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James Obst, Cliff Josephy Remain in Hunt with 27 Left in 2016 WSOP Main Event

Twenty-seven palayers remain, and nine of them will be the toast of the poker world by the end of Monday, the final day of the 2016 World Series of Poker until late October, when the Main Event reconvenes.

In the lead is Czech player Vojtech Ruzicka, who bagged 26.415 million. Ruzicka, a former European Poker Tour high roller champ, eliminated Elliott Peterman in 28th when his ace-king got there against for a pot of almost 7 million. That forced all of the remaining chips into bags with new seats assigned to the surviving players for Monday's Day 7, which will play down to a final table.