The televised Season XV World Poker Tour® bestbet Bounty Scramble final table was set on Monday, and just six players remain from the 379-entry field. Sam Panzica booked the chip lead with 2.97 million, and he’s only narrowly ahead of Richard Malone Jr.’s 2.95 million. Those two will lead the final half dozen players into Tuesday’s play, beginning at 4 p.m. ET from bestbet Jacksonville, to play for the $354,335 first-place prize.
Joining Panzica and Malone at the final table are Paul Balzano, Tyler Patterson, Noah Schwartz, and Ankusk Mandavia. Two of those four are WPT® Champions Club members in Patterson and Schwartz, but more importantly they are former champions of this very event. Patterson won the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble title last year and will be looking to repeat for the first time in WPT history. Even if Schwartz were to win it would mark the first time a WPT Champions Club member won the same event twice. That’s never been done before on the WPT, which means history is ripe for the making on Tuesday.
WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Final Table
Seat 1: Sam Panzica – 2,970,000
Seat 2: Richard Malone, Jr. – 2,950,000
Seat 3: Paul Balzano – 1,965,000
Seat 4: Tyler Patterson – 1,405,000
Seat 5: Ankush Mandavia – 1,030,000
Seat 6: Noah Schwartz – 1,095,000
Monday’s Day 3 saw 25 players return, all deep into the money as 48 spots paid out. Busting en route to the final table were WPT Champions Club members Marvin Rettenmaier (18th) and Seth Davies (17th), Maxx Coleman (14th), Jake Schwartz (9th), and T.K. Miles (7th).
Miles was the final player to bust on Monday. He moved all in for 760,000 from middle position with the blinds at 25,000/50,000/5,000. Malone called from the small blind with the 
, and Miles held the 
. Miles took the lead when he flopped an ace on the 
board, and the 
on the turn kept him in front. But it was the 
smacking the river that gave Malone a full house and sent Miles to the rail in seventh place for $53,785.
The televised final table will kick off Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET from bestbet Jacksonville, and you can follow along with coverage right here on WPT.com.