before the turn was checked through.
The river was checked through again and Jonkers won the pot with the rivered wheel.
Hand #55: Roca De Torres raised to 215,000 with the and Maria Ho called out of the big blind with . The flop fell and both players checked. Ho bet the turn for 325,000 and Roca De Torres called.
The river paired the board and Ho bet 300,000, which Roca de Torres called to win the pot. "Nice bet," the Spaniard said added while raking in the chips.
Hand #56: Jack Salter raised to 235,000 from the hijack with the and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #57: Marti Roca De Torres made it 215,000 to go from under the gun with and that was enough "Do we play Hold'em low? Then I win," Mathijs Jonkers in the big blind joked and folded the trey-deuce.
Hand #58: Salter raised to 235,000 first to act with and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #59: Jonkers raised to 225,000 on the button with and Roca De Torres in the small blind asked for his stack size with before calling. On the flop both players checked and the appeared on the turn. Roca De Torres bet 285,000 with his top pair and Jonkers folded.
Hand #60: Marti Roca De Torres raised to 215,000 with the on the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #61: Niall Farrell moved all in from the small blind for 1,280,000 with the and Gianluca Speranza tanked in the big blind with the before letting go.
Hand #62: Farrell moved from the button for 1,470,000 and Maria Ho snap-called out of the big blind.
Niall Farrell:
Maria Ho:
The board came and Farrell rivered his ace to double up to 31 big blinds.
Hand #63: Jack Salter raised to 235,000 and Gianluca Speranza moved all in from the button for 2,080,000, which Salter called.
Gianluca Speranza:
Jack Salter:
The flop of paired up Speranza and Salter failed to get there on the turn and river, leaving the Brit with fewer than five big blinds.
Hand #64: Marti Roca De Torres raised to 215,000 from under the gun and Salter got the remainder of his stack in. The Spaniard quickly called it off.
Jack Salter:
Marti Roca De Torres:
The left Salter in need of a queen or running spades. "I would love a spade right now," he said. The redraw was gone with the turn and Salter added "It's gotta be the queen" with a smile on the face. As soon as the river bricked, he tapped the table and shook hands with all opponents before heading to the rail.
Salter was eliminated in 7th place for €129,121 and the remaining six players bag up for the night. A recap of today's action will be available shortly.
There are six players remaining in the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event and Maria Ho has once again bagged the chip lead at the King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. During the middle portions of play on Thursday, Ho extended her lead to almost 5,000,000 but as the evening went on and the shorter stacks started to shove, she fell back closer to the field.
Marti Roca De Torres gained the most ground and bagged only 620,000 less than Ho going to the final day. Roca De Torres is an 888poker online qualifier and he won his spot in the tournament for a mere €250. He is already guaranteed a massive return on his investment — all six remaining players are guaranteed at least €174,365 — but he is definitely in a good spot to make a run at the title entering the final day second in chips.
Here is the seating chart and the end of day chip counts for the final day of the 2017 WSOPE Main Event:
Seat
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Niall Farrell
United Kingdom
3,025,000
30
2
Gianluca Speranza
Italy
4,400,000
40
3
Maria Ho
United States
7,830,000
78
4
Robert Bickley
United Kingdom
1,085,000
11
5
Mathijs Jonkers
Netherlands
2,785,000
28
6
Marti Roca De Torres
Spain
7,260,000
72
Ho will enter the day with the chip lead for the third day in a row, but said that it's too early to get excited about the possibility of winning her first bracelet — she will get excited if she wins. Her confidence is high and she spoke about it after bagging the top stack.
In regards to her set of tens fold in a hand against Niall Farrell on Day 4, one that several people have commented on over the last few days, she said, "I made a decision that I thought was the right decision even thought it might not have been G-T-O."
She says it is important to feel comfortable with the decisions she makes, especially when those decisions are made in front of an online audience.
The final day of the WSOPE marks the end of a great series at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The final six players represent four different countries and three of them hail from the United Kingdom. Niall Farrell is one of the players from the UK and he has already had a successful series, earning his first WSOP gold bracelet in the €25,000 No-Limit High Roller. He enters the day fourth in chips, but is excited to be through to Day 6.
The defending champion, Kevin MacPhee, entered Day 5 with hopes of successfully defending his title, but he ended up busting in tenth place. It was a wild end to the tournament for him after he rivered a one-outer to survive a huge all in against Marc MacDonnell (11th place), but then couldn't dodge Ho's combo draw when he got kings all in on the turn. He made a set on the river, but Ho made a king-high straight and sent MacPhee home before the final table.
Luis Rodriguez, Jack Salter, Andrei Boghean, and Stepan Osinovski were all eliminated on Day 5 with Salter's elimination ending the day.
The players return Friday at noon local time to play down to a winner with 42:17 minutes left at blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a running ante of 15,000, and PokerNews will be here providing hand-for-hand coverage in conjunction with the live stream until the newest WSOPE Main Event champion is crowned.