Shannon Shorr Leads Final 22 Players After Day 1 of the 2024 WPT Alpha 8 at Wynn Las Vegas

Photo: Day 1 chip leader Shannon Shorr

Nearly 50 players started the day and the end of the late registration period boosted the field size to 111 entries thanks to 19 entrants at the very last minute. This has created a prize pool of $2,775,000 for the WPT Alpha 8 at Wynn Las Vegas and it will be up for grabs tomorrow, Thursday, December 19, 2024 as of noon local time.

After storming to the leaderboard prior to the final three tables in a period when he was dubbed “unbeatable” by others, Shannon Shorr bagged up the biggest stack ahead of Naj Ajez. They are the only two players above 50 big blinds.

Top 5 Chip Counts:

1.  Shannon Shorr  –  2,890,000  (72 bb)
2.  Naj Ajez  –  2,355,000  (59 bb)
3.  Thomas Boivin –  1,685,000  (42 bb)
4.  Igor Kurganov  –  1,570,000  (39 bb)
5.  Nicholas Seward  –  1,425,000  (36 bb)

Only the top 13 spots will reach the money and the following payouts are at stake:

1st: $787,959
2nd: $496,725
3rd: $345,488
4th: $253,219
5th: $190,781
6th: $145,688
7th: $115,856
8th: $94,350
9th: $79,088
10th-11th: $69,375
12th-13th: $63,548

Seat Assignments for the Final Day

Table 215
Seat 1. Shannon Shorr – 2,890,000 (72 bb)
Seat 2. Igor Kurganov – 1,570,000 (39 bb)
Seat 3. Nicholas Seward – 1,425,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4. Joe McKeehen – 760,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5. Travis Egbert – 1,330,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6. Justin Chu – 285,000 (7 bb)
Seat 7. empty
Seat 8. Kitson Kho – 775,000 (19 bb)

Table 225
Seat 1. Thomas Boivin – 1,685,000 (42 bb)
Seat 2. Sean Winter – 1,040,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3. Zachary Grech – 635,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4. Brock Wilson – 525,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5. Lars Kamphues – 625,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6. Jun Obara – 875,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7. Noel Rodriguez – 745,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8. Xiaoyao Ma – 400,000 (10 bb)

Table 235
Seat 1. Ed Sebesta – 900,000 (23 bb)
Seat 2. Alexandros Kolonias – 450,000 (11 bb)
Seat 3. Dylan Smith – 595,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4. Sam Soverel – 695,000 (17 bb)
Seat 5. empty
Seat 6. Naj Ajez – 2,355,000 (59 bb)
Seat 7. Brian Rast – 715,000 (18 bb)
Seat 8. David Stamm – 830,000 (21 bb)

The final day begins at 12:00 noon and the level duration increases to 60 minutes each all the way until a winner has been crowned in the Grand Ballroom. Stay tuned right here on WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.