Once again, the 2018 WSOP $10,000 Main Event has narrowed down its second biggest field in the history of the prestigious tournament (7,874 entries), and after a total of 41 hours of poker play so far in this event, the field of 1,182 now has only 310 players left after Day 4.
Three American poker pros finished in the top 3 spots at the end of the day, with everyone playing through five-and-a-half levels and walk out the doors after 13 hours since Day 4 started. 2015 WSOP $1,500 NLHE Shootout event winner Barry Hutter sits in the lead with 5,597,000 chips, with Alexander Haro in 2nd place with 5,031,000, and Brian Altman in 3rd with 4,861,000 chips.
Hutter was the first one to exceed 4 million and then kept on rolling during the final hour of the night to finish ahead of Haro and Altman. Hutter, a 31-year-old poker pro from Florida, has more than $4.2 million in lifetime live tournament earnings.
2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open main event winner Altman made the most noteworthy elimination of the day when he knocked off Phil Ivey from the feature table around midday.
Phil Ivey takes home $23,940 in this event.
Others who made it through Day 4 include:
- 2015 WSOP main event 29th place finisher Kelly Minkin (3,459,000)
- Three-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon (3,228,000)
- 2017 main event third-place finisher Benjamin Pollak (2,765,000)
- 2009 main event ninth-place finisher James Akenhead (2,187,000)
- Three-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (2,175,000)
- 2016 main event third-place finisher, two-time bracelet winner Cliff Josephy (1,985,000)
- Three-time WPT main event winner Chino Rheem (1,900,000)
The only main event winner still left with a chance to become a two-time main event champion is Joe Cada. The three-time bracelet winner and 2009 world champ bagged up 550,000 chips at the end of Day 4. Other main event champions who made it to Day 4 but failed to advance include Tom McEvoy, Jonathan Duhamel and Johnny Chan.
Other notable players who did not make it after Day 4 include Barry Greenstein, Brent Hanks, Davidi Kitai, Darren Elias, Ian Johns, Jamie Kerstetter, Jessica Dawley, Kristen Bicknell, Liv Boeree, Patrik Antonius, Scott Clements, Todd Brunson, and as mentioned above, 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey.
Day 4 Top 10
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Player
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Country
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Chip Count
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1
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Barry Hutter
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United States
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5,597,000
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2
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Alexander Haro
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United States
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5,031,000
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3
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Brian Altman
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United States
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4,861,000
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4
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Andres Jeckeln
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Argentina
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4,506,000
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5
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Hari Bercovici
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Israel
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3,510,000
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6
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Kelly Minkin
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United States
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3,459,000
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7
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Franklin Azevedo
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United States
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3,410,000
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8
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Ubaid Habib
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United States
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3,300,000
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9
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Nicholas Newport
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Ireland
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3,269,000
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10
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Krasimir Yankov
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Bulgaria
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3,264,000
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The remaining 310 players shall return for Day 5 on July 9, Monday at 11am local time with blinds and antes still at 10,000/20,000/3,000 for another hour.
Source:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/07/hutter-altman-bag-big-in-wsop-main-event-300-remain-after-da-31426.htm?itm_content=pn-hp-hero-1
.Because of a lot unpredictable thing in poker, not just consistence performance from them. very interesting to see how many percent of them will reach final table.
