Joe Cada's Quest For a Second Main Event Title Headlines Day 7 on PokerGO

Only nine seats are reserved at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table for the 26 who return for Day 7. In a field of 7,874, two players left have the experience of reaching the most sought-after final table in poker. Joe Cada won the Main Event in 2009 and is in the middle of the pack in 2018 heading into the effective penultimate day.

Cada said on Day 6 that winning another title wouldn’t change his life. However, it would give him a fourth career bracelet and second of 2017. Cada opened PokerGO’s final table coverage of the 2018 WSOP by winning the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout against the likes of 2015 Main Event winner Joe McKeehen.

The last time a past Main Event winner made this deep of a run with a chance to hang another banner was Carlos Mortensen in 2013, who took 10th. Sylvain Loosli made that final table, placing fourth, and is back with a chance to duplicate his performance. Loosli is looking to join countrymen Antoine Saout along with Mark Newhouse, Michael Ruane, and Ben Lamb, as the only players to make two final tables in the Main Event since 2008.

Finishing 10th at the $3,000 Shootout final table was Jeffrey Trudeau, who starts Day 7 at near the bottom of the leaderboard. The mid-stakes grinder is in the midst of his largest career score and a potential first bracelet. Fellow big name and short stacks surround this table as Barry Hutter looks to reclaim the chip lead for the first time since he started Day 5 with the yellow jersey.

Dutchman Martijn Gerrits is also at the table and joined the Poker Central Podcast after Day 6 to discuss the crazy hands he was involved in during play.

The third table’s chip leader is Alex Lynskey, who did well in another long WSOP event as he took second place in the 2017 Marathon. Bart Lybaert earned the bronze medal in the 2018 edition and starts Day 6 with 19 big blinds.

Ivan Luca collected a bracelet in 2015 and is trying to match girlfriend Maria Lampropulos in seven-figure scores in 2018 with a final table finish. Lampropulos won the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event.

Finally, 2017 11th place finished John Cynn steps in with a shot to undo his demons and climb two steps higher in 2018.

Day 7 coverage is scheduled to start at 3:30 pm ET on PokerGO before moving to ESPN at 12:00 am ET until the final table is reached. A full schedule of the PokerGO Main Event schedule can be found here. Find all World Series of Poker final tables from 2018 by subscribing to PokerGO today.

Day 7 Seating Draw

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Nirath Rean	United States	4,950,000	25
1	2	Frederik Jensen	Denmark	12,100,000	61
1	3	Artem Metalidi	Ukraine	30,845,000	154
1	4	Aram Zobian	United States	41,585,000	208
1	5	Joe Cada	United States	8,850,000	44
1	6	Nicolas Manion	United States	17,630,000	88
1	7	Eric Froehlich	United States	15,285,000	76
1	8	Sylvain Loosli	France	11,635,000	58
1	9	Ryan Phan	United States	9,545,000	48
2	1	Bart Lybaert	Belgium	3,825,000	19
2	2	Michael Dyer	United States	26,515,000	133
2	3	Konstantin Beylin	United States	8,305,000	42
2	4	Alexander Lynskey	Australia	2,200,000	110
2	5	Paulo Goncalves	Brazil	15,230,000	76
2	6	Hari Bercovici	Israel	12,775,000	64
2	7	Ivan Luca	Argentina	8,820,000	44
2	8	John Cynn	United States	14,750,000	74
2	9	Kao Saechao	United States	18,985,000	95
3	1	Martijn Gerrits	Netherlands	17,790,000	89
3	2	Barry Hutter	United States	2,250,000	11
3	4	Yueqi Zhu	China	19,245,000	96
3	5	Jeffrey Trudeau	United States	5,090,000	25
3	6	Ming Xi	China	7,550,000	38
3	7	Tony Miles	United States	14,945,000	75
3	8	Antoine Labat	France	28,445,000	142
3	9	Alexander Haro	United States	12,940,000	65