We have a new World League Poker Champion! JACOB MILLER from New York bested Chris Nunes in a heads up battle to become the new WLPC Champion!
Jacob, a World Tavern Poker player from New York, came into the final table with a decent chip lead over his opponents. Chris, a West Coast Poker League member from California, was a short stack with just less than 5 big blinds. But both manuevered their way to the end, and as heads up play began, the chip counts (4.7 million to 4.4 million) were virtually identical.
Congrats to the nearly 300 players from all across the world who competed in this event! Two players from Redtooth Poker cashed in the WLPC, and several from other leagues (including World Tavern Poker) also made the money.
Here are your final 8 from the WLPC:
1 Jacob Miller NY
2 Chris Nunes CA
3 Neil Brimat NJ
4 Edwin Del Valle PA
5 Vinnie Barod NJ
6 Ed Luipersbeck NJ
7 Brian Kelly MI
8 Roger Bennett MD
UPDATE: We have 8 players left in the WLPC! Here are the remaining players with their chip counts - play will resume at 5pm PST on Tuesday.
Jacob Miller, NY -- 4,165,000 chips
Ed Luipersbeck, NJ -- 1,170,000 chips
Vinnie Barod, NJ -- 1,075,000 chips
Brian Kelly, MI -- 850,000 chips
Edwin Del Valle, PA -- 770,000 chips
Roger Bennett, MD -- 715,000 chips
Chris Nunes, CA -- 470,000 chips
Neil Brimat, NJ -- 340,000 chips
This is Chris Nunes' 2nd WLPC Final Table in as many years! Be sure to watch live broadcast updates on Periscope later today.
UPDATE: An incredible 297 players took part in the WLPC, with 48 places being paid out. Redtooth Poker had two players make the money, with West Coast Poker's Chris Nunes surviving to Day 2.
Below are finishing positions for 9th thru 48th place:
9 Osei Ampadu
10 C. Ganto
11 Ted Lopez
12 Matt McCarthy
13 Kevin Ferry
14 Casey Perry
15 Chris Kanazo
16 David Bonomo
17 Curtis Boyer
18 Gilbert Garay
19 Dana Sanchez
20 Catherine Powell
21 Edgar Lopez
22 John McClain
23 Richard Abraham
24 Terry Pitman
25 Dan Frohweina
26 Rodney Sams
27 Robert O'Neil
28 Ed Cordes
29 Ken Rutherford
30 Alan Ellis
31 Chris Fuller
32 John Santa Maria
33 Shannon Shipley
34 Marcia Weisberg
35 Louise Naples
36 Gary Wilkinson
37 Nancy Soares
38 Jill Levine
39 Dave Solomita
40 Gary Pope
41 Phil Daleo
42 Robert Webber
43 Barbara Capron
44 Sue Beaudrow
45 Carol Witherspoon
46 Kenneth Stearns
47 Lanny Noto
48 Carl Morgan
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Stay tuned for photos, results, and updates of all the action from the WORLD LEAGUE POKER CHAMPIONSHIPS (Days 1 and 2) at OPEN 21 in Las Vegas!