WPT Final Table Set To Ignite Poker Interest

Published: Monday, April 24, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

WPT FINAL TABLE SET TO IGNITE POKER INTEREST

6 poker players and millions of dollars at stake

600 poker players have fallen by the wayside, many of them with big cheques from a total prize pool of $15.125.000, in the WPT World Championships held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas this past few days.

Last night, the top 6 players to survive the gruelling tournament were decided, and the following will take their seats around the final table when play resumes at 4pm Vegas time today (Monday) in the Tower Ballroom:

1 James Van Alstyne 8.07M

2 Joeseph Bartholdi 7.135M

3 Claus Nielsen 5.875M

4 Davidson Matthew 5.765M

5 Roland De Wolfe 1.86M

6 Men 'The Master' Nguyen 1.49M

Yesterday's play started with a field of 19 players that included women champs Erica Shoenberg and Vanessa Rousso, both in the top 10 players still in the hunt. Other players included:

1 James Van Alstyne 4.235M

2 Roland De Wolfe 3.325M

3 Carlos Zambrano 2.985M

4 Victor Ramdin 2.685M

5 Joeseph Bartholdi 2.35M

6 Paul Wasicka 2.245M

7 Erica Schoenberg 1.735M

8 Simon Moussa 1.695M

9 Vanessa Rousso 1.575M

10 Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy 1.255M

11 Davidson Matthew 1.2M

12 Espen Saltnes 1.13M

13 Claus Nielsen 940K

14 Gary Maresh 905K

15 Valentino Morella 525K

16 Chad Brown 485K

17 Patrik Antonius 450K

18 Men "The Master" Nguyen 375K

19 Surinder Sunar 120K

By 10.38 pm last night the blinds were at 80K-160K with an ante of 15K and Shoenberg had been eliminated. As the last woman at the table, Vanessa Rousso played on but was eliminated in 7th place 3 minutes before the close of the day's action at 10.59pm. Nevertheless, the $263 625 prize packet she collected must have eased the pain a little.

Todays final, with big blinds and fast action is likely to be exciting.