Day 7 of the Main Event! Traditionally it has been the day to go from 27 down to the final table but with swelling field sizes it has been getting harder and harder to get down to 9 in just 7 days, so this year there will be a Day 8, making this year's Day 7 a bit of an unknown.
How far down will the field get? Will the dynamics change at all with that extra day built in? Time will tell but what we do know is the seat draw, which is always very important as we consider what will unfold.
I took a look at the seat draw and broke it down by chips and what to look for at each table.
Horseshoe Table 622
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Alec Torelli
21,075,000
84
2
Carlos Henrique Da Silva
10,975,000
44
3
Daniel Scroggins
20,800,000
83
4
Yaroslav Ochulchanskiy
3,250,000
13
5
Jose Aguilera
14,950,000
60
6
Eric Schneider
6,025,000
24
7
Anirban Das
13,375,000
53
8
Jack O'Neill
11,825,000
47
9
Ryan Tamanini
17,325,000
69
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Total chips at table: 119,600,000
Total big blinds at table: 479
Average big blinds: 53
The table with the most chips and deepest by average stack. Torelli and Scroggins are neck and neck for the lead, with Scroggins having position. Tamanini lurks in seat 9 as he will like his chances of moving up at this table.
Horseshoe Table 623
1
Steven Jones
6,250,000
25
3
Bryan Obregon
10,425,000
41
4
Michael Berk
5,875,000
23
5
Daniel Vampan
17,000,000
68
6
Masato Yokosawa
3,175,000
13
7
Joshua Payne
47,950,000
192
8
Alexander Villa
11,725,000
47
9
Harsheel Kothari
1,600,000
6
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Total chips at table: 104,000,000
Total big blinds at table: 416
Average big blinds: 52
Payne holds 46% of the chips at this table as skews the total chips. The other will want to carve chips from Payne's mountain, especially Vampan and Villa.
Horseshoe Table 625
1
Ryan Tosoc
9,450,000
38
2
Mitchell Halverson
1,150,000
5
3
Christopher Kimmel
15,900,000
63
4
Raj Vohra
4,300,000
17
5
Andrew Hulme
11,725,000
47
6
Daniel Holzner
2,050,000
8
7
Logan Hoover
4,950,000
20
8
Juan Maceiras Lapido
40,500,000
162
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Total chips at table: 90,025,000
Total big blinds at table: 360
Average big blinds: 45
The table with the most micro stacks, who will be looking for quick doubles. Maceiras Lapido has almost 100 big blinds more than the next closest competitor as he will certainly use his stack to try and lean all the chips his way. If the short stacks bust quick, which players get broken to this table will be key for Maceiras.
Horseshoe Table 628
1
Dean Hutchison
10,800,000
43
2
Cong Pham
13,200,000
53
3
Richard Ryder
22,650,000
91
4
Mark Teltscher
9,300,000
37
5
Toby Lewis
15,250,000
61
7
Andrey Pateychuk
8,050,000
32
8
Pierpaola Lamanna
18,875,000
75
9
Scott Berko
3,900,000
16
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Total chips at table: 102,025,000
Total big blinds at table: 408
Average big blinds: 51
Lewis will look to use his experience against this table as he finds himself as the third largest stack to start at this table.
Horseshoe Table 629
1
Tim Van Loo
21,700,000
87
2
Frank Bonacci
6,450,000
26
3
Sam Stein
7,875,000
31
4
Adam Walton
12,225,000
49
5
Jan-Peter Jacthmann
14,975,000
60
6
Nicholas Gerrity
18,075,000
72
7
Henry Chan
16,675,000
67
8
Pavel Dyachenko
2,575,000
10
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Total chips at table: 100,550,000
Total big blinds at table: 402
Average big blinds: 50
A balanced table with only one micro stack and the rest being meaty enough to do damage to one another.
Horseshoe Table 631
1
Matthew Wantman
4,425,000
18
3
Diego D'Aquilio
7,800,000
31
4
Daniel Weinman
24,375,000
98
5
Sachin Joshi
13,350,000
53
6
Ruslan Prydryk
14,150,000
57
7
Gabi Livshitz
10,300,000
41
8
Maurice Hawkins
4,475,000
18
9
Joe Ghio
8,725,000
35
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Total chips at table: 87,600,000
Total big blinds at table: 350
Average big blinds: 43
The shallowest table of the six as Weinman will look to lean on it with his third largest stack in the room. Livshitz, Hawkins and Wantman being in close proximity could lead to some interesting clashes between the three assertive personalities.
Closing thoughts
Overall all of the tables are pretty evenly balanced, with not one being loaded with two huge stacks or a disproportionate amount of chips. The resumes of the players seem to be spread pretty evenly as well.
It looks like we are poised for a great Day 7 with these seat draws!
