Patrick Serda Retains Lead into Day 4 of $3,500 WPT BWPO Championship
The third day of Event #20: $3,500 WPT BWPO Championship has now come to an end after seven levels of play here at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa with 28 players remaining and it is Canada's Patrick Serda finishing atop the leaderboard once more with a monstrous stack of 6,260,000.
Serda is a Canadian pro that has amassed almost $1.8 million in live career earnings and already has a WPT title win under his belt after taking down the WPT $5,300 Main Event at the Playground Poker Room for his second-high career cash of $652,801.
The Manitoba, Canada, native has now finished the last two days of this event as the leader and the hand that catapulted him today happened during the last few hands of the night when Baitai Li attempted to bluff Serda with a river shove. Serda called him down with just the second-highest pair on the board and Li tabled six-high, sending a monster pot to Serda.
Closest on the totem pole behind Serda is fellow Canadian Veerab Zakarian who has a healthy 4,075,000 stack headed into the fourth day of this event. Zakarian found the vast majority of his chips in a single hand versus James Anderson who check-called on every street including a river shove. Zakarian tabled a rivered straight and Anderson mucked a pair of sailboats, sending one of the biggest pots of the day to Zakarian.
Top 5 Counts in WPT BWPO Championship
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Serda | Canada | 6,260,000 |
| 2 | Veerab Zakarian | Canada | 4,075,000 |
| 3 | Brian Altman | United States | 3,880,000 |
| 4 | Peter Vitantonio | United States | 3,550,000 |
| 5 | Stephen Press | United States | 2,550,000 |
Rounding out the top five starts are two-time WPT Championship winner Brian Altman (3,880,000), Peter Vitantonio (3,550,000), and Stephen Press (2,550,000). Altman is cruising through this event and is sure to add to his WPT player of the year points total with another deep run here. The only person that reminds in the field that is even close is Donald Maloney who sits in fourth on this year's WPT POY race and will be starting the final day with 1,365,000.
The third day of this event started with 77 runners and after seven 90-minute levels of play, only 28 remain. The survivors will return tomorrow at noon play down until only six are left, moving onto the final table. All remaining players are guaranteed at least a cash of $19,886. But all players will be fighting for that top-six finish that will secure them a seat on the live-streamed final table that is held at the HyperX Esports Arena in Las Vegas at The Luxor on April 1, 2020.
That wraps it up for the PokerNews live coverage of Day 3 for this event but tune in tomorrow for all of the updates on Day 4.