Random seating in tournaments often has surprising outcomes, and today’s table 55 in the Tournament Hall is just such a table. It may not be the table of doom, exactly, but there’s some extremely impressive talent sitting there today’s in the shadow of the WPT Champion’s Trophy and the Champion’s Belt.
- Jeff Gross – Online and Live pro with results going back to 2007 including 3rd place in the 2012 WPT Montreal
- Steven Firestone – One of the chip leaders to start Day 2.
- John Krpan – well-known high-stakes cash game player.
- Noeung Troeung – local businessman who is a past Playground event champion
- Kurt Lichtman – From New York, Kurt has cashes going back a decade in all of the major poker centers in the US
- Eric Afriat – two-time WPT Champion from Montreal
- Rodney Ramalho – 2015 DeepStacks Poker Tour Championship winner
- Mukul Pahuja – two final tables in successive WPT events at Playground, Season 12 WPT Player of the Year
Play has begun in level 10 – there is only 1 hour left to register in the tournament!