WPT Tournament of Champions
Heading to Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 64

Prize Pool

Day 2 kicks off at 12 p.m. Here’s a look at the table draws for the remaining 31 players:

WPT Tournament of Champions
End of Level 10: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 64

At the end of 10 levels of play, Day 1 of the inaugural WPT Tournament of Champions has come to an end and Farid Yachou bagged up the chip lead heading into the second day of play.

Yachou won WPT Amsterdam earlier in the year to secure his spot in the event. It’s his first time on American soil and he bagged up 216,700. Joining him atop the counts are Michael Mizrachi (210,100), Justin Young (196,600) and Ravi Raghavan (188,300).

There were 64 eligible Champions Club Members that made it out to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino that put up the $15,000 buy-in. By the day’s end, only 31 remained.

The 64 player field generated a prize pool of $1,060,000 with the top eight players earning a cash. Eighth place is worth $38,160 and gradually increases all the way up to the $381,600 first place money.

The field was littered with top-flight pros, many of which hit the rail before the day’s end. Chino Rheem, Dan Smith, David Chiu, David Paredes, Tony Dunst, Harrison Gimbel, Jared Jaffee, Kevin Eyster, Mark Newhouse, Marvin Rettenmaier, Phil Laak and Scott Clements were among the players who failed to survive the day.

Noah Schwartz, Tyler Patterson, Jonathan Jaffe, Darren Elias, Mohsin Charania, Griffin Paul and Andy Frankenberger were among the laundry list of notables who advanced to Day 2.

Day 2’s action shifts from the Seminole Hard Rock Ballroom area to the Paradise Live theater. Action kicks off on Saturday at noon and will play down to the televised final table of six.

As always, SHRPO.com will have coverage of the day’s action. Here are the chip counts in descending chip order:

• Farid Yachou – 216,700
• Michael Mizrachi – 210,100
• Justin Young – 196,600
• Ravi Raghavan – 188,300
• Noah Schwartz – 170,200
• Tyler Patterson – 155,600
• Jonathan Jaffe – 154,100
• John Hennigan – 150,300
• Darren Elias – 137,900
• Mohsin Charania – 125,500
• Darie Vlad – 125,000
• Amir Babakhani – 115,100
• Jonathan Roy – 112,100
• Shawn Cunix – 111,300
• Griffin Paul – 99,200
• Andy Frankenberger – 98,700
• Bobby Oboodi – 91,200
• Keven Stammen – 67,600
• Matt Salsberg – 62,900
• Iaron Lightbourne – 61,600
• Anthony Zinno – 55,400
• Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 55,000
• Dylan Wilkerson – 52,000
• Jared Mahoney – 51,400
• Michael Scarborough – 47,400
• Taylor Paur – 45,800
• Asher Conniff – 39,000
• Ryan Van Sanford – 32,200
• Nam Le – 30,500
• Christopher Leong – 24,200
• Joe Hachem – 18,900

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 10: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 64

On the river with the board reading , Ben Cade bet 22,000 out of the small blind and Jonathan Jaffe moved all in.

Cade used up most of his time bank before calling. Jaffe showed , good two pair and Cade tried to muck his hand, but was forced to expose his since it was an all in pot.

Jaffe collected the chips and is one of the biggest stacks in the room as the night nears a close.

Jonthan Jaffe – 165,000
Ben Cade – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 10: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 64

There were a flurry of raises that led to Marvin Rettenmaier getting all in for about 40,000 from the cutoff against Farid Yachou in the small blind.

Yachou showed and Rettenmaier was dominated with his . The board ran out and Rettenmaier hit the rail as the level hit its midway point.

Yachou scooped the pot and is contending for the chip lead as he crosses the 200,000 chip mark.

Farid Yachou – 204,000
Marvin Rettenmaier – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 64

Jason Brin raised from the cutoff and Asher Conniff moved all in from the small blind for 28,100. Brin called and it was a flip for Conniff’s tournament life with his up against Brin’s .

The flop was to give Conniff the lead and leave Brin drawing to two outs. The turn was the and the river was the to give Conniff the double up and leave Brin on life support.

“Are you filming?” asked Brin to the camera crew. “This is going to be the best comeback in the history of the Tournament of Champions.”

Asher Conniff – 58,800
Jason Brin – 3,300

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 64

After a series of raises, Keven Stammen got all in preflop for 75,700 out of the big blind against Jason Brin from early position.

Stammen showed and Brin tabled . The board ran out and Stammen’s kings held up to double up.

Keven Stammen – 160,000
Jason Brin – 33,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 64

Mohsin Charania raised to 2,500 from middle position and Matt Waxman called on the button. Tyler Patterson called as well from out of the big blind and they were three-handed to a flop of .

Patterson checked and Charania bet 1,700. Waxman raised to 3,800 and Patterson folded. Charania called and the turn was the .

Both players checked and the river was the . Charania bet 12,300 and Waxman went into the tank. Waxman used two of his time chips to gain an extra minute of thought. Eventually, the clock struck zero and Waxman’s hand was dead.

Charania dragged the pot and chipped up over the 100,000 chip mark.

Mohsin Charania – 116,000
Matt Waxman – 51,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 64

Sheraz Nasir just informed us about his bustout hand from two levels ago.

According to Nasir, raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and Jared Mahoney three-bet to 5,100 on the button. Nasir four-bet to 12,000 and Mahoney moved all in for 55,000.

Nasir called and was all in for 49,000. He was in great shape to double up with his up against Mahoney’s .

The board ran out and Mahoney flopped a set of fives to almost double up and eliminate Nasir.

Jared Mahoney – 104,000
Sheraz Nasir – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 64

On a flop of , Jared Jaffee checked from the small blind and Farid Yachou checked from the big blind. Matthew Waxman bet 3,500 from the cutoff and Jordan Cristos moved all in on the button for 27,700.

Jaffee called and was all in for 9,300, Yachou called and Waxman folded.

Yachou showed , Jaffee tabled and Cristos tabled . Yachou was in great shape to eliminate two players with top and bottom pair. The turn was the , leaving Jaffee drawing dead, and the river was the to send both players home, shipping the pot to Yachou.

Farid Yachou – 121,000
Jordan Cristos – Eliminated
Jared Jaffee – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 64

With two and a half levels left in the night, here is a look at the players who have busted since the field returned from dinner:

Adam Weinraub
Anthony Gregg
David Chiu
David Paredes
Tony Dunst
James Calderaro
Javier Gomez
Jonthan Little
Kevin Eyster
Stefan Chillhabel
Sheraz Nasir
Aaron Mermelstein