First # = chip count
Mark Ketteringham 5700000 600000
Andrew Brokos PokerStars 4080000 1020000
Team PokerNews Player Tiffany Michelle 3800000 400000
Jamal Kunbuz 3500000 136000
Albert Kim 3400000 790000
Nikolay Losev 3400000 100000
Jeremy Joseph 3200000 600000
Alfredo Fernandez 3080000 150000
Steve Lade 2930000 615000
Aaron Gordon 2900000 300000
Judet Cristian 2840000 120000
Mauro Lupo 2700000 730000
Nicholas Sliwinski 2700000 100000
Peter Eastgate Ladbrokes Poker 2700000 80000
Sean Davis 2535000 1535000
Chris Klodnicki PokerStars 2500000 1480000
David Benefield 2440000 60000
Brandon Cantu PokerStars 2400000 300000
David Rheem PokerStars 2300000 420000
Alan Gould 2240000 190000
Kelly Kim 2170000 570000
James McManus Party Poker 2100000 700000
Dennis Phillips 2000000 560000
Jason Riesenberg 2000000 200000
Nhan Le 2000000 1115000
Anthony Scherer 1940000
Craig Marquis 1940000 880000
Justin Sadauskas 1930000 955000
Garrett Beckman 1920000 780000
Dean Hamrick 1871000 521000
Ivan Demidov 1850000 950000
Andrew Rosskamm 1800000 400000
Cristian Dragomir PokerStars 1800000 500000
Greg Byard PokerStars 1800000 350000
Paul Snead 1729000 241000
Phi Nguyen PokerStars 1700000 540000
Niklas Flisberg 1660000 190000
Justin Scott 1620000 100000
Joe Bishop 1600000 830000
Larry Wright PokerStars 1570000 10000
Suresh Prabhu 1530000 310000
Geert Jans PokerStars 1500000 340000
Scott Montgomery 1500000 510000
David Saab 1450000 750000
Allen Kennedy 1260000 1060000
Clint Schafer 1200000
Gert Andersen 1200000 220000
Matt Matros 1200000 250000
Mike Matusow Full Tilt Poker 1200000 60000
Rafael Caiaffa 1200000 50000
Jonathan Plens PokerStars 1170000 110000
Darus Suharto PokerStars 1165000 35000
Tim Loecke PokerStars 1100000 256000
Daniel Buzgon PokerStars 1090000 235000
Chris Crilly 1060000 310000
Felix Osterland PokerStars 1050000 50000
Aaron Keay 1000000 260000
Bob Whalen 960000 340000
Michael Carroll 955000 55000
Owen Crowe PokerStars 950000 112000
Phil Hellmuth Ultimate Bet 890000 110000
Adam Levy 815000 175000
Jamal Sawaqdeh 810000 240000
Brian Tatum PokerStars 805000 145000
Peter Neff 730000 150000
Jason Glass PokerStars 700000 32000
Kido Pham 700000 565000
Victor Ramdin PokerStars 700000 250000
Ylon Schwartz PokerStars 700000 50000
Mark Owens 695000 25000
Alex Outhred PokerStars 664000 354000
Keith Hawkins 641000 360000
Lisa Parsons 630000 370000
Jeremy Gaubert 625000 150000
Eric Bamer 530000 190000
Craig Stein 527000 114000
Mark Wilds 400000 20000
Thomas Keller 400000 64000
Chris Zapf 360000 110000
Extra! Extra! Hellmuth Starts Day 6 in the Penalty Box
Everyone thought Phil Hellmuth ended the day just with a blow-up and a warning, but that's not the case. He continued to berate Cristian Dragomir for several minutes after the last hand we described and after floorperson Robbie Thompson issued him a warning. That prompted Thompson to summon supervisor Steve Frezer to the feature table. Frezer listened to Thompson's description of the situation and then assessed Hellmuth a one-orbit penalty to start Day 6.
Never a dull moment when Hellmuth's around.
Hellmuth Ends the Day With a Blow-up
Cristian Dragomir opened with a raise to 80,000 before Hellmuth made it 255,000 to go from the small blind.
"I hope he doesn't have aces," said Hellmuth as Dragomir asked for a count. After a few moments, Dragomir made the call.
They saw a flop of {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Hellmuth checked to Dragomir, who thought for a moment before firing a healthy bet of 300,000. Hellmuth sighed in disgust before folding {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} face-up on the table.
Matusow laughed and said to Dragomir to show the bluff, and Dragomir flipped {10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}! Matusow and the crowd roared in hysterics as Hellmuth jumped out of his seat and stormed around the room berating his opponent for calling his reraise with ten high.
"Listen buddy, you're an idiot!" screamed Hellmuth. "This is the Main Event and you are the worst player in history!" he continued as the crowd was loving every moment of the blow-up.
Dragomir's entourage continued to cheer as Hellmuth continued the barrage. The TD stepped in and issued a warning to Hellmuth to settle down before Dragomir stood up out of his chair to put Hellmuth back in his place with a cry of, "Enough is enough!"
Fortunately for both players the clock ticked over to the end of the level, and the end of the day's play to settle both players down. They eventually shook hands and began to bag up their chips as Mike Matusow summed up the situation best as he shouted, "Thank God for Phil Hellmuth! Thank God for Chris Moneymaker!"
What a way to end the day!
Play Concludes for the Evening
With the completion of Level 23, play has concluded for the evening. We started the day with 189 players, all with their eye on Day 6. After just over four levels of play, only 79 of them remain.
We said goodbye to several notables today. Jeff Madsen, Allen Cunningham, Jon Friedberg, Hoyt Corkins, Gus Hansen, Kara Scott, Mark Vos, and Chip Jett were just a few of the notables whose Main Event dreams were dashed prematurely.
Still very much in the mix are Mike Matusow, PokerNews' own Tiffany Michelle, and Phil Hellmuth Jr., who is seeking his record 12th WSOP bracelet.
Mark Ketteringham ends the day as our probable chip leader with approximately 5,700,000. His lead is far from secure however with plenty of poker left to be played and Tiffany Michelle, Jamal Kunbuz, and Albert Kim all right on his heels.
Tomorrow's action promises to be just as exciting as we are scheduled to play down to just 27 players.
We hope you'll join as at 12:00pm local time for our coverage of Day 6 action. As always, official chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they become available.
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