WSOP Main Event: Day 5 Kicks Off with 354 Players Remaining

The fifth day of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event is about to start with 354 players remaining. The average stack is 1,452,000 chips, and the game will continue at the level of 12,000/24,000.

Vitaly Zavorotny has 2,072,000 chips, Pavel Veksler has 1,888,000 chips, and Dmitry Yurasov has 1,826,000 chips. Sergey Petrushesky has 1,244,000 chips, Andrey Pateychuk has 1,184,000 chips, Max Likov has 1,063,000 chips, and Gleb Kovtunov has 1,056,000 chips. Alexander Dovzhenko has 784,000 chips.

Vitaly Zavorotny had a crucial hand in the middle of the fourth day. On the preflop, three players put in 200,000 each, one of the short stacks pushed all-in, and Vitaly and the big stack on the button called. On the board Th 6h 8h 7c Qs, Vitaly bet 200,000 on the flop, and the other players checked the rest of the streets. On the showdown, Zavorotny showed Ah As, the short stack showed Jh Js, and the button showed 5h 5s. Max Likov started the fourth day with 320,000 chips and had a tough time initially. Anatoly Zyrin was eliminated at the beginning of the fourth day. Andrey Pateychuk has made it to the money in the main event three times, with his best results being 15th place in 2011 and 111th place in 2017.