The WPT Heads Up Championship Marches On

The WPT Heads Up Championship marches on. Thirty-two became sixteen on Day 1 and 2, and sixteen became eight on Day 3. Today, the quarter-finals and semi-finals take place, guaranteeing just two finalists will survive the action today.

The live coverage kicks off Dan Smith versus Sam Greenwood. Smith defeated Steve Aoki in Round 2 and Jean-Robert Bellande in Round 2 and now faces a familiar face in Greenwood with who he has shared many High Roller tables. Greenwood took on Kevin Rabichow and Alexandra Botez on his way to the quarter-finals.

The Greenwood – Smith match is followed by a highlight show of Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski versus Chris Kruk. Malinowski took out Nick Petrangelo in Round 1 and bested Henri “ButtonClickr” Puustinen in Round 2. Kruk defeated Nick Schulman in Round 1 and last night won against Olivier Busquet. 

Phil Ivey takes center stage right after, playing Stephen Chidwick in the quarter-finals. Ivey won against Manig Loeser in Round 1, and in Round 2 he took out Anthony Zinno. Chidwick defeated Andrew Lichtenberger and Darren Elias on his way to the quarter-finals.

Last but certainly not least, Patrik Antonius faces off against Stefan “Stefan11222” Burakov. Antonius didn’t have much trouble beating Japanese popstar GACKT in Round 1 and had an entertaining match against Doug Polk last night where he came out on top. Burakov sent Timothy Adams and Dan Dvoress to the rail on his way to the penultimate day of action.

The action doesn’t stop there as the winners of all four matches are slated for another round today as they get closer to tomorrow’s final. Round 4 takes place right after the four semi-finals are completed.

The live stream where you can watch all the action starts at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET/10 pm CEST on twitch.com/worldpokertour.