Event 6: Level Up Without Much Change

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 148

Level 24 is freshly underway and there hasn’t been much change in heads-up play. Gary Lucci still leads Steve Hagar and the pair hasn’t been in a big hurry to get many chips in the pot.

Gary Lucci – 1,250,000 (52 bb)
Steve Hagar – 526,000 (21 bb)

1st: $21,088 + Gold Ring
2nd: $13,037

Event 6: Steve Hagar Doubles through Gary Lucci

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 148

Gary Lucci was on the button and Steve Hagar was in the big blind. Hagar had his last 364,000 in the middle. Lucci had him at risk, but was behind in the hand.

Hagar: TsTh
Lucci: 8h8d

Runout: 7c2s2hAh6c

Hagar’s tens were best and he doubled through Lucci.

Steve Hagar – 756,000 (47 bb)
Gary Lucci – 1,020,000 (63 bb)

Event 6: Dimitry Agrachov – 3rd Place ($9,396)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 148

Dimitry Agrachov

All three players were in action in a limped pot. Steve Hagar was in the small blind, Gary Lucci the big and start-of-day chip leader Dimitry Agrachov was on the button.

Flop: Qc5c3h – It checked to Agrachov. He bet 30,000. It was back on Hagar and check-raised to 65,000. Lucci folded and Agrachov called. They were heads up to the turn.

Turn: Qc5c3h8h – Hagar lead for 70,000. Agrachov moved all-in and Hagar called. Agrachov was the at-risk player.

Agrachov: AdAh for an overpair
Hagar: Qh4h for top pair with a flush draw

River: Qc5c3h8h4c – Hagar missed his flush, but improved to queens-up to win the pot. Agrachov was left bust and his the rail in third place earning $9,396.

Hagar was the short stack going into heads-up play versus Lucci.

Gary Lucci – 1,406,000 (87 bb)
Steve Hagar – 370,000 (23 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – Eliminated 3rd place ($9,396)

Event 6: Bryce McVay — 4th Place ($6,800)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 148

Bryce McVay

Bryce McVay was in the small blind and his last roughly 100,000 chips were in the pot preflop against Steve Hagar in the cutoff. McVay was at risk.

Hagar: AdKd
McVay: AcKs

The pair held the same hand, but McVay had a sweat needing to fade diamonds.

Runout: Td9d6cQdJc

Hagar spiked an unlikely flush sending McVay home in fourth place.

“Alrigh, guys,” McVay smiled after leaving the payout desk. “It was a pleasure. May the luckiest man win.”

Steve Hagar – 303,000 (25 bb)
Bryce McVay – Eliminated in 4th place ($6,800)

Event 6: Ari Engel – 5th Place ($4,940)

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 148

Gary Lucci was under the gun and raised to 27,000. Eight-time ring winner Ari Engel was on the button and called. They were heads up to the flop.

Flop: 7c3s2h — Lucci checked. Engel bet 70,000. Lucci called.

Turn: 7c3s2h9d — Lucci checked again. Engel bet 138,000.

River: 7c3s2h9d9h — Lucci checked a third time. Engel, who had about 200,000 behind, took a moment to decide his action before announcing, “All-in.”

Lucci had Engel barely covered and called putting the tournament superstar at risk.

Lucci: 5c5d for a pair of fives
Engel: Ks6s for king-high

Engel was left speechless as the dealer broke down the stacks to verify sizes. Engel was indeed covered and hit the rail in fifth place for $4,940. Lucci took the chip lead with a stack of over 1,000,000.

Gary Lucci – 1,035,000 (86 bb)
Ari Engel – Eliminated in 5th place ($4,940)

Event 6: Final Five Return to Play for $21K and a Ring

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

The final five (from 148 starters) in Event 6, a $580 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Six-Max tournament, are back in their seats and set to play the final session before awarding a gold ring and a $21,088 top prize.

Dimitry Agrachov pictured on Day 1

Leading the action is Dimitry Agrachov but he has some tough talent still in the game including eight-time ring winner Ari Engel and Bryce McVay.

Ari Engel pictured on Day 1

Here’s where the event stands:

Chip counts by seat

Seat 1: Steve Hagar – 169,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Gary Lucci – 458,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Bryce McVay – 176,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: Ari Engel – 468,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Dimitry Agrachov – 503,000 (42 bb)

By chip count

  1. Dimitry Agrachov – 503,000 (42 bb)
  2. Ari Engel – 468,000 (39 bb)
  3. Gary Lucci – 458,000 (38 bb)
  4. Bryce McVay – 176,000 (15 bb)
  5. Steve Hagar – 169,000 (14 bb)

Remaining payouts

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

Results so far

6th: Greg Baird – $3,601
7th: Carey Pickus – $2,634
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

Updates now through the crowning of a champion will be available right here at SeminoleCoconutCreekPoker.com.

WSOP Circuit Day 7 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 7 Day 1 – $365 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • Day 1 will end after Level 21 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 7 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 6 – $580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

4PM: Event 8 Day 1 – $365 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Buy)

  • $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 3,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • $100 rebuys anytime at or below 3K in chips for six levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • Day 1 will end after Level 18 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 8 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $65 Turbo Mega Satellite into $100,000 GTD Event 7

  • Players begin with 3,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

2PM: $65 Turbo Mega Satellite into $25,000 GTD Event 8

  • Players begin with 3,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

7PM: $135 Nightly Tournament

  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
  • Eligible for Tournament Leaderboard points (see structure for details)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Structure Sheet

Event 6: Day 1 Ends with Five Players and Dimitry Agrachov Leading

$580 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 148

Dimitry Agrachov

After 21 levels of play, the Event 6 field was reduced from 148 entries to only five players remaining with a chance at the Six-Max ring. They battled it out at the five-handed table for more than 90 minutes without anyone heading to the payout desk and they show no signs of changing.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 champion Dimitry Agrachov will return for Day 2 with the chip lead followed closely by eight-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Ari Engel and Gary Lucci looking for his second WSOPC win. Bryce McVay is sitting at his second final table of the series but he is one of the two shorter stack along with Steve Hagar.

They will return to The Pavilion at 1 pm Wednesday afternoon to continue playing down to the Six-Max champion.

Seat 1: Steve Hagar – 169,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Gary Lucci – 458,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Bryce McVay – 176,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: Ari Engel – 468,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Dimitry Agrachov – 503,000 (42 bb)

By chip count:

  1. Dimitry Agrachov – 503,000 (42 bb)
  2. Ari Engel – 468,000 (39 bb)
  3. Gary Lucci – 458,000 (38 bb)
  4. Bryce McVay – 176,000 (15 bb)
  5. Steve Hagar – 169,000 (14 bb)

Remaining payouts:

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

Results so far:

6th: Greg Baird – $3,601
7th: Carey Pickus – $2,634
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

Event 6: Ari Engel Moving Up

$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

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 8h6d3s 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 Ah9h2c flop and Agrachov and Steve Hagar checked. Gary Lucci bet 15,000 and only Engel came along to the Th 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)