After another long day at WPT Choctaw, the field dropped from 360 players all the way down to the final 30, bursting the money bubble along the way. The final 145 players earned a minimum of $3,875.
The chip leader is Caufman Talley, the only player above the three-million mark with 3.49 million in chips.
There are four members of the WPT Champions Club still in the hunt for another title — Darren Elias (2,805,000), Andy Hwang (1,890,000), Jared Jaffee (1,560,000), and Erik Seidel (1,465,000). There is also a member of the WPT family — commentator Vince Van Patten — still contending, and he is fourth in chips with 1,925,000.
Here are the official chip counts and seating positions for Day 3, followed by the remaining prize pool.
TABLE 65
Seat 1. Darren Elias – 2,805,000 (94 bb)
Seat 2. David Nicholson – 270,000 (9 bb)
Seat 3. David Emmons – 680,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4. Mukul Pahuja – 1,710,000 (57 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6. Nipun Java – 1,685,000 (56 bb)
Seat 7. Salvatore Dicarlo – 1,240,000 (41 bb)
Seat 8. Clint Tolbert – 365,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9.
TABLE 66
Seat 1. Matt Bond – 1,145,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2. Jason Fitzpatrick – 1,175,000 (39 bb)
Seat 3. Upeshka De Silva – 1,195,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4. Bryn Kenney – 1,105,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6. Justin Custer – 1,355,000 (45 bb)
Seat 7. Vince Van Patten – 1,925,000 (64 bb)
Seat 8. Gary Sewell – 720,000 (24 bb)
Seat 9.
TABLE 73
Seat 1. Erik Seidel – 1,465,000 (49 bb)
Seat 2. Bobby Layne – 55,000 (2 bb)
Seat 3. Jake Schindler – 740,000 (25 bb)
Seat 4. Joey Brown – 1,290,000 (43 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6. Aaron Clark – 400,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7. Keith Carter – 420,000 (14 bb)
Seat 8. Rodney Spriggs – 360,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9. Andy Hwang – 1,890,000 (63 bb)
TABLE 74
Seat 1. Caufman Talley – 3,490,000 (116 bb)
Seat 2. Cosima Greco – 640,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3. Jason Brin – 625,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4. Jared Jaffee – 1,560,000 (52 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6. Alex Lynskey – 2,060,000 (69 bb)
Seat 7. John Mahler – 845,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8. Rolando Lozano – 815,000 (27 bb)
Seat 9. Steve Sung – 1,285,000 (43 bb)
1st: $682,975*
2nd: $468,105
3rd: $303,593
4th: $224,913
5th: $167,691
6th: $135,504
7th: $112,854
8th: $89,806
9th: $66,759
10th-12th: $50,466
13th-15th: $40,532
16th-18th: $34,969
19th-21st: $30,995
22nd-24th: $27,419
25th-27th: $23,842
29th-30th: $20,266
* First place amount includes a $15,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship.
Day 3 is scheduled to begin Monday at 1:00 pm CT, and action will continue until there are six players left for Tuesday afternoon’s televised WPT Final Table.
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