by Mario Alfonsi | Published on Apr 24, 2024 | Updated on Apr 24, 2024
Summary:
- Several fresh and promising poker players have ended Day 4 of the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.
- Dylan Smith is in the lead with a stack of 28,400,000 worth 142 blinds.
- Fellow young guns will join him at the final table in Las Vegas.
A number of young and promising poker players have headlined the final 16 after Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship (SHRPS).
The same names kept standing at the end of Day 4, and now have a month to get ready for the final table in Las Vegas that could bring them their first WPT titles and a cash prize of $839,300.
Dyan Smith, Chip Leader
The televised event will see US poker player Dylan Smith as chip leader. He will enter the final table with a stack of 28,400,000 worth 142 blinds.
The player who has gathered $1,816,225 in total live earnings will do his best to top his two previous runner-up finishes at last year’s SHRPS, and a third-place finish obtained earlier in the series organized this year.
Smith, who has already proven that he is a force to be reckoned with in the venue, took down a Lucky Hearts Poker Open event at the start of the year and will be attempting to do the same in Sin City.
Following him is fellow US player Josh Reichard, the 15-time Circuit ring winner who Day 2 and Day 3 prior to surrendering the chip lead to Smith.
Reichard, who has a total live earning of $3,182,732, will work with 20,575,000 chips to work at the final table. This will turn him into the only other player with over 100 big blinds.
Heated Final Table
Landon “the Child of the Sim” Tice and fellow prodigy Jesse Lonis will also sit at the final table, together with the freshest winner of the Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship, Alex Queen, and South Florida local Aaron Kupin, who will be entering as the short stack.
The six players will meet on May 29 at the Luxor HyperX Esports Arena in Las Vegas.
They will fight for the title and the opportunity to have their name etched on the Mike Sexton WPT Championship Cup.
Each player will exit the table with a guaranteed prize of at least $176,000. The champion will grab $839,300 as the top prize.
