Freddy Deeb leads World Poker Tour final table.
October 28, 2009
The tournament has been in full flow for over 5 days now, with some great poker been played by a huge player field, the tournament was grueling for all involved.
The WPT Festa al Lago tournament has now finally managed to whittle out to the final 6 players at the final table with poker player Freddy Deeb entering into the final stretch with the chip lead.
Deeb is no stranger to the World Poker Tour, already winning two WPT tournaments, WPT Season III Aruba Poker Classic and the Season VII Celebrity Invitational.
Alongside these successes Deeb is also known for his successes in the World Series of Poker and the fact that he has cashed over $6 million in poker winnings within the years that the player have been playing.
Deeb will be looking to increase that amount to over $7 million, with first place in the WPT tournament paying out over $1.2 million.
With the Main Event final table being set to be placed under the television spot lights, Deeb has been hotly tipped to take the tournament due to the experience that the player has in tournaments that have been covered by a number of television companies.
The run up to the final table saw day 5 offer a tight fought battle with 8 players fighting for position and survival in the tournament, with the action offering a number of tense moments as players who found themselves short stacked looking to loosen up their play in a bid to catch a good hand and entice someone into the pot with them.
Internet poker player Aaron Jones saw his stake in the tournament hitting rock bottom as he found himself short stacked but due to some intelligent play, he managed to claw his way back into the tournament but still fell short of the final table after crashing out of the competition in 7th place.
Jones cashed $129,210 for his 7th place finish.
The final table standings, in chip count order consists of Freddy Deeb, Shawn Cunix who is no stranger to big tournaments with multiple World Poker Tour placings. Tommy Vedes takes the 3rd place at the final table with Craig Crivello taking the seat next to him after a guarantee of 4th place as he enters into the final stretch is granted.
The final two places at the live poker tournament are assigned to Jason Lavallee and Jason Burt, with Jason Burt looking to make a name for himself within the World Poker Tour enviroment.