Day 2 Ends with Hari Varma Leading the Final 15 Players; Shane Warne Still in the Hunt
Oct 6, 2019
Photo: Chipleaders Hari Varma (left) and Joshua Bell
Day 2 comes to an end with 15 players remaining, and the chipleader is Hari Varma with 3,455,000 (115 big blinds), closely followed by Joshua Bell with 3,325,000 (111 big blinds). But even though he’s the short stack, the big story may be Australian cricket legend Shane Warne, who has a shot at his first major poker title tomorrow.
The players redrew for random seats, and here are their new seating assignments along with their official chip counts:
TABLE 13
Seat 1. Ken Demlakian – 1,075,000 (36 bb)
Seat 2. Louis Yin – 835,000 (28 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4. Brodie Ward – 720,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5. Andy Lee – 1,385,000 (46 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7. Hari Varma – 3,455,000 (115 bb)
Seat 8. Travis Endersby – 820,000 (27 bb)
Seat 9. Peco Stojanovski – 485,000 (16 bb)
TABLE 21
Seat 1. Luke Stewart – 1,250,000 (42 bb)
Seat 2. Joshua Bell – 3,325,000 (111 bb)
Seat 3. Shurane Vijayaram – 890,000 (30 bb)
Seat 4. Shane Warne – 410,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6. Chris Barker – 520,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7. George Psarras – 2,600,000 (87 bb)
Seat 8. Julius Colman – 1,220,000 (41 bb)
Seat 9. Josh Emerton – 740,000 (25 bb)
And here is the remaining prizepool they’re playing for:
1st: AUD $274,247 (~US $185,693)
2nd: AUD $192,273 (~US $130,188)
3rd: AUD $123,933 (~US $83,915)
4th: AUD $90,207 (~US $61,079)
5th: AUD $69,139 (~US $46,814)
6th: AUD $55,326 (~US $37,461)
7th: AUD $45,851 (~US $31,046)
8th: AUD $36,509 (~US $24,720)
9th: AUD $27,419 (~US $18,565)
10th-12th: AUD $22,785 (~US $15,428)
13th-15th: AUD $18,136 (~US $12,280)
For worldwide consistency and comparison, the Payouts page here on WPT.com shows the payouts in US dollars, converted at an exchange rate of AUD $1,000 = US $677.10 (the exchange rate according to Morningstar on October 6, 2019).
Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:15 pm, and these players will play all the way down to a winner. Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the inaugural WPT Australia event.
Photo: Shane Warne
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