After three full days of qualifying in the Grand Finale Tournament, 117 players have made it through to today’s final. Emad Moawad leads the way with a stack of 649,000, with Ian Jung in second place with 571,000.
Some of the notables who will be coming back for the first place prize of $53,000 include Haim Bensalmon (452,000), Clint Mooney (444,000), Deepinder Singh (334,000), Robert Suer (251,000), Massoud Eskandari (237,000), Shahen Martirosian (236,000), Brian Gorman (232,000), Jared Griener (209,000), Peter Hengsakul (198,000), Adam Volen (150,000), and Dave Banerjee (58,000).
These players will be returning at 3 PM today to play out to a winner! Be sure to come back tomorrow morning to get all of the payouts for the event, and see who will take home over $50,000 tonight!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||||
| 1 | EMAD MOAWAD | 649,000 | 12–3 | 40 | AHMAD HOOSHMAND | 229,000 | 12–8 | 79 | SYDNEY HONG | 86,000 | 13–9 | ||
| 2 | IAN JUNG | 571,000 | 18–1 | 41 | MICHAEL LONCAR | 221,000 | 19–6 | 80 | STEVEN GOLDMAN | 85,000 | 19-8 | ||
| 3 | CHRISTOPHER AUTHEMENT | 536,000 | 16–6 | 42 | GABRIEL CISNEROS | 213,000 | 9–8 | 81 | NIAGO WILSON | 85,000 | 16–4 | ||
| 4 | EDWARD GARTNER | 502,000 | 9–2 | 43 | ROY VISHINSKY | 212,000 | 16–3 | 82 | CHRISTOPHER USUDE | 85,000 | 17–7 | ||
| 5 | MATTHEW BAILEY | 460,000 | 19–9 | 44 | BUTCH BARBA | 210,000 | 7–1 | 83 | VATCHE MAHSERDJIAN | 81,000 | 20–7 | ||
| 6 | HAIM BENSALMON | 452,000 | 20–5 | 45 | JARED GRIENER | 209,000 | 20–8 | 84 | ADAM BUSH | 80,000 | 9–5 | ||
| 7 | CLINT MOONEY | 444,000 | 7–4 | 46 | CHRISTOPHER BURLESON | 205,000 | 9–4 | 85 | AMIR SHALIAMINI | 79,000 | 7–2 | ||
| 8 | TOMMY SAN | 420,000 | 8–8 | 47 | KYLE FOX | 203,000 | 17–6 | 86 | WILLIAM STEFFIN | 78,000 | 18–7 | ||
| 9 | JASON RICHITT | 417,000 | 14–7 | 48 | PETER HENGSAKUL | 198,000 | 8–6 | 87 | BRIAN LEE | 78,000 | 12–1 | ||
| 10 | RAFFI KING | 415,000 | 15–2 | 49 | ROMAN JIRKU | 192,000 | 14–9 | 88 | JON TRAN | 75,000 | 15–7 | ||
| 11 | MOSHE MANZUR | 361,000 | 13–6 | 50 | RAYNA DAVIS | 190,000 | 15–1 | 89 | HOWARD SPUNT | 74,000 | 14–4 | ||
| 12 | RONALD HARDEN | 346,000 | 5–8 | 51 | MICHAEL ITAEV | 178,000 | 18–3 | 90 | GREGG GOODMAN | 73,000 | 5–4 | ||
| 13 | BAGDASAR AKOPYAN | 335,000 | 18–5 | 52 | SEON KIM | 176,000 | 5–3 | 91 | PAUL EMATA | 72,000 | 8–3 | ||
| 14 | DEEPINDER SINGH | 334,000 | 17–8 | 53 | ARMEN NAZARYAN | 175,000 | 13–4 | 92 | MARIA CASTELO | 70,000 | 20–4 | ||
| 15 | SHYAM MADIRAJU | 328,000 | 19–4 | 54 | ALEXANDER HOANG | 175,000 | 20–1 | 93 | YEHONATHAN LEVI | 69,000 | 16–9 | ||
| 16 | EXEQUIEL RAMIREZ | 321,000 | 13–1 | 55 | AARON BAUMANN | 174,000 | 19–3 | 94 | RAIF STIER | 68,000 | 14–2 | ||
| 17 | FLORENCIO ROA | 309,000 | 15–6 | 56 | BRIAN BUMPAS | 174,000 | 16–5 | 95 | STEVEN GROFF | 67,000 | 7–9 | ||
| 18 | BRADLEY WILLIS | 296,000 | 8–4 | 57 | GREGORY EGBERT | 174,000 | 7–6 | 96 | DARRELL LANE | 66,000 | 5–1 | ||
| 19 | OLDRICH MIKLIK | 294,000 | 12–7 | 58 | KFIR KABALO | 163,000 | 14–5 | 97 | DAVID SALTZMAN | 65,000 | 15–3 | ||
| 20 | CHRIS MCFARLAND | 294,000 | 9–6 | 59 | FARID JAMSHIDIAN | 161,000 | 17–1 | 98 | PARVIZ SAYYAD | 63,000 | 13–7 | ||
| 21 | ESTRELLA BALTAZAR | 291,000 | 16–1 | 60 | ADAM VOLEN | 150,000 | 5–6 | 99 | ANDREW NGUYEN | 59,000 | 18–2 | ||
| 22 | CHIMEZIE IGWE | 281,000 | 7–8 | 61 | KHALIG HEDJAZI | 149,000 | 18–6 | 100 | MOHAMED BENDEBBA | 59,000 | 17–5 | ||
| 23 | RODERICK TAYLOR | 278,000 | 14–3 | 62 | MARC SOUZA | 141,000 | 15–4 | 101 | DAVE BANERJEE | 58,000 | 12–4 | ||
| 24 | SEPHER EBRAHIMI | 269,000 | 20–6 | 63 | MICHAEL KENNEDY | 136,000 | 9–9 | 102 | BRUCE LEVITT | 55,000 | 9–1 | ||
| 25 | IRA FRIEDMAN | 268,000 | 5–2 | 64 | JONG LEE | 135,000 | 19–2 | 103 | GERALD VARON | 54,000 | 18–9 | ||
| 26 | ROBERT HESS | 265,000 | 13–3 | 65 | GILLIAN GROVES | 129,000 | 14–8 | 104 | JUAN CARTAGENA | 52,000 | 8–5 | ||
| 27 | ANTONIO CHAVEZ | 258,000 | 14–1 | 66 | GEORGE WISSA | 125,000 | 12–5 | 105 | THOMAS DOEH | 52,000 | 19-7 | ||
| 28 | ROBERT SUER | 251,000 | 17–3 | 67 | ILYA SHVARTSMAN | 117,000 | 13–2 | 106 | MIKE ARDEKANI | 52,000 | 8–7 | ||
| 29 | MASSOUMEH KHARAZMI | 248,000 | 8–1 | 68 | ERIC DAM | 115,000 | 18–4 | 107 | JOHN ELVIDGE | 49,000 | 14–6 | ||
| 30 | PETER PHAM | 244,000 | 16–8 | 69 | VICTOR SHALOM | 114,000 | 17–4 | 108 | CHENG XU | 49,000 | 15–9 | ||
| 31 | ELIRAN OHANA | 244,000 | 18–8 | 70 | PAUL CHAUDERSON | 114,000 | 5–9 | 109 | MIRAN SALEM | 47,000 | 7–5 | ||
| 32 | MARLA SCHWARTZ | 241,000 | 19–1 | 71 | KENNETH GAREN | 107,000 | 9–3 | 110 | BEHZAD ESHRAGHI | 44,000 | 16–7 | ||
| 33 | MASSOUD ESKANDARI | 237,000 | 5–5 | 72 | STEVEN JOHNSON | 107,000 | 7–7 | 111 | RANDALL HOLLAND | 43,000 | 12–6 | ||
| 34 | SHAHEN MARTIROSIAN | 236,000 | 17–2 | 73 | LARRY SOBEL | 106,000 | 16–2 | 112 | NICHOLAS DYE | 40,000 | 13–5 | ||
| 35 | THOMAS BOCHYNSKI | 234,000 | 12–2 | 74 | BRUCE LEE | 104,000 | 12–9 | 113 | JAMES MCCLURE | 38,000 | 20–9 | ||
| 36 | BRIAN GORMAN | 232,000 | 20–2 | 75 | SVETLANA BARANOVSKY | 103,000 | 8–2 | 114 | GUY VOGELBACHER | 38,000 | 17–9 | ||
| 37 | EUGENE GOOM | 232,000 | 7–3 | 76 | EDWARD HEALY | 100,000 | 15–5 | 115 | EDWARD FRISH | 28,000 | 9–7 | ||
| 38 | AMIT SEHGAL | 231,000 | 15–8 | 77 | MHER BABOUDJIAN | 96,000 | 20–3 | 116 | HANNA LEE | 16,000 | 19–5 | ||
| 39 | CHRISTOPHER FOX | 230,000 | 13–8 | 78 | DANIEL PINTO | 90,000 | 8–9 | 117 | ISRAEL TOVAR | 15,000 | 5–7 |