$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 342
Bryan Piccioli moved all in from under-the-gun for 610,000 and Richard Leger called from middle position. Aditya Prasetyo called as well from the small blind and Chino Rheem tanked for a few moments in the big blind before folding.
Piccioli was all in and Prasetyo was heads-up with Leger if they decided to create a side pot.
The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Prasetyo checked. Leger bet 600,000 and Prasetyo folded.
Leger showed and had Piccioli’s drawing dead. The river is a meaningless and Piccioli was the first player eliminated from the final table.
Richard Leger – 5,285,000 (130 bb) Bryan Piccioli – Eliminated
$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 342 Average Stack: 2,280,000 (56 big blinds)
The six remaining players are in their seats, and the final table is set for action.
WPT Co-commentators Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten were on set for the introductions, flanked by Executive Tour Director Matt Savage and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Director Tony Burns. Photos were taken, well wishes were exchanged, and the starting command was given to the dealer. The cards are in the air with 17:19 left in Level 24.
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$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 342 Average Stack: 2,280,000 (56 big blinds)
The $10,000 WPT Finale began with 342 players but only six remain with a chance to put their name on the WPT Champions Cup. They return at noon to the Paradise Live Theater and play down until we have our next big winner.
Richard Leger returns with the chip lead but there are other talented players trying to catch him. Chino Rheem is second in chips and already has his name on the Championship Cup. Adrian Mateos has a WSOP Europe Main Event bracelet (plus bonus EPT Grand Final title) while Aditya Prasetyo is making a fun habit of collecting WSOP C rings.
WSOP bracelet winner Bryan Piccioli returns with the shortest stack but the slow structure will allow him to pick his spots to move up the counts.
Players will take their seats at noon, fans are welcome to join the crowd, and we’ll be here with updates from start to finish.
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.
$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 342 Average Stack: 2,280,000 (56 big blinds)
The final table of the $10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale is set and Richard Leger is pacing the remaining six players to lead the field with 4,010,000 in chips.
The day started with 27 players who were all in the money, but one-by-one, players hit the rail until only six remained.
Eddy Sabat, Ari Engel, Tim West, David Paredes, Jon Turner, Seminole Hard Rock Team Member Justin Zaki, Adam Levy, Jonthan Little and Anthony Zinno were just a few of the notables who hit the rail before the re-draw for the final 10 players.
Zinno made the deepest run of the group, finishing 11th for $58,210. When the re-draw took place, there were three WPT Champions Club members, but Dietrich Fast and Jared Jaffee hit the rail in 10th and 8th place. Fast earned $58,210 and Jaffee netted $88,125 for their finishes.
That leaves Chino Rheem as the only remaining WPT Champion at the final table, who will go into the final table second in chips.
Rheem has two WPT titles to his name after taking down the $25,000 WPT World Championship in 2013 and the $15,000 WPT Bellagio Five Diamond Poker Classic in 2008. With a win in this event, he would become just the fourth player with three WPT titles. He would join the elite company of Anthony Zinno, Carlos Mortensen and Gus Hansen.
Bryan Piccioli comes in as the short stack, but is making his second WPT final table in as many months after finishing third in last month’s WPT Bay 101 final table.
The final six have Wednesday off and start the final table at noon on Thursday, which will be live streamed on WPT.com.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final six players:
$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 342 Average Stack: 1,954,000 (48 big blinds)
Lyle Vincent moved all in from the cutoff for about 400,000 and Richard Leger called out of the small blind. Vincent let out a few expletives in disgust of being called.
Vincent showed and was dominated by Leger’s . The flop was and Leger flopped a set to leave Vincent drawing to runners.
The turn was the , giving Vincent the gutshot straight draw and some hope of staying alive, but the river was the and Vincent was eliminated in seventh place.
Vincent took home $107,370 for his finish and Leger took the chip lead into the final table.
The remaining six players will bag up and come back on Thursday for the live streamed final table.
Richard Leger – 4,010,000 (100 bb) Lyle Vincent – Eliminated
$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 342 Average Stack: 1,955,000 (49 big blinds)
Lyle Vincent opened to 100,000 in early position, and Aditya Prasetyo defended his big blind.
The flop came . Prasetyo checked, Vincent continued for 200,000, and Prasetyo check-raised to 450,000. Vincent moved all in with the covering stack, and Prasetyo called all in for 1,205,000 total.
Prasetyo: (set of tens) Vincent: (straight draw)
“You got me good,” Vincent said. “Back to the old drawing board.” He was still drawing live to the gutshot, and the turn gave him four more outs, as well. The river was the , though, and Prasetyo doubled up with a set of tens.