28.10.2017 - 23:46
Santiago Soriano has a huge lead with only nine remaining
Only four levels were needed to meet the nine players that will return tomorrow to play the final table of the 2017 Punta Cana Poker Classic. For the second day in a row, Spain’s Santiago Soriano will start the day as chip leader.
Soriano finished the day with a huge 3,945,000 stack. Jamin Stokes is second in chips with a 2,030,000 stack while the remaining seven players have stacks under the million chips being Cristopher Cardinale the shortest stack with only 232,000 chips.
The final table will have seven players born in America, an Hungarian, a Spaniard an a Chilean fighting for the title.
| Santiago Soriano | – | 3.945.000 | |
| Jamin Stokes | – | 2.030.000 | |
| Kalman Dohany | – | 851.000 | |
| Julian Kaplan | – | 808.000 | |
| Benjamin Craig | – | 499.000 | |
| Roberto Carvallo | – | 448.000 | |
| Lucas Smith | – | 329.000 | |
| James Casement | – | 313.000 | |
| Cristopher Cardinale | – | 232.000 |
Big names were eliminated before reaching the final nine. Among them were Jordan Pfizer, Andy Gonder, Edwin Roman, Alberto Meran, Jullio Belluscio and online crack, Chris Oliver who finished tenth.
| 10º | Chris Oliver | – | $8.615 | |
| 11º | Roneil Balani | – | $8.615 | |
| 12º | Julio Belluscio | – | $8.615 | |
| 13º | Mark Johnson | – | $7.225 | |
| 14º | Csaba Kirschner | – | $7.225 | |
| 15º | Richard Webb | – | $7.225 | |
| 16º | Williams Fieds | – | $6.390 | |
| 17º | Alberto Rodríguez | – | $6.390 | |
| 18º | Alberto Miguel Meran Matias | – | $6.390 | |
| 19º | Edwin Roman | – | $5.560 | |
| 20º | Ron Morandini | – | $5.560 | |
| 21º | Andy Gonder | – | $5.560 | |
| 22º | Harold Matthew | – | $4.725 | |
| 23º | Cristian Freimueller | – | $4.725 | |
| 24º | Jordan Pfizer | – | $4.725 | |
| 25º | Jozo Dzido | – | $4.170 | |
| 26º | James Harvey | – | $4.170 | |
| 27º | Kevin Garosshen | – | $4.170 |
The final nine players will return tomorrow at 14:00 to fight for the title. You may follow all the action through Americas Cardroom Blog and through our livestream with the comments from Jeff Gross and Bill Perkins.