Event 19: Tough Lineup at Table 29 with 6 WPT Titles and $27.6 Million in Earnings

$2,200 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  180 of 413

Table 29

Table 29 has a tough lineup, with four players at that table combining for 7 WPT titles and more than $27.6 million in career live tournament earnings.

Seat 1.  Andrew Lichtenberger  –  25,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2.  Mike Vela  –  100,000  (67 bb)
Seat 3.  Darren Elias  –  50,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6.  Sam Panzica  –  50,000  (33 bb)

In seat 1, there is Andrew Lichtenberger, who doesn’t have any WPT titles, but he does have a WSOP bracelet and more than $11.6 million in career live tournament earnings.

In seat 2, Mike Vela won the 2009 WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals.

In seat 3, Darren Elias holds the record for the most career WPT titles with four, in addition to $9 million in career live tournament earnings.

And in seat 6, Sam Panzica has two WPT titles and more than $4.6 million in career live tournament earnings.


With approximately 180 players remaining from an unofficial field of 413 entries, the average chip stack is about 46,000 (31 big blinds). The official prizepool should be released soon, and we expect it to be worth more than $800,000.