WSOP Event #68 $10K NLHE Main Event Day 6

Pocket kings were the downfall for both of the final two Pacific Northwest players (both from British Columbia) in the World Series of Poker Main Event on Day 6. Just in different ways.

The day started off badly on the second hand of the day for Jonas Mackoff, who called a five-bet all-in with [ad kc] of more then 2M chips from Kelly Minkin and lost a race to [js jh], leaving him with just 955K and 19BB. By the end of the first hour, his all-in with [ks kh] fell victim to [as kc] and he was eliminated in 63rd place, winning $113.7K

Not long after that, Matt Jarvis lost 2.4M—more than half his chips—in a hand against Josh Beckley. Two hours later, he lost another million in a three-way hand with Beckley and Patrick Chan, who triples up. Jarvis was left with just 18BB. It was only about half an hour later that his four-bet shove with [qs qc] ran into [kc kh] in the hands of Bob Buckenmayer, cutting short his opportunity to make a second November Nine. He took home $137,300 for 51st place.

And that’s the end of my daily WSOP coverage for the season. Thanks to everyone who’s checked in regularly or even occasionally. It’s been a fun grind in its own way, and I’ve enjoyed meeting people who’ve been reading the updates, both here and in Las Vegas.

I want to take a second to mention the Pacific NW Tournament Calendar link on the masthead above, I try to keep up the list of events and series that might be worth a drive or flight from Portland. The Wildhorse Summer Poker Rodeo starts up tomorrow in Pendleton; it’s not on the scale of the spring or fall events, but last year’s $300 NLHE Saturday event had a prize pool of $80K. There’s an Ante Up Poker Tour event at Thunder Valley outside Sacramento starting next Monday with 20 events over two weeks, including $200K guarantee $425 NLHE and $250K guarantee $1,650 NLHE events, plus PLO, HORSE, and even an Open Face Chinese Pineapple tournament. And further south in Los ANgeles, the Bicycle Casino starts the WPT Legends of Poker a week from today, with the Mega Millions XIII and a $3,700 NLHE WPT Main Event, running through early September.

Thanks again to everyone who’s been following the blog!