Through The Lens of Drew - Three $8.8 Million Dreams Remain in the WSOP Main Event

Drew Amato • Jul 14, 2018

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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.

A hard-fought battle saw the 2018 WSOP Main Event bring its competitors down from six to three on Friday night. Aram Zobian, Joe Cada and Nic Manion hit the rail while Tony Miles, John Cynn and Michael Dyer advanced. Get caught up with all the action in the photo blog down below.

The Aggro Aram rail makes its big entrance.

Aram: Despite coming into the day with one of the shortest stacks, Aram Zobian brought a loud boisterous rail. The group marched down the hall screaming at the top of their lungs for their boy Aram. Unfortunately for Zobian, he was unable to get anything going today and would hit the rail in 6th place when his eight-six couldn't catch up to the ace-eight of Michael Dyer. Zobian takes home a career best $1,800,000 for his run here in the WSOP Main. — Aram: Despite coming into the day with one of the shortest stacks, Aram Zobian brought a loud boisterous rail. The group marched down the hall screaming at the top of their lungs for their boy Aram. Unfortunately for Zobian, he was unable to get anything going today and would hit the rail in 6th place when his eight-six couldn’t catch up to the ace-eight of Michael Dyer. Zobian takes home a career best $1,800,000 for his run here in the WSOP Main.

Cada Photos: The biggest story coming into today's Final Table was that 2005 Main Event champion Joe Cada was still in contention. Just 4 people stood between Cada and his 2nd WSOP Main Event title, when one of the biggest hands of the day took place. Cada raised under the gun to 2.2 million and Tony Miles made it 6.9 million on the button. Cada moved all in for 47.65 million and Miles went into the tank for quite a few minutes. Eventually Miles called and we had a good ole' fashion flip for nearly 100,000,000 chips. The flop delivered an ace and just like that Cada's remarkable run came to an end. He quickly exited the Amazon room, avoiding all media, while Miles chipped up to 105,000,000. — No Second for Cada: The biggest story coming into today’s final table was that of 2009 Main Event champion Joe Cada. Just four people stood between Cada and his 2nd WSOP Main Event title when one of the biggest hands of the day took place. Cada raised under the gun to 2.2 million and Tony Miles made it 6.9 million on the button. Cada moved all in for 47.65 million and Miles went into the tank for quite a few minutes. Eventually, Miles called and we had a good ole’ fashion flip for nearly 100,000,000 chips. The flop delivered an ace and just like that Cada’s remarkable run came to an end. He quickly exited the Amazon room, avoiding all media, while Miles chipped up to 105,000,000.

Tony Miles next to Nic Manion, four-handed in the 2018 WSOP Main Event.

Four handed play lasted for quite a few levels, with Manion scoring a double up early to put himself back into contention. Eventually Manion would be all in holding ace-ten against the kings of John Cynn. Manion failed to improve and hits the rail in 4th place, taking home $2,825,000. — Four-handed play lasted for quite a few levels, with Manion scoring a double up early to put himself back into contention. Eventually, Manion would be all in holding ace-ten against the kings of John Cynn. Manion failed to improve and hits the rail in 4th place, taking home $2,825,000.

All eyes are on Tony Miles, as the Florida pro comes into three-handed play tomorrow with a commanding chip lead. After the Cada hand earlier today, Miles kept his foot on the gas and used his aggression and big stack to apply pressure to the rest of the field. Miles brings 238,900,000 back tomorrow, while John Cynn trials in 2nd with 128,700,000 and Michael Dyer rounds out the three with 26,200,000.

Diamonds are forever, and so is the 2018 WSOP Main Event bracelet. Don’t miss a minute of the action on ESPN starting at 9:00 pm ET on Saturday night.

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