Finale Day 1: Malka Leads; Kornuth Hanging Close

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 3: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Players: 263

David Malka (Los Angeles, CA)
David Malka (Los Angeles, CA)

The $10K WPT Finale isn’t your run of the mill tournament. There are few soft spots and there are big time players as far as the eye can see.

The first break chip leader was WSOP Circuit winner David Malka with 94,950 while Chance Kornuth, Vladimir Dobrovolskiy, and Curt Kohlberg round the list of those over 80,000.

With all the stars, everyone is a notable so here’s a random group of 50 players.

David Malka – 94,950 (317 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 83,675 (279 bb)
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy – 83,275 (278 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – 81,475 (272 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo – 77,075 (257 bb)
Jeff Madsen – 73,475 (245 bb)
John Templeton – 72,725 (242 bb)
Jonathan Little – 69,350 (231 bb)
Loni Harwood – 67,000 (223 bb)
Jennifer Tilly – 65,225 (217 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 55,450 (185 bb)
Andrew Spears – 54,400 (181 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 53,700 (179 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 53,525 (178 bb)
Fedor Holz – 52,775 (176 bb)
Myles German – 52,600 (175 bb)
Allen Kessler – 52,050 (174 bb)
Matt Wantman – 50,175 (167 bb)
Justin Liberto – 47,725 (159 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 46,225 (154 bb)
Joe Kuether – 46,150 (154 bb)
Tyler Patterson – 45,775 (153 bb)
Mike Sexton – 45,450 (152 bb)
Dan Shak – 44,025 (147 bb)
Anthony Spinella – 43,450 (145 bb)
Richard Seymour – 43,200 (144 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 41,025 (137 bb)
Eric Baldwin – 40,075 (134 bb)
Scott Clements – 38,900 (130 bb)
Shane Warne – 38,375 (128 bb)
Ryan Riess – 38,299 (128 bb)
Greg Merson – 38,050 (127 bb)
Hunter Cichy – 37,900 (126 bb)
Steven Karp – 37,625 (125 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 36,200 (121 bb)
Hans Winzeler – 36,000 (120 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 35,150 (117 bb)
Matt Stout – 34,025 (113 bb)
Phil Laak – 32,800 (109 bb)
Matt Berkey – 30,900 (103 bb)
Will Failla – 28,650 (96 bb)
Mike Leah – 28,650 (96 bb)
Stewart Newman – 27,175 (91 bb)
Maria Ho – 26,850 (90 bb)
Darryll Fish – 23,800 (79 bb)
Mohsin Charania – 21,625 (72 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 17,750 (59 bb)
Kelly Minkin – 15,275 (51 bb)