The World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in NLHE Main Event Day 4 has concluded with under 5 percent of the original field of 7,784 players still in contention…and Phil Ivey was among the big names to fall during a day that saw the field whittled down to just 310 players.
After 13 hours of poker the survivors bagged up their chips with pro Barry Hutter in the lead on 5,597,000, followed by Alexander Haro (5,031,000) and Brian Altman (4,861,000). It was Altman who sent Ivey to the exit.
Other notable names who busted out included Scott Clements, Jamie Kerstetter, Barry Greenstein, Patrik Antonius, Johnny Chan, Kristen Bicknell, Tom McEvoy and former WSOP Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel.
Duhamel’s departure leaves 2009 Main Event winner Joe Cada as the last former champion remaining in this year’s Series.
Players return for another tough and combative day on Monday, July 9, at 11am with blinds and antes still at 10,000/20,000/3,000 for another hour. The next elimination will cash $37,705.