After seven demanding 12-hour days, the task was completed in just six hours last night. The goal was to form the final nine from the 15 semi-finalists, which will play a two-day final from tomorrow, at the end of which one name will shine. This will go down in history as the champion of the biggest WSOP Main Event of all time, so who is left in the running for the title?
Yesterday, several players had to wake up from their dream of a 12-million prize, among which was the well-known poker author and coach Alex Torelli. He ended up just outside the gates of the final table when his pocket JJs were not enough in a classic coinflip against Maceiras with AK. The result was 11th place for $700,000 and at the same time the first live tournament entry since 2016.
During the six hours of play, there were again a lot of incredible moments, but one of them was definitely a 3-way all-in, which is rarely seen in the last 14 players of a tournament of this format:
The last eliminated yesterday was Jose Aguilera ($700,000) in tenth place, after whose elimination the packing and counting of stacks began. Currently in the chip lead is Seattle native Adam Walton, whose 143,800,000 stack is 120bb. This is by far Walton's biggest deep run since he finished 42nd in the ME two years ago for $163,900. "Honestly, I still think I'm dreaming. It's completely unrealistic. I was just playing the Main Event, I only had a 12,000 stack at the beginning, but suddenly this happens. It's crazy!"
Day 7 chip leader Juan Maceiras of Spain also remains in the game, although he lost a significant portion of his stack at the end of the day, but still has 50bb left. In the same way, both WSOP champions – German Jan-Peter Jachtmann and American Daniel Weinman – continue to play for the lifetime prize. The total chip count of the final nine looks as follows:
As already mentioned, the players have a day off today after a demanding marathon, but they will return to the table tomorrow with the attention of the whole world. The game will continue at blinds of 600k/1.2m/1.2m, but the final table will be divided into two days – on Sunday it will be played until the final four are formed, and then on Monday they will play until we know the champion. Who is your favorite to win the most prestigious title?
Final table payout:
- 12,100,000$
- 6,500,000$
- 4,000,000$
- 3,000,000$
- 2,400,000$
- 1,850,000$
- 1,425,000$
- 1,125,000$
- 900,000$
Let us know whose name you think will go down in history:
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Source: PokerNews, WSOP, CardPlayer, Twitter
