World Poker Tour 2017 Final Table
From a field of 191 entries who turned out to the Playground Poker Club in Montreal now only eight players remain in the 2017 World Cup of Cards Card Player Poker Tour $1,650 CAD buy-in $400,000. Below are the results for season 17 (XVII) of the World Poker Tour (2018-19). Beginning this season, all televised final tables will be delayed and played at the Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 16th annual running of the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker main event at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino has lived up to its name. The $4,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event drew a field of 763 total entries, the second largest turnout in the tournament’s history. From that sea of players now only six remain with a shot at the title and the $668,692 top prize, and among them are some of the biggest names in the game.
The chip leader heading into the final table is two-time WPT champion and two-time WSOP bracelet winner J.C. Tran with 8,295,000. The 40-year-old poker pro has more than $12.5 million in lifetime live tournament earnings. Joining Tran at the final table is Poker Hall of Famer Phil Hellmuth. The 14-time WSOP bracelet and 1989 main event winner is playing at his fifth WPT final table and is still looking for his first win on the tour. The 53-year-old will surpass the $21 million mark in career live earnings with a finish of fifth place or higher in this event. Joining these two legends of the game is German poker pro Marvin Rettenmaier. Like Tran, the 31-year-old is a two-time WPT maint champion looking to notch his third victory.
A total of 24 players returned for day 4 of this event, with Tran leading the way. Plenty of big names hit the rail as the tournament played down to a final table, including Allen Le (24th – $17,430), Garrett Greer (20th – $19,880), Tuan Le (19th – $19,880), Jason Les (17th – $22,685), David ‘ODB’ Baker (11th – $31,510) Oddie Dardon (9th – $43,570), Jared Griener (8th – $57,190) and David ‘Doc’ Sands (7th – $72,985).
Sands was eliminated on the bubble of the televised final table when he got all-in preflop with the KK against J.C. Tran’s AQ only to have Tran make quads on a QQ63Q board. With that the remaining players bagged up their chips for the night.
The final six players are all guaranteed at least $91,825 in this event with $668,692 for the champion. Play will resume at 4:00 p.m. local time with blinds of 40,000-80,000 with an ante of 10,000.
Here is a look at the chip counts heading into the final table:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | J.C. Tran | 8,295,000 |
| 2 | Art Papazyan | 6,005,000 |
| 3 | Phil Hellmuth | 2,940,000 |
| 4 | D.J. Alexander | 2,730,000 |
| 5 | Adam Swan | 1,655,000 |
| 6 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 1,225,000 |
World Poker Tour 2017 Final Tables
Photos courtesy of WPT/ Joe Giron.
