James Anderson leads nine players into the final table of the WPTDeepStacks Pittsburgh Main Event with 2 million chips
The WPTDeepStacks Pittsburgh Main Event is down to the nine final tablists after three starting flights and one more day of action at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Main Event on the schedule of the latest WPTDeepStacks stop drew 316 entrants. The tournament featured a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool and the money was split into portions for the top 40 finishers, min-cashes starting from $1,628.
The money bubble burst after several levels of play on Day 2 of the tournament. Three starting flights played over two days composed the lead up to Day 2 of action. As many as 88 players progressed into Day 2 from the starting flights stage of the Main Event.
However, there were just nine of them left in the hunt for the title and the first-place prize at the end of play last night at the host casino. The final nine are set to return to Rivers Casino today at 2:15 pm local time and to play down to the next WPTDeepStacks Main Event champion.
Each of the nine remaining hopefuls is guaranteed a minimum cash of $6,661. However, they are all vying for the lion’s share of the prize pool amounting to $66,593. The first-place prize includes a $3,000 package into the season-ending championship.
Who Leads the Final Table?
James Anderson is leading the pack of nine into the final day of action. The player put 2 million in chips into his bag for the overnight chip lead. Anderson and his eight remaining opponents are all vying for their first WPTDeepStacks title.
John Cebula claimed the second largest stack of the night, good for 1.71 million. It was namely Cebula who set the official final table after eliminating Taylor Wilson in tenth place. Michele Iacovone rounded up the top three chip counts with a stack of 1.28 million.
Notables who made it to the money on Sunday but failed to reach the final table included Stan Jablonski, John Fardo, Robert Nolen, and Taylor Wilson. As mentioned above, Wilson was just a spot away from the nine-handed finale.
After the end of the $1,100 Main Event at Rivers Casino, the WPTDeepStacks will next head to France for the WPTDeepStacks European Championship Deauville. The poker festival will run from May 7-12 and action at the host casino, Casino Barrière De Deauville, will culminate in the €1,500 Main Event, starting May 9.
Aside from its French stop, the current WPTDeepStacks season has three more stops – Black Hawk, Colorado, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, and New Zealand.
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