WPT Final Table Is Set for May 29th; Art Peacock Leads the Final Six

Photo:  Front row, left to right: Jeffery Fritz, Art Peacock, and Mitchell Hynam. Back row, left to right: Jared Hemingway, Daniel Marcus, and Mihai Niste.

After the elimination of Rafael Rodriguez in seventh place, the lineup for the televised WPT Final Table is set.

There is 47:51 remaining in Level 31, with blinds at 125,000-250,000 with a 250,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Art Peacock  –  27,150,000  (109 bb)
Seat 2.  Jeffery Fritz  –  16,150,000  (65 bb)
Seat 3.  Mitchell Hynam  –  2,000,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4.  Jared Hemingway  –  11,150,000  (45 bb)
Seat 5.  Daniel Marcus  –  22,150,000  (89 bb)
Seat 6.  Mihai Niste  –  8,650,000  (35 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $776,000*
2nd:  $515,000
3rd:  $380,000
4th:  $285,000
5th:  $215,000
6th:  $164,000

This WPT Final Table will be filmed next month in Las Vegas on May 29th, and that’s when our live updates will resume until we play down to a winner. Then the footage will be edited into an episode of the World Poker Tour to be broadcast as part of Season 23.

So be sure to return here on May 29th to follow our live updates as they play down in front of the TV cameras to the winner of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

Photo:  Chipleader Art Peacock

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.