Spain’s Ramon Colillas leads a field of 292 heading into Day 5 of Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker. The returning players survived the 1,000 runners who were already in the money when they showed up to Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino on Day 4 of the WSOP flagship event after the bubble burst at the end of Day 3.
A field of 6,650 has generated a $62,011,250 prize pool with $8 million slated to be awarded to the winner next Wednesday. The remaining players will return for Day 5 at 12 p.m. Las Vegas time on Saturday, November 13.
Day 4 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 5,007,000 | 208 |
| 2 | Demosthenes Kiriopoulos | Canada | 4,500,000 | 188 |
| 3 | Stephen Song | United States | 4,417,000 | 184 |
| 4 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 4,376,000 | 182 |
| 5 | Zachary Mcdiarmid | Canada | 4,093,000 | 171 |
| 6 | Jonathan Dwek | Canada | 3,955,000 | 165 |
| 7 | Jason Osser | United States | 3,900,700 | 163 |
| 8 | Dragana Lim | United States | 3,801,000 | 158 |
| 9 | Fernando Rodriguez | United States | 3,442,000 | 143 |
| 10 | Matthew Jewett | United States | 3,398,000 | 142 |
Colillas went on a run in the late levels to bag the chip lead after steadily building his stack over the previous three days of the tournament. Also at the top of a crowded leaderboard are Stephen Chidwick, Stephen Song, and Fernando Rodriguez. Chidwick and Song are seeking their second WSOP gold bracelet, while Rodriguez is looking for a deep run after securing his first career live cash in this year’s Main Event.
Chris Moneymaker will return for Day 5 with 621,000 chips and an opportunity to recapture the magic he found nearly 20 years ago when he changed the poker world forever as the 2003 Main Event champion. Moneymaker came into Day 4 with one of the bigger chip stacks but spent the latter part of the evening trying to find traction on the PokerGO featured table. Qui Nguyen is the only other former WSOP Main Event champion that remains in the field.
Other players returning for Day 5 include Nick Petrangelo, David Lappin, Matt Berkey, Jason Koon, Dan Heimiller, Marle Spragg, and John Morgan.
Some notable runners that did not survive on Day 4 include Kevin Gerhart, Josh Arieh, and Jessica Cai. Cai came into Day 4 as the chip leader but didn’t survive to see Day 5 after her ace-king ran into Casey Coughlan’s pocket aces shortly after the dinner break. Gerhart flopped top pair and got it in but was stopped by Christoph Strehl’s two-pair. Arieh had a frustrating exit after he bluffed off his stack to Stephen Gerber.
The 2021 WSOP Main Event in Numbers
| Day | Players Total for Day | Players Total Cumulative | Players Surviving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 523 | 523 | 348 |
| 1b | 845 | 1,368 | 611 |
| 1c | 600 | 1,968 | 433 |
| 1d | 2,550 | 4,518 | 1,933 |
| 1e | 797 | 5,315 | 590 |
| 1f | 1,045 | 6,360 | 782 |
| 2abd | 2,900 | 6,496 | 1,440 |
| 2cef | 1,810 | 6,650 | 922 |
| 3 | 2,362 | 6,650 | 1,000 |
| 4 | 1,000 | 6,650 | 292 |
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 2 | $4,300,000 |
| 3 | $3,000,000 |
| 4 | $2,300,000 |
| 5 | $1,800,000 |
| 6 | $1,400,000 |
| 7 | $1,225,000 |
| 8 | $1,100,000 |
| 9 | $1,000,000 |
The Main Event will return with Day 5 on Saturday, November 13 at noon local time. Action will continue in Level 21 with blinds at 12,000/24,000/24,000 and Day 5 will play five two-hour levels.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team every day this week for updates live from the floor of the 2021 Main Event.
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