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But not all will be playing Friday after round six of the no-limit Texas Holdem tournament moved to the legendary Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in downtown Las Vegas, where the World Series began 36 years ago.

Only 14 of the 27 players who started the day remained Thursday night. Last year's champ, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, pro Phil Ivey and Tiffany Williamson, the only woman left, were among those out of the game.

Raymer held the fifth spot with $3.8 million when the day began. But he suffered some crippling losses, leaving him in serious trouble with about $415,000 late in the afternoon.

Raymer lost about $2 million when he called Aaron Kanter, who had gone all-in. Raymer's two kings fell short when Kanter hit a flush on the river, or final card.

Minutes later, Raymer went all-in with an ace-nine and lost to pocket 5s, sending him home without another title.

"If you make it this deep and don't win, you're disappointed," said Raymer, who finished 25th.

Ivey and Kanter went all-in before the flop. Ivey had pocket jacks against Kanter's pocket kings. Kanter made three kings on the flop and Ivey couldn't catch up.

"I guess I'll just have to wait until next year," Ivey said moments after busting out of the World Series.

A short while after the dinner break, Kanter led with $7.2 million, followed by Joseph Hachem with $6.2 million and Daniel Bergsdorf had $6 million. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow was in sixth place with $4.9 million.

Steve Dannenmann and Tex Barch were still alive.

Williamson, an American attorney living in London, was the last woman from an overall field of 5,619 players who began play at the Rio hotel-casino. The amateur lasted about five hours before bowing out, finishing 15th.

Williamson's night essentially ended when she went all-in with ace-three against law student Brad Kondracki's ace-king. The flop brought a king, nine and two. The turn revealed another nine and the river was meaningless. Kondracki won the pot.

She was left with about $300,000, doubled up later but was knocked out after going all-in against Barch.

With her departure, it stands that no woman has ever won poker's richest and largest event, and only one has made it to the final table.

Late Wednesday, Matusow said he didn't expect to crack with a prize of $7.5 million awaiting the winner.

"For five days, I've kept my head together," Matusow said. "I just need to keep it together for two more. I've stayed phenomenally patient and picked my spots."

If Matusow wins, it should lessen the pain of a loss he suffered in the 2004 World Series, when his ace-king lost to an ace-queen when the river turned up to be a queen. The outcome had Matusow in tears, and he ended up in 87th place.