British poker players Paul Foltyn and Samuel Trickett are close to making the final table of event #17 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em at the World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas.
With 12 players remaining (at time of this post) Foltyn currently sits in 7th and Trickett 9th, in a great opportunity to take a third title for Great Britain.
The British pair, who are both GUKPT champions, are guaranteed a payday of $49,024 in the worst case scenario of going out in 12th. But both players will have their eyes on the first prize of $818,959 and a coveted World Series bracelet.
In play chip count:
1. Jason DeWitt: 2,000,000
2. Amit Makhija: 1,300,000
3. Jeff Williams: 1,190,000
4. Peter Gilmore: 1,120,000
5. David Benefield: 1,090,000
6. James Carroll: 1,080,000
7. Paul Foltyn: 960,000
8. Antonio Esfandiari: 850,000
9. Samuel Trickett: 660,000
10. Perry Friedman: 540,000
Boeree Plays For TOC Seat
Liv Boeree has been named as one of the players in a single table satellite for the World Series Of Poker Tournament of Champions Event.
The satellite has been organized to offer the chance to play in the televised tournament to nine of the most popular players who have yet to win a World Series bracelet.
EPT champion Boeree faces what will be the toughest table at the World Series including Gus Hansen, Andy Bloch and Sorel Mizzi. The table of death looks like this:
Andy Bloch
Liv Boeree
Don Cheadle
Tom Dwan
Bertrand ‘Elky’ Grospellier
Gus Hansen
Michael Mizrachi
Sorel Mizzi
Paul Wasicka
