Day 1C Ends with 228 Players; Mark Seif Leads with 636,500
Jul 15, 2022
Photo: Day 1C Chipleader Mark Seif
Day 1C comes to an end after 11 levels of play, and with 228 players remaining from a flight of 761, the chipleader is Mark Seif with 636,500 (212 big blinds).
Reigning WPT Venetian Las Vegas champion Chad Eveslage bagged 271,000 in chips on Day 1A, and the other two former WPT Venetian Las Vegas champions played today, and again both of them bagged — Qing Liu (98,000) and Ben Palmer (47,000). So all three are still in the running for a repeat run at this title.
The full list of official chip counts and the Day 2 seat draw will be released late tonight, but in the meantime, here’s an unofficial look at the top of the leaderboard for Day 1C:
1. Mark Seif – 636,500 (212 bb)
2. Stefan Nemetz – 559,000 (186 bb)
3. Calvin Anderson – 482,500 (161 bb)
4. Aleksandr Shevlyakov – 482,000 (161 bb)
5. Raul Manzanares – 437,000 (146 bb)
6. Dimitar Danchev – 412,000 (137 bb)
7. Noah Schwartz – 397,000 (132 bb)
There were 1,178 entries across three starting flights, creating a total prizepool worth $5,418,800, beating the $4 million guarantee by more than a third. The final 148 players will finish in the money, and here is the full list of payouts:
1st: $894,100*
2nd: $595,000
3rd: $440,000
4th: $327,000
5th: $247,000
6th: $188,000
7th: $145,000
8th: $113,000
9th-10th: $89,000
11th-12th: $71,000
13th-14th: $57,000
15th-16th: $46,400
17th-20th: $38,200
21st-24th: $31,700
25th-32nd: $26,700
33rd-40th: $22,800
41st-48th: $19,700
49th-56th: $17,100
57th-64th: $15,100
65th-72nd: $13,450
73rd-80th: $12,250
81st-88th: $11,150
89th-104th: $10,200
105th-120th: $9,450
121st-134th: $8,850
135th-148th: $8,500
There are 326 players returning for Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Friday) at 11:00 am. The official chip counts and Day 2 seat draw should be posted by tomorrow morning. Return to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Venetian Las Vegas.
* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT Championship.
Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com
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