Mitchell Halverson (small blind) and Stephen Chidwick (middle position) were heads-up with the latter at risk for the 2,195,000 he had in front of him.
Stephen Chidwick:
Mitchell Halverson:
The flop came for Chidwick to hit top top pair.
The turn was the for Halverson to pick up the open-ended straight draw which he hit when the river completed the board with the to send Chidwick out in 89th place.
Breno Campelo raised to 185,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Jeremy Joseph in the small blind. Joseph three-bet to 650,000 and Jeffrey Trudeau folded the big blind after some thought.
Campelo took his time before cutting out a four-bet to 1,395,000. Back on Joseph, he spent the better part of three minutes tanking before shoved all in, putting Campelo to the test.
A little reluctant, Campelo called it off for 3,365,000 total and the cards went on their backs.
Breno Campelo:
Jeremy Joseph:
Joseph huge five-bet shove with king-seven suited was ill-timed as he had run smack dab into the pocket kings of Campelo. The board ran out and Joseph was left with a mere 510,000 after the hand.
After a couple of preflop raises, Adrian State and Chase Bianchi got all of their chips in the middle preflop. State was the player at risk for around 1,350,000 and was in bad shape heading to the flop.
Bianchi showed and State needed to hit an ace with . The board ran out and State was eliminated.
On the next hand, the action folded to Fatima Nanji in the small blind who shoved all in for 1,150,000. Ruslan Dykshteyn was in the big blind and quickly called to put Nanji at risk.
Dykshteyn turned over and Nanji was in trouble with as she stood up from her chair. The flop of left Dykshteyn's pocket queens in the lead. The on the turn and the on the river provided no help to Nanji who exited the tournament with a smile on her face.
Shai Arbel raised to 170,000 from the hijack and Patrick Wall made the call from the cutoff. Hye Park three-bet to 650,000 from the button for the blinds to fold. Arbel did the same but Wall four-bet to 2,000,000. Park took some time and then called.
The flop came , Wall continued with a bet of 1,300,000 and Park came along.
The turn was the and Wall shoved for Park to snap-call for the 1,420,000 he had in front of him.
Hye Park:
Patrick Wall:
Both players had flopped a set but Park was ahead with the kings.
The river completed the board with the for both of them to improve to a full house but for Park to stay ahead and score the big double-up.
Abhinav Iyer opened to 180,000 in middle position and was called by Vasu Amarapu in middle position and Nick Petrangelo in the big blind.
Each player checked on the flop and Iyer bet 225,000 on the turn. Amarapu called and Petrangelo raised all-in for 615,000. Iyer folded and Amarapu asked for a count before calling.
Nick Petrangelo:
Abhinav Iyer:
Petrangelo was ahead with two pair against the open-ended straight draw of Iyer. The river brought the and Petrangelo's hand held up to double through his opponent.
"You had more outs than I was hoping you had," Petrangelo said.
Niko Koop shoved his last 250,000 from middle position and Asher Conniff moved in for 1,625,000 from the cutoff. Demosthenes Kiriopoulos went into the tank and asked Conniff how much he had.
Conniff answered and Kiriopoulos continued to consider his options for a few more moments before he tossed 250,000 into the middle.
It was apparent that Kiriopolous did not see that Conniff was all-in, and his intention was to call the bet from Koop. There was no all-in button in front of Conniff since it was in use for Koop, and Kiriopoulos had headphones on. The floor supervisor was called over to make a ruling.
The floor supervisor ruled that Kiriopolous had committed 250,000, and that he had an option to surrender it with a fold. Kiriopolous quickly folded and the other two players tabled their cards.
Niko Koop:
Asher Conniff:
The board ran out and the eights held to eliminate Koop from the Main Event.
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Nicholas Rigby raised to 205,000 from the cutoff and Robert Mitchell was the only one to make the call from the button.
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. Rigby threw in a bet of around 400,000 and was called.
The river completed the board with the and Rigby checked. Mitchell took some time and then fired a bet of 900,000. Rigby looked at Mitchell and then flicked in a chip for the call. Mitchell tabled the for quads. Rigby shook his head and showed for top pair.
Someone on Mitchell's rail asked him how he was doing. "I got quads in the first hand!" he shouted over.
After a grueling Day 5 that was a test of endurance for 292 hopeful poker players, just 96 runners remain in Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker. The WSOP’s flagship event is into it's home stretch with elite players Stephen Chidwick, Chance Kornuth, and Day 5 chip leader Koray Aldermir returning at 12 p.m. PT for Day 6. The remaining players will continue their battle for their share of the $62,011,250 prize pool.
Germany’s Aldemir is the chip leader with over 14 million in their stack after a Day 5 that saw nearly 200 players hit the payout line. Aldemir made his way to the top of the leaderboard after rivering a flush that knocked out Ognyan Dimov. Despite having over $3 million in earnings at the WSOP, he is still looking for his maiden bracelet.
Day 4 leader Roman Colillas and Canada’s Jonathan Dwek round out the top three and have each accumulated over 10 million chips. Colillas, a PokerStars Ambassador and 2019 PokerStars Players Championship No-Limit Hold’em winner continues to build his stack on the quest for his first WSOP title whilst Dwek looks to improve on his 38th place finish in the 2017 Main Event.
2021 WSOP Main Event Top 10 Counts Day 5
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Koray Aldemir
Germany
14,325,000
179
2
Ramon Colillas
Spain
12,000,000
150
3
Jonathan Dwek
Canada
10,125,000
127
4
Zachary Mcdiarmid
United States
9,700,000
121
5
Jesse Lonis
United States
8,995,000
112
6
Roongsak Griffeth
United States
8,925,000
112
7
Andreas Kniep
Germany
8,515,000
106
8
Tonio Röder
Germany
8,000,000
100
9
Alejandro Lococo
Argentina
7,805,000
98
10
Stephen Gerber
United States
7,700,000
96
Croatia's Dragana Lim will return with more than 5 million chips as one of two remaining female hopefuls. She is joined by Fatima Nanji, who will enter Day 6 seeking an opportunity to spin it up with just over ten big blinds.
Other players that did not survive to see Day 6 include Matt Berkey, Marle Spragg, Jason Koon, Joey Weissman, and breakout Main Event featured table star Conrad Simpson.
Day 6 will kick off at 12 p.m. Las Vegas time on Sunday, November 14. Action will resume in Level 26 with blinds at 40,000/80,000/80,000.
Be sure to keep it here all day long for updates from the PokerNews team live at the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event.
for Chidwick to hit top top pair.
for Halverson to pick up the open-ended straight draw which he hit when the river completed the board with the 
to send Chidwick out in 89th place.
and Joseph was left with a mere 510,000 after the hand.
. The board ran out 
and State was eliminated.
as she stood up from her chair. The flop of 
, Wall continued with a bet of 1,300,000 and Park came along.
for both of them to improve to a full house but for Park to stay ahead and score the big double-up.
and the eights held to eliminate Koop from the Main Event.
and Rigby checked. Mitchell took some time and then fired a bet of 900,000. Rigby looked at Mitchell and then flicked in a chip for the call. Mitchell tabled the 
for top pair. 
