$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

Ari Engel is picking up chips late in the day without a major showdown.

After a few small preflop pick ups, he limped his small blind and Dimitry Agrachov checked his big blind to the flop. Engel checked, Agrachov bet 10,000 and Engel check-raised to 32,000. Agrachov called, Engel bet 41,000 and Agrachov abandoned his hand.

It was four-ways on the next hand to the flop and Agrachov and Steve Hagar checked. Gary Lucci bet 15,000 and only Engel came along to the turn. Lucci checked, Engel bet another 15,000 and Lucci released his hand.

No big hands as Engel quietly moved into second place behind Agrachov.

Seat 1: Steve Hagar – 250,000 (25 bb)
Seat 3: Gary Lucci – 355,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: Bryce McVay – 165,000 (17 bb)
Seat 5: Ari Engel – 480,000 (48 bb)
Seat 6: Dimitry Agrachov – 520,000 (52 bb)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

Event 6 moved into Level 21 and it will be the last 45 minutes of the day. Those with a stack in 45 minutes will bag them up and return to play out the rest of the final table tomorrow afternoon.

Seat 1: Steve Hagar – 300,000 (30 bb)
Seat 3: Gary Lucci – 395,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4: Bryce McVay – 154,000 (15 bb)
Seat 5: Ari Engel – 302,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: Dimitry Agrachov – 620,000 (62 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $21,088 + Gold Ring
2nd: $13,037
3rd: $9,396
4th: $6,800
5th: $4,940

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

Dimitry Agrachov opened to 18,000 from the button and Gary Lucci defended in the big to the flop. Lucci checked, Agrachov bet 20,000 and Lucci called.

Lucci checked again after the turn and Agrachov checked behind. One last check from Lucci on the river and Agrachov bet 45,000.

Lucci took a minute to think and called the bet. Agrachov rolled over the first for the nut flush followed by another race ace .

“I had you on the flop,” Lucci told him before he showed the table his . Lucci continued to slide while Agrachov moved into the lead.

Dimitry Agrachov – 630,000 (79 bb)
Gary Lucci – 255,000 (32 bb)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

Action folded to Gary Lucci on the button and he opened to 18,000. Bryce McVay looked at Lucci’s stack, then Ari Engel’s stack, and moved all in from the small blind. Lucci asked for a count and called after hearing 129,000.

McVay:
Lucci:

McVay missed the flop but picked up a flush draw/gutshot draw. He paired his ace on the turn and had his double when the river completed the board.

Bryce McVay – 272,000 (27 bb)
Gary Lucci – 385,000 (39 bb)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

Another 45-minute level is in the books and five players remain with Canadian Gary Lucci (looking for his second WSOP Circuit ring) taking his turn as the leader. The average stack is sitting at 44 big blinds so we expect things to settle down over the next two levels.

Seat 1: Steve Hagar – 409,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Gary Lucci – 480,000 (60 bb)
Seat 4: Bryce McVay – 130,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Ari Engel – 295,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Dimitry Agrachov – 462,000 (58 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $21,088 + Gold Ring
2nd: $13,037
3rd: $9,396
4th: $6,800
5th: $4,940

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

On the hand after Steve Hagar knocked out Carey Pickus, he was mixing it up against Greg Baird. With around 100,000 in the pot and the board reading , Hagar put Baird all in and he called for 95,000.

Hagar:
Baird:

Baird was dealt a monster but Hagar out-flopped it and his set was good after the river to send Baird out in seventh place.

Steve Hagar – 410,000 (68 bb)
Greg Baird – Eliminated in 6th place ($3,601)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 148

Carey Pickus was the short stack coming into the final table and tried for an early double. She moved all in for 85,000 from the small blind after Steve Hagar opened and he called with a big hand.

Pickus:
Hagar:

Pickus needed to catch her over card ace or some straight/flush board. The flop was a blank, she paired her jack on the turn, but the river sent her out in seventh place.

Steve Hagar – 240,000 (40 bb)
Carey Pickus – Eliminated in 7th place ($2,634)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 148

Wasting no more time, the Six-Max dropped another group of players and quickly formed as the final table seven with Dimitry Agrachov leading and Ari Engel going for ring number nine.

Seat 1: Steve Hagar – 225,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Greg Baird – 174,000 (29 bb)
Seat 3: Gary Lucci – 390,000 (65 bb)
Seat 4: Bryce McVay – 99,000 (17 bb)
Seat 5: Carey Pickus – 95,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Ari Engel – 282,000 (47 bb)
Seat 7: Dimitry Agrachov – 520,000 (87 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $21,088
2nd: $13,037
3rd: $9,396
4th: $6,800
5th: $4,940
6th: $3,601
7th: $2,634

Results so far:

8th: Edward Novak – $2,634
9th: Matthew Lambrecht – $1,933
10th: Anthony Abdo – $1,933
11th: Kammar Andries – $1,424
12th: David Carpenter – $1,424
13th: Gerald Fehr – $1,052
14th: Howard Darnold – $1,052
15th: Carlos Loving – $1,052

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 148

Event 6 players took their final break of the day but not before Dimitry Agrachov hit a big hand. He had David Carpenter all in with a race between Agrachov’s and Carpenter’s .

Carpenter flopped two pair on the board, no sweat on the turn, but Agrachov hit one of his two outs on the river. The hand sent Carpenter out in 12th place and Agrachov stacked up a chip leading 423,000 before taking his break.

Dimitry Agrachov – 423,000 (77 bb)
David Carpenter – Eliminated in 12th place ($1,424)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 148

The pace picked up after the money bubble burst and Event 6 is down to 12 players after another level of play. The final table is on the horizon but not before they take another break.

13th: Gerald Fehr – $1,052
14th: Howard Darnold – $1,052
15th: Carlos Loving – $1,052