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$1.2 Million in Prizes in WPT #12 Super High Roller

$1.2 Million in Prizes in WPT #12 Super High Roller
$1.2 Million in Prizes in WPT #12 Super High Roller

Registration is closed now in WPT #12 Super High Roller Championship, and the final tally was 48 entries. That put $1.2 million into the middle to play for, 20% more than the guarantee.

Nine players will get paid in this one, with eighth and ninth place slated to get $52,200 and $388,709 up top. Jason Koon is still the leader by a large margin.

Koon Now Leads WPT #12

There has been a lot of motion at the top of the counts in the Super High Roller Championship. Jason Koon is now leading with 480,215, and Pascal Lefrancois is down to about 188,000. Artur Martirosian has the second biggest stack worth about 370,000.

Schemion and Badziakouski Lead the High Rollers at Break

Mikita Badziakouski is top dog in WPT #14 High Roller Championship at the break, as the only player over 200,000. Ole Schemion is on top of the counts in WPT #12 Super High Roller Championship as the only player with more than 400,000 chips. WPT #12 has 38 entries with 22 still in action, while WPT #14 has 56 entries with 53 still playing.

They are on the money bubble with 8- players remaining, and 79 paid, in WPT Super $215, while WPT Super $55 has 667 players left in it. WPT Weekender Final Day is down to 67 players.

WPT Grand Closes Just Shy of Guarantee

WPT Grand Closes Just Shy of Guarantee
WPT Grand Closes Just Shy of Guarantee

Registration for WPT Grand is now closed, and in the end it drew 290 entries. That meant they only collected $288,424 towards the $300,000 guarantee.

A total of 47 players will share in the prizes, with the earliest cashers getting $2,190. Most players will be eyeing the $57,124 top prize though, but everyone who makes the final nine will go home at least $5,800 richer.

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Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski

Birthday boy Jeff Gross has appeared in the top ten of WPT Grand now, with a bit more than 4.5 million chips. The leader in that one is Christian Rudolph with more than 6.3 million.

Mikita Badziakouski leads the field in WPT #14 High Roller Championship in early action, sitting behind 219,000 chips. There are 50 entries and 48 remaining in that one.

Isaac Haxton is back in action in WPT #12 Super High Roller Championship, and on his second bullet he's managed to stack up a fifth place stack worth more than 200,000.