Solely eight gamers stay on the finish of Day 3 within the World Poker Tour (WPT) $5,250 buy-in Gardens Poker Championship and amongst them is certainly one of WPT’s hottest faces. Brad Owen will return for Day 4 with 15 massive blinds because the award-winning poker vlogger makes yet another deep WPT run throughout his ambassador tenure.
Owen might be joined by chip leaders Ryan Salunga (5,775,000) and Chris Lee (4,000,000), in addition to middling stacks Ky Nguyen (2,000,000) and Joseph Deluca (1,475,000) and brief stacks Thomas Choi (1,075,000), Steven Spunt (850,000) and Joshua Lachman (675,000).
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All of these players are in search of their first WPT title and will return on May 25 at noon local time on their quest to do so. Day 4 will play for as many 90-minute levels as it takes to get down to six players as players return to blinds of 50,000/75,000/75,000.
The six-handed final table will then play to a winner on May 26 at the HyperX ESports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas. Each player is guaranteed a payday of at least $42,200, while the top prize of $357,380 awaits the eventual champion.
WPT Gardens Poker Championship Final Eight
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Salunga | 5,775,000 | 77 | |
| Chris Lee | 4,000,000 | 53 | |
| Ky Nguyen | 2,000,000 | 26 | |
| Joseph Deluca | 1,475,000 | 19 | |
| Brad Owen | 1,175,000 | 15 | |
| Thomas Choi | 1,075,000 | 14 | |
| Steven Spunt | 850,000 | 11 | |
| Joshua Lachman | 675,000 | 9 |
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Day 3 Motion
Day 3 noticed 22 gamers return after the elimination of WPT champion Daniel Strelitz to shut out the second day of play, according to WPT live updates.
Hathi Hosseini was the primary to fall on Day 3 as she shoved king-three from the small blind as Calvin Ma awoke with an honest ace within the massive blind. Hosseini could not enhance and needed to accept a $13,420.
Choi had a giant second when he was all in and dominated with ace-ten in opposition to the ace-queen of Albyn Bello. Choi was drawing even thinner on the flop earlier than the runout gave him a runner-runner straight to double and go away Bello brief.
Choi’s run-good was simply starting as he went on to double not less than two extra occasions to make it to the ultimate desk with 20 massive blinds.
Talking of run-good, Owen had an enormous double-up when he known as Travis Egbert’s four-bet jam as each gamers held an offsuit ace-king. Owens had the Ok♦ and it was excellent news because the flop landed 6♦4♦3♦ and Owen did not have to attend lengthy for the J♦ to hit on the flip.
The veteran vlogger and WPT ambassador later completed off Egbert to make approach for the nine-handed redraw.
Owen has had severe success since signing on as a WPT ambassador and pivoting to tournaments. He completed thirty fifth within the 2022 WPT World Poker Championship for $99,600 and in March was runner-up in a WPT Prime Cambodia occasion for $28,373. If the favored content material creator can catch some warmth on the last desk, he could stroll away a WPT champion.
Because the WPT Gardens Poker Championship performs down to 6, the WPT Seminole Exhausting Rock Poker Showdown last desk might be gearing up in Las Vegas contained in the HyperX ESports Enviornment. That live-streamed event will kick off at 4:30 p.m. native time with commentary from Jamie Kerstetter and Jeff Platt.
WPT Gardens Poker Championship Remaining Payouts
| PLACE | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $357,380 | |
| 2 | $230,000 | |
| 3 | $169,000 | |
| 4 | $125,000 | |
| 5 | $94,000 | |
| 6 | $71,200 | |
| 7 | $54,500 | |
| 8 | $42,200 |
*Pictures courtesy of WPT.
