Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:49 AM Local Time
Day 6 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|
| 438 | 1 | George Wong | 5,740,000 |
| 438 | 2 | Anton Morgenstern | 3,810,000 |
| 438 | 3 | Gaetano Preite | 3,965,000 |
| 438 | 4 | David Benefield | 3,675,000 |
| 438 | 5 | Rep Porter | 950,000 |
| 438 | 6 | Marc Emond | 1,475,000 |
| 438 | 7 | Sami Rustom | 7,050,000 |
| 438 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 438 | 9 | Philip Long | 1,200,000 |
| | | | |
| 439 | 1 | Chris Lindh | 4,070,000 |
| 439 | 2 | Brendon O'Neal | 1,800,000 |
| 439 | 3 | Ryan Riess | 5,570,000 |
| 439 | 4 | Josh Prager | 2,800,000 |
| 439 | 5 | Steve Gee | 1,360,000 |
| 439 | 6 | Jim Collopy | 1,970,000 |
| 439 | 7 | Benjamin Pollak | 740,000 |
| 439 | 8 | Darryl Ronconi | 1,780,000 |
| 439 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |
| | | | |
| 440 | 1 | --empty-- | -- |
| 440 | 2 | Carlos Mortensen | 2,665,000 |
| 440 | 3 | Keanu Tabali | 5,435,000 |
| 440 | 4 | JC Tran | 3,280,000 |
| 440 | 5 | Jack Amyx | 2,960,000 |
| 440 | 6 | Jorn Walthaus | 3,455,000 |
| 440 | 7 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 4,065,000 |
| 440 | 8 | Corrie Wunstel | 1,470,000 |
| 440 | 9 | Matthew Reed | 5,255,000 |
| | | | |
| 441 | 1 | Somar Al-Darwich | 3,435,000 |
| 441 | 2 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | 3,235,000 |
| 441 | 3 | Danard Petit | 2,095,000 |
| 441 | 4 | Byron Kaverman | 700,000 |
| 441 | 5 | David Stephens | 3,935,000 |
| 441 | 6 | Oliver Price | 590,000 |
| 441 | 7 | Jason Mann | 6,580,000 |
| 441 | 8 | Erkut Yilmaz | 2,735,000 |
| 441 | 9 | Mark Newhouse | 2,035,000 |
| | | | |
| 442 | 1 | James Alexander | 3,450,000 |
| 442 | 2 | Amir Lehavot | 2,655,000 |
| 442 | 3 | Fabian Ortiz | 1,780,000 |
| 442 | 4 | Maxx Coleman | 6,260,000 |
| 442 | 5 | Dan Owen | 3,750,000 |
| 442 | 6 | Umang Dattani | 2,035,000 |
| 442 | 7 | --empty-- | -- |
| 442 | 8 | Sergio Castelluccio | 1,655,000 |
| 442 | 9 | Rachid Ben Cherif | 1,805,000 |
| | | | |
| 443 | 1 | Andrea Dato | 1,150,000 |
| 443 | 2 | Jonathan Jaffe | 3,535,000 |
| 443 | 3 | Jan Nakladal | 1,870,000 |
| 443 | 4 | Cero Zuccarello | 1,115,000 |
| 443 | 5 | Simon Ravnsbaek | 600,000 |
| 443 | 6 | Noah Schwartz | 3,595,000 |
| 443 | 7 | Jay Farber | 3,030,000 |
| 443 | 8 | Robert Damelian | 2,885,000 |
| 443 | 9 | Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 6,695,000 |
| | | | |
| 444 | 1 | Yann Dion | 2,270,000 |
| 444 | 2 | Nicolas Le Floch | 3,290,000 |
| 444 | 3 | Steven Watts | 1,705,000 |
| 444 | 4 | Clement Tripodi | 2,100,000 |
| 444 | 5 | Jaime Kaplan | 965,000 |
| 444 | 6 | Christopher Kinane | 800,000 |
| 444 | 7 | Sebastian Gohr | 3,500,000 |
| 444 | 8 | Alexander Livingston | 3,635,000 |
| 444 | 9 | Brett Richey | 690,000 |
| | | | |
| 445 | 1 | Bruno Kawauti | 430,000 |
| 445 | 2 | Bryan Pellegrino | 1,795,000 |
| 445 | 3 | Jackie Glazier | 4,045,000 |
| 445 | 4 | Phil Mader | 3,205,000 |
| 445 | 5 | Vladimir Geshkenbein | 1,400,000 |
| 445 | 6 | Sylvain Loosli | 5,690,000 |
| 445 | 7 | Vitaly Lunkin | 1,000,000 |
| 445 | 8 | Tyler Cornell | 1,465,000 |
| 445 | 9 | Michiel Brummelhuis | 3,485,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:14 AM Local Time
That's the End of Day 5; Rustom Leads with Glazier and Mortensen Still Alive
After 239 players began, the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event has been cut down to just 68 players after the conclusion of Day 5. Another five, two-hour levels of play have been put in the books, and leading the way into Day 6 is Sami Rustom with 7,005,000 in chips.
Heading into the last level of the night, Rustom had the lead. While Marc-Etienne McLaughlin and Ryan Riess managed to both take turns holding the top spot during the final level, Rustom soared at the end to finish just 10,000 chips ahead of McLaughlin. The California native is here making the largest cash of his career by a long shot. In fact, this single score here, whatever it may be for Rustom, has already surpassed his total lifetime tournament earnings of $43,957. Rustom does have two WSOP cashes, both coming from back in 2007.
While Rustom may have the chip lead, the biggest story returning today was that of defending champion Greg Merson. Merson made it to the second level of the day, Level 22, with the blinds at 10,000/20,000/3,000 before he was eliminated at the hands of Brett Richey. After Richey had opened to 40,000 from middle position, Merson moved all in from the next seat with the for 481,000. Richey called holding the to have Merson dominated. Following a runout of , Merson was sent to the payout desk to collect his winnings. He finished in 167th place for $42,990.
After Merson was sent off, plenty of other notables joined him in the payout line. Kevin Calenzo finished in 165th place, Jason Potter busted in 164th place, Alexander Kuzmin hit the rail in 135th place, and Alex Bilokur went out in 126th place, just to name a few. Then came the elimination of Ronnie Bardah in 124th place.
Bardah had cameras fixated on him for much of the past three days as he went deeper and deeper in his fourth WSOP Main Event cash in a row, but he'd have to settle for a payday of $50,752 after busting out at the hands of Jorn Walthaus. Walthaus cracked a short-stacked Bardah's aces with the by making a flush.
Heading into Day 6, the two big stories are stealing the headlines belong to Jackie Glazier and Carlos Mortensen.
Glazier proved to be the last woman standing in the 2013 Main Event and will advance with 4,045,000 in chips. She found a nice surge to her stack in the last level of the night, Level 25, with the blinds at 20,000/40,000/5,000 by doubling through Chris Johnson. Johnson was crippled and eliminated shortly thereafter.
Mortensen is trying to repeat the feat he achieved back in 2001, when he won the WSOP Main Event for $1.5 million. En route to finishing the day with 2,665,000 in chips, Mortensen busted Marvin Rettenmaier in 99th place. When Rettenmaier put his money in for the last time in this event, his were outdone by the for Mortensen. This is Mortensen's deepest run in the Main Event since his win in 2001.
Other notables still left in the field are Steve Gee, last year's ninth-place finisher, Ryan Riess, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, David Benefield, JC Tran, Noah Schwartz, Chris Lindh, Amir Lehavot, Jonathan Jaffe, Yann Dion, Jim Collopy, Vitaly Lunkin, Mark Newhouse, Vladimir Geshkenbein, Brett Richey and Rep Porter.
Day 6 will begin on Sunday at 12 p.m. Las Vegas time, and the plan right now stands at playing out another five levels. That plan could be altered due to filming and how fast play has been moving along, but we'll have more on that tomorrow. Until then, get a good night's sleep and prepare yourself for another day of exciting poker action. We'll see you right back here then on PokerNews!
Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:13 AM Local Time
End-of-Day Counts
| Sami Rustom | 7,005,000 | 555,000  |
| Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 6,695,000 | -405,000  |
| Jason Mann | 6,580,000 | 30,000 |
| Maxx Coleman | 6,260,000 | 260,000 |
| George Wong | 5,740,000 | 0 |
| Sylvain Loosli | 5,690,000 | -110,000 |
| Ryan Riess | 5,570,000 | -330,000 |
| Keanu Tabali | 5,435,000 | 185,000 |
| Matthew Reed | 5,255,000 | 840,000 |
| Chris Lindh | 4,070,000 | 1,140,000 |
| Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 4,065,000 | -515,000 |
| Jackie Glazier | 4,045,000 | 365,000 |
| Gaetano Preite | 3,965,000 | 1,850,000 |
| David Stephens | 3,935,000 | 135,000 |
| Nicolas Le Floch | 3,920,000 | -85,000 |
| Anton Morgenstern | 3,810,000 | 955,000 |
| Dan Owen | 3,750,000 | 1,555,000 |
| David Benefield | 3,675,000 | 0 |
| Alexander Livingston | 3,635,000 | 120,000 |
| Noah Schwartz | 3,595,000 | 95,000 |
| Jonathan Jaffe | 3,535,000 | 1,010,000 |
| Sebastian Gohr | 3,500,000 | 1,075,000 |
| Michiel Brummelhuis | 3,485,000 | -30,000 |
| Jorn Walthaus | 3,455,000 | -170,000 |
| James Alexander | 3,450,000 | -350,000 |
| Somar Al-Darwich | 3,435,000 | 135,000 |
| Aleksejs Ponakovs | 3,325,000 | -195,000 |
| JC Tran | 3,280,000 | -320,000 |
| Phil Mader | 3,205,000 | 1,045,000 |
| Jay Farber | 3,030,000 | 0 |
| Jack Amyx | 2,967,000 | 667,000 |
| Robert Damelian | 2,885,000 | 260,000 |
| Josh Prager | 2,800,000 | -620,000 |
| Erkut Yilmaz | 2,735,000 | -216,000 |
| Carlos Mortensen | 2,665,000 | 160,000 |
| Amir Lehavot | 2,655,000 | -130,000 |
| Yann Dion | 2,270,000 | -90,000 |
| Clement Tripodi | 2,100,000 | -350,000 |
| Danard Petit | 2,095,000 | -90,000 |
| Mark Newhouse | 2,035,000 | 515,000 |
| Umang Dattani | 2,035,000 | 335,000 |
| Jim Collopy | 1,970,000 | -220,000 |
| Jan Nakladal | 1,870,000 | 460,000 |
| Rachid Ben Cherif | 1,805,000 | -1,245,000 |
| Brendon O'Neal | 1,800,000 | 700,000 |
| Bryan Pellegrino | 1,795,000 | 355,000 |
| Darryl Ronconi | 1,780,000 | -1,020,000 |
| Fabian Ortiz | 1,780,000 | -240,000 |
| Steven Watts | 1,705,000 | 205,000 |
| Sergio Castelluccio | 1,655,000 | -190,000 |
| Marc Emond | 1,475,000 | -825,000 |
| Corrie Wunstel | 1,470,000 | -295,000 |
| Tyler Cornell | 1,465,000 | 0 |
| Vladimir Geshkenbein | 1,400,000 | 90,000 |
| Steve Gee | 1,360,000 | -240,000 |
| Philip Long | 1,200,000 | -495,000 |
| Andrea Dato | 1,130,000 | -620,000 |
| Cero Zuccarello | 1,115,000 | 0 |
| Vitaly Lunkin | 1,000,000 | -600,000 |
| Jaime Kaplan | 965,000 | -295,000 |
| Rep Porter | 950,000 | 55,000 |
| Christopher Kinane | 800,000 | -280,000 |
| Benjamin Pollak | 740,000 | 110,000 |
| Byron Kaverman | 700,000 | -300,000 |
| Brett Richey | 690,000 | -225,000 |
| Simon Ravnsbaek | 600,000 | -555,000 |
| Oliver Price | 590,000 | -95,000 |
| Bruno Kawauti | 430,000 | -95,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:56 AM Local Time
69th - 72nd Place
These players earned $102,102 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts page.
| Simon Lam | 0 | 0 |
| Cary Marshall | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Pollock | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Depew | 0 | 0 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:52 AM Local Time
Cornell Doubles on Last Hand of the Night
Tyler Cornell was all in and at risk holding on a flop of , and David Benefield had him at risk with . Benefield failed to fill up on the turn ( ) and the river ( ), and Cornell doubled to 1.465 million chips. Benefield fell to 3.675 million.
| David Benefield | 3,675,000 | -85,000 |
| Tyler Cornell | 1,465,000 | 845,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:50 AM Local Time
Depew Eliminated in Final Hand of the Night
In the last hand of the night, Gaetano Preite opened to 100,000 from under the gun plus one, and was called by Jay Farber in late position. The option then fell on Donald Depew, who moved all in for his last 605,000 from the button. Preite paused for a moment before folding, before a short wait saw Farber make the call.
Depew:
Farber:
Depew was in great shape to double up heading into day six, but was out flopped. The saw Farber take the lead with two pair, and when the and didn't help, Depew was eliminated from the tournament.
| Jay Farber | 3,030,000 | 1,115,000 |
| Donald Depew | 0 | -815,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:46 AM Local Time
Dattani, Pollak Shove, Survive
In the next-to-the-last hand of the night, Keanu Tabali opened with a button-raise, then it folded to Umang Dattani in the big blind. The pair had planned earlier in the evening to order beers during the final half-hour of play, but only Tabali did, with Dattani perhaps being more preoccupied with wanting to preserve and/or improve upon his below average stack.
Dattani checked his cards, then announced he was all in, and Tabali thought just a few seconds before letting his hand go. "Show!" he said, and Dattani just grinned. "Give me my money, I ain't showing nothing!" he said with a laugh.
Benjamin Pollak was then the one doing the open-shoving from late position on the night's final hand, but again there were no callers, and both Dattani and Pollak will be returning for tomorrow's Day 6.
| Umang Dattani | 2,035,000 | -415,000 |
| Benjamin Pollak | 740,000 | -555,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:42 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
The clock has been paused and all remaining tables will play out three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:32 AM Local Time
Dion Defeats Pollock
James Alexander raised to 80,000 in middle position, Yann Dion called in late position, Bryan Pellegrino called in the cutoff, and Josh Pollock defended his big blind. All four players checked on a flop of , and the turn was the . Pollock moved all in, and only Dion called.
Pollock:
Dion:
Pollock needed a three, eight, or six to survive, and but the river brought the . He hit the rail, while Dion is up to 2.36 million chips.
| Yann Dion | 2,360,000 | 30,000 |
| Josh Pollock | 0 | -730,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:29 AM Local Time
Watts Takes out Marshall
Steven Watts started the hand by opening to 100,000 from under the gun plus one. The action then folded around to Cary Marshall in the big blind, who tanked over his decision.
"If I'm going to do anything, it's going to be all in. I can't just call," said Marshall.
Another minute passed, before Marshall moved all in for just over 500,000, and was snap called.
Watts:
Marshall:
Both players stood up from their chairs, and shook each other's hands. Screams of "eight" and "ace or jack," were coming from the rail, before the dealer showed the .
Marshall would need a jack or ace on the turn or river to double up. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't to be as the and completed the board.
| Steven Watts | 1,500,000 | 560,000 |
| Cary Marshall | 0 | -1,315,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:27 AM Local Time
Updated Feature Table Counts
| JC Tran | 3,600,000 | 60,000 |
| Alexander Livingston | 3,515,000 | 660,000 |
| Michiel Brummelhuis | 3,515,000 | 580,000 |
| Jonathan Jaffe | 2,525,000 | 265,000 |
| Jim Collopy | 2,190,000 | 190,000 |
| Danard Petit | 2,185,000 | 130,000 |
| Sergio Castelluccio | 1,845,000 | 885,000 |
| Rep Porter | 895,000 | -475,000 |
| Oliver Price | 685,000 | -195,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:27 AM Local Time
Sichelstiel Eliminated
Jason Mann moved all in for effectively 350,000 out of the small blind, and Robert Sichelstiel called in the big blind, putting himself at risk.
Mann:
Sichelstiel:
The board came , and Sichelstiel was eliminated.
| Jason Mann | 6,550,000 | 350,000 |
| Robert Sichelstiel | 0 | -510,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:22 AM Local Time
Spets Busts
Age Spets moved all in for 185,000 from early position, Noah Schwartz called on the button, and Jason Mann called in the big blind. Schwartz and Mann both checked on a flop of , and the turn was the . Mann checked, Schwartz fired out 250,000, and Mann folded.
Spets:
Schwartz:
The bricked off on the river, and Spets was eliminated. Schwartz is back up to 3.5 million chips.
| Noah Schwartz | 3,500,000 | 200,000 |
| Age Spets | 0 | -485,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:21 AM Local Time
The Comeback Ends, Fernandez Finally Eliminated
Way back during the first level today, Pedro Fernandez was down to just 16,000 chips — at the time exactly one big blind — when there were still about 200 players remaining.
Fernandez managed to climb out of that hole and build a stack over the rest of the day, even pushing up over 1 million at one point. Alas the comeback as reached an end here in the last half-hour of Level 25, and Fernandez has finally been eliminated.
Fernandez's final hand began with him pushing all in from middle position for 380,000, then watching as Steven Watts called his raise from the cutoff seat. It then folded to Erkut Yilmaz in the big blind who very quickly announced he was reraising all in, and Watts folded his hand instantly.
Fernandez had , but Yilmaz had woken up with . The flop was no good for Fernandez, although the did provide some hope. But fifth street was the , meaning Fernandez couldn't come from behind in the hand, although he did succeed in making a tremendous comeback here on Day 5 to finish inside the top 75.
| Erkut Yilmaz | 2,951,000 | 1,381,000 |
| Steven Watts | 940,000 | -1,050,000 |
| Pedro Fernandez | 0 | -480,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:21 AM Local Time
Le Floch Wins Back-to-Back Hands
Anton Morgenstern opened to 80,000 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called before Nicolas Le Floch three-bet the button to 250,000. Morgenstern folded and Timoshenko called as the dealer dropped a flop and both players checked.
The turn of the saw Timoshenko check before Le Floch bet out 180,000 to prompt a fold from Timoshenko.
Nicolas Le Floch
On the next hand, Le Floch opened the cutoff to 80,000 and Jackie Glazier called on the button to see a flop fall. Le Floch fired out a continuation-bet of 120,000 with Glazier making the call as the landed on the turn and Le Floch checked.
Glazier slid out a bet of 145,000 and Le Floch made the call before he checked the on the river. Glazier bet out 260,000 and Le Floch quickly called.
Glazier tabled her , but it would be Le Floch's for top two pair that would see him collect the pot to move to an ante over 4 million.
| Nicolas Le Floch | 4,005,000 | 555,000 |
| Jackie Glazier | 3,680,000 | -380,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:17 AM Local Time
Yadio Times Two
Phil Mader raised to 100,000 in early position, Yann Dion moved all in for 1.13 million out of the big blind, and Mader called.
Mader:
Dion:
The flop fell , changing very little, and it was all over when the turned. A meaningless completed the board, and Dion doubled to 2.33 million chips. Mader fell to 2.16 million.
| Yann Dion | 2,330,000 | 820,000 |
| Phil Mader | 2,160,000 | -375,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:14 AM Local Time
Simon Lam Eliminated
Action folded around to Simon Lam on the button, and he moved all in for his last 215,000. Dan Owen folded his small blind, and Byron Kaverman thought for a couple minutes in the big blind. Eventually, he called and showed . Lam was slightly ahead with . The flop changed his fortunes, however, coming and putting Kaverman in the lead with a pair of jacks. The turn was the and the river was the , both bricks. Kaverman won the pot, and Simon Lam was eliminated.
| Byron Kaverman | 1,000,000 | 265,000 |
| Simon Lam | 0 | -315,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:11 AM Local Time
McLaughlin Wins Big Pot, Then Leaves
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin raised it up to 80,000 from under the gun, and JC Tran called from the hijack. Jonathan Jaffe reraised to 240,000 from the big blind, and McLaughlin tossed in the call. Tran got out of the way, and the flop came down . Jaffe checked to McLaughlin, who bet out 250,000. Jaffe then check raised it to 600,000, and McLaughlin made the call.
The turn brought the , and Jaffe checked again. McLaughlin knuckled as well this time, and the river brought the . Both players checked again, and Jaffe showed for queens and nines. McLaughlin rolled over for a better two pair, and he took down the big pot to get him back up to almost 6.8 million.
As soon as McLaughlin started stacking up his new chips, the floor supervisor came over to move him to a different table. McLaughlin is now out of the Mothership and on a table back on the main tournament floor.
| Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 6,780,000 | 765,000 |
| Jonathan Jaffe | 2,260,000 | -1,305,000 |
Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:11 AM Local Time
Another Huge Pot for Coleman; Schwarmann Busts
After a series of preflop raises, Nick Schwarmann was all in and at risk for roughly two million holding . He was crushed by Maxx Coleman's , and the aces held up as the board came .
Schwarmann hit the rail, while Coleman now has six million chips.
| Maxx Coleman | 6,000,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Nick Schwarmann | 0 | -2,175,000 |