Rigby & His "Dirty Diaper" Near Top Of Counts Heading to Day 5 of 2023 WSOP Main Event
Only 441 players remain heading into Day 5 of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as each looks to be a part of poker history by taking down the record-breaking event. There's still plenty of action left before someone walks away with the $12,100,000 top prize and gets a banner in the Horseshoe Events Center.
Two of the players near the top of the counts have experience in this realm, albeit in a different arena. Nicholas Rigby, known for his exploitative loose-aggressive play and notorious for his love of the "Dirty Diaper," finished 52nd in the 2021 Main Event for $136,100 as he returns to Day 5 with 3,655,000 chips to put him 12th on the leaderboard. Meanwhile, Mitchell Halverson bagged second in chips as he looks to best a 15th place in 2021 that brought him just over $380,000.
Once again, the two bracelet hopefuls have their work cut out for them. Chip leader Ryan Tosoc is after his second bracelet after winning 2018's $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em online championship for $238,779, while three-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth is out for blood as he continues his incredible summer heater that has already earned him several million.
Top Ten Chip Stacks After Day 4
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Tosoc | United States | 5,120,000 | 205 |
| 2 | Mitchell Halverson | United States | 5,100,000 | 204 |
| 3 | Aditya Systla | India | 5,075,000 | 203 |
| 4 | Scott Berko | United Kingdom | 4,700,000 | 188 |
| 5 | Bradley Moskowitz | United States | 4,145,000 | 166 |
| 6 | Juan Maceiras Lapido | Spain | 3,985,000 | 159 |
| 7 | Jon Cohen | United States | 3,815,000 | 153 |
| 8 | Gabi Livshitz | Israel | 3,800,000 | 152 |
| 9 | John Racener | United States | 3,710,000 | 148 |
| 10 | Quan Zhou | China | 3,705,000 | 148 |
Others still in contention include popular data analyst Nate Silver, 2018 Tag Team champion Nikita Luther, all-time Circuit ring leader and Day 2 chip leader Maurice Hawkins, poker-pro-turned-tennis-pro James Obst, high-stakes businessman Bill Klein and two-time bracelet winners Christopher Vitch and Rami Boukai.
They will not be joined by the likes of Doug Polk, Alexandra Botez, Farah Galfond, "Boston" Rob Mariano or Main Event champions Joe Cada, Jamie Gold, Scott Blumstein and Johnny Chan, all of whom were eliminated on Day 4 after making it into the money.
2003 Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, meanwhile, is still alive as he looks to join Chan, Johnny Moss, Stu Ungar and the late Doyle Brunson as a two-time Main Event winner.
Action will pick up at noon local time on Level 21 at 10,000/25,000 blinds and a 25,000 big blind ante. Day 5 will follow a similar structure as previous days, with another five levels on tap and a 75-minute dinner break after the third level of the day.
There are still several more days of action to come before the next WSOP Main Event champion is crowned. PokerNews will be providing updates every step of the way, so be sure to follow along.