WPT Championship Down to Final Ten

The semi-final Final Table of the WPT Championship at the Bellagio is set - semi-final because it’s the final table, but it’s made up of ten players and the ‘TV Final Table’ doesn’t begin until the field is pared down to six. That final table should be determined after Friday.

Jennifer Harman was the bubble girl, earning just a bit over 80k for the honor.

The final ten is a nice mix of established live pros, internet phenoms and names few (if any) outside the poker world world have heard of.

1. Scotty Nguyen - 5,880,000
2. Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 5,105,000
3. Christian Harder - 4,650,000
4. Justin Young - 4,220,000
5. Shannon Shorr - 3,155,000
6. Brian Rast - 3,025,000
7. Eugene Katchalov - 2,385,000
8. Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier - 1,965,000
9. Ran Azor - 1,810,000
10. Bruno Fitoussi - 1,615,000

Special congratulations go to PTP Forum member Christian Harder. And, hey, it looks like Shannor Shorr maybe isn’t quite as delusional as Shaniac thought. Also, Scotty seems like he’s peaking a little early, as this tournament obviously won’t count toward the $4 mil he’s sworn to earn at the 2009 WSOP.

Here’s what the final 10 are playing for:

1 $2,149,960
2 $1,446,265
3 $776,245
4 $571,965
5 $408,550
6 $285,985
7 $204,275
8 $163,420
9 $130,735
10 $98,050