$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)
$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: Lucci:
Runout:
Hagar’s tens were best and he doubled through Lucci.
Steve Hagar – 756,000 (47 bb) Gary Lucci – 1,020,000 (63 bb)
$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
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: – 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: – Hagar lead for 70,000. Agrachov moved all-in and Hagar called. Agrachov was the at-risk player.
Agrachov: for an overpair Hagar: for top pair with a flush draw
River: – 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)
$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: — Lucci checked. Engel bet 70,000. Lucci called.
Turn: — Lucci checked again. Engel bet 138,000.
River: — 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: for a pair of fives Engel: 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)
$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.
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.
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)
$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
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)
$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)