Merson was eliminated on Level 22 (3,000/10,000/20,000), when he 3-bet all-in with 481,000 in chips on Brett Richey’s raise to 40,000 and Richey called.
Merson: A 2
Richey: A K
Board: 3 K 2 9 4
Richey got his flush, in addition to his top pair, and the defending champion was out in 167th place for $42,990.
At the end of the day, US player Sami Rustom had the largest chip count of 7,050,000. The best of his few live tournament results is a 21st finish in the WSOP 2007 $2,000 NLHE event for $16,585. Of the most recognised players, World Poker Classic winner Yevgeniy Timoshenko fared the best, waiting Day 6 in the 10th position of the chip counts. Above the average stack of 2,802,353 stands David ‘Raptor’ Benefield as well with 3,675,000 in chips.
The top 10 chip counts after Day 5 are as follows:
1st: Sami Rustom – 7,050,000
2nd: Marc McLaughlin – 6,695,000
3rd: Jason Mann – 6,580,000
4th: Maxx Coleman – 6,260,000
5th: George Wong – 5,740,000
6th: Sylvain Loosli – 5,690,000
7th: Ryan Riess – 5,570,000
8th: Keanu Tabali – 5,435,000
9th: Matthew Reed – 5,255,000
10th: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 4,095,000
Additional stacks of interest include:
12th: Jackie Glazier – 4,045,000
18th: David Benefield – 3,675,000
20th: Noah Schwartz – 3,595,000
28th: JC Tran – 3,280,000
35th: Carlos Mortensen – 2,665.000
37th: Yann Dion – 2,270,000
42nd: Jim Collopy – 1,970,000
50th: Sergio Castelluccio – 1,655,000
54th: Vladimir Geshkenbein – 1,400,000
57th: Andrea Dato – 1,150.000
59th: Vitaly Lunkin – 1,000,000
61st: Rep Porter – 950,000
66th: Simon Ravnsbaek – 600,000
Prizes:
1st: $8,359,531
2nd: $5,173,170
3rd: $3,727,023
4th: $2,791,983
5th: $2,106,526
6th: $1,600,792
7th: $1,225,224
8th: $944,593
9th: $733,224
10-12th: $573,204
13-15th: $451,398
16-18th: $357,655
19-27th: $285,408
28-36th: $229,281
37-45th: $185,694
46-54th: $151,063
55-63rd: $123,597
64-72nd: $102,102
73-81st: $84,786
82-90th: $71,053
91-99th: $59,708
100-162nd: $50,752
163-225th: $42,990
226-288th: $37,019
289-360th: $32,242
361-432nd: $28,063
433-504th: $24,480
505-576th: $21,495
577-648th: $19,106
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