Aaron Kweskin Leads Final 15 Players in WPT Legends of Poker

After seven 90-minute levels at the Bicycle Casino, Day 3 of WPT Legends of Poker concluded with 15 players remaining. The chip leader is Aaron Kweskin (pictured) with 2,800,000, followed closely by Michael Wang (2,765,000). He will be joined on Day 4 by Season XIII WPT champion Griffin Paul, WPT Champion’s Club member Freddy Deeb, and…

Matt Clark
Sep 3, 2015

Aaron Kweskin

After seven 90-minute levels at the Bicycle Casino, Day 3 of WPT Legends of Poker concluded with 15 players remaining. The chip leader is Aaron Kweskin (pictured) with 2,800,000, followed closely by Michael Wang (2,765,000). He will be joined on Day 4 by Season XIII WPT champion Griffin Paul, WPT Champion’s Club member Freddy Deeb, and 2010 Main Event finalist Joseph Cheong.

Here are the official seating and chip counts for Day 4, with the blinds at 15,000-30,000 and a 5,000 ante:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Brent Roberts  –  1,220,000  (41 bb)
Seat 2.  Joseph Cheong  –  1,185,000  (40 bb)
Seat 3.  Alexandru Masek  –  1,370,000  (46 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Michael Wang  –  2,765,000  (92 bb)
Seat 6.  Bill Fagerbakke  –  1,550,000  (52 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Griffin Paul  –  780,000  (26 bb)
Seat 9.  Igor Zektser  –  2,135,000  (71 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Huy “Spike” Le  –  895,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Mike Shariati  –  2,600,000  (87 bb)
Seat 3.  Craig Chait  –  1,185,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4.  Chris DeMaci  –  665,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5. Aaron Kweskin  –  2,800,000  (93 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  Duey Duong  –  1,600,000  (53 bb)
Seat 8.  Freddy Deeb  –  1,270,000  (42 bb)
Seat 9.  Stan Jablonski  –  1,580,000  (53 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool that they’re playing for:

1st:  $675,942*
2nd:  $383,090
3rd:  $251,035
4th:  $168,664
5th:  $117,673
6th:  $91,523
7th:  $70,604
8th:  $52,299
9th:  $36,609
10th-12th:  $26,149
13th-15th:  $20,920

* First prize amount includes a $15,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

Day 4 begins Thursday at 1:00 pm PDT, and they will play down to the final six players for Friday afternoon’s televised WPT Final Table. Return to WPT.com for continuing live coverage, including hand-for-hand updates when they reach the final 10 players.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com