PHOTO/SOURCE: WPT.com
There was a silent standing ovation at Bellagio earlier today as Ali Tekintamgac (right), who was caught in a cheating scandal back in November at the Partouche Grand Final - event won by Vanessa Selbst - there was a ton of controversy surrounding his inclusion in the WPT World Championship.
Tekintamgac automatically qualified for the event by winning the WPT Spanish Championship last May.
As we were going deep into play today - and inching closer and closer to the money - it looked as though the situation was about to become a little more murky, with Tekintamgac surviving but, about an hour before we hit the money, good old Texas Dolly himself, Doyle Brunson, decided to take matters into his own hands, crippling Tekintamgac in a pot that left Ali with 5k in chips - he was eliminated from the tournament the next hand.
A little while later, we burst the money bubble and Doyle had cashed at the WPT World Championship. Sadly, Doyle has since been eliminated, finishing 24th in the event.
Roger Teska, one of the few relatively unknown players left in the field, leads the tournament. PCA Champ Galen Hall, Scott Seiver, Day 1 chip leader Christian Harder and Shannon Shorr round-out the Top 5.
Defending champ David Williams is still alive, he has about 700k in chips at the moment.
Roger Teska 1,925,000
Galen Hall 1,850,000
Scott Seiver 1,700,000
Christian Harder 1,700,000
Shannon Shorr 1,500,000
Tony Gargano 1,445,000
Daniel Alaei 1,000,000
Ashton Griffin 1,000,000
Nenad Medic 990,000
Abe Mosseri 980,000
Sam El Sayed 970,000
Josh Bergman 910,000
Steven Kelly 900,000
Justin Young 800,000
David Williams 700,000
Kwinsee Tran 690,000
Freddy Bonyadi 600,000
David Peters 500,000
Haralabos Voulgaris 500,000
Tom McCormick 445,000
Dave Ulliott 410,000
Alan Sternberg 370,000
Will Failla 310,000
Some of today's notable eliminations include: Brunson, Tran, Khan, Lichtenberger, Romanello, Smith, Cheong, Chiu, Turner, Trickett, Frankenberger, Timoshenko, Dorfman, Kuzmin, Baxter, O'Dwyer and Bay 101 champ Alan Sternberg.
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PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT
World Poker Tour World Championship
WPT World Championship
May 14-20, 2011
Bellagio Hotel Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Buy-in: $25,500
Prizepool: $5,309,500
Entries: 220
Defending Champion: David Williams
POINTS AT STAKE:
1st position 152
2nd position 92
3rd position 77
4th position 67
5th position 62
6th position 57
7th position 52
8th position 47
9th position 37
10th position 27
11th position 22
12-14th position 20
15-17th position 17
18-20th position 14
21-23rd position 10
DOYLE BRUNSON 7
JONATHAN LAYANI 7
KENNY TRAN 7
MATT HYMAN 7
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