WPT Tournament of Champions
Returning to Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

John Hennigan continues to lead the WPT Tournament of Champions with a handful of players behind him over 100,000.

They’ll return at 8:15 and play four more levels tonight, with a break in the middle.

John Hennigan – 179,000 (224 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 133,000 (166 bb)
Ravi Raghavan – 124,000 (155 bb)
Vlad Darie – 115,000 (144 bb)
Tyler Patterson – 114,000 (143 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 112,000 (140 bb)
Chris Leong – 100,000 (125 bb)
Dan Smith – 94,000 (118 bb)
Jonathan Roy – 93,000 (116 bb)
Darren Elias – 90,000 (113 bb)
Iaron Lightbourne – 84,000 (105 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 64

The WPT Tournament of Champions field has gone off on their 75-minute dinner break. If they wish to stick around the lounge area, we’ve put out a nice little spread that includes beef tenderloin, lamb chops, salads, and a very popular mashed potato bar.

They’ll return around 8:15pm and play four more levels.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 64

On the river with a completed board of , David Paredes checked from the small blind. Mark Newhouse bet 5,000 from the big blind and Paredes took some time before calling.

Newhouse showed , good for a full house and Paredes mucked his hand. Newhouse dragged the pot, but is still just shy of a starting stack.

Mark Newhouse – 48,000
David Paredes – 75,100

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 64

On a flop of , Asher Conniff checked from the small blind and Darren Elias bet 3,600 from the big blind. Michael Mizrachi called from middle position, Taylor Paur folded from the cutoff, Jason Brin folded on the button and Conniff folded as well.

They were heads-up to the turn and Elias checked. Mizrachi bet 5,150 and Elias called.

The river was the and both players checked. Elias showed and Mizrachi mucked his hand.

Darren Elias – 98,000
Michael Mizrachi – 115,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 64

James Calderaro has been riding a short stack for much of the day but has doubled once again to get closer to a starting stack.

This time, it was a battle among WPT Seminole Hard Rock champions when Calderaro mixed it up with Griffin Paul. It was three-ways to the flop with Yevgeniy Timoshenko coming along but he moved out of the way when all of Calderaro’s chips went in the middle.

Calderaro was at risk but his flopped set looked pretty safe against Paul’s bottom pair . Paul was less than 0.5% to catch up and was drawing dead after the turn to give Calderaro the double.

Griffin Paul – 65,000 (108 bb)
James Calderaro – 32,000 (51 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 64

On the turn with the board reading , Yevgeniy Timoshenko checked from the small blind and Taylor von Kriegenbergh bet 3,000 from the cutoff.

Timoshenko called and the river was the . Timoshenko checked and von Kriegenbergh bet 5,500. Timoshenko waited until there was two seconds left on the action clock, before announcing a check-raise to 17,500.

von Kriegenbergh goes into the tank and used one of his time chips to get an extra 30 seconds of time to act. With a few seconds left on the second clock, he tosses his hand into the muck.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 77,000
Taylor von Kriegenbergh – 60,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Players Remaining: 57 of 64

There is about 6,000 in the middle on the turn with the board reading and Matt Salsberg bet 2,500 from the cutoff and Matt Waxman called on the button.

The river was the and both players checked. Salsberg showed Th8h and Waxman mucked his hand. Salsberg dragged the pot, but is sitting with just over half of his original starting stack.

Matt Salsberg – 27,500
Matt Waxman – 66,000

WPT Tournament of Champions

Registration closed on the WPT Tournament of Champions and we have 64 players in the game to create a prize pool worth $1,060,000. The last eight players will earn a piece of the money; a min-cash receiving $38,160 and the winner will collect $381,600 plus a lot of added swag including a 2016 Corvette from WPT sponsor Monster.

1st: $381,600*
2nd: $224,190
3rd: $140,450
4th: $95,400
5th: $74,200
6th: $58,300
7th: $47,400
8th: $38,160

*Includes $15,000 seat in 2017 TOC

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 59 of 64

Players are back in their seats and John Hennigan continues to lead, though he lost a few chips after his Buchanan KO. Tyler Patterson and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi round out the top three as the only players over 100,000.

John Hennigan – 153,000 (306 bb)
Tyler Patterson – 116,000 (232 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 102,000 (204 bb)
Griffin Paul – 93,000 (186 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 88,000 (176 bb)
Darren Elias – 82,000 (164 bb)
Shawn Cunix – 82,000 (164 bb)
Farid Yachou – 76,000 (152 bb)
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 75,000 (150 bb)
Jason Brin – 75,000 (150 bb)