Woodward is the Final Day Limit Leader; Chan Not Far Behind
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Well folks, after a long day of limit hold’em action, it has all finally come to an end. Leading the pack heading into the final day is Matthew Woodward as he managed to bag up 265,000 in chips.
It all started around 12 hours ago when 109 players returned to the felt with one thing on their mind; surviving the night. Some of those who couldn’t manage the task include Dwyte Pilgrim, Shawn Buchanan, George Lind, Jason Mericer, Daniel Negreanu, Humberto Brenes and Huck Seed.
For most of the day it seemed like it was Terrence Chan who was constantly raking in pots as he took a big lead over the field with a couple of levels to go. Chan, known as a limit hold’em specialist, bagged up the second largest stack and will be looking to see this event become his first WSOP gold bracelet win. You can get to know Terrence Chane a little better here in Sarah Grant's Seat Open with Terrence Chan.
One player who didn’t fair quite as well as Chan was Todd Witteles as he ended up being the bubble-boy. After Witteles busted, Nicholas Muraco was quickly sent home in 18th place with a min-cash and shortly thereafter, the night came to an end.
With Muraco’s late elimination, there will be 15 players who join Chan and Woodward at the felt tomorrow and it is Raymond Dehkharghani and Ayman Qutami who are also up the top of the counts. Matt Glantz, Jeff Shulman and Jesse Martin are also still in contention with plenty of chips, so don’t rule them out either.
Below is how they will be lining up tomorrow:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 446 | 1 | Andrew Prock | 105,500 |
| 446 | 2 | Douglas Rutherford | 32,000 |
| 446 | 3 | Mike Schneider | 44,000 |
| 446 | 4 | Matt Szymaszek | 134,500 |
| 446 | 5 | Terrence Chan | 238,000 |
| 446 | 6 | Kenneth Shei | 120,500 |
| 446 | 7 | Ayman Qutami | 224,500 |
| 446 | 8 | Matt Glantz | 166,500 |
| 446 | 9 | Jeff Shulman | 219,500 |
| 452 | 1 | Matthew Woodward | 265,000 |
| 452 | 2 | Ron Burke | 50,500 |
| 452 | 3 | Chris Overgard | 72,500 |
| 452 | 4 | Nicholas Derke | 75,500 |
| 452 | 5 | Raymond Dehkharghani | 210,000 |
| 452 | 6 | Samuel Golbuff | 231,500 |
| 452 | 7 | Jesse Martin | 200,500 |
| 452 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 452 | 9 | Brandon Scholl | 105,500 |
While most of tonight’s attention may have been on Phil Hellmuth taking down his 12th World Series of Poker bracelet and the fact that Andy Frankenberger defeated Phil Ivey heads-up in Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em, it doesn’t mean that the Limit Holdem event wasn’t an exciting adventure from start to finish. The best players in the world began in this event and now only 17 remain and one of them is going to become the limit hold’em champion.
The final day of action is set to begin tomorrow at 2:00 PM and we will be here every step of the way to crowning a victor. Who will be the next gold bracelet winner in the format of limit hold’em? Make sure to return to tomorrow to find out!