After four days of qualifying, with two flights on each day, the list of finals players has been determined in this massive Grand Slam of Poker finale. Eddie Slack, the only player over a million chips, maintains his chip lead coming into the day. The only player within shouting distance going into today’s play is John Apikian, who has 961,000. Joe Lerman, who was part of the five way chop in the $400,000 Guaranteed last week, is in the top 10 coming into today as well. Erich Karle is also coming back today. Karle final tabled two major events at the GSOP last year, winning one of them. He also finished on top of a chop in the first event of this year’s Spring Poker Classic.
These 126 players are all coming back today to battle it out for the first place prize of $54,850. All of this for a measly $160. Be sure to come back today at 3 PM for all your coverage of this amazing event, and good luck players!
| NAME | CHIPS | T–S | NAME | CHIPS | T–S | NAME | CHIPS | T–S | |||||
| 1 | EDDIE SLACK | 1,033,000 | 12–3 | 43 | ERICH KARLE | 312,000 | 16–4 | 85 | UMAR SEIFUDDIN | 194,000 | 15–7 | ||
| 2 | JOHN APIKIAN | 961,000 | 10–4 | 44 | AHARON SHIMONI | 308,000 | 19–5 | 86 | ALLEN MITTELMAN | 187,000 | 20–8 | ||
| 3 | JASON PAQUIN | 787,000 | 19–2 | 45 | STEVEN CURRAN | 307,000 | 8–8 | 87 | VICTOR KRUGLOV | 185,000 | 19–4 | ||
| 4 | STEVEN AYOUB | 739,000 | 13–8 | 46 | DAN NGUYEN | 305,000 | 12–5 | 88 | ALEKSAND KHALFIN | 184,000 | 16–6 | ||
| 5 | ANTHONY NGUYEN | 690,000 | 8–6 | 47 | BELTRAN ABAD | 301,000 | 10–1 | 89 | EDWARD FRISH | 184,000 | 7–1 | ||
| 6 | LOANNE NGUYEN | 668,000 | 7–2 | 48 | JOSEPH DICKSTEIN | 294,000 | 9–6 | 90 | LINA NEHME | 184,000 | 8–7 | ||
| 7 | CARLOS GARCIA | 660,000 | 5–5 | 49 | CUU HOANG | 287,000 | 7–4 | 91 | LAURENCE HIGGENS | 175,000 | 14–6 | ||
| 8 | PAUL SERRATECORTES | 624,000 | 14–1 | 50 | RONALD MILLER | 286,000 | 17–2 | 92 | ARSENIY MAKHAEV | 174,000 | 18–6 | ||
| 9 | DOUG SMITH | 547,000 | 15–9 | 51 | DYLAN HERRMANN | 285,000 | 5–6 | 93 | GUSTAVO FLORES | 172,000 | 9–3 | ||
| 10 | JOE LERMAN | 531,000 | 18–4 | 52 | BRIAN BUMPAS* | 284,000 | 7–9 | 94 | RAYMOND HO* | 168,000 | 12–7 | ||
| 11 | DAVE BANERJEE | 499,000 | 17–7 | 53 | XIAOCHEN XING | 283,000 | 16–5 | 95 | ART OF PERSE | 168,000 | 17–6 | ||
| 12 | NAZAR TSATURYAN* | 477,000 | 9–5 | 54 | DERRICK MOKEDI | 281,000 | 15–3 | 96 | PHO TRAN | 167,000 | 5–7 | ||
| 13 | MICHAEL ITAEV | 469,000 | 16–1 | 55 | VICTOR SNIDER | 277,000 | 13–6 | 97 | KEVORK VORPERIAN | 166,000 | 17–9 | ||
| 14 | JAMES SQUIRES | 458,000 | 20–7 | 56 | YOON KIM | 274,000 | 14–3 | 98 | ERIC BRUSKOTTER | 164,000 | 16–3 | ||
| 15 | MATTHEW HENDERSON | 457,000 | 10–7 | 57 | ANTHONY PITESA | 264,000 | 17–4 | 99 | JESUS SANCHEZ | 163,000 | 17–3 | ||
| 16 | BRANDON PIETRZYK | 445,000 | 20–9 | 58 | YAACOV HAVIV | 256,000 | 5–1 | 100 | MICHAEL WANG | 158,000 | 12–4 | ||
| 17 | STEVEN JOHNSON | 445,000 | 5–2 | 59 | JAMES FREITAG | 252,000 | 12–6 | 101 | EDWARD GALVAN | 155,000 | 8–3 | ||
| 18 | MIKHAIL FAYULER | 443,000 | 12–8 | 60 | JOHN GARZA | 249,000 | 18–8 | 102 | N/A | 146,000 | 10–3 | ||
| 19 | ANDY SHOOTER STRACUZZI | 432,000 | 19–7 | 61 | ELIAS NAAMEH | 249,000 | 15–8 | 103 | JAMES TILTON | 143,000 | 15–4 | ||
| 20 | RICHARD SPRING | 430,000 | 17–1 | 62 | ALI ROSARIO | 247,000 | 14–4 | 104 | ERIKA WEINSTEIN | 141,000 | 14–2 | ||
| 21 | BRIAN GORMAN | 426,000 | 9–2 | 63 | GREGORY SANCHEZ | 247,000 | 20–3 | 105 | PAUL LUI | 140,000 | 5–9 | ||
| 22 | SONNY MILLER | 424,000 | 7–7 | 64 | ARKADI ONIKOUL | 246,000 | 9–1 | 106 | JUN LEE | 138,000 | 8–9 | ||
| 23 | TINOUSH GOLCHIN | 414,000 | 14–5 | 65 | HENRY DELARA | 244,000 | 16–8 | 107 | JERRY VARON | 136,000 | 13–9 | ||
| 24 | ANGELO AGUILUZ | 405,000 | 15–1 | 66 | PRASHRAY RAI* | 243,000 | 10–5 | 108 | IGOR KREYCHMAN | 132,000 | 18–1 | ||
| 25 | SAM BERKOW | 404,000 | 18–7 | 67 | DAVID CHEW | 242,000 | 19–3 | 109 | MICHAEL REYES* | 121,000 | 19–6 | ||
| 26 | EMAD BASTAWROS | 403,000 | 16–7 | 68 | PAUL PIRRONE | 241,000 | 13–1 | 110 | ANH NGUYEN | 120,000 | 9–7 | ||
| 27 | GARY SEWELL | 397,000 | 13–4 | 69 | PAUL YI | 239,000 | 18–9 | 111 | ROBERT DOWNEN | 117,000 | 13–3 | ||
| 28 | SAMEER ALIAMEDI | 396,000 | 18–2 | 70 | SHAWN MOTAMENI | 237,000 | 7–6 | 112 | DAVID SANDIFORD | 110,000 | 7–5 | ||
| 29 | JARED KAWALSKY | 394,000 | 20–5 | 71 | YONGJO KIM | 235,000 | 5–3 | 113 | GLADYS LANDEGGER | 110,000 | 17–8 | ||
| 30 | DYLAN NGUYEN | 385,000 | 10–9 | 72 | SHIMON AMSALEM | 230,000 | 20–6 | 114 | JOSE CONTRERAS* | 100,000 | 10–8 | ||
| 31 | BRANDON RHEEM | 381,000 | 9–8 | 73 | ALAN MYERSON | 226,000 | 12–9 | 115 | MASSOUMEH KHARAZMI | 96,000 | 19–8 | ||
| 32 | WESLEY DEAURORA | 377,000 | 15–5 | 74 | JOHN MISIRIAN | 226,000 | 10–6 | 116 | THUY PHAM | 96,000 | 20–4 | ||
| 33 | SAM GONCUOGLU* | 376,000 | 14–7 | 75 | BYUNG LEE* | 224,000 | 9–9 | 117 | PHONG TURBO NGUYEN | 96,000 | 20–2 | ||
| 34 | BRENT HART | 374,000 | 8–4 | 76 | BEHTAJ AMIRI | 220,000 | 19–1 | 118 | KRISTIAN LACSON | 92,000 | 5–4 | ||
| 35 | JOHN HULETT | 374,000 | 13–2 | 77 | FRANCIS LUMAYAG | 217,000 | 18–3 | 119 | MARK HAMILTON | 91,000 | 12–2 | ||
| 36 | SAFIYA UMEROVA | 359,000 | 8–1 | 78 | ALAN SAKS | 216,000 | 13–5 | 120 | MAURICE ARCHELLE | 83,000 | 13–7 | ||
| 37 | RUBIN CHAPPELL | 345,000 | 12–1 | 79 | EDMUND LIU | 212,000 | 15–6 | 121 | VAN NGUYEN | 83,000 | 15–2 | ||
| 38 | MOSHE MANZUR | 329,000 | 17–5 | 80 | CLIFFORD SCHUMACHER | 206,000 | 14–8 | 122 | ERIC FENZKE | 82,000 | 14–9 | ||
| 39 | RUPESH PATTNI | 327,000 | 5–8 | 81 | ALIREZA DARGAH | 206,000 | 8–5 | 123 | ROSS TESSER | 79,000 | 18–5 | ||
| 40 | ERDAL ATREK | 325,000 | 19–9 | 82 | PRINCE CASSEL | 204,000 | 8–2 | 124 | LINDA SQUIRES | 78,000 | 16–9 | ||
| 41 | CAMILLE BROWN | 319,000 | 10–2 | 83 | MATTHEW TAUBER | 201,000 | 16–2 | 125 | HADY HARRAKA | 66,000 | 9–4 | ||
| 42 | AMIT SEHGAL | 316,000 | 20–1 | 84 | NICK SHKOLNIK | 195,000 | 7–8 | 126 | RONNY MIREL | 62,000 | 7–3 | ||