Televised WPT Final Table Is Set with Three Former WPT Champions -- James Mackey, Eric Afriat, and Erick Lindgren

Photo:  Back row, left to right: Erick Lindgren, Eric Afriat, and Adam Hendrix. Front row, left to right: Danny Marx, James Mackey, and Sebastien Aube.

After the elimination of Vladyslav Shovkovyi in seventh place, the final six players are set for the televised WPT Final Table, which will be filmed in Las Vegas on May 30th. Here is the lineup with official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Erick Lindgren  –  1,975,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Sebastien Aube  –  3,600,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Danny Marx  –  2,375,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Adam Hendrix  –  8,775,000  (70 bb)
Seat 5.  James Mackey  –  10,550,000  (84 bb)
Seat 6.  Eric Afriat  –  2,875,000  (23 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $361,600*
2nd:  $235,000
3rd:  $175,000
4th:  $131,000
5th:  $99,000
6th:  $75,000

There will be three members of the WPT Champions Club at this final table — chipleader James Mackey, who won this event back in 2016, three-time WPT champion Eric Afriat, and two-time WPT champion Erick Lindgren, who was also the Season 2 WPT Player of the Year.

The final table will begin with 34:20 remaining in Level 28, with blinds at 75,000-125,000 and a big blind ante of 125,000. The button will be on James Mackey in seat 5, and Eric Afriat will be the big blind in seat 6. Since Shovkovyi was in the big blind when he busted, there will be no small blind in the first hand at the final table.

The final table is scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm on Thursday, May 30th at HyperX Arena Las Vegas at the Luxor. As always, we will be providing hand-for-hand live updates right here at WPT.com, and the final table will be recorded for later television broadcast as part of Season 22 of the World Poker Tour.

Good luck to all six finalists!

Photo:  Chipleader James Mackey

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