WSOP Main Event Day 5 Recap – Zackey Takes the Lead

Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event started with 407 players looking to continue their march towards the final table. Several big names were still in contention, including Phil Ivey, Bertrand Grospellier, and Vitaly Lunkin. Matt Affleck started the day as chip leader with 1.819 Million in chips but Day 5 produced a lot of action with players looking to build chips for a deep run.

Thor Hansen was among the players to bust out early in Day 5. He moved all-in with Kc-Qs against the Ac-Kh of Dennis Phillips. Odin failed to produce Hansen a queen and Thor was eliminated. David Levi was down to his last 29,000 and moved in with Ah-Qh. He was called by Clayton Newman with pocket tens. The flop fell Ks-10h-4s to give Newman a set and Levi a gutshot draw. Levi hit his draw when the turn fell the Js. Unfortunately for Levi, the river fell the Kh, completing a full house for Newman and eliminating Levi.

Phil Ivey took a bit of a slide in the first level. He dipped under a Million in chips before taking on Chuck Clark in a sizable pot. With the board showing Ks-10c-7h-3s-Ad, Clark bet 300,000 into a pot under 200,000. Ivey made the call and Clark showed pocket aces for a set of aces. Ivey was down to 220,000 at this point.

James Akenhead took the chip lead during the 2nd level of the day. At the river, the board read Qd-7s-3s-8c-Kc and Akenhead checked to Eracles Panayiotou. Panayiotou then moved all-in for 800,000 in a pot of around 1.3 Million. Akenhead snap called and showed pocket kings for a rivered set. Panayiotou showed 6c-4s for a complete bluff and was eliminated. Akenhead moved over 3 Million in chips with this pot.

Dan Harrington made yet another deep Main Event run in this WSOP, but fell short in his attempt to make another final table. He moved all-in on a flop of Ks-9c-2c with Ac-Qc and was called by the Ad-Kh of Eric Cloutier. The turn and river failed to produce a club for Harrington, and he hit the rail. Kara Scott also fell during Day 5. She was all-in and ahead with Ac-2c against the 5d-3d of Paul Baron. Baron took the lead when a five fell on the flop and sealed the deal when another fell on the turn. One interesting stat of note is that Kara Scott is the only female to cash in the 2008 and 2009 Main Event.

2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider chipped up nicely during Day 5. He moved up to 2.9 Million after eliminating Tony Cavezza. On a flop of As-9h-8h, Cavezza moved all-in for 330,000 and Schneider called. Schneider held Ah-Ks and Cavezza held Ad-Qc. The turn and river missed both players and Cavezza was gone.

As play wound down towards the end of Day 5, Warren Zackey emerged as the new chip leader. On a flop of 9c-6c-3d, Tom Lutz and Zackey got into a bit of a raising war. When the smoke cleared, Lutz was all-in for 1.85 Million and called. Lutz held Ac-Qc for the nut flush draw and Zackey held pocket tens. The turn fell the 8d and river the 5s and Zackey moved up to 3.95 Million and the chip lead. A few hands later, Kyle Wilson moved all-in on a flop of Qh-Qs-3s with pocket jacks. Zackey called with Qd-10d and Wilson was drawing very thin. The turn 7c left him drawing dead, and the meaningless Ks allowed Zackey to move up to 4.7 Million in chips.
Mickey “Mouse” Mills made his 2nd deep run in the Main Event in three years, but fell at the end of Day 5. He was all-in pre-flop for 225,000 and Mark Abrantes came over the top all-in for 370,000. Mills held As-Qd and Abrantes had Mills dominated with Ah-Kc. The board fell jack-high and Mills headed back to Los Angeles. Antonio Esfandiari was able to move over a Million in chips at the end of the day. Adam Sanders was all-in with pocket tens pre-flop and Esfandiari called with pocket aces. The board failed to bring a ten and Esfandiari moved up to 1.2 Million in chips.

After being down to 220,000 chips at the beginning of the day, Phil Ivey was able to rebound nicely and finish the day with a respectable stack. On the last hand of the day, Huub Verdonschot was all-in pre-flop with Ac-Qh and Ivey called with pocket eights. Verdonschot was unable to catch an ace or queen and will not return for Day 6. Ivey chipped up to 1.4 Million after the pot.

Lou Diamond Phillips had a spectacular run in the 2009 WSOP and was the last big name celebrity standing in the field. However, his story finally came to a close on the last hand of the day. He was all-in pre-flop with pocket kings and had the misfortune to run into two players holding pocket aces. Phillips was unable to catch a king and hit the rail in 186th place. $36,626 is not a lot of money compared to the $8.5 Million top prize, but Phillips still put up a helluva effort in his deep run.

Warren Zackey finished the day as chip leader with 4.872 Million in chips. Kasper Cordes was right behind him with 4.352 Million. Darvin Moon, Tom Schneider, and Bernhard Perner were the only other players over 3 Million in chips at this point. Eugene Katchalov is currently in 11th place with 2.544 Million. Other pros still in the hunt are Phil Ivey, Blair Hinkle, Hac Dang, Theo Tran, Antonio Esfandiari, Fabrice Soulier, Dennis Phillips, Joe Sebok, Peter Eastgate, Blair Rodman, and Joe Hachem.

Day 6 of the WSOP will resume at Noon PDT on Tuesday. We will be back to bring you recaps for Day 6 action and the remainder of the WSOP Main Event.

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