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On Sunday 237 players returned to the Rio Hotel and Casino for Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event and the field was stacked with the biggest names of the game. The chipleader was Joe McKeehen and Daniel Negreanu, Brian Hastings, John Racener, Justin Bonomo, Jake Cody and Antonio Esfandiari were all still in the hunt for the $7,680,021 first place prize. By the end of the day only 69 players remained, the biggest stack belongs to Belgian poker legend Pierre Neuville, but Brian Hastings, Anton Morgenstern, Daniel Negreanu, Mark Kroon, Toby Lewis and Fedor ''CrownUpGuy'' Holz also made it to Day 6.
Each of the 237 players who survived Day 4 were guaranteed a cash of at least $34,157 and many big names were eliminated early on including Men Nguyen, Vivek Rajkumar, Dan O'Brien and Elio Fox.
Other bustouts included Ryan D'Angelo, Matthias De Meulder, John Racener, 1993 WSOP Main Event champion Jim Bechtel (the only remaining champ in the field at the start of the day), Vitaly Lunkin, Farzad Bonyadi, Jake Cody and Brandon Adams.
There are several noteable players still in the field, Kelly Minkin is the last woman standing, Matt Jarvis is the last former November Niner in the field, Mark Kroon and Anton Morgenstern are trying to go deep again after their infamous blowups and Fedor ''CrownUpGuy'' Holz is trying to become the first ever live/online World Champion after winning the World Championship of Online Poker in 2014.
Top 10
1. Pierre Neuville - 7.105.000
2. David Stefanski - 6.480.000
3. Thomas Paul - 6.140.000
4. David Peters - 6.130.000
5. Mozheng Guan - 6.030.000
6. Andrew Moreno - 5.320.000
7. Matt Jarvis - 5.250.000
8. Thomas Cannuli - 5.070.000
9. George McDonald - 4.940.000
10. Brian Hastings - 4.740.000
Full chipcount [3]
Day 6 seat draw [4]
Payouts
1. $7.680.021
2. $4.469.171
3. $3.359.103
4. $2.638.558
5. $1.910.971
6. $1.440.072
7. $1.203.193
8. $1.097.009
9. $1.001.020
10. $756.897
11-12. $526.778
13-15. $411.453
16-18. $325.034
19-27. $262.574
28-36. $211.821
37-45. $164.086
46-54. $137.300
55-63. $113.764
64-72. $96.445
73-81. $79.668
82-90. $68.624
91-99. $55.649
100-162. $46.890
163-225. $40.433
226-288. $34.157
289-351. $29.329
352-414. $24.622
415-477. $21.786
478-549. $19.500
550-648. $17.282
649-1000. $15.000