Day 1D Ends with Mateus Carrion Leading 571 Survivors; Day 2 Begins at 12:00 Noon PST

Dec 15, 2023

Mateus Carrion
Photo:  Day 1D Chipleader Mateus Carrion

Day 1D of the WPT World Championship attracted 1,523 entries, and at the end of the day, 571 players bagged chips for Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 12:00 noon PST.

The total field is 3,835, and 1,375 players will be returning tomorrow for Day 2.

The full list of official chip counts will be released later tonight, but here is an unofficial look at the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Mateus Carrion  –  982,000  (164 bb)
T2.  Teo Leibowitz  –  806,000  (134 bb)
T2.  David Uvaydov  –  806,000  (134 bb)
4.  Alex Jauregui  –  791,000  (132 bb)
5.  Anatoly Filatov  –  773,000  (129 bb)
6.  Caleb Furth  –  770,000  (128 bb)

The field fell a bit short of the $40 million guarantee, so the prizepool is worth exactly $40 million, with an overlay of $2,417,000. The final 480 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $18,700. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $5,678,000*
2nd:  $3,772,200
3rd:  $2,798,700
4th:  $2,095,300
5th:  $1,583,100
6th:  $1,207,000
7th:  $928,900
8th:  $721,600
9th-10th:  $566,900
11th-12th:  $456,500
13th-14th:  $363,300
15th-16th:  $291,700
17th-20th:  $236,300
21st-24th:  $193,100
25th-32nd:  $159,200
33rd-40th:  $132,500
41st-48th:  $111,300
49th-56th:  $94,400
57th-64th:  $80,700
65th-72nd:  $69,700
73rd-80th:  $60,800
81st-88th:  $53,500
89th-104th:  $47,100
105th-120th:  $41,900
121st-136th:  $37,600
137th-152nd:  $34,100
153rd-168th:  $31,300
169th-184th:  $28,900
185th-208th:  $27,000
209th-232nd:  $25,500
233rd-264th:  $24,400
265th-296th:  $23,200
297th-328th:  $22,200
329th-360th:  $21,200
361st-408th:  $20,200
409th-444th:  $19,300
445th-480th:  $18,700

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 12:00 noon, when the field will play five 90-minute levels with no dinner break. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT World Championship.

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

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