WPT Championship Under Way at Bellagio

WPT Championship Under Way at Bellagio

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Seth Young

The $25,000 World Poker Tour championship is in full swing at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, with all of poker's royalty in attendance for this prestigious event.

There will be two day 1's because of the size of the field, and Day 1a had 210 entrants, while Day 1b saw over 300 entrants.

Some big names eliminated in day 1a include Scott Clements, Eric Froehlich, Jonathan Little, Hasan Habib, Ted Lawson, Lyle Berman, and David Williams. Leading the way is Billy Baxter, and right behind him in chips is Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken. Rounding out the top 10 are Steve Billirakis, Brandon Cantu, Abe Mosseri, Dario Minieri, and Jim Bechtel, among others.

Last year's winner Carlos Mortensen defeated Kirk Morrison heads up. Mortensen earned almost $4,000,000 for his win, and became the first player to win the World Series of Poker Main Event and the World Poker Tour championship.

Day 2 begins in the morning where the remaining players from Day 1a and 1b will make one larger field, and will eventually play down to the biggest final table of the year

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