The Season XIII WPT World Championship is currently being held at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. Day 4 of the event was completed last night and the six-handed final table was set with Russian Alexander Lakhov as the chip leader.
A total of 23 players returned yesterday determined to make their way to the title. Last year’s WPT champion Keven Stammen, however, could not make it to the final stage of the Championship. Day 2 leader Michael Rocco, Zo Karim, and David Tuthill were also among those who left the event before the final table was set.
The 2015 WPT World Championship is to be completed today. Play is set to resume at 4 p.m. local time and as usual, will be nationally televised. As mentioned above, it will start with Alexander Lakhov as the chip leader, who currently has 4,110,000 in chips. He is followed by Asher Conniff with 2,360,000 and Brian Yoon with 1,970,000. Ray Qartomy, Tony Dunst, and three-time WPT champion Carlos Mortensen were the other three players who made it to the final table.
This year, all 239 entries created a prize pool of $3,462,050. The winner will be awarded the amount of $973,683 and a seat into the Season XIV World Championship.
It could be said that Alexander Lakhov is quite an experienced player. His first cash from a live tournament dates back to 2003. Since then, he has cashed in various WPT, WSOP, EPT, and other prestigious events. So far, the player has $1,715,068 in live earnings. He scored his biggest live cash in 2014, when he won the $4,000 + 400 partypoker WPT Merit North Cyprus Main Event and was paid $325,400.
In 2012, Lakhov finished 2nd in the WPT Prague €3,300 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, where he received €124,725 ($289,985). Several months later, he won the GCOP II Vol. 6/6 €2,600 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event for €124,725 ($168,688).
As for his performance in 2015, he cashed in several WPT National Montenegro and WPT Spring Open Montenegro events. He was also seen at the EPT Season 11 Malta festival, held at the Portomaso Casino in March.
At present, he is 120th in the GPI rank and 110th in Player of the Year rank.
