Another day has passed by, drawing the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, currently played at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a close. Bryan Piccioli, a player from Allegany, New York with one previous WSOP-related victory, ended Day 4 of this year’s edition of the $10,000 Championship as the chip leader and the only remaining survivor to have passed the four-million mark.
The Main Event’s fourth day kicked off with 800 hopefuls taking their seats in the Amazon Room at Rio. Players had to play five two-hour levels before bagging and tagging for the night. At the time organizers called it a day, there were only 251 entries left.
Piccioli will lead the remaining survivors into Day 5 of the tournament, which is set to kick off today at noon local time. Players will play five more two-hour levels.
As mentioned above, Piccioli is no stranger to what it feels like to be winning a WSOP gold bracelet. The player captured his first and only gold piece in 2013, during the WSOP Asia Pacific poker festival.
Piccioli began accumulating a more considerable stack late on Day 4. He passed the three-million chip mark during the last level of play. By its end, he had already passed the four-million one as well. The player will start Day 5 with a total of 4,026,000, followed by 2014 WSOP Big One for ONE DROP winner Dan Colman.
Colman has more than $17 million in WSOP winnings and is looking to add yet another substantial cash. The player has no in-the-money finishes since the beginning of this year’s edition of the Series. Another notable to be still in contention for the $8-million top prize is two time Main Event Champion Johnny Chan. Chan won back-to-back Main Event titles in 1987 and 1988.
Greg Raymer is the other former Main Event winner that will be returning for Day 5 of the tournament. The player won his first WSOP Championship title back in 2004.
Female poker pros Melanie Weisner and Maria Ho are also among the players still in contention. Other familiar faces to have made it through Day 4 include Mike Gorodinsky, Gaelle Baumann, Griffin Benger, and Tom Marchese.
Players like inaugural Colossus champion Cord Garcia, former November Niners Marc-Etienne McLaughlin and Eoghan O’Dea, and Steve O’Dwyer were less lucky and hit the rail on Day 4 of the event.
Play resumes at noon local time for five more levels. All 251 players who have remained in contention are guaranteed a minimum cash of $32,130.
