In the course of this marathon tournament, Day 5 was the shortest day so far at only seven hours. The starting field of 404 was cut by more than half in that short time, down to the final 185
Out of the nearly 6,500 players who started on this long, exciting and frustrating journey, only 64 were left at the end of Day 6. While these players represent the top one percent of all finishers in this year’s event, they each have a long way to go before they can make the final table and the November Nine.
Out of the nearly 6,500 players who started on this long, exciting and frustrating journey, only 64 were left at the end of Day 6. While these players represent the top one percent of all finishers in this year’s event, they each have a long way to go before they can make the final table and the November Nine.
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As the WSOP Main Event action rages on at the Rio, the heat is also building over at the Bellagio where the WPT’s Bellagio Cup opened on Tuesday. While the Bellagio Cup boasts a bigger buy-in than the Main Event ($15,000 vs $10,000) the field is expected to be a tenth of the size. Last year the event attracted 446 players, but judging by the Day 1A turnout of only 79 players this year’s field will represent just a fraction of the Main Event’s 6494 participants.
At last, the field of 6,494 hopefuls has been honed down to the November Nine.
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