Benny Glaser received an enormous pot because of a lucky river card late on Day 4, and it helped spark his push to chip chief with 36 gamers left within the $10,400 purchase in WPT World Championship.
When the session started, the match was already properly into the cash. There have been 128 gamers remaining, one in all whom was Daniel Negreanu, a two-time World Poker Tour champion.
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Negreanu was working sizzling and enjoying sound poker coming into Saturday’s session and continued that development on Day 4. He’ll head into Sunday’s Day 5 session at midday PT with 7,525,000 million chips and the blinds at 100,000/200,000 (200,000 large blind ante).
The GGPoker ambassador despatched ClubGG ambassador Kyna England to the rails in 54th place ($71,400) when pocket queens held up towards a nut flush draw.
However the hand of the day came about between Glaser and Daniel Sepiol, the participant who busted WPT announcer Tony Dunst on the bubble.
On the time, the blinds have been at 75,000/125,000 and Glaser opened to 250,000 with earlier than Sepiol three-bet to 1,000,000 with . The flop of smacked each gamers within the face, and the preflop raiser continued with a 600,000-chip guess. His opponent known as they usually noticed the on the flip. This time Sepiol checked and Glaser guess 2,600,000, and he obtained a name.
The river was the right card for Glaser — — as a result of it gave him a full home and his opponent a flush. After motion was checked over to Glaser, he moved all in for 4,700,000 and was known as. That left Sepiol with 2,200,000 and he would later bust in 52nd place ($71,400).
As for Glaser, who received his sixth PokerStars SCOOP title in September, the hand propelled him into the chip lead on the time and he was capable of maintain it for the rest of the session.
The chip chief will enter Day 5 with 28,800,000, a slight bit forward of Krasimir Yankov (26,100,000). Behind these two there is a important drop-off with Alexander Farahi in third place at 15,400,000.
Retired poker professional and former PokerStars ambassador Igor Kurganov is again to his outdated tips, and he bagged 11,300,000. Not far behind him is Mr. Jiggitties himself, Brad Owen, the preferred poker vlogger on the planet, who completed Day 4 with 9,750,000 and has already locked up the largest money of his profession.
Owen shared some fascinating arms he performed on social media throughout the day. The WPT ambassador hit quads to win a giant pot and cracked pocket kings with pocket 10’s to win one other. As is the case with the opposite 36 gamers nonetheless standing, he is locked up a minimal money of $99,600. However that $4,136,000 first place prize would definitely be even nicer.
Different notables nonetheless within the area embody Aaron Massey (2,550,000), former PokerNews stay reporter Lori Persinger (5,125,000), Frank Funaro (8,125,000), and Bryce Yockey (9,765,000).
Amongst those that reached Day 4 however could not discover a bag Saturday evening have been Marle Spragg (122nd for $29,450), Markus Gonsalves (113th for $32,650), Cary Katz (a centesimal for $36,500), Kristen Foxen (97th for $36,500), Lynn Gilmartin (91st for $36,500), Kane Kalas (84th for $41,250), Jeff Madsen (79th for $46,650), Johan “YoH Viral” Guilbert (seventy fifth for $46,650), and David “ODB” Baker (forty first for $83,900).
WPT World Championship Day 4 High Chip Counts
| 1 | Benny Glaser | 28,800,000 |
| 2 | Krasimir Yankov | 26,100,000 |
| 3 | Alexander Farahi | 15,450,000 |
| 4 | Jean-Claude Moussa | 14,475,000 |
| 5 | Igor Kurganov | 11,300,000 |
Kerstetter, Liebert Attain WPT Girls Championship Closing Desk
The Wynn has been internet hosting many different large occasions this month, together with the $1,100 purchase in WPT Girls Championship, which started with 578 gamers on Friday. That area is now down to only six, and the ultimate desk will happen Dec. 19.
When play resumes, Lina Niu will maintain the chip lead at 5,565,000, however her lead is slim over Olga Iermolcheva, who bagged 5,065,000 on Saturday.
There are some large identify professionals who reached the ultimate desk, together with one of many high feminine poker gamers of all-time — Kathy Liebert (2,340,000), and World Sequence of Poker commentator Jamie Kerstetter (1,405,000).
There have been 72 gamers who completed within the cash (together with the six on the upcoming last desk). Amongst those that cashed and busted on Day 2 embody Esther Taylor (62nd for $2,087), Ruth Corridor (58th for $2,087), Ebony Kenney (forty sixth for $2,541), Melanie Weisner (twenty eighth for $3,300), and Amanda Botfeld (twentieth for $4,548).
These on the last desk have a assured minimal payout of $21,934, however the winner will take dwelling $105,136. The ultimate desk shall be filmed for tv.
WPT Girls Championship Closing Desk Chip Counts
| 1 | Lina Niu | 5,565,000 |
| 2 | Olga Iermolcheva | 5,065,000 |
| 3 | Kathy Liebert | 2,340,000 |
| 4 | Cindy Spier | 2,230,000 |
| 5 | Jamie Kerstetter | 1,405,000 |
| 6 | Dusti Smith | 680,000 |
*Photographs courtesy of WPT.
