It took about 11 hours of play on the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown final table before a winner was crowned. Justin Young received the top prize of $669,161 and a seat into the $15k buy-in Monster WPT Tournament of Champions for defeating Garrett Greer heads-up.
22-year-old poker professional Griffin Paul entered yesterday's final table of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event with almost a third of the chips in play, however, early in the final table, the chip lead was traded back and forth between Joe Ebanks and Andrew Crooks.
Ely Levy and Griffin Paul were the only two players with over 6 million in chips when Day 3 kicked off on Tuesday. Levy eventually finished in 11th place for $58,500 while Paul continued accumulating chips throughout the day. In total, he had 14,290,000 or almost a third of the chips in play when the final table of six was set and play ended.
It took six levels of battle on Day 3 before a field of 92 players had been narrowed down to two tables and 18 players. Ely Levy (pictured) accumulated lots of chips early and maintained the chip lead for the majority of the day, eventually bagging up 6,285,000 in chips. The only other player who accumulated over 6 million chips was Griffin Paul (6,055,000).
The World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event is currently underway. In total, a field of 1,476 entries has been narrowed down to 92 players (everyone is guaranteed at least $8,000 each from now on) over two days of intensive play. Ray Vohra will lead the remaining pack into Day 3 with 1,675,000.
Ely Levy and Griffin Paul were the only two players with over 6 million in chips when Day 3 kicked off on Tuesday. Levy eventually finished in 11th place for $58,500 while Paul continued accumulating chips throughout the day. In total, he had 14,290,000 or almost a third of the chips in play when the final table of six was set and play ended.
It took six levels of battle on Day 3 before a field of 92 players had been narrowed down to two tables and 18 players. Ely Levy (pictured) accumulated lots of chips early and maintained the chip lead for the majority of the day, eventually bagging up 6,285,000 in chips. The only other player who accumulated over 6 million chips was Griffin Paul (6,055,000).
The World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event is currently underway. In total, a field of 1,476 entries has been narrowed down to 92 players (everyone is guaranteed at least $8,000 each from now on) over two days of intensive play. Ray Vohra will lead the remaining pack into Day 3 with 1,675,000.
