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Friday the 13th (Day Four) began with 337 players and played down to the final 99. Play lasted for about 12 hours, as play adjourned at midnight. Several players jockeyed for the chip lead on Day Four. Among them were Hevad Khan, Adam White, Josh Evans, and Dario Minieri. . However, the latest chip leader was Dag Martin Mikkelsen, from Stavanger, Norway. He has 3.7 million in chips at the start of Day Five. Charis Anastasiou ranks second with 2.7 million.

Two survivors won their gold bracelets this year – Bill Edler (in Short-Handed No-Limit Hold’em) and Alex Kravchenko (in Omaha High-Low Split).

Two former world champions went bust on Day Four. Robert Varkonyi (2002) was the first casualty – finishing 177th On the final hand of the night, Berry Johnston (1986) busted out – which meant a 113th place finish.

Poker is certainly a game for everyone. Hal Lubarsky, from Las Vegas, NV proves it. The legally blind man from Las Vegas, NV entered the WSOP for the first time and ended up going out in 197th place. He collected $51,398 in prize money.

Pictured at right are Daniel Alaei, and Scotty Nguyen who have advanced to play in Day 6 on Sunday. Both Daniel and Scotty start Day 6 just short of $2 million in chips.

Three celebrities began play on Day Four. All three were eliminated, but did finish in-the-money:

Tobey Maguire (actor – Spiderman, Seabiscuit) – 292nd
Sully Erna (songwriter and singer from Godsmack) – 237th
Sam Simon (television producer – Taxi, Cheers, The Simpsons) – 329th

There were only two women remaining in the field at the start of Day 4:

Maria Ho (Arcadia, CA) who is pictured at the top of the page, finished 38th near the end of Day 5 when she was eliminated by Kevin Farry and rudely embarrassed by his high-fiving intoxicated fans. Maria cashed with $237,865.

Kelly Jo McGlothlin (Palmdale, CA), who is pictured at left, finished 95th, cashing with $67,535.

There are 17 different nations represented among the final 112 players in the main event. Hence, about 27 percent of the field (at the start of Day Five) are international players. Countries represented include:

United States
Cyprus
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Canada
Costa Rica
Monaco
Russia
Sweden
Italy
Wales
Germany
France
South Africa
South Korea

There were eight Texans in the remaining field of 112 – the most of any state.

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