2016 WSOP Main Event -- 80 Players Remain After Day 5Kenny Hallaert, Griffen Benger and Jared Bleznick Among The Top Ten Stacks |
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Who will be poker’s next world champion?
Notable poker pros Kenny Hallaert (10,050,000), Griffen Benger (9,860,000), Jared Bleznick (7,955,000), Paul Volpe (7,290,000), Tom Marchese (7,155,000), Antoine Saout (6,705,000) and Daniel Colman (6,345,000) all have top twenty stacks heading into the business end of the event. Just who will win the 2016 World Series of Poker main event will not be decided until the final table plays out in November, but day 5 did do plenty to ensure just who won’t be the next world champion as the field was narrowed down to just 80 players.
The 2016 WSOP main event champ won’t be a woman. Several female players made it through day 4, but one by one they all hit the rail during today’s action. Maria Ho finished in 242nd place for $36,708, getting all-in with the nut flush draw against Valentin Vornicu’s queen-high flush draw. Vornicu paired one of his live cards on the river to improve to the best hand.
Jen Shahade (204th – $42,285) and Stacy Matuson (169th – $42,285) also made were eliminated today. Melanie Weisner, who was held the chip lead at one point on day 4, got all-in preflop with the A
K
. She moved in for just over a million in chips after a player opened and Farhad Jamasi three-bet to 425,000. Jamasi ended up making the call with the 53. The board ran out 4
4
225 to pair Jamasi on the river and send Weisner to the rail in 127th place $49,108.
That left Gaelle Baumann as the last female player in with a shot at the title for the second time. Baumann, who finished 10th in the 2012 main event, was quite short at the time Weisner was eliminated. She eventually picked up the AJ
and got her last seven big blinds in the middle against Alex Keating’s AK. She failed to catch up and was knocked out in 102nd place, earning $49,108.
Day 5 also confirmed that the 2016 WSOP main event winner won’t be a repeat champion, either. Ten-time bracelet winner and two-time world champ Johnny Chan was one of two prior winners of this event who made it through to today. Chan was left short after shoving 85 from the button when it folded to him and getting called by Shankar Pillai’s pocket tens in the big blind. Chan failed to come from behind and was left short, busting out in 180th place for $42,285 soon thereafter.
That left 2004 winner of this event Greg Raymer as the only world champ with a shot at repeating. He eventually found himself all in with pocket nines against the pocket tens of Kenny Hallaert and failed to improve, hitting the rail in 122nd place for $49,108. Raymer’s elimination assured that a new world champion will be decided this year.
Former champs and female players weren’t the only possible winners ruled out on day 5. Notables who were eliminated include start-of-day chip leader Bryan Piccioli (84th – $67,855), 2015 WSOP player of the year Mike Gorodinsky (87th – $67,855), Jon Turner (100th – $49,108), Michael Gathy (107th – $49,108), Brandon Adams (117th – $49,108), Dan Heimiller (137th – $49,108), Mukul Pahuja (138th – $49,108), Marc-Andre Ladouceur (139th – $49,108), Todd Brunson (154th – $49,108), Sorel Mizzi (157th – $49,108), Adam Friedman (177th – $42,285), Max Altergott (193rd – $42,285) and Shaun Deeb (221st – $42,285).
The final 80 return for day 6 at noon local time and will play five two-hour levels.
Here is a look at the top ten stacks heading into day 6:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Jerry Wong | 11,555,000 |
| 2 | Jan Suchanek | 10,305,000 |
| 3 | Kenny Hallaert | 10,050,000 |
| 4 | Griffin Benger | 9,860,000 |
| 5 | Joshua Weiss | 8,330,000 |
| 6 | William Kassouf | 8,300,000 |
| 7 | David L’Honore | 8,265,000 |
| 8 | Chang Luo | 8,090,000 |
| 9 | Jared Bleznick | 7,955,000 |
| 10 | Fernando Pons | 7,930,000 |
For a complete listing of the remaining players and their chip counts click here.
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