Picking up the action on the 5?3?2? flop, Rhian Fineis bet 100,000 in the hijack and Charlie Chiu called on the button. That brought them to the A? turn on which Fineis check-called for 225,000.
The same action repeated on the 5? river as Fineis check-called for 575,000. Chiu tabled the 4?4? for the wheel and Fineis mucked. His stack tumbled to a mere 100,000 and he bowed out soon after.
With Chris Moneymaker recently making his way to the payout desk, Joe Hachem was the only previous WSOP Main Event champion still in the field. Hachem raised it up to 60,000 in early position and Mason Vieth three-bet to 180,000 from a couple of seats over. Hachem just called and the dealer fanned the flop of A?10?2?.
Hachem checked to Vieth who continued with a bet of 200,000 and Hachem called. The turn brought the 5? and Hachem checked again. Vieth jammed all in and Hachem called off the rest of his chips of around 600,000.
Joe Hachem: AxQx
Mason Vieth: K?J?
Hachem was out front with the only pair but Vieth had a combo draw to look forward to. The river was the 8? and Vieth made his flush, sending Hachem out of the tournament on Day 5.
Down to the last 345,000, Chris Moneymaker pushed all-in from the hijack and was looked up by Ryan Brown from one seat over on the feature tables while all players behind got out of the way.
Chris Moneymaker: 5?5?
Ryan Brown: K?K?
The 9?7?3? flop gave Moneymaker some equity with potential running outs to a straight. However, that hope instantly vanished on the K? turn to make the 3? river a formality.
Three players, including Bradley Moskowitz in the cutoff and Faraz Jaka on the button, built a pot of around 400,000 heading to the turn on a board of 6?J?10?A?.
Action checked to Moskowitz who bet 220,000. Jaka called while John Quattlebaum folded in the big blind. The river came the 3? and Moskowitz checked. Jaka quickly checked behind.
Moskowitz turned over K?Q? for the straight, but Jaka had 5?3? for a flush to take down the pot.
Thomas Zanot opened to 60,000 from the cutoff before Hang Xu moved all in for around 550,000 from the small blind. Chris Brewer, who was narrowly covered by Xu, called for his tournament life from the big blind before Zanot folded.
Chris Brewer: J?J?
Hang Xu: AxK?
Xu paired up on the K?10?9? flop to take the lead and held out to seal the pot and bust out following the 2? turn and 5? river.
Carlos Leiva opened to 55,000 from middle position before Jason Koon made it 120,000 from the button. Tim van Loo went into the tank from the big blind before folding. Leiva put Koon all in and the latter called off his stack of 530,000.
Jason Koon: K?K?
Carlos Leiva: 10?10?
Koon was way ahead and improved to a set on the A?K?Q? flop, leaving his opponent drawing to Broadway or runner-runner quads.
The 8? turn was a brick, but the J? river completed Leiva's straight and Koon's Main Event journey came to an end.
Only 441 players remain heading into Day 5 of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as each looks to be a part of poker history by taking down the record-breaking event. There's still plenty of action left before someone walks away with the $12,100,000 top prize and gets a banner in the Horseshoe Events Center.
Two of the players near the top of the counts have experience in this realm, albeit in a different arena. Nicholas Rigby, known for his exploitative loose-aggressive play and notorious for his love of the "Dirty Diaper," finished 52nd in the 2021 Main Event for $136,100 as he returns to Day 5 with 3,655,000 chips to put him 12th on the leaderboard. Meanwhile, Mitchell Halverson bagged second in chips as he looks to best a 15th place in 2021 that brought him just over $380,000.
Nicholas Rigby sits out an orbit to get a massage.
Once again, the two bracelet hopefuls have their work cut out for them. Chip leader Ryan Tosoc is after his second bracelet after winning 2018's $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em online championship for $238,779, while three-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth is out for blood as he continues his incredible summer heater that has already earned him several million.
Top Ten Chip Stacks After Day 4
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ryan Tosoc
United States
5,120,000
205
2
Mitchell Halverson
United States
5,100,000
204
3
Aditya Systla
India
5,075,000
203
4
Scott Berko
United Kingdom
4,700,000
188
5
Bradley Moskowitz
United States
4,145,000
166
6
Juan Maceiras Lapido
Spain
3,985,000
159
7
Jon Cohen
United States
3,815,000
153
8
Gabi Livshitz
Israel
3,800,000
152
9
John Racener
United States
3,710,000
148
10
Quan Zhou
China
3,705,000
148
Others still in contention include popular data analyst Nate Silver, 2018 Tag Team champion Nikita Luther, all-time Circuit ring leader and Day 2 chip leader Maurice Hawkins, poker-pro-turned-tennis-pro James Obst, high-stakes businessman Bill Klein and two-time bracelet winners Christopher Vitch and Rami Boukai.
Nate Silver
They will not be joined by the likes of Doug Polk, Alexandra Botez, Farah Galfond, "Boston" Rob Mariano or Main Event champions Joe Cada, Jamie Gold, Scott Blumstein and Johnny Chan, all of whom were eliminated on Day 4 after making it into the money.
2003 Main Event championChris Moneymaker, meanwhile, is still alive as he looks to join Chan, Johnny Moss, Stu Ungar and the late Doyle Brunson as a two-time Main Event winner.
Chris Moneymaker
Action will pick up at noon local time on Level 21 at 10,000/25,000 blinds and a 25,000 big blind ante. Day 5 will follow a similar structure as previous days, with another five levels on tap and a 75-minute dinner break after the third level of the day.
There are still several more days of action to come before the next WSOP Main Event champion is crowned. PokerNews will be providing updates every step of the way, so be sure to follow along.
