Day 5 Ends with Ben Jacobs Leading the Final 16 Players

Photo: Chip Leader Ben Jacobs

Day 5 of the WPT World Championship comes to an end with 16 players remaining, and Ben Jacobs leads with 46,400,000. Play resumes Wednesday at 12:00 noon.

Here is the full list of official chip counts:

1st. Ben Jacobs – 46,400,000 (77 bb)
2nd. Maxime Chilaud – 38,200,000 (64 bb)
3rd. Artur Martirosian – 36,200,000 (60 bb)
4th. Carl Shaw – 29,000,000 (48 bb)
5th. Daniel Sepiol – 27,900,000 (47 bb)
6th. John Richards – 26,400,000 (44 bb)
7th. Georgios Sotiropoulos – 24,600,000 (41 bb)
8th. Ben Heath – 22,300,000 (37 bb)
9th. Chris Moorman – 21,200,000 (35 bb)
10th. Andrew Lichtenberger – 19,500,000 (33 bb)
11th. Jason Min – 19,200,000 (32 bb)
12th. Henrique Zanetti – 17,300,000 (29 bb)
13th. Ade Olonoh – 15,500,000 (26 bb)
14th. Raphael Blouet – 15,400,000 (26 bb)
15th. Mark Mounsey – 14,000,000 (23 bb)
16th. Paulius Vaitiekunas – 10,000,000 (17 bb)

Here is the Day 6 table and seat draw:

212-1. Artur Martirosian
212-2. Daniel Sepiol
212-3.Raphael Blouet
212-4. Ade Olonoh
212-5. Mark Mounsey
212-6. Georgios Sotiropoulos
212-7. John Richards
212-8. Ben Heath

214-1. Henrique Zanetti
214-2. Jason Min
214-3. Chris Moorman
214-4. Paulius Vaitiekunas
214-5. Carl Shaw
214-6. Maxime Chilaud
214-7. Ben Jacobs
214-8. Andrew Lichtenberger

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $5,678,000*
2nd:  $3,772,200
3rd:  $2,798,700
4th:  $2,095,300
5th:  $1,583,100
6th:  $1,207,000
7th:  $928,900
8th:  $721,600
9th-10th:  $566,900
11th-12th:  $456,500
13th-14th:  $363,300
15th-16th:  $291,700

Day 5 begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12:00 noon PST, and the field is scheduled to play down to the final table of six. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT World Championship.

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.