After five long days of action, which included even more for some players with three opening flights, the $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship is down to just six hopefuls from a field 2,392 entries, which created a massive $23,441,600 prize pool.
British poker legend Chris Moorman has done it once again. Last year, he took fourth place in the 2023 WPT World Championship for $2,095,300 for his largest poker cash to date. Most players dream of making it to the final table one time at such a prestigious event. But not Moorman, as he has ‘been there and done that,’ and just accomplished the unthinkable in advancing to the final table once again this year in hopes of winning his largest cash prize to date with a whopping $3,138,400 reserved for Saturday’s champion.
Moorman is also the only member of the exclusive WPT Champions Club, having won the $10,000 buy-in 2014 WPT L.A. Poker Classic for $1,015,460 a decade ago.
While Moorman is near the top of the chip counts when the action resumes at 4 p.m. on Saturday, with the stream at the World Poker Tour YouTube channel beginning at least 30 minutes later, with a 76 big blind stack of 60.8 million, he will start the day in second place just behind Edward Pak with 66.2 million. While Pak might not have as much experience as Moorman, he shared with the World Poker Tour media team that he has learned from prior ICM mistakes.
“I have actually butchered a spot like this before where I came into the final day as the chip leader, and I actually finished sixth – which was really brutal,” said Pak. “So, I learned a lot from that and I’m going to apply my learnings from that experience to this and pick my spots and be careful. The ICM implications are crazy, there’s a lot of money, a lot of pay jumps and I’m really going to pay attention to that.”
Meanwhile, Scott Roberts, who kept things friendly and lively at the feature table on Friday, will begin the final table in third place with 40.8 million with Christian Roberts (28.6 million), Rob Sherwood (25.6 million), and Ryan Yu (17.2 million) will begin the official six-max final table on the bottom half of the leaderboard.
In other news, Cameron Rezaie sent Justin Young to the rail on the final table bubble in the WPT $3,000 NLH World Championship after his ace-nine held again ace-four to take the overall chip lead with nine players remaining from the 1,570 entry field. The final nine locked in at least $67,159, with Saturday’s winner going home with the trophy and the $702,844 top prize.
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Final Table Seat Draw
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Pak | United States | 66,200,000 | 83 |
| 2 | Scott Stewart | United States | 40,800,000 | 51 |
| 3 | Christian Roberts | Venezuela | 28,600,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Chris Moorman | United States | 60,800,000 | 76 |
| 5 | Ryan Yu | South Korea | 17,200,000 | 22 |
| 6 | Rob Sherwood | United States | 25,600,000 | 32 |
2024 WPT World Championship Day 5 Action
The action began on Friday at 12 p.m. for the penultimate day of the 2024 WPT World Championship. Chris Moorman led the way among the 16 players to return with at least a $176,000 min-cash waiting for them.
Stewart quickly captured the chip lead before the final 15 players each laddered up the payout charts to at least $215,000 players after San Kim (16th – $176,000) lost his stack on a cooler with jacks against Moorman’s queens.
Jacks were then good for Slovenian poker hero Anže Šmajd, who eliminated 2014 WPT Venice Carnival champion Andrea Dato (15th – $215,000) after his 12 big blind three-bet jam with nines proved insufficient to stay alive. Jeremy Wien (14th place – $215,000) followed Dato to the rail shortly after when his three-bet jam with sixes was no good against the queens held by Joshua Lisberger.
WPT Global Director of Product Jonathan “Jonty” Willis won a big flip to come near the chip lead when his ace-jack won against nines to eliminate A.J. Kessall in 13th place for $215,000. At the same time, the final dozen each earned another $40,000, with the top 12 players guaranteed at least a $255,000 pay slip.
Ryan Yu took the chip lead after winning a big flip of his own when his tens defeated big slick to oust 2024 WPT Prime Slovakia champion Fabian Gumz (12th – $255,000) to the rail. Yu’s lead was short-lived as he coughed up a pot to give Stewart the chip lead once again.
It was Pak’s turn to take the chip lead after his top pair held against a nut flush draw to eliminate Brian Yoon in 11th place for $255,000 with the final 10 players now locking in at least a $310,000 payout.
The unofficial final table began with Pak as the table captain after Pak’s sevens held against fives to eliminate Joshua Lisberger in 10th place for $310,000.
It took 35 hands at the unofficial final table for the first casualty to head to the showers. Willis check-jammed for 13 big blinds with the middle pair holding jack-seven suited and was up against a flush draw and an overcard held by Pak. Pak extended his chip lead after completing his flush on the turn, while Willis shared a few hours after the final table to this author that he was happy to have made it this far to make it worth his trip from the United Kingdom.
Some time passed by with chips being shuffled between the players before the event lost another player on the 104th hand of the final table. Anže Šmajd (8th – $400,000) attempted to make a move with a four-bet jam with queen-ten suited for 25 big blinds. Chris Moorman, who had already chipped up at the final table, called with a big slick and was near the chip lead after the board permitted his better hand to win.
The action ended on Day 5 just three hands later. Mykhailo Lendel jammed for six big blinds with king-nine and didn’t improve after Stewart called with queens to exit in seventh place for $515,000.
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Where to Watch 2024 WPT World Championship Final Table
The official final table of the 2024 WPT World Championship will begin on Saturday at 4 p.m., with the live stream beginning at the World Poker Tour YouTube channel at least 30 minutes later to protect the integrity of the game and to allow hole cards to be displayed to poker fans across the globe. You can also follow along the action at the dedicated 2024 WPT World Championship blog at the World Poker Tour website.
Meanwhile, you can check out yesterday’s Day 5 coverage embedded below:
2024 WPT World Championship Final Table Payouts
The final six players in the 2024 WPT World Championship have already locked up a massive $665,000 payout. The prizes move up quickly from there with the top four players guaranteed to net at least $1 million from the event.
All eyes will be on who will win the $3,318,900 top prize, which includes a seat valued at $10,400 to the 2025 WPT World Championship. Check out all of the final table payouts below and best of luck to the final six players:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $3,138,900 |
| 2 | $2,075,000 |
| 3 | $1,550,000 |
| 4 | $1,150,000 |
| 5 | $875,000 |
| 6 | $665,000 |
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