Final Day of 2014 PPC North America Championship Main Event to Start Soon
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Over the past two days, the best and brightest poker stars in the Tampa area came together at Tampa Downs for the 2014 PPC North America Championship Event. A total of 420 entrants created the largest prize pool in PPC Poker Tour history, easily surpassing the $200,000 guarantee. Of those 420, only 64 will return today to take their shot at the top prize money and trophy. The top four finishers will also will $5,000 packages to the PPC Aruba Championship Event.
Danny Lobato will head into play today with a commanding chip lead holding a staggering 522,300 in chips. Lobato was sitting with just over 300,000 in chips when he won a huge pot at the end of the night by spiking a miracle six to move his stack north of the half-million chip mark. Sitting in a distant second with 330,100 is Chris Swanson who won a big pot with aces against Rex Clinkscales and his jacks to move up the chip counts.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Lobato | 522,300 |
| 2 | Chris Swanson | 330,100 |
| 3 | Fred Miller | 268,400 |
| 4 | Arri Stone | 250,100 |
| 5 | Stan Trim | 245,400 |
| 6 | Evan Panesis | 235,300 |
| 7 | Ian Zeaman | 231,800 |
| 8 | Tom Clements | 228,600 |
| 9 | Steve Trizis | 211,800 |
| 10 | Evlys Gutierrez | 210,000 |
In addition to the top 10, players such as John Pappas, Chris Bolek, Eddie Kofler, Chris Thompson, and Robert Harwell are all hoping to be one of the 45 players who make the money.
Cards will get in the air at approximately 3 p.m. local time. There's a lot on the line today and PokerNews will be there until the very end with all the poker action. Follow along and find out who will become the PPC North America Championship Main Event winner.