The World Poker Tour heads to Oklahoma! The WPT Choctaw is down to its final table of six after Olivier Busquet bubbled in seventh place. This year's event attracted 1,066 runners and they created a prize pool worth $3.6 million. Bastian Fischer is the chip leader. Also still alive are James Mackey, Matt Smith, Craig Varnell, Ben Zamani, and Jack Duong. First place pays out $666K.
Playing for devil's money in Oklahoma! $666K is up for grabs. The annual Festival of Poker at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, OK concluded with their main event championship, which also doubled as a stop on the World Poker Tour. Bastian Fischer leads the final six at the WPT Choctaw. Day 3 began with 40 players left in the hunt for the WPT crown. A total of 1,066 runners bought into this event and they created an impressive prize pool worth $3.6 million.
Olivier Busquet bubbled the final table when he busted in seventh place after his pocket Jacks were flushed out on the river. Other notables who cashed included... Jeff Gross, Alex Rocha, Connor Drinan, Harrison Gimbel, Steve Gross, Noah Bronstein, Kathy Liebert, and Eddy Sabat.
First place pays out over $666K! Plus they also get a $15,000 seat into the season-ending Tournament of Champions. Action resumes at 4pm CT. For live coverage, check out WPT live updates.
2016 WPT Choctaw
Buy-in: $3,700
Entrants: 1,066
Prize Pool: $3,619,070
Payouts: 109
Final Table Payouts:
1. $666,758
2. $412,234
3. $306,346
4. $230,300
5. $175,122
6. $134,720
Seat 1. James Mackey – 6,315,000
Seat 2. Matthew Smith – 2,330,000
Seat 3. Craig Varnell – 7,495,000
Seat 4. Bastian Fischer – 8,780,000
Seat 5. Benjamin Zamani – 3,300,000
Seat 6. Jack Duong – 3,750,000