Through The Lens of Drew - On The Brink of Poker Immortality

Drew Amato • Jul 11, 2018

The stage is set for Day 7, when 26 players battle for a seat at the final table.

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Drew Amato has been covering the World Series of Poker since 2014. This year he’s covered the U.S. Poker Open and Super High Roller Bowl for Poker Central. Daily during the Main Event, Amato will share his favorite images from the World Series of Poker. Enjoy this recurring piece as, in his own words, Amato describes the biggest moments in the game.

The stage is set for an epic day! Last night, Day 6 concluded with just 26 players who return to the scene at noon local time on Wednesday to battle for a seat at the 2018 WSOP Main Event final table. Here’s my photo recap of the action as plenty of big names fell late at night. Get caught up on the earlier Day 6 action in this photo blog.

Less than 365 days ago Ben Pollack was eliminated in 3rd place in the 2017 WSOP Main Event. Incredibly, Pollak put himself in a spot to better that finish heading into Day 6. Unfortunately for Pollak he ran his ace-nine into the ace-jack of Ryan Phan on an ace high board and his back-to-back dreams would end in 42nd place. Less than 365 days ago Benjamin Pollak was eliminated in 3rd place in the 2017 WSOP Main Event. Incredibly, Pollak put himself in a spot to better that finish heading into Day 6. Unfortunately for the friendly Frenchman, he ran his ace-nine into the ace-jack of Ryan Phan on an ace high board and his back-to-back dreams would end in 42nd place.

With just 29 players remaining a big hand broke out between Eric Froehlich and and Randy Lowery. When Lowery moved all in on the turn Froehlich went into the tank for nearly 3 minutes, squirming in his chair, tortured by the decision. Lowery was all smiles as Froehlich continued to talk himself through the hand and eventually tossed in a chip, signifying a call. Lowery tabled top pair, top kicker, as Froehlich tabled top pair, and an open ended straight draw. The river improved Froehlich to a straight, sending Lowery home in 29th place. The hand moved Froehlich over 15,000,000, putting him in a great spot heading into Day 7. — With just 29 players remaining a big hand played out between Eric Froehlich and Randy Lowery. When Lowery moved all in on the turn, Froehlich went into the tank for nearly 3 minutes, squirming in his chair, tortured by the decision. Lowery was all smiles as Froehlich continued to talk himself through the hand and eventually tossed in a chip, signifying a call. Lowery tabled top pair, top kicker, as Froehlich tabled top pair, and an open-ended straight draw. The river improved Froehlich to a straight, sending Lowery home in 29th place. The hand moved Froehlich over 15,000,000, putting him in a great spot heading into Day 7.

For comedian Clayton Fletcher, the end of Day 6 was no laughing matter. Fletcher lost majority of his stack holding ace-eight on an eight high board against John Cynn's kings and was left with just 7 big blinds. A few hands later he put the last of his chips into the middle holding king-ten, but was in rough shape against the king-queen of Yueqi Zhu. Fletcher failed to improve and hits the rail in 28th place, taking home a career best $230,475. — For comedian Clayton Fletcher, the end of Day 6 was no laughing matter. Fletcher lost the majority of his stack holding ace-eight on an eight-high board against John Cynn’s kings and was left with just 7 big blinds. A few hands later he put the last of his chips into the middle holding king-ten, but was in rough shape against the king-queen of Yueqi Zhu. Fletcher failed to improve and hits the rail in 28th place, taking home a career best $230,475.

All eyes are on Aram Zobian heading into Day 7 of the WSOP Main Event. Zobian holds a massive chiplead with over 40,000,000 in chips, the second biggest stack being 28,000,000. The remaining 26 players will return to the Rio at 12pm tomorrow to play down to the final table of 9 live on PokerGO and ESPN2.

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Aram Zobian, Joe Stapleton, Benjamin Pollak, Eric Froehlich, Clayton Fletcher, Randy Lowery