The final table of the World Poker Tour World Championship at Bellago in Las Vegas is set after 4 days of play, and here are the 8 finalists:
Seat 1. Jonathan Roy - 1,987,000 (66 bb)
Seat 2. David Peters - 858,000 (28 bb)
Seat 3. Erick Lindgren - 2,518,000 (83 bb)
Seat 4. Rocco Palumbo - 680,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5. Brandon Steven - 1,235,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6. Daniel Negreanu - 545,000 (18 bb)
Seat 7. Matt Hyman - 1,940,000 (64 bb)
Seat 8. Chino Rheem - 4,839,000 (161 bb)
Chino Rheem entered Day 4 21st in chips with 24 players remaining and he went on an incredible winning spree after the field reached the money to take the chip lead. Rheem, winner of the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic in 2008, has almost twice as much chips as any other finalist. He he will be joined by two-time WPT title winners Erick Lindgren and Daniel Negreanu on the final table. Negreanu only has 545k to work with, but Erick Lindgren has 2.5 million and is second in chips. In total, 5 of 8 finalists already have their names engraved on the WPT Championship Cup trophy: Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, Rocco Palumbo, Chino Rheem and Jonathan Roy.
