Andrew Lichtenberger Leads The Way for Star-Studded Final Table in the 2023 WPT World Championship
Dec 20, 2023
Andrew Lichtenberger
The second-ever WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas is just one step away from crowning a winner. Out of a field of 3,835 entries in the flagship tournament of the 2023 WPT World Championship Festival, just six players remain to battle for the biggest slice of the $40 million guarantee.
It is a star-studded half dozen led by Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger who tops the leaderboard with a tremendous stack of 148,200,000, which is good enough for 124 big blinds. Online poker legend and WPT Champions Club member Chris Moorman sits in second place with 88,300,000 whereas Georgios Sotiropoulos (46,200,000) completes the overnight podium.
All six finalists have locked up a six-figure payday and Artur Martirosian could be the next player to win the live Triple Crown, as he already has an EPT Main Event title and two WSOP gold bracelets to his name. Martirosian will be the short stack with 25 big blinds but he is only narrowly behind Daniel Sepiol (34,300,000) and Ben Heath (36,700,000).
Seat Assignments for the Final Day
Seat 1. Ben Heath – 36,700,000 (31 bb)
Seat 2. Andrew Lichtenberger – 148,200,000 (124 bb)
Seat 3. Daniel Sepiol – 34,300,000 (29 bb)
Seat 4. Artur Martirosian – 29,400,000 (25 bb)
Seat 5. Georgios Sotiropoulos – 46,200,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6. Chris Moorman – 88,300,000 (74 bb)
The penultimate day brought back 16 hopefuls and ten of them took home six-figure prizes. In the span of half an hour, the final nine were reduced to six with Ben Jacobs, Mark Mounsey and Carl Shaw all heading to the cashier.
All six finalists will return at 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, December 21, 2023, for the thrilling of the WPT World Championship TV Final Table. There are 61 minutes remaining in level 34 with blinds of 600,000-1,200,000 and a big blind ante of 1,200,000.
Cards up coverage and commentary will be on a 30-minute security delay and hand-for-hand coverage will be published on WPT.com.
Here are the remaining payouts at stake:
1st: $5,678,000*
2nd: $3,772,200
3rd: $2,798,700
4th: $2,095,300
5th: $1,583,100
6th: $1,207,000
*First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
@WPT