The fourth day of action at the World Poker Tour Foxwoods Main Event concluded after 27 players were whittled down to just 8. Due to the six-handed nature of the final table, Day 5 is expected be extremely brief as only two players will face elimination. Current runner-up Daniel Santoro is currently following chip leader Christian Harder, though a number of tough pros remain in the runnings for the $450k first-place prize as well.
Some of the early eliminations on Day 5 included Josh Bergman (19th), Cornel Cimpan (23rd and Allen Kessler (25th), all of whom received just under $20k. Once the field was cut down to two tables, the pace of play slowed considerably as everyone attempted to avoid the dreaded final table bubble boy position. Matt Glantz, Matt Stout and Bernard Lee hit the rail next in 12th, 14th and 16th places, respectively.
One of the key battles at WPT Foxwoods came in the form of a heads-up bout between Hoyt Corkins and Jonathan Little, both former WPT champions. Corkins pushed all-in with A-K before the flop against Little’s 9-8 suited. The board revealed an 8, giving Little the pair and sending Corkins to the rail in 10th place. Andy Rossi was then eliminated by Chris Klodnicki in 9th.
With just eight players remaining, Harder went to showdown with Santoro to win a major pot and take the chip lead. Harder scored top pair with Q-J offsuit over Santoro’s 9-7 suited.
A win for Harder would represent his very first WPT title. Meanwhile, Jonathan Little is hoping to make history by winning his third WPT title, a feat only previously accomplished by Carlos Mortensen and Gus Hansen.
Day 3 chip leader Andy Frankenberger remains in the runnings as well, along with Eli Berg, Steven Brackesy and Bob Carbone.
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