MrSmokey1 Leads WSOP $1,500 NLHE Six-Max with 25 Left

Dan · June 5, 2015

Twenty-five players remain in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event at the 2015 World Series of Poker. As you’d expect with a Six-Max event, the field is loaded with members of the PocketFives community, including two-time bracelet winner Steve MrSmokey1 Billirakis (pictured), who leads the way. PocketFivers can be found in five of the top 14 spots.

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Billirakis has a stack of 1.01 million entering the scheduled final day of play, leading Geoffrey Rasmussen, who is in second place, by about 40,000. Billirakis won bracelets in 2007 in a $5,000 Mixed Hold’em event and in 2011 in a €5,300 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event in Europe.

Still in the field with 25 left is Scott r_a_yMontgomery, who busted Daniel Suied on Thursday after his A-K held against A-8. Montgomery’s opponent even yelled, “Put an eight out there. I haven’t sucked out on anyone,” but it was to no avail. Montgomery finished Thursday’s play in 14th place with a stack of 398,000.

Montgomery scooped another big pot on Thursday when, holding aces, he busted a player with pocket fives. The money went in before the flop and the board ran out 7-2-3-3-10. Montgomery made the November Nine in 2008 and won a bracelet two years later.

Also still alive with 25 left is Mike SirWatts Watson (pictured), who won a race with pocket fours to bust an opponent on Thursday. Watson finished the day one spot ahead of Montgomery on the leaderboard in 13th. He bagged 414,000 in chips and is making his 32nd career WSOP cash.

Craig McCorkell, known on PocketFives as mcc3991, scooped a pot with pocket jacks after his opponent made the call on a board of 9-5-2-3-3. That hand moved McCorkell up to 400,000 in chips. He ended the day in 12th place with a stack of 504,000 and is three years removed from winning a bracelet in a No Limit Hold’em Shootout.

Here’s the field of 25 that will descend upon the Rio on Friday to determine a winner. When play paused, the blinds were at 5,000-10,000-1,000:

1. Steve MySmokey1Billirakis – 1,015,000
2. Geoffrey Rasmussen – 967,000
3. Brett Radin – 952,000
4. Manoel Filho – 787,000
5. Davis Aalvik – 695,000
6. Iaron Lightbourne – 675,000
7. Oleksander gnat777 Gnatenko – 631,000
8. Keith Morrow – 623,000
9. Alessio Isaia – 593,000
10. Michael Dentale – 575,000
11. Daniel Maor – 541,000
12. Craig mcc3991McCorkell – 504,000
13. Mike SirWattsWatson – 414,000
14. Scott r_a_y Montgomery – 398,000
15. Idan Raviv – 347,000
16. Philip Elliott – 343,000
17. Zo Karim – 334,000
18. Gerald Rahmn – 296,000
19. Omar Zazay – 295,000
20. Ronit Chamani – 280,000
21. Steffen Sontheimer – 267,000
22. Tobias Ziegler – 242,000
23. Markus LURPED Gonsalves – 240,000
24. Gordon stlouis6 Vayo – 180,000
25. Dean Baranowski – 157,000