Who Will Win the POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Today?
At 6 p.m. UTC, the final table of Event #70: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP will continue play until a new champion has been crowned. With the lion-share of the $10,000,000 prize pool still left to be divvied up and not the deepest final table of all, the action will be hot and heavy from the start.
Jason Koon comes back to the final table with the chip lead of 7,863,055 in chips after the tournament attracted 407 entries on the first day of play. Koon is joined on the final table by Shankar "Saquon" Pillai, Christian Rudolph, Aram "Pusha T" Zobian, Chris Hunichen, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Aliaksei "BladeRunner1" Boika, Paulis "ChickenBBQ" Plausinaitis, and Brunno Botteon.
The Final Nine Players and their Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Koon | United States | 7,863,055 | 39 |
| 2 | Shankar "Saquon" Pillai | United States | 6,875,234 | 34 |
| 3 | Christian Rudolph | Germany | 5,544,188 | 28 |
| 4 | Aram "Pusha T" Zobian | United States | 4,405,440 | 22 |
| 5 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 4,175,274 | 21 |
| 6 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 3,883,951 | 19 |
| 7 | Aliaksei "BladeRunner1" Boika | Belarus | 3,297,276 | 16 |
| 8 | Paulius "ChickenBBQ" Plausinaitis | Lithuania | 2,905,555 | 15 |
| 9 | Brunno Botteon | Brazil | 1,750,027 | 9 |
All players have already secured $154,416 but will all have their sights set on the biggest prize of the GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events to date of $1,800,290. With the first pay jump worth more than two buy-ins, every ladder will be of significance to anyone.
This is what they are all still competing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,800,290 |
| 2 | $1,332,097 |
| 3 | $979,138 |
| 4 | $719,700 |
| 5 | $529,005 |
| 6 | $388,837 |
| 7 | $285,808 |
| 8 | $210,079 |
| 9 | $154,416 |
When play resumes, they will start with Level 37 which features a small blind of 100,000, a big blind of 200,000, and a running ante of 25,000. The blinds will increase after every 30 hands.
PokerNews will be right here for the final table action so make sure to follow along to see who will take this tournament down and add the coveted WSOP bracelet to their collection in addition to the first-place prize that comes with it.
for Pillai to hit top pair.
for Boika to hit a pair too for a glimmer of hope but the river completed the board with the 
for Boika to bust in ninth place for $154,416.
for Hunichen to stay ahead and pick up the open-ended straight draw but Koon flopped a lower pair and picked up the gutshot to a straight.
which didn't change things and neither did the 
on the river for Hunichen to double up to the chip lead.
for Zobian to flop the air of tens to bust Plausinaitis in eighth place for $210,079.
for Rudolph to pick up the gutshot to a straight.
to come on the river to bust Botteon in sixth place for $388,837.
to keep Rudolph ahead.
for Zobian to pick up the flush draw but the river completed the board with the 
for Rudolph to bust Ponakovs in fourth place for $719,700.
for both of them to hit top pair.