Two levels of play are complete on Day 6 of the Main Event. After 12 eliminations during the first level, 10 more were sent to rail during the past level. There are now only 46 players remaining.
J. C. Tran vaulted to the upper tier of the leaderboard as well. He won a big, all-in confrontation with Jorn Walthaus after Tran flopped a set to beat Walthaus’s pocket rockets. The hand put Tran above eight million in chips. He has since built his stack to over nine million, and entered the break as the chip leader.
The break is schedule for 20 minutes. We’ll have updated chip counts from every table for you soon, and we’ll be back with live updates when players return to the tables.
The last hand before the break saw Somar Al-Darwich raise to 130,000 from early position, then Danard Petit reraised all in for 1.025 million from late position. It folded around and Al-Darwich called, turning over to Petit's .
Petit needed help, but the flop wasn't a promising start. But then the next streets brought the and , and Petit had made a runner-runner straight to survive.
Mark Newhouse raised to 120,000 from middle position. Chris Lindh called from the small blind, and Jaime Kaplan called from the big blind. The flop came , and according to the monitor we have displaying the action, Lindh and Kaplan got the money in.
Lindh:
Kaplan:
Kaplan was ahead with his set of deuces, but Lindh had outs with his flush draw. The turn was the , completing Lindh's flush, but Kaplan would still win if the board paired. The river was the , no help to Kaplan.
Kaplan was eliminated in 47th place for $151,063, and Lindh is over 12,000,000 in chips.
Vitaly Lunkin raised to 135,000 from the hijack position, then Sergio Castelluccio reraised to 300,000 from one seat over and the table folded back around. Lunkin called the reraise, and the pair saw the flop come .
Both checked, then the fell on fourth street, earning another check from Lunkin. Castelluccio bet 285,000 this time, then Lunkin check-raised to 660,000. Castelluccio tanked for some time, then called.
The river brought the and checks from both players. Lunkin tabled for eights and kings, but Castelluccio had for a better two pair and won the pot.
Castelluccio now has over 7.5 million while Lunkin slips back to right at 1 million — exactly where he started the day.
Soon after that hand between Marc McLaughlin and Jonathan Jaffe a short while ago in which McLaughlin turned a straight and ended up winning a big pot, the pair were back at it again.
This one again began with a McLaughlin min-raise from late position (the cutoff), but this time Jaffe reraised to 320,000 from the small blind and McLaughlin called.
The flop came . Jaffe led for 300,000 and McLaughlin called. The turn brought the and a bet of 420,000 from Jaffe, and McLaughlin called again. Both players then checked the river.
Jaffe tabled for trip kings which was better than McLaughlin's , and Jaffe won the pot.
Carlos Mortensen opened for a raise to 120,000 from the hijack, and JC Tran called from the cutoff. Mortensen check-called 155,000 on the flop. He check-called again for 290,000 on the . The river double-paired the board, and Mortensen check-called 535,000. He showed , and Tran couldn't beat it.
Sami Rustom raised from under the gun to 180,000, then action folded to a short-stacked Gaetano Preite in the cutoff seat. He moved all in for 360,000, and play folded to Rep Porter in the small blind. Porter reraised all in for 1.865 million. Rustom called.
Rustom had the , Porter had the , and the shortest stack, Preite, had the .
The flop came down , giving Preite a set of eights and Porter a flush draw while Rustom still had a pair of kings. The turn was the and gave more outs to Porter before the river completed the board with the . Porter got there with a flush, cracking Rustom's kings and busting Preite in 48th place.
Alexander Livingston raised to 130,000 from early position, Sylvain Loosli called on the button, David Stephens called in the small blind, and Oliver Price called in the big blind.
The dealer fanned , Stephens checked, Price moved all in for 905,000, and Livingston called. The two other players folded.
Livingston:
Price:
Price was drawing dead when the turned, and a meaningless completed the board. Livingston chipped up to 5.7 million.
Marc McLaughlin raised to 120,000 from the button and got a single caller in Jonathan Jaffe playing from the big blind. The flop came , Jaffe checked, McLaughlin continued for 140,000, and Jaffe called.
The turn was the . This time Jaffe led with a bet of 270,000, and after waiting a few beats McLaughlin put out a raise to 820,000. Jaffe thought for a while, then made the call.
The river brought the and a half-minute later a check from Jaffe. McLaughlin waited about 30 seconds himself, then put out a stack of lavender (100,000) chips and a couple of green (25,000) ones to make a bet of 1.55 million.
Jaffe didn't take very long before saying he was calling, and when McLaughlin announced "straight" — tabling — Jaffe said "straight's good" and mucked.
That hand puts McLaughlin close to 9 million, just behind J.C. Tran at the moment on the leaderboard.
Chris Lindh raised to 130,000 from middle position, and Ryan Riess three-bet to 315,000 from the cutoff. Lindh called, and the flop came . Lindh checked, and Riess continued for 275,000. Lindh then check-raised to 610,000. Riess thought for a minute and called, and the fell on the turn. Lindh then bet out 675,000, and Riess went into the tank. After thinking for a couple minutes, he released his hand.
With this pot, Lindh is now over eight million in chips.
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beat Jorn Walthaus’s 
when Mortensen rivered a Broadway straight. Steve Gee joined the double up crowd as well, and later built his stack to over four million.
to Petit's 
.
flop wasn't a promising start. But then the next streets brought the 
and 
, and Petit had made a runner-runner straight to survive.
, and according to the monitor we have displaying the action, Lindh and Kaplan got the money in.
, no help to Kaplan.
.
and checks from both players. Lunkin tabled 
for eights and kings, but Castelluccio had 
for a better two pair and won the pot.
. Jaffe led for 300,000 and McLaughlin called. The turn brought the 
for trip kings which was better than McLaughlin's 
flop. He check-called again for 290,000 on the 
river double-paired the board, and Mortensen check-called 535,000. He showed 
, and Tran couldn't beat it.
. Porter got there with a flush, cracking Rustom's kings and busting Preite in 48th place.
, Stephens checked, Price moved all in for 905,000, and Livingston called. The two other players folded.
completed the board. Livingston chipped up to 5.7 million.
. This time Jaffe led with a bet of 270,000, and after waiting a few beats McLaughlin put out a raise to 820,000. Jaffe thought for a while, then made the call.
