Through The Lens of Drew - The Tension of Day 7

Drew Amato • Jul 11, 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.

And on the seventh day, they reached the final table…

Day 7 of the World Series of Poker Main Event is in full swing, and here’s a recap of the action heading into the dinner break as just 15 players remain with their eye set on getting a seat worth $1,000,000 at the final table.

Every year there seems to be one stand out payer that is favorite amongst fans on social media. After losing Kelly Minkin on Day 6, it seems to be that Ryan Phan is the new man of the people. Phan has managed to chip up quite nicely over the last few levels of play. Perhaps his biggest hand of the day coming against Sylvain Loosli earlier, when he won a monster pot holding two kings. He currently sits 6th in chips heading into the dinner break. — Every year there seems to be one stand out payer that is favorite amongst fans on social media. After losing Kelly Minkin on Day 6, it seems to be that Ryan Phan is the new man of the people. Phan has managed to chip up quite nicely over the last few levels of play. Perhaps his biggest hand of the day coming against Sylvain Loosli earlier, when he won a monster pot holding two kings. He currently sits sixth in chips heading into the dinner break.

In the first big confrontation of the day we saw Vegas pro Eric Froehlich run his queens into the kings of Alex Lynskey. Froehlich was one of the more experienced players heading into Day 7, so it came to much surprise to see him exit so early. Soon after busting he spent a few minutes decompressing in the hallway, before making that lonely walk to the payout cage, knowing he came up just short of the glory. — In the first big confrontation of the day, we saw Vegas pro Eric Froehlich run his queens into the kings of Alex Lynskey. Froehlich was one of the more experienced players heading into Day 7, so it came to much surprise to see him exit so early. Soon after busting he spent a few minutes decompressing in the hallway, before making that lonely walk to the payout cage to collect $282,630, knowing he came up just short of the glory.

The hope of the French is down to a single player as Sylvain Loosli exited in 18th place. Loosli finished fourth in the 2013 Main Event for $2.7 million and added $375,000 to his tournament earnings after exiting the tournament on Day 7 this year.

Heading into the dinner break, the day belongs to Michael Dyer. Taking a staggering 81 million chips into the break, Dyer is in full control and put his comfort level on display by casually eating some breakfast cereal during a big all in at the feature table.

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Joe Cada, Sylvain Loosli, Drew Amato, Alex Lynskey, Michael Dyer, Eric Froehlich, Ryan Phan

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