The final table of six is set after Day 3 at WPT bestbet Open in Jacksonville, Florida. The final six were set just before midnight ET and will return this afternoon for a shot at the top prize, worth $321,521, and a WPT title.
David Diaz has made his second WPT final table of the season and will be the headliner when cards get in the air. The chip leader will be Danny Schechter with 3,825,000. Schechter started today with the short stack of 52,000 and, after an amazing run on Monday, he now paces the field.
Here is a look at the final table seating chart with chip counts:
Seat 1: Pete Tinnesz – 1,035,000
Seat 2: Danny Schechter – 3,825,000
Seat 3: Michael Linster – 2,150,000 (ClubWPT Player of the Day – video above)
Seat 4: Pete Chwala – 1,180,000
Seat 5: David Bell – 1,980,000
Seat 6: David Diaz – 375,000
Quite a few familiar faces hit the rail yesterday along the way to the final six, including the final-table bubble boy Tony Cousineau. Other notables to make a deep run were Ben Zamani (ninth place), Matt Salsberg (10th place), Tim Reilly (11th place), Daniel Buzgon (12th place), Raj Vohra (14th place), David Sands (20th place), and Matt Giannetti (22nd place). Salsberg added 75 points to his Season XI Player of the Year total and now has 2,575 points overall with a 175-point lead over Paul Volpe.
Tune back in at 2 p.m. ET today and follow the hand-for-hand WPT Live Updates from the final table, and starting at 2:30 p.m. ET you can watch the WPT Live Stream.