Day 1C Ends with Anže Šmajd Leading 351 Survivors with 1,016,000

Photo:  Day 1C Chipleader Anže Šmajd

There were 960 entries today for Day 1C of the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. After 11 levels of play, about 351 players remained to bag up chips for Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 noon PST. (Note that Day 2 begins an hour later than the Day 1 starting flights).

The full list of official chip counts and the Day 2 table and seat draw will be posted later tonight, but here is a at the top six chip counts from Day 1C:

1.  Anže Šmajd  –  1,016,000  (169 bb)
2.  Mark Babekov  –  900,000  (150 bb)
3.  Scott Stewart  –  821,000  (137 bb)
4.  Ken O’Donnell  –  804,000  (134 bb)
5.  David Kyte  –  803,000  (134 bb)
6.  Nikita Kuznetsov  –  773,000  (129 bb)

The total field size for the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas is 2,392 entries, with a prizepool of $23,441,600. About 821 players are returning for Day 2, and the final 299 will finish in the money, with a top prize worth $3,138,900. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $3,138,900*
2nd:  $2,075,000
3rd:  $1,550,000
4th:  $1,150,000
5th:  $875,000
6th:  $665,000
7th:  $515,000
8th:  $400,000
9th-10th:  $310,000
11th-12th:  $255,000
13th-15th:  $215,000
16th-19th:  $176,000
20th-23rd:  $146,000
24th-31st:  $121,000
32nd-39th:  $101,000
40th-47th:  $85,000
48th-55th:  $71,000
56th-63rd:  $59,000
64th-79th:  $50,000
80th-99th:  $42,000
100th-120th:  $35,500
121st-150th:  $29,500
151st-192nd:  $25,000
193rd-240th:  $21,600
241st-299th:  $19,600

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 noon, and the field is scheduled to play five 90-minute levels. We expect to burst the Money Bubble late in the day, and action is expected to end around 8:45 pm. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in 2025.