Poker festivals and tournaments strive to provide their participants with a never-ending flow of excitement and entertainment and this is what is currently happening at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino located in Hollywood, Florida. This Friday saw the official Day 1a of the WPT Championship which is scheduled to continue until next Wednesday, giving everyone a chance to put their poker skills to the test.
This is one of the long-anticipated poker tournaments in the rich schedule of the World Poker Tour as it has quite the benefits attached to it. Each player feeling confident enough to enter the live tournament has to pay a buy-in amounting to some $3,500. This, in turn, leads to the large cash prizes that the best of them are going to receive at the end of the poker tournament. The guaranteed prize pool which comes with this event amounts to some $3,000,000, but there are forecasts that the eventual total prize pool will surpass this amount, due to the large interest towards participation.
This championship is part of the larger Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Festival which officially commenced on 5th April and is going to end on 17th April. Friday saw the first out of two starting flights, the second one taking place on Saturday. Following the period of incoming new players, there will be a total of four days of poker action scheduled, since the final table is going to take place on Wednesday. According to the information provided by the WPT organization team, the heated final table is going to be filmed for TV and live-streamed on PokerGO.
Poker Action on the Felt
At the beginning of Day 1a, a total of 646 entrants were registered to take their part in the poker event, guaranteeing interesting poker game at the tables. Everyone was ready for the rapid pace of game and showcasing their poker skills was among the things that took place this Friday. At the end of the poker action, there were only 227 players surviving on the poker tables and all of them are going to meet again on Day 2 which is going to take place this Sunday.
This is how the chip leader among all players became Uri Kadosh who is a local player from Florida. Having total live tournament earnings amounting to some $838,162 he proved his proficiency in this tournament as well. Over the span of the first starting flight, he managed to amass some 245,500 in chips making him the most accomplished player so far.
Following him closely is Robert Transue also from Florida, with a bag of 239,500. The third position on the temporary leader board of this event is reserved for Nguyet Kim Dao who has a total of 237,300 to his name. The second starting flight is going to introduce more players to the overall gaming field and bring more action.
