Day 1 Ends with Landen Lucas Leading the Final 37 Players; Day 2 Seat Draw & Chip Counts

Photo:  Chipleader Landen Lucas

There were 293 entries in the first ever WPT Voyage Championship, and Day 1 came to an end when the Money Bubble burst around 2:15 am. The final 37 players are in the money and have bagged up their chips for Day 2, which begins tomorrow evening (Tuesday) at 8:00 pm.

The big stack belongs to Landen Lucas, who finished with 1,139,000 (95 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts and seating positions for Day 2:

TABLE 101
Seat 1.  Scott Wilson  –  300,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Benjamin Miner  –  178,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3.  Jeff Farnes  –  503,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Farid Jattin  –  278,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Dany Georges  –  335,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Bart Dowling  –  631,000  (53 bb)
Seat 8.  Austin Srur  –  494,000  (41 bb)

TABLE 102
Seat 1.  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  420,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Berk  –  131,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Greg Himmelbrand  –  467,000  (39 bb)
Seat 4.  Jerry Wong  –  436,000  (36 bb)
Seat 5.  Eliot Hudon  –  338,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Tony Dunst  –  494,000  (41 bb)
Seat 7.  Masato Yokosawa  –  223,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  Allain Oullette  –  80,000  (7 bb)

TABLE 103
Seat 1.  Sean Flood  –  159,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Toby Boas  – 387,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Aram Oganyan  –  544,000  (45 bb)
Seat 4.  Josh Guindon  –  340,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  Adam Weinraub  –  563,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6.  Ryan Richardson  –  340,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Green  –  190,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8.  Landen Lucas  –  1,139,000  (95 bb)

TABLE 104
Seat 1.  Dong Min  –  630,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2.  Romulo Dorea  –  428,000  (36 bb)
Seat 3.  Matthew Wantman  –  845,000  (70 bb)
Seat 4.  Tyler Patterson  –  504,000  (42 bb)
Seat 5.  Kasey Mills  –  201,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6.  Dan Sepiol  –  784,000  (65 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Christina Magana  –  107,000  (9 bb)

TABLE 105
Seat 1.  Marcelo Giordano  –  167,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  Iman Dan  –  133,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert Fultz  –  112,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan Riess  –  152,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Andrew Neeme  –  433,000  (36 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Carlos Miguel Basurto Romero  –  645,000  (54 bb)
Seat 8.  Frederic Normand  –  481,000  (40 bb)

Photo:  WPT Champions Club member Matthew Wantman is second in chips with 845,000 (70 big blinds).

Here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $285,800*
2nd:  $190,000
3rd:  $130,000
4th:  $100,000
5th:  $75,000
6th:  $55,000
7th:  $42,000
8th:  $34,000
9th-10th:  $28,000
11th-12th:  $24,000
13th-15th:  $20,000
16th-19th:  $17,000
20th-23rd:  $14,000
24th-27th:  $12,000
28th-31st:  $10,600
32nd-37th:  $9,600

Day 2 begins tomorrow evening at 8:00 pm, when the field is scheduled to play down to the final table. Return to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Voyage Championship.

Photo:  Reigning WPT World Champion Dan Sepiol is third in chips with 784,000 (65 big blinds).

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.