Final Table Set to Start
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It's the final day of the 2014 PPC Aruba World Championship $2,200 Main Event and the final ten players will be starting play in just a little over an hour here. They are playing for the $72,163 first place prize and PPC Main Event trophy as well as a $5,000 package to next years Main Event. It's sure to be an exciting, action-packed day of poker here on the beautiful island of Aruba.
Aristoteles Neto comes into the final day with the chip lead with 763,000 in chips. That's 244,000 more than his nearest competitor, Josh Kay. Rounding out the top three is World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Joe Ebanks, who took second in this very event last year.
Ebanks is perhaps the most recognizable name at the final table but there are plenty of familiar faces sitting nearby. South Florida poker pro Steve Karp comes in with a short stack at 155,000 but if anyone has the experience to mount a comeback it would be him. Karp has nearly $900,000 in career tournament earnings and has numerous final tables to his credit. Young online pro Ryan Franklin is looking to add to his live tournament resume and John Ott needs to finish 8th or better to move into the lead on the PPC Player of the Year leaderboard. Winning that would give him a return ticket to this event next year.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ebanks | 461,000 |
| 2 | Aftab Shakoor | 73,000 |
| 3 | Aristoteles Neto | 763,000 |
| 4 | John Ott | 373,000 |
| 5 | Ted Ely | 147,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Franklin | 325,000 |
| 7 | Steve Karp | 155,000 |
| 8 | Richard Bowers | 253,000 |
| 9 | Josh Kay | 519,000 |
| 10 | Jimmy Pashaj | 390,000 |
Play is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. local time at the beautiful Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa and won't end until a winner is crowned. Stay tuned right here to PokerNews for live coverage in just a bit.