WSOP Main Event Runner-Up Joseph Hebert Among WPT Seminole Day 1B Chip Leaders
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Joseph Hebert, the runner-up for the 2020 WSOP Main Event, is off to a strong start at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. The second and final Day 1 session was even larger than the first as nearly 2,500 made their way to South Florida for the biggest event since pre-pandemic.
Joseph Hebert is chasing another seven-figure score down in South Florida. (Image: WPT.com)
On Day 1A in the $3,500 buy-in event, 1,047 players registered, creating a $3,350,400 prize pool, far exceeding the tournament’s $2 million guarantee. And that was before accounting for Day 1B, which ended up with 1,436 entries, adding another $4,588,800, bringing the overall pot to $7,939,200, nearly four times the guarantee.
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World Poker Tour final tables delayed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic will finally take place this spring,
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Each final table was reached during an event from the first couple of months of 2020, with the original date for play set for March 31 in Las Vegas. Everything went on hold when the WPT dealt its last live hand of 2020 in the middle of an event in Europe, instead pivoting to a series of online events run in conjunction with partners
Many have been clamouring for the events to be played as the WPT has returned to live stateside action as of January.