Ben Jacobs Leads as Players Return for Day 6 of WPT World Championship!

Photo: Ben Jacobs

Welcome to Day 6 of the 2023 WPT World Championship being held here at the beautiful Wynn/Encore in Las Vegas!

16 players remain in this flagship event and play resumes today at high noon, with each one guaranteed a payout of $291,700! Leading the way is Ben Jacobs with 46,400,000 who took the lead in the last level of play when he busted out Andrei Boghean in 17th place. Maxime Chilaud is the runner-up in chips with 38,200,000 and Artur Martirosian rounds out the top three with 36,200,000. 

Today, players will play 90-minute levels until they reach the final 6, at which point they will stop and bag up to return tomorrow for the televised final table.

As always be sure to stay tuned here on WPT.com for all of the updates!

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