Brad Owen entered Day Four of the World Poker Tour (WPT) $5,250 buy-in Gardens Poker Championship with 15 large blinds and a dream as he seemed to outlive the 2 eliminations wanted to advance to the six-handed televised closing desk.
The favored vlogger and WPT ambassador did so and can now head to Las Vegas to complete out the occasion contained in the HyperX ESports Enviornment on the Luxor alongside fellow closing tablists Ryan Salunga, Ky Nguyen, Chris Lee, Josh Lachman and Joey Deluca.
WPT Gardens Poker Championship Last Six
| SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Salunga | Phillipines | 7,265,000 | 97 | |
| 2 | Brad Owen | United States | 3,350,000 | 45 | |
| 3 | Ky Nguyen | Vietnam | 1,700,000 | 23 | |
| 4 | Chris Lee | United States | 3,975,000 | 53 | |
| 5 | Josh Lachman | United States | 225,000 | 3 | |
| 6 | Joey Deluca | United States | 875,000 | 12 |
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Every thing Owen on Day 4
Day Four was a fast one as brief stacks Steven Spunt and Thomas Choi had been each eradicated throughout the first hour of play by none aside from Owen. The veteran poker content material creator first picked up his trademark “pocket jiggities” to oust Spunt, whose ace-king could not hit to ship him out in eighth place for $42,200.
“Greatest jiggities ever,” Owen informed WPT. “I seemed down at it, and I’m positive it wasn’t actually seen however I type of chuckled in my head a bit bit and I used to be like ‘Oh that is becoming,’ I’m both going to get knocked out with the jiggities, or get a large double-up to get us all the way down to seven.”
Who ever stated there is not any proper strategy to play Jiggities? ##
— World Poker Tour (@WPT)
Much more becoming was that the star of the ultimate desk went on to get rid of Choi regardless of being dominated with ace-seven towards Choi’s Large Slick. The celebrities had been clearly aligned for Owen on Day Four and he’ll now enter the televised closing desk with a a lot more healthy stack of 45 large blinds.
A fourth-place end or higher will give Owen, who’s primarily a money sport participant, a career-best rating after pivoting to tournaments final 12 months.
Every remaining participant is after their first WPT title and the $357,380 up high for first place. The eventual winner will even obtain a singular sculpture trophy designed by American artist Daniel Arsham and also will get a seat into the $10,000 WPT World Championship in December.
Earlier than the WPT Gardens Poker Championship performs out on Might 27 in Las Vegas, there’s nonetheless the WPT Seminole Exhausting Rock Poker Showdown and WPT Choctaw closing tables that can be live-streamed at present and tomorrow starting at 4:30 p.m. native time.
PokerNews can be on-site for all three closing tables and can you’ll want to let readers know the way they play out as the subsequent WPT champions are named.
WPT Gardens Poker Championship Remaining Payouts
| PLACE | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $357,380 | |
| 2 | $230,000 | |
| 3 | $169,000 | |
| 4 | $125,000 | |
| 5 | $94,000 | |
| 6 | $71,200 |
*Photos courtesy of WPT.
