LAS VEGAS -- The final six players in the 2018 World Series of Poker main event all have a chance to win $8.8 million and poker's world championship, but if Thursday's action is any indication of how the next two days will go, this tournament feels like Michael Dyer's to lose.
Dyer and Nicolas Manion began the day neck-and-neck for the chip lead, but Dyer distanced himself from the pack early and bagged up 156.5 million -- more than twice the stack Manion, his closest competition, who has 72.25 million going into the second day of final table play on Friday.