A complete of 1,755 entries have been made within the newest World Poker Tour Seminole Arduous Rock Poker Showdown $3,500 no-limit maintain’em championship in South Florida, blowing away the $3.5 million assure to construct a ultimate prize pool of $5,616,000.
After two beginning flights and three extra days of combined-field motion contained in the Seminole Arduous Rock Resort & On line casino Hollywood, that sea of gamers has now been narrowed to only six contenders, every of whom has their eyes on the title and the highest prize of $776,000.
The remaining rivals must wait a bit earlier than one in every of them provides their title to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup, as this occasion’s televised ultimate desk received’t play out till Might twenty ninth in Las Vegas.
The ultimate six have locked up at the very least $164,000 by making it this far. Beneath is a have a look at the total remaining payouts:
1st – $776,000 (Features a $10,400 seat into the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas)2nd – $515,0003rd – $380,0004th – $285,0005th – $215,0006th – $164,000
The chip chief heading into the ultimate desk is Artwork Peacock, who just lately took down the World Sequence of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Pompano Seashore important occasion on his 66th birthday. Peacock has greater than $1.6 million in earlier cashes to his title, and with 27,150,000 in chips (109 huge blinds) he’s well-situated so as to add to that complete in a serious manner later this spring.
Daniel Marcus has the next-largest stack with 22,150,000 (89 huge blinds), and has already locked up his largest dwell money by making it this far.
The identical holds true for Jeffery Fritz, who sits in third chip place with 16,150,000 (65 huge blinds). His finest prior rating noticed him place eighty fifth on this similar occasion again in 2021 for $11,675.
Jared Hemingway’s 11,150,000 (45 huge blinds) is sweet for fourth place on the leaderboard. He’ll surpass $1.1 million in profession earnings no matter how he finishes on the ultimate desk.
The second-shortest stack belongs to Mihai Niste, who bagged up 8,650,000 (35 huge blinds). The Romanian participant has greater than $1.8 million in prior cashes below his belt, together with a runner-up end in a $3,300 buy-in occasion on the Advantage Poker Western Sequence in January of this 12 months for a career-best payday of $251,000.
Mitchell Hynam rounds out the ultimate desk with 2,000,000 (8 huge blinds). Like Niste, the UK resident earned his prime event windfall earlier this 12 months. Hyman did so by taking down the Galway Poker Competition €700 buy-in occasion for $86,108.
The highest 221 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with loads of huge names working deep together with triple crown winner Harrison Gimbel (thirty second), bracelet winner David Moses (twenty first), WPT champion Asher Conniff (nineteenth), bracelet winner and three-time WPT champion Brian Altman (18th), two-time bracelet winner Frank Funaro (eleventh), and five-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon (ninth).
Alain Medesan bowed out in eighth place, with prime pair shedding to the underside set of Hemingway. Rafael Rodriguez was then eradicated on the final-table bubble when his A
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3102 runout. Rodriguez earned $126,000 because the seventh-place finisher.
seventh place | Rafael Rodriguez | $126,000 pic.twitter.com/JyogKLFBeu
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Seat Draw With Chip Counts
Seat 1: Artwork Peacock – 27,150,000 (109 bb)Seat 2: Jeffery Fritz – 16,150,000 (65 bb)Seat 3: Mitchell Hynam – 2,000,000 (8 bb)Seat 4: Jared Hemingway – 11,150,000 (45 bb)Seat 5: Daniel Marcus – 22,150,000 (89 bb)Seat 6: Mihai Niste – 8,650,000 (35 bb)
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