It is time to crown a new WSOP Global Casino Champion today. Six players return to action, as the WSOP Global Casino Championship will play down to its conclusion starting at 2 p.m. local time at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.
All six remaining players will be looking to capture the massive first place price of $279,431. Entering the day as the chip leader is Lithuanina poker player Paulius Vaitiekunas who has 2,250,000 in chips, who recovered from a full house over full house cooler late in Day 2 by taking down pocket kings with pocket queens. He qualified for this event when he won a WSOP circuit ring in Rosvadov in March of this year. He has already secured the biggest live poker cash of his career but will certainly be looking to use his chip lead to finish on top.
Second in chips is well known WSOP circuit grinder Ryan Eriquezzo, who won this event back in 2012 when it was called the WSOP National Championship. The native of Connecticut, already has four circuit rings on his resume, including the most recent in Harrah’s Atlantic City circuit event in March. He enters the day with 1,900,000 in chips which is not too far behind the leader but is some distance ahead of the player in third place.
In that third-place slot is Joshua Turner who has 1,335,000. His chip position is interesting as he is well behind second but just as far ahead of fourth, making him secluded on an island in the middle of the stacks to create an interesting dynamic heading into the table. Turner, who hails from St. Louis, is the owner of a staggering seven WSOP Circuit Rings, including one in November of 2018 at the Planet Hollywood circuit stop.
Amazingly enough, Turner’s seven circuit rings are not the most out of the final six as he is eclipsed by none other than WSOP circuit legend Maurice Hawkins, the owner of 13 circuit rings, including two already in 2019. Hawkins enters the table with 865,000 in chips. He will be looking to recreate some Cherokee magic, as this location has been good to him over his career. Not only is it where he won one of his 2019 rings, but it is also where he took down the biggest live poker score of his career when he won the 2016 WSOP Cherokee Main Event for $279,722.
Eric Salazar comes in fifth in chips with 750,000. The Tar Heel State local from Greensboro will be looking to continue his hot run in Cherokee as he has already took down Event 1: $400 Double Stack No-Limit Hold’em a week ago to add his second circuit ring to the 2018/2019 circuit season.
Rounding out the final six as the short stack with 585,000 is Adam Cedric of France who has a relatively modest WSOP resume in comparison to his tablemates, but has many other poker cashes to add up in his resume. His qualification for his event came when he won the main event of the international circuit event in Sint Maarten in March.
All six of these players will be playing for big pay jumps as the money increases rapidly with each elimination. Play begins with 32 minutes remaining in level 22 with at 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. Breaks will be every two levels.
PokerNews will be on hand to witness the events and report on all the action as the final six play down to a champion.
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and Vaitiekunas check-called a bet of 70,000 from Turner.
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Vaitiekunas checked once more and Turner tossed in a bet of 135,000. Vaitiekunas flicked in a chip to call and Turner just sent his cards to the muck. Vaitiekunas was awarded the pot and didn't even have to show his cards.
