Andrew Lichtenberger Leads WPT World Championship At Wynn Las Vegas Final TableStacked Final Six Will Contend For The Title and The $5,678,000 Top Prize on Thursday, Dec. 21 |
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After four starting flights and five more days of action, the largest World Poker Tour main event field ever has been thinned to a final table. A total of 3,835 entries were made in the 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, setting a new turnout record for the main tour while falling just short of the $40 million guarantee. From that sea of contenders, there are now just six players remaining with a shot at the title and the top prize of $5,678,000.
The final table is stacked with accomplished players, with more than $65.3 million in combined earnings between the final six. Here is a look at their chip counts heading into the final table, which kicks off at 4:00 PM local time on Thursday, Dec. 21.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 148,200,000 |
| 2 | Chris Moorman | 88,300,000 |
| 3 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | 46,200,000 |
| 4 | Ben Heath | 36,700,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Sepiol | 34,300,000 |
| 6 | Artur Martirosian | 29,400,000 |
The chip leader heading into the final day is Andrew Lichtenberger with 148,200,000 (123.5 big blinds). The 36-year-old bracelet winner based out of Las Vegas has nearly 39 percent of the total chips in play, and is well situated to add to his $17,850,223 in career earnings in a major way.
Two-time bracelet winner and 2014 WPT L.A. Poker Classic main event champion Chris Moorman will enter the final table with the second-largest stack with 88,300,000. The longtime online tournament crusher from the UK has already guaranteed himself a new career-high payout by making it this far, with the top six all having locked up at least $1,207,000.
Greece’s Georgios Sotiropoulos has the third biggest stack with 46,200,000. The three-time bracelet winner has more than $4.2 million in prior earnings but will earn his first seven-figure payday in this event.
British poker pro Ben Heath sits in fourth place with 36,700,000. The bracelet winner from Brighton came into this event with more than $19.9 million in career cashes.
Hot on Heath’s heels is Daniel Sepiol with 34,300,000. The 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour Riverside main event champion can more than double his lifetime live tournament earnings of $1.6 million by surviving to the top four in this event.
The short stack is 2021 European Poker Tour Sochi main event champion and two-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian. The Russian poker pro has more than $14 million in career cashes, with more than half of that being won so far in 2023.
Here is a look at the payouts up for grabs at the final table:
| Place | Prize Money |
| 1 | $5,678,000 |
| 2 | $3,772,200 |
| 3 | $2,798,700 |
| 4 | $2,095,300 |
| 5 | $1,583,100 |
| 6 | $1,207,000 |
Photo credits: WPT.
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