The final table play will be streamed live on the WPT YouTube channel starting at 4 pm Las Vegas time. With the final table of six set, the play was stopped, and it will resume tomorrow. The Stage Is Set to Crown the WPT World Champion It was a bad beat for Shaw, but he’ll have some consolation in the $928,900 that he netted for the seventh place finish. His eighth place finish earned Mark Mounsey $721,600.Ĭhris Moorman, another tournament crusher in the field, also managed to chip up through the day, and he was the one to bring about the official final table of six when his 10 ♦ 9 ♦ managed to outrun the A ♦ K ♦ of short-stacked Carl Shaw. Lichtenberger went from strength to strength, winning one hand after another and eliminating several opponents in the process.Īfter eliminating Jacobs, ‘Luck圜hewy’ also took care of Mark Mounsey as Mounsey’s pocket Tens were no match to Andrew’s pocket Aces. ‘Luck圜hewy’ and Chris Moorman Putting on the ShowĪndrew Lichtenberger started the day with a modest stack, but today, he went on a hot run, which, combined with his skill and experience, meant bad news for his opponents.

His pocket kings fell victim to Lichtenberger’s A ♣ Q ♣ to put an end to Jacobs’ dreams of winning the Championship, but he’ll hardly regret his decision to join the event considering his efforts netted him $566,900.Īs for those who fell before Jacobs, they took home between $291,700 and $456,500, while John Richards, who was eliminated in 10 th received the exact same payout as Jacobs. He simply couldn’t pick up the momentum today and ended up as the first casualty of the unofficial final table of nine. However, it wasn’t meant to be for Jacobs this time around, as his run ended in ninth place. Things were shaping up nicely for another great poker story about a player who stumbled upon a massive win by pure accident. Read on to find out how things went down today at the WPT World Championship and who’ll else will be returning tomorrow for the final day of play.īen Jacobs, the man who entered the tournament at the last minute, entered the penultimate day as a significant chip leader. The fact these two made it all the way to the finish stretch in such a massive field proves, once again, that skill in poker trumps everything else.

The WPT World Championship table is all set for tomorrow! Sixteen players came back today to the Encore ballroom and for ten of those, the dream of winning the $5.6 million first place was cut short.įollowing several hours of play today, we now have our final table of six, headlined by two absolute crushers – Chris Moorman and Andrew ‘Luck圜hewy’ Lichtenberger.

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