Early Day

Today's play is ending at the conclusion of Level 20.

Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad is holding strong with $2,090,000 chips and Antoine "Tonio292" Saout is not far behind with $865,000 chips.

The day ended with 187 players. Warren Zackey holds the lead with $5,000,000 chips. Everyone coming back tomorrow is guaranteed at least $36,626 for their efforts.

Join us here tomorrow for continued coverage of the WSOP and the Everest Poker players.

flikkflak's Star Shines

Shortly after flikkflak was moved to the ESPN Secondary Feature table, he got involved in a huge hand with popular poker pro Antonio Esfandiari. flikkflak ended up pulling off a huge bluff on Antonio, and this was enough of a big hand to have everyone in the room talking.

WSOP.com, associated with BluffMagazine.com took time out to interview flikkflak to find out more about this hand, and his growing fan base here in the Amazon Room at the Rio.

You can check out the interview here

$1 Million Match Number Increase

223 Players Remain, which means it's time to increase the $1 Million Match again!

Going up!

$1 Million Match Number Increase

flikkflak to Make ESPN Debut!

Everest Poker Qualifier from Norway Andreas 'flikkflak' Flakstad was just moved to the secondary feature table in the Amazon Room! These featured tables are the tables that ESPN shows the most coverage of when the WSOP Main Event coverage starts airing, so flikkflak might have parlayed his Everest tournament he played to win a seat, into not only a Main Event seat, but also his television debut!

Here are some of the latest shots of flikkflak as he settles in to his new Television Table in the Amazon room!

Day 5: Break 2 Updates (flikkflak up to $1 Million!)

We just went on our 2nd break of the day, and the tournament is currently at 232 entrants remaining.

The next blind level will be 5k-10 with a 1k ante.

Here is a look at the current Everest Poker Leaderboard:

Day 5 hand Replay: flikkflak

flikkflak rakes in a nice pot

Flikkflak riased to 22k from the button, and only the small blind called.

FLOP: 3s 6s 10c

The SB checked, and Flikkflak checked behind too.

TURN: Jd

Check, and Flikkflak bet out 37k. The SB then check raised to 100k, and Flikkflak called.

RIVER: 4s

The SB bet out 125k and Flikkflak called, mucking his hand when his opponent showed down Ad Js.

Day 5 Hand Replay: Tonio292

Tonio292 called 22,000 from the B, and was heads up.
FLOP: 2d Qs 8h
The raiser bet out 32,000 and Tonio292, playing aggressively, re-raised to 96,000.
The original raiser pondered, then announced a re-raised and said "232 Thousand all together."
Tonio292 thought for a while, then folded, clearly fearing that his tight opponent was holding an overpair.

Tonio292 Gets his chips back!
A late position player raised to 25k, and Tonio292 re-raised to 75k, getting a call from the other player.
FLOP: 9d Qs 7h
Check, and Tonio292 bet out 95k. His opponent folded instantly.

Your Day 5 Everest Qualifiers Photos

Here is a quick look at the Everest Qualifiers for Day 5:

flikkflak


Tonio292

First break update, WSOP Main Event Day 5

Today we will either play down to 175 remaining players or five levels, whichever comes first. Right now, there are 312 players remaining.

The chip leader going into the day is Matt Affleck with 1,819,000 in chips, followed by Ludovic Lacay with 1,608,000. Yesterday's chip leader - Bertrand "elKy" Grospellier - has dropped down to 1.25 million.

While we've been typing this up, we have lost ten players, to give you an idea of how quickly people are moving their chips around.

Here is our current Leaderboard as we head off to break:

$1 Million Match Number Increase

We just got down to 339 players, which means the $1 Million Match number has increased:

WSOP Main Event: Day 5

View of the tables being broken down before the start of Day 5

The Amazon Room at the Rio is becoming more empty by the day. There are 407 players left in the field with the dream of winning the coveted bracelet. We will start the day today in level 18 with $4,000/$8,000 blinds and a $1,000 ante. The player leading the pack is Matt Affleck with $1,819,000 chips.

There are still two Everest Poker players left in the field: Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad with $375,000 chips and Antoine "*Tonio292" Sout with $589,000 chips.

Everest Poker qualifiers are guaranteed $75,692 for the Million Dollar Match.

Follow these players at the Everest Poker Leaderboard and cheer them on!

Note: Only the players marked with * qualify for the Million Match promotion.