May 24 2014, by Eric Danis
Ashton Leads as Final Six Battle for WSOP National Championship
Ashton, Polychronopoulos and Nitsche all in contention at the WSOP National Championship…
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Reigning and defending WSOP Poker Players Championship winner Matthew Ashton leads the way as only six players remain as the hunt for the very first WSOP bracelet of 2014. Ashton holds a big lead at the top; he is the only player to hold over 1M chips.
Two other former bracelet winners are also in contention. Two-time winner Athanasios Polychronopoulos trails Ashton by a little less than 500K in chips while Dominik Nitsche, who won his bracelet at age 21, sits fourth as final day play is set to kickoff at Noon ET at Bally’s in Atlantic City.
CHIP COUNTS:
1. Matthew Ashton 1,422,000 chips
2. Athanasios Polychronopoulos 937,000
3. Tracy Doss 546,000
4. Dominik Nitsche 350,000
5. Chris Bibb 321,000
6. Andrew Robinson 157,000
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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.
