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Ben Jacobs Leads WPT World Championship Final 16; Moorman, Lichtenberger & Sepiol Alive

The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas started with 3,835 entrants, but after Day 5 action on Tuesday, just 16 players remain in contention for the title and $5,678,000 first-place prize.

The man best positioned to make a run at it is Ben Jacobs, who finished as chip leader with 46,400,000 (77 bb). Not too far behind are Maxime Chilaud (38,200,000 – 64 bb) and Artur Martirosian (36,200,000 – 60 bb), while Carl Shaw (29,000,000 – 47 bb) and Daniel Sepiol (27,900,000 – 47 bb) round out the top five.

Others still alive, and guaranteed $291,700 in prize money, are John Richards (26,400,000 – 44 bb), Chris Moorman (21,200,000 – 35 bb), and Andrew Lichtenberger (19,500,000 – 33 bb), just to name a few.

WPT World Championship End-of-Day-5 Chip Counts

Place Player Count
1 Ben Jacobs 46,400,000 (77 bb)
2 Maxime Chilaud 38,200,000 (64 bb)
3 Artur Martirosian 36,200,000 (60 bb)
4 Carl Shaw 29,000,000 (48 bb)
5 Daniel Sepiol 27,900,000 (47 bb)
6 John Richards 26,400,000 (44 bb)
7 Georgios Sotiropoulos 24,600,000 (41 bb)
8 Ben Heath 22,300,000 (37 bb)
9 Chris Moorman 21,200,000 (35 bb)
10 Andrew Lichtenberger 19,500,000 (33 bb)
11 Jason Min 19,200,000 (32 bb)
12 Henrique Zanetti 17,300,000 (29 bb)
13 Ade Olonoh 15,500,000 (26 bb)
14 Raphael Blouet 15,400,000 (26 bb)
15 Mark Mounsey 14,000,000 (23 bb)
16 Paulius Vaitiekunas 10,000,000 (17 bb)

Dan Smith Bags Chip Lead w/ 6 Left in WPT Big One for One Drop

Day 5 saw 45 players return to action, but over the day 29 of them hit the rail including Andrei Boghean (17th – $236,300), Ren Lin (20th – $236,300), Alex Jauregui (25th – $159,200), Kristen Foxen (33rd – $132,500), Alex Foxen (39th – $132,500), Princess Love (40th – $132,500), and Jack Salter (46th – $111,300).

Alex Foxen

According to live updates from the tournament, Alex Foxen was eliminated in Level 26 (100,000/200,000/200,000) before jamming 1.625 million holding the A6 in middle position and flipping against Chilaud, who called out of the big blind with the 33. The 964 flop gave Foxen the lead, but the running 5 turn and 2 river gave Chilaud a runner-runner straight.

Kristen Foxen

Two levels later with the blinds at 150,000/300,000/300,000, Foxen’s wife, Kristen, followed him out the door after she nearly moved all in from the cutoff for 3.7 million with the A7 and Martirosian jammed from the big blind with the AQ. Foxen called off the little she had behind and the board ran out A1068K to give Martirosian the win thanks to his superior kicker.

Day 6 of the tournament will take place at Noon local time on Wednesday and play down to the final table of six players. Once again, PokerNews will publish a recap after play concludes for the day.

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  • Just 16 players from 3,835-entry field in the WPT WC remain in contention for the $5,678,000 prize.

Chad Holloway

Executive Editor U.S.

Executive Editor US, PokerNews Podcast co-host & 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.

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