Six days, seven starting flights, 849 entries... all boils down to this.
The final day of the Champions Club WPO $1,500 Main Event is finally upon us as we see 14 players return for their shot at all the glory here in Houston, Texas.
Since they did not make it to the final nine last night, play will begin a little earlier than originally planned. The final table stream is set to go live at 4:00 pm with a one-hour delay, so players are returning today at 2:00 p.m. to play until 5 players are lost.
Leading the way is Rakan Abusaleh who bagged up 6,750,000 after taking down several huge pots towards the end of the night. In second is Ryan Freeman with 6,200,000 and rounding out the top three is Trung Pham with 6,100,000.
The final 14 players will return tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. and will resume play at the start of Level 28 with blinds at 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 big blind ante. They will then play until there are nine players left, at which point they will move over to the stream table to play out the remainder of the tournament on the Champions Club live stream on YouTube.
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakan Abusaleh | 6,750,000 | 68 |
| 2 | Ryan Freeman | 6,200,000 | 62 |
| 3 | Trung Pham | 6,100,000 | 61 |
| 4 | Dora Coyle | 5,475,000 | 55 |
| 5 | Brant Jolly | 4,200,000 | 42 |
| 6 | Alejandro Jauregui | 3,750,000 | 38 |
| 7 | Joel Trevino | 3,200,000 | 32 |
| 8 | Trevor Lewis | 3,025,000 | 30 |
| 9 | Maxx Holland | 2,850,000 | 29 |
| 10 | John Ross | 2,520,000 | 25 |
| 11 | Jonathan Vuong | 2,175,000 | 22 |
| 12 | Mohammed Bassam | 1,950,000 | 20 |
| 13 | Andrew Tran | 1,700,000 | 17 |
| 14 | Michael Bahls | 1,650,000 | 17 |
The final 14 players will return today at 2:00 p.m. and will resume play at the start of Level 27 with blinds at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante. They will then play until there are nine players left, at which point they will move over to the stream table to play out the remainder of the tournament on the Champions Club live stream on YouTube.
Each player has locked up a cash of $12,830 but of course, everyone will be eyeing the $201,000 top prize accompanied by the beautiful Champion's Club trophy.
Final Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $201,000 |
| 2 | $141,000 |
| 3 | $90,630 |
| 4 | $66,240 |
| 5 | $51,320 |
| 6 | $41,040 |
| 7 | $33,000 |
| 8 | $26,360 |
| 9 | $20,100 |
| 10- 12 | $16,190 |
| 13-14 | $12,830 |
As always, stay tuned into PokerNews as we will be bringing you all of the action!
