Noted tournament director Matt Savage tweeted "I started with Chip Leader Ryan Lenaghan day one and within the 1st hour I knew he was the best player at our table."
Leneghan blasted into the chip lead with one massive hand with Brian Follain. It took a sixth bet from Lenaghan with a long seven minute long call by Follian before the cards were revealed for the massive flip. Follain had AQ to Lenarghan’s JJ. The flop was 963, changing nothing. The turn 4 brought Follain a flush draw. The river was the T giving Lenarghan the massive win as his supporters exploded in jubilation.“I definitely wasn’t trying to flip for that many chips,” said Lenaghan. “It was just a spot where I thought he could have a lot of hands and try to make a play on me because of our history, so I just went with it. It worked out well, and I just got a little lucky, I guess.”
The day started with 142 players. The biggest recognized poker pro remaining in the field would be Erick Lindgren. He doubled up late in the last level to finish over 2.1 million in chips for less than half of average stack, but still healthy enough with 36 big blinds at his disposal.
Australian Tony Hachem is also still in the field and could become the first brother tandem with his brother Joe Hachem to win a WSOP Main Event.
Over the weekend, noted StarCraft2 player Jonathan 'KiWiKaKi' Garneau ended his deep run on Day 5 finishing in 210th place, collecting a nice $47,107 cash.
A number of the biggest poker names went by the wayside on Day 6. Allen Cunningham ran his kings into aces, and Jean Robert Bellande could go no further after struggling with a short stack. Young guns Christian Harder, Sorel Mizzi and Ray Henson battled hard but also bust out. More big names who didn't advance to Day 7 included Eli Elezra, Aaron Jones, Sami Kelopuro, Bryan Colin, Peter Feldman, and the last remaining November Niner from last year, Joseph Cheong.
Top 10 stacks plus other notables:
1. Ryan Lenaghan - 12,865,000 (214 bb)
2. Ben Lamb - 9,980,000 (166 bb)
3. Matt Giannetti - 7,940,000 (132 bb)
4. Andrey Pateychuk - 7,255,000 (120 bb)
5. Phil Collins - 7,240,000 (120 bb)
6. Hilton Laborda - 7,160,000 (119 bb)
7. Nelson Robinson - 6,420,000 (107 bb)
8. Tri Huynh - 6,295,000 (104 bb)
9. Aleksandr Mozhnyakov - 6,070,000 (101 bb)
T-10. Kyle Johnson - 5,970,000 (99 bb)
T-10. Bryan Devonshire - 5,970,000 (99 bb)
21. J.P. Kelly - 3,750,000 (62 bb)
26. Lars Bonding - 3,370,000 (56 bb)
29. David "Doc" Sands - 2,765,000 (46 bb)
36. Tony Hachem - 2,250,000 (37 bb)
38. Erick Lindgren - 2,195,000 (36 bb)
40. Erika Moutinho - 2,075,000 (34 bb)
42. David Bach - 1,985,000 (33 bb)
45. Steve Brecher - 1,805,000 (30 bb)
T-55. John Esposito - 1,000,000 (16 bb)
T-55. Minh Nguyen - 1,000,000 (16 bb)
57. Sebastian Ruthenberg - 890,000 (14 bb)
All 57 players are guaranteed a minimum of $130,997 for making it this far. The eventual winner of the event will walk away with $8,711,956, while the runner-up will take home $5,430,928.
Day 7 resumes at 12:00 noon on Monday with the blinds at 30,000-60,000 and a 10,000 ante.
