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Sean Chaffin 
Martin Harris
After four days of play, only 310 players have a shot at the title of World Poker Champion and the first prize of $ 8.8 million that goes with it.
On the starting pitch of 7,874 players, 1,182 players returned for Day 4 from yesterday, all guaranteed at least $ 15,000 in cash after the bubble burst to conclude the Saturday. When they stopped last night, the last cashiers had each earned $ 37,705 and there were only 310 left, with Barry Hutter leading the 5,597,000
Hutter is followed by Alexander Haro (5,031,000), Brian Altman (4,861,000), Andres Jeckeln (4,506,000), and Hari Bercovici tops the standings, 29th last year Kelly Minkin just outside the top five with a stack of 3.459.000
Shannon Shorr (3.243 .000), Brian Yoon (3.228.000), and Benjamin Pollak (2 76 765 000 000) is one of the notables who return to the big stacks today, just as James Obst (2,560,000), James Akenhead ] (2,187,000), and Shaun Deeb (2,175,000).
Only one former Main Event champion remained on the field, winner in 2009 Joe Cada (559,000). The average chip to start today is 1.27 million.
The game resumes at 11 am today. Return to PokerNews for continued Main Event coverage and to track all live updates.
The second of the three Day 1 flights took place yesterday, attracting another 1,268 entries to go with 947 on Saturday.
Starting on Day 1a, there were 194 players finishing the match with 159.800 from John Utley who was in the game at that time. Day 1b saw 252 players survive and advance, with Jon Sataoen pocketing a stack of 166,200.
From Day 1a, several notable survived, including Kenny Hallaert ] (131,900), Phil Laak (118,300), and Calvin Anderson (117,300). Day 1b then saw Kevin MacPhee (126,800), Kyle Keranen (118,600), and Chris Ferguson (111,300) also position themselves well for Day 2 of Tuesday. 19659007] Today, the last of the three Day 1 flights with players playing one more time 10 levels of one hour. Players start with 5,000 starting chips and can win $ 5,000 more for a $ 111 donation to the One Drop Foundation . Late registrations and unlimited re-entries are available through the first eight levels (up to approximately 9:15 pm).
We will see today how many more will join the 2,215 entries up to here and how much the prize pool of Event # 68 will be. Last year, the Little One for One Drop attracted 4,391 entries, for a total prize pool of $ 3,951,900
PokerNews will give you all the live updates as soon as the game will start at noon. Return here for the last flight of Day 1.
Yesterday, a field of 901 players was reduced to 202 survivors on Day 1 of the latter, with Jarred Solomon finishing the night having accumulated the most chips with 286,000. [19659023] Jarred Solomon ” clbad=”content-img”/>
Dominik Nitsche is currently Solomon's closest challenger with 220,200, with Romain Lewis third currently with 215,700. Max Silver (187,000), Joao Simao (158,200), and Nacho Barbaro (154,500) will also return in large numbers today when the game resumes . 19659007] When that happens, PokerNews will be there, of course. Stay tuned here for all big hands when the game starts again at 2:00 pm
Event # 70: Limit Hold 'em at $ 3,000 at 6 hands
The WSOP's 70th round offers a hold & Em to fixed term short term at an average price. Players start with 15,000 chips, play 10 levels of one hour today with breaks of 15 minutes after each two levels and a late entry available at level 8 (that is to say until around noon). Players also have a re-entry at their disposal until closing late registrations.
Max Silver won this event a year ago, on a field of 256 to win first prize of $ 172,645 and his first WSOP bracelet in career, but he may miss defending his title since he pocketed big in the $ 6,000 PLO 6-max.
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