| WSOP Main Event 2010: Day Five Round Up |
Day 5 at the WSOP 2010 saw more big names eliminated, with some new young talent showing their skills and nerve to go through.Day 5 Round Up
574 started; 205 remain
Chip average: around 1,000,000
Everyone left is guaranteed nearly $50,000 (£32,000)
24 tables remain
Notable players eliminated included: Scotty Nguyen; Jason Mercier; Sammy Farha; Hoyt Corkins; Vitaly Lunkin; Cole South; Vanessa Selbst; Brandon Cantu and Evelyn Ng.
Out of the ten British players left at the start of day five, half couldn't make it through to day six: Praz Bansi; Neil McFadyean; Darren Woods; Richard Ellis and John Kabbaj all hitting the rails.
Brits still in: James Fennell (2.011m); JP Kelly (1.474m); Javed Abrahams (1.005m); Redmond Lee (998k); Jamie Brown (832k).
Top nine at end of day five
Evan Lamprea 3,564,000
Michael Skender 3,527,000
Joseph Cheong 3,357,000
Duy Le 3,186,000
Theo Jorgensen 3,088,000
Bryn Kenney 2,902,000
Matt Affleck 2,896,000
Alexander Kostritsyn 2,564,000
Johnny Chan 2,559,000
Joining the 21 year old Canadian current leader, and the legend that is Johnny Chan, through to day six are: Johnny Lodden (1.625m); Phil Galfond (1.025m); Juha Helppi (555k) and David Benyamine (353k).
Donny Mizrachi became the second brother to be eliminated, leaving the two most talented brothers left to fight for the family's first main event crown: Michael (1.793m); Robert (224k).
Chip and a Chair
Everyones heard of the most famous of poker sayings: All you need is a chip and a chair.
This was literary the case for Pokerstars' Gualter Salles who, on day four, was down to his last remaining chip (1000), but somehow managed to finish day five around the chip average mark of 939,000!
Things couldn't work out so nicely for start of day five chip leader Tony Dunst, who saw his 1,546,000 stack quickly dwindle to only 327,000.
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