With the $10K WPT Finale set to get underway at noon, here’s a look at the six players left with a chance for the title. Those six have combined for nearly $10.5 million in career earnings, two WPT titles, two WSOP bracelets (including a WSOP Europe Main Event), three WSOP Circuit rings, and one November Niner.
Seat 1: Chino Rheem
Chip Count – 3,430,000
Rheem became well-known thanks to an appearance at the 2008 WSOP November Nine when he finished 7th, then followed that up with a WPT win at the Five Diamond Classic the next month. He added another WPT title in 2013 with a win in the WPT World Championship.
Seat 2: Bryan Piccioli
Chip Count: 535,000
Piccioli earned a WSOP bracelet during the 2013 WSOP APAC in Melbourne Australia and made the WPT final table last month during the Bay 101 Shooting Star event. He also has a WSOP final table appearance from 2013 in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event.
Seat 3: Richard Leger
Chip Count: 4,010,000
Leger is the sole Florida resident at the WPT Finale final table and he went deep in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship in 2012. He’s looking for his first career tournament victory, his closest coming during the 2014 Coco Poker Open.
Seat 4: Adrian Mateos
Chip Count: 850,000
Mateos biggest success came with he scored the WSOP Europe Main Event championship in 2013. That win netted him €1,000,000 and he followed that up with an EPT Grand Final Main Event title for another €1,000,000.
Seat 5: William Benson
Chip Count: 2,230,000
Still waiting on his first tournament title, Benson made the last four tables during the 2015 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open. He came close to a WSOP circuit ring when he finished 2nd during a 2012 Biloxi tournament.
Seat 6: Aditya Prasetyo
Chip Count: 2,620,000
Prasetyo has a half dozen tournament victories to his credit and he earned his third WSOP Circuit ring less than a month ago. He has three runner-up finishes in other WSOPC events as well as a second place finish during the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” $1,650 tournament.