For the second time in three years, Nicholas Rigby was eliminated on Day 6 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, this time for losing a race on the featured table.
The Pittsburgh area poker player who was one of the more entertaining characters in the field, went out in 131st place ($67,700) in the largest Main Event ever (10,043 entries). He finished 52nd in 2021, and like this year, spent much of his final few sessions seated at the PokerGO live-stream tables.
Joshua Stefansky raised to 15,000 from the button and Brandon Shack-Harris made it 70,000 from the big blind. Stefansky got away from it without much hesitation and Shack-Harris took the small pot without a flop.
On the next hand, Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun to 25,000 and George Abi-Zeid called from the big blind. The flop was K♦9♠K♣ and Abi-Zeid checked.
"Here's 20 for you," Negreanu said as he fired a bet of 20,000.
Abi-Zeid went into the tank for a moment before he ultimately decided to get away from it. Negreanu showed the K♠ to PokerNews and then flashed it to the table before he dragged in the pot.
One hand later, Ian Matakis limped in from the cutoff and Shack-Harris called from the button before Abi-Zeid came along in the small blind and Dylan Weisman checked his option from the big blind. The flop was 4♦10♣Q♠ and both Abi-Zeid and Weisman checked. Matakis bet 25,000 and Shack-Harris called before Abi-Zeid and Weisman got out of the way.
Both remaining players checked down the 6♦ turn and 4♥ river before Matakis showed K♥Q♦9♥9♦ to take the pot with kings and fours.
Joshua Stefansky bet from under the gun for 25,000. A player in middle position raised the pot for 90,000. Stefansky took some time before announcing a pot sized bet of 285,000.
His opponent spared no time before folding for Stefansky to add to his massive stack.
