World Series of Poker Main Event down to just 26 players.

By RP, July 11, 2018

The World Series of Poker Main Event Day 6 survivors have bagged up their chips for the night after the field was reduced from 109 to just 26 Tuesday night.

The next player to be eliminated will earn $282,630 from the massive $74,015,600 prize pool, and Day 7 should see the formation of the final table.

Prominent among the casualties was Kelly Minkin as the last woman in the field; she put up an impressive performance but busted out at fiftieth for $156,265 during the day.

She was in good company; also eliminated were Shaun Deeb, Alexandre Reard, Stefan Huber, Mike Cordell, Benjamin Pollak, Brian Yoon, Shannon Shorr and Rifat Palevic.

Leading the field in chip counts when the day ended was Aram Zobian on 41,585,000, chased by Artem Metalidi (30,845,000) and Antoine Labat (28,445,000).

Top names among the survivors of the Day 6 carnage include two-time WSOP bracelet winner Eric Froehlich, Sylvain Loosli, 2009 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada, Jeff Trudeau, Barry Hutter, Bart Lybaert and Ivan Luca.