Only 40 players remain in the televised WPT Choctaw Main Event, and the chip leader is Randi Lister, who bagged 2.164 million at the completion of Day 2. The Royse City, TX native only has five live cashes on her poker resume, totaling $3,231. She is guaranteed $12,434 at the moment, but is certainly aiming for the $681,758 first-place prize.
Joining Lister on Day 3 will be WPT Champions Club members Olivier Busquet (1.834 million) and Harrison Gimbel (619,000); 2015 partypoker presents: WPT500 at ARIA Resort & Casino winner Craig Varnell (1.7 million), Jeff Gross (726,000), Ben Zamani (636,000), and Connor Drinan (580,000).
Day 3 begins at 12 pm CT on Monday. Here are the official seating and chip counts, followed by the remaining prize pool:
TABLE 55
1. Alex Rocha – 1,667,000
2. Robert Hankins – 580,000
3. Peter Vilandos – 534,000
4. Jack Duong – 1,210,000
5. Michael Aron – 300,000
6. Ben Perez – 1,840,000
7. Eric Rivkin – 245,000
8. Reginald Roberts – 352,000
9.
TABLE 56
1. Connor Drinan – 580,000
2. Everett Carlton – 338,000
3. Bastian Fischer – 792,000
4. Ryan Rogers – 365,000
5. Matt Bond – 1,388,000
6. Craig Varnell – 1,700,000
7. Olivier Busquet – 1,834,000
8. Jeff Kester – 484,000
9.
TABLE 61
1. Benjamin Zamani – 636,000
2. Cary Jones – 623,000
3. Jeff Gross – 726,000
4. Jess McVicker – 684,000
5. Christopher Lujan – 473,000
6. Jackson White – 509,000
7. Scott Hall – 680,000
8. John Leggett – 215,000
9.
TABLE 62
1. A.J. Gambino – 1,600,000
2. Mason Vieth – 837,000
3. Harrison Gimbel – 619,000
4. Randi Lister – 2,164,000
5.
6. Jonathan Lewis – 1,091,000
7. Mark Kehrees – 312,000
8. Nathan Huvelle – 1,431,000
9. Bruce White – 450,000
TABLE 64
1. David Bromberg – 254,000
2. Benjamin Reinhart – 275,000
3. Trey Brabham – 1,180,000
4. Ben Palmer – 312,000
5. James Mackey – 770,000
6. Omar Yates – 1,200,000
7. Jerry Wong – 413,000
8. Matthew Smith – 295,000
9.
1st: $681,758*
2nd: $412,234
3rd: $306,346
4th: $230,300
5th: $175,122
6th: $134,720
7th: $104,842
8th: $82,533
9th: $65,738
10th-12th: $52,980
13th-15th: $43,177
16th-18th: $35,572
19th-21st: $29,625
22nd-24th: $24,940
25th-27th: $21,228
28th-30th: $18,273
31st-33rd: $15,894
34th-36th: $13,984
37th-40th: $12,434
* First prize amount includes winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.
Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of WPT Choctaw, as the final 40 play down to Tuesday’s televised WPT Final Table.
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