Level 39 Begins; Jay Lu Leads the Final Seven Players

Photo:  Chipleader Jay Lu

The players return from break to begin Level 39, with increased blinds of 800,000-1,600,000 and a 1,600,000 ante. With seven players remaining from a field of 10,512, the average chip stack is around 60,100,000 (38 big blinds).

The field will play as many one-hour levels as it takes to reach the final six players for the televised WPT Final Table, which will be played next week on Tuesday, December 19th.

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final table payouts:

Seat 1.  Calvin Anderson  –  90,500,000  (57 bb)
Seat 2.  Valeriy Pak  –  80,700,000  (50 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Pinson  –  42,700,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4.  Bob Buckenmayer  –  38,800,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Mukul Pahuja  –  14,900,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6.  Jon Glendinning  –  56,000,000  (35 bb)
Seat 7.  Jay Lu  –  97,800,000  (61 bb)

1st:  $1,386,280*
2nd:  $910,000
3rd:  $675,000
4th:  $505,000
5th:  $380,000
6th:  $290,000
7th:  $225,000

8th:  Tri Dao  –  $173,000
9th:  Yuebin Guo  –  $135,850

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