Chris Moorman Advances to the Final Table of 2023 WPT tournaments
Chris Moorman Advances to the Final Table of 2023 WPT tournaments The champion of the 2023 WPT World Championship is set to pocket an impressive $5.6 million, ensuring a hefty payday for all six contenders, with a minimum guaranteed prize of $1.2 million for each. Let’s delve into the profiles of the remaining six players vying for poker glory.
The final six players
The final six players in the 2023 WPT World Championship, from left to right: Ben Heath, Chris Moorman, Andrew Lichtenberger, Artur Martirosian, Dan Sepiol and Georgios Sotiropoulos.
From a field of 3,835, the 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas has reached its final table of six. Each player is guaranteed to win over $1.2 million, and the champion will take home $5,678,000.
These final six players represent arguably one of the most talent-laden final tables in World Poker Tour history, with over $48 million in combined tournament earnings between them. There’s a WPT Champions Club member in Chris Moorman and a WPT Alpha8 champion in Andrew Lichtenberger.
Five of the six players have at least 1 World Series of Poker(WSOP) bracelet. Georgios Sotiropoulous has three of them. Artur Martirosian is in position to become a Triple Crown winner, with both WSOP and EPT victories to his name. Ben Heath, a High Roller regular, has the most earnings of any of the players, and defeated Lichtenberger heads-up to win a $50,000 WSOP braclet.
The wild card in the mix is Dan Sepiol, who would be a standout at a lot of major final tables. Sepiol has received a tremendous amount of love on social media, and is making up for a heartbreakingly deep run in the 2022 WPT World Championship, in which he finished 52nd.
They will all return to Wynn Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m., with the action streaming live on all WPT platforms on a 30-minute delay until a champion is crowned.
Here’s what they’re playing for:
1) $5,678,000 (Including a seat to 2024 WPT World Championship)
2) $3,772,200
3) $2,798,700
4) $2,095,300
5) $1,583,100
6) $1,207,000
Chris Moorman | 88,300,000 (74 big blinds)
Age: 38
Birthplace: Essex, United Kingdom
Currently Resides: Las Vegas, Nevada
Lifetime Live Tournament Earnings: $6,768,673
Biggest Lifetime Cash: 2nd, 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event for $1,068,690
Other Prominent Scores: 1st, 2014 WPT LA Poker Classic for $1,015,460; 2nd, 2011 WSOP $10,000 6-Handed Championship for $716,282; 1st, 2017 WSOP $3,000 6-Handed No Limit Hold’em for $498,682
On Day 5, Chris Moorman officially became the final WPT Champions Club member in the 2023 WPT World Championship field. At most final tables, that kind of experience would go a long way, but with this final six it almost feels like it’s part of the job requirement.
Chris Moorman made his push towards the top of the counts on Day 3, and managed to stay in the mix from that point on. On Day 5 in particular, Chris Moorman earned a key double-up that helped his late push towards the final table.
It’s been a while since Chris Moorman has made a run of this magnitude in a major live tournament, but the longtime online poker legend and former multi-time World No. 1 has enjoyed the some familiarity of a more compact daily schedule in the WPT World Championship.
Chris Moorman Say：
“Every day after bagging, it’s been really nice. It’s actually similar to [when I won] the LAPC – five 90-minute levels, and I love that you get done by about 8:30/9pm,” said Chris Moorman . “I’ll just go meet some friends, have a few drinks, eat food. I started doing it for online Sundays, where I just eat before I start playing, and I wouldn’t eat ’til I finished playing, which is like an 18-hour session. I felt I was way more focused.”
What Chris Moorman said
Chris Moorman‘s certainly not taking anything for granted on this ride, and he feels like he’s been striking the right balance in his daily preparation.
“A lot of time poker can be frustrating,” said Chris Moorman . “So when you’re doing good, just enjoy the moment. Obviously, I could go back and watch the stream every day, but I feel like that’s a bit of wasted energy anyway.”
Regardless of his finish in this tournament, Chris Moorman‘s cash in the 2023 WPT World Championship will be the biggest of his career. As he starts the final table in second place, he’ll be after something more.
End of Day 1 chip count: 383,000 (314/1,375)
End of Day 2 chip count: 1,525,000 (59/480)
End of Day 3 chip count: 7,120,000 (9 /132)
End of Day 4 chip count: 10,200,000 (14/45)
End of Day 5 chip count: 21,200,000 (9/16)
(Event data source：Poker Now News)
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