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Vojtech Ruzicka holds the chip lead at WSOP Main Event18 July 2016 Valentin Vornicu is still in the running and looking for his first WSOP bracelet. He currently sits with 17,450,000 in chips. It's a star-studded field coming back for Day 7, and perhaps no face in the final 27 is more famous than Cliff Josephy, one of poker's original online heroes who already has two WSOP bracelets to his name. Josephy is currently third on the leaderboard with 23,860,000. He's followed by James Obst in fourth (19,560,000). Obst is having a career summer, having already cashed in seven events, including a runner-up finish in the $10,000 HORSE championship. Valentin Vornicu, one of the WSOP Circuit's most successful players, is still alive as well. Vornicu has eight Circuit rings – tied for second place all time – but is still looking for his first bracelet. Vornicu currently sits in sixth with 17,450,000. Tom Marchese, a candidate for best player without a bracelet, also advances to Day 7, and just might make his first WSOP win a big one. He's in tenth with 15,420,000. Griffin Benger, another online poker hero, made a deep run in the Main Event a couple years ago. He finished 90th in 2014, and has already bettered that finish this year. He enters Day 7 in 20th place with 6,530,000. Despite Benger's deep run a couple years ago, he's now in uncharted territory. Only one player among the final 27 has been in this position before. Antoine Saout made the November Nine in 2009, finishing in 3rd place. He's currently in 24th with 5,525,000. Day 6 began at noon on Sunday with 80 players. Each of them was already guaranteed a payout of at least $80,721. Action was fast-paced at the start of the day, and 17 players were eliminated before the end of the first level, including bracelet winner Michael Banducci (69th place). Another 11 players busted out before the next break. Among them were bracelet winner Dietrich Fast (55th place) and two-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon (60th place). Fast was eliminated when Cliff Josephy cracked his aces, pushing Josephy toward the top of the leaderboard. Josephy continued his climb during the next level, and he sat securely at the top on dinner break when there were 39 players left. Also during that level, Chris Klodnicki (45th place) and bracelet winner Tony Gregg (50th place) were eliminated. Gregg won the first $111,111 One Drop High Roller event in 2013, but will. He have to wait to add a Main Event bracelet to his collection. Gregg was outlasted by another player with success in a One Drop event. Dan Colman, who won the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop in 2014, was still in at the dinner break, but eventually bowed out in 31st place. Two place later, Paul Volpe was eliminated in 29th. Volpe is another two-time bracelet winner. He earned his second earlier this summer in Event #15: $1,500 Eight-Game Mix. Then with Elliot Peterman's elimination in 28th place, there were only 27 players left. Play was stopped with 1:24:00 remaining in Level 31, with blinds at 100,000/200,000 and a 30,000 ante. Play resumes at noon on on June 18. Here are the top 10 players heading into Day 7. Full chip counts and seat assignments are available in the Reports Tab on the World Series of Poker website. 1. Vojtech Ruzicka - 26,415,000 2. Michael Ruane - 24,565,000 3. Cliff Josephy - 23,860,000 4. James Obst - 19,560,000 5. Mike Shin - 19,345,000 6. Valentin Vornicu - 17,450,000 7. Fernando Pons - 17,270,000 8. Thomas Miller - 17,185,000 9. Kenny Hallaert - 15,465,000 10. Tom Marchese - 15,420,000 (Article courtesy of World Series of Poker)
Vojtech Ruzicka holds the chip lead at WSOP Main Event
is republished from Online.CasinoCity.com.
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