Overview
- Soheb Porbandarwala bags 81,325,000 for a runaway chip lead over Schuyler Thornton (36,500,000), with Jeremy Brown (21,675,000), Jeremy Becker (18,200,000), Maxx Coleman (15,250,000) and Chad Lipton (13,250,000) rounding out the six.
- The televised finale plays Sunday at Wynn Las Vegas, where all stacks are 26 big blinds or more, setting up a potentially long, tactical finish.
- The $10,400 main event drew 1,865 entries for a prize pool just over $18 million, with first place paying roughly $2.53 million.
- Jeremy Becker surged to the lead late on Day 4 and into Day 5 before slipping to fourth in chips, while earlier standouts John Hennigan (46th for $71,000) and Phil Ivey (140th for $25,000) exited before the final stages.
- Festival results include Darren Elias winning the $25,000 High Roller for $631,800, Kharlin Sued capturing the Bay 101 Shooting Star for $480,700, and Aaron Johnson taking the WPT Prime Championship for $1,010,400 after a heads-up deal.