WPT Final Table: Massive Chip Lead for James Romero

The WPT Final Table is set, and James Romero (pictured) leads the way with 9.86 million — more than 41.5% of all the chips in play. Here are the official chip counts and seating positions, followed by the remaining prizepool. (Since there are only five minutes remaining at the current level, the big blinds in each stack are computed at the next level — 30K-60K with a 10K ante.)

Seat 1.  Justin Bonomo  –  3,360,000  (56 bb)
Seat 2.  Ryan Tosoc  –  4,465,000  (74 bb)
Seat 3.  Alex Condon  –  2,265,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4.  Jake Schindler  –  1,210,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  James Romero  –  9,860,000  (164 bb)
Seat 6.  Igor Yaroshevskyy  –  2,570,000  (43 bb)

1st:  $1,938,118*
2nd:  $1,124,051
3rd:  $736,579
4th:  $494,889
5th:  $345,272
6th:  $268,545

* First-prize amount includes a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

Day 5 began with 19 players, but only six made the televised WPT Final Table. Here are the 13 players who cashed on Day 5:

7th:  Chris Klodnicki  –  $207,163
8th:  Taylor Paur  –  $153,454
9th:  Tony Utnage  –  $107,418
10th:  J.C. Tran  –  $76,727
11th:  Ty Reiman  –  $76,727
12th:  Danny Fuhs  –  $76,727
13th:  Bob Buckenmayer  –  $61,382
14th:  David Sands  –  $61,382
15th:  Stephen Graner  –  $61,382
16th:  Tommy Vedes  –  $52,174
17th:  Rob Wazwaz  –  $52,174
18th:  Richard Seymour  –  $52,174
19th:  Corey Hochman  –  $45,269

The WPT Final Table begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 4:00 pm PT. There will be no live stream, but return to WPT.com for live hand-for-hand coverage, including photos and updated chip counts after every hand.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com