Doyle Joins HPT, WSOP Day 16 Updates

Doyle Brunson Joins HPT Broadcasts

The Heartland Poker Tour announced that Doyle Brunson will be joining the broadcast team in the form of releasing his personal poker history through interview segments. They will air in upcoming episodes of the HPT, and the segments will be sponsored by acePLAYpoker.com. Stories include those of 50 years with his wife, personal memories of his poker career, and how it feels to approach his 80^th birthday.

“A Poker Life” was recently filmed in Las Vegas and will complement the HPT episodes going forward.

WSOP Day 16 Updates

Event 20: $1,500 Omaha H/L Split-8 (final)

Players: 1,014

Prize pool: $1,368,900

Players paid: 117

Day 3 began with 22 players but lost some like Jennifer Harman, Maria Ho, and Kevin Zhang on the way to the final table. The tenth place bustout of Dale Beaudoin set that table, which showed Can Kim Hua as the chip leader. The action then played out as follows:

Results:

1^st place: Calen McNeil ($277,274)

2^nd place: Can Kim Hua ($171,577)

3^rd place: Todd Brunson ($107,349)

4^th place: Joe Ford($77,917)

5^th place: Hieu Ma ($57,521)

6^th place: Stephen Chidwick ($43,120)

7^th place: John Monnette ($32,798)

8^th place: Won Goag ($25,283)

9^th place: Dao Bac ($19,753)

Event 21: $3,000 NLHE 6-handed (Day 3 of 3)

Players: 807

Prize pool: $2,205,840

Players paid: 90

Day 3 started with 13 players remaining, but as players like Erik Seidel and Nick Schulman hit the rail, the final table was set with Martin Finger as the chip leader. Ultimately, a very late night led to Finger claiming the win.

Results:

1^st place: Martin Finger ($506,764)

2^nd place: Matt Stout ($313,370)

3^rd place: Matt Berkey ($199,733)

4^th place: David Pham ($131,679)

5^th place: Nikolai Sears ($89,402)

6^th place: Andrew Dean ($62,458)

Event 22: $1,500 PLO (Day 2 of 3)

Players: 1,022

Prize pool: $1,378,350

Players paid: 117

Day 2 played from 117 players down to the final nine, as Michael Genovese exited in tenth place and Noah Schwartz took the lead of the final nine.

Event 23: $2,500 7-Card Stud (Day 2 of 3)

Players: 246

Prize pool: $559,650

Players paid: 32

Day 1 saw the field diminish from 106 players to only 10, and the last two tables were set with Frank Kassela in the chip lead with 331,500.

Event 24: $1500 NLHE (Day 1 of 3)

Players: 1,731

Prize pool: $2,336,850

Players paid: 198

Day 1 started the action and moved all the way to the bubble, which burst to end the day and leave all of the remaining players in the money. Paul Wasicka led the group with 140,100 chips.

Event 25: $5,000 Omaha H/L Split-8 (Day 1 of 3)

Players: 241

Prize pool: $1,132,700

Players paid: 27

Day 1 lost a few players and ended the night with 152 players and Hal Klein in the lead with 77,100 chips.

WSOP Day 17 Schedule

Event 26: $1,000 Seniors NLHE Championship (3-day) beginning at 10:00pm PT

Event 27: $3,000 Mixed Max NLHE (3-day) beginning at 5:00pm PT

Events 22 and 23 will play to a winner.

Events 24 and 25 will play the second of three days.