The final table of the historic Monster WPT Tournament of Champions is set, and it’s Jonathan Jaffe who leads the way with 996,000 chips. He is joined at the televised final table by two-time champion and fellow Floridian Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, two-time champion Darren Elias, and WPT Main Tour and WPT Alpha8 champion Noah Schwartz.
Two Season XIV WPT Champions, Farid Yachou (WPT Amsterdam) and Vlad Darie (WPT Vienna) will also take their seat at the televised final table on Sunday. For Yachou, this is his very first trip to the United States.
Here are the official chip counts for the Monster WPT Tournament of Champions final table, scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm ET:
Seat 1. Darren Elias – 324,000 (27 bb)
Seat 2. Farid Yachou – 264,000 (22 bb)
Seat 3. Michael Mizrachi – 871,000 (73 bb)
Seat 4. Vlad Darie – 214,000 (18 bb)
Seat 5. Noah Schwartz – 532,000 (44 bb)
Seat 6. Jonathan Jaffe – 996,000 (83 bb)
Here are the payouts:
1st: $381,600*
2nd: $224,190
3rd: $140,450
4th: $95,400
5th: $74,200
6th: $58,300
In addition to the first prize of $381,600, the winner will receive the following additional prizes valued at more than $150,000**:
– A 2016 Corvette, courtesy of Monster
– A Hublot King Power Unico Titanium watch
– An Aurae® Solid Gold MasterCard
– A pair of gold Monster® 24K Headphones
– A custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables
– A seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour
– A round of golf for you and two guests at the world-class Shadow Creek Golf Course with Matt Savage
* First-prize amount includes a $15,000 seat into the Season XV WPT Tournament of Champions.
** Subject to change. No cash substitutions. Prizes do not include taxes, fees, or gratuities.
The final table is scheduled to get underway at 4 pm ET and we will be offering real-time hand-for-hand updates as the action unfolds as well as a live stream with hole cards on a 30-minute delay with commentary from Tony Dunst and Vanessa Selbst, which will be available on www.twitch.tv/worldpokertour.
Photography for today provided by Joe Giron and Jayne Furman/Poker Photo Archive