WPT Final and WSOPC NOLA Progress

WPT Championship Moves On

The World Poker Tour’s World Championship was well underway at the Bellagio in Las Vegas after having started with a total of 146 entries and a $3,540,500 prize pool. With only 15 players being paid, though, Day 2 was going to be a tough process of thinning the field. Only 67 players made it through, and Michael Linster was the chip leader with 744K.

Day 3 was May 20 and decreased the field even further. As the latter levels played out, names like Justin Young, Dan O’Brien, and reigning champion Marvin Rettenmaier were eliminated. The leader in the Player of the Year race, Matt Salsberg, was also sent to the rail, as was the day’s starting chip leader Michael Linster. Play will continue through the end of five levels.

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WSOP Circuit New Orleans Finds Final Table

The World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah’s in New Orleans was gearing up for the end of its final $1,675 Main Event of the season. It started with two starting flights and a total of 762 entries, which created a prize pool of $1,143,000. The money bubble burst on Day 2 to start payouts for the top 81 players, and that night ended with only 11 still holding chips. Daniel Weinman sat atop the leaderboard with 2.56 million chips.

Day 3 found Robert Cheung out in 11^th place, and Corrie Wunstel followed in tenth to leave the official final table to continue.

Seat 1: Joseph Hebert (2,025,000)

Seat 2: Luke Graham (1,280,000)

Seat 3: Tripp Kirk (1,035,000)

Seat 4: Ben Mintz (1,290,000)

Seat 5: Pavan Bhatia(1,995,000)

Seat 6: Daniel Weinman (2,355,000)

Seat 7: Kasra Khodayarkhani (2,080,000)

Seat 8: Rogen Chhabra (1,770,000)

Seat 9: Dan Schmiech (1,290,000)

Play continued to find the tournament’s eventual champion.