John Hennigan is Among the Title Favorites Deep in the WPT World Championship

Poker Corridor of Famer John Hennigan is heading into Day 4 of the WPT World Championship with a big stack, and he is considered one of many large title gamers nonetheless standing.

“Johnny World” final received a World Poker Tour (WPT) title in 2007, however taking down probably the most prestigious one of all of them — and the $2,528,000 first-place prize — can be a superb second victory. The poker legend who has seven World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, and 63 others, will return to motion at midday PT on Thursday at Wynn Las Vegas.

Phil Ivey, one other poker increase period crusher, will not be coming again to compete, nonetheless. The WPT Champions Membership member and ClubWPT Gold ambassador entered Day 3 with an enormous stack and had continued stacking chips early within the session earlier than bowing out in a hundred and fortieth place for $25,000. Gus Hansen went out a bit earlier than him in 142nd place, additionally good for $25,000.

The bubble burst early within the Day 3 session when Robert Noel went out in 234th place after his queen-rag could not crack pocket jacks. All remaining gamers had been then assured not less than $19,600. Quick stacks instantly started firing their chips within the center hoping to double-up with out worrying concerning the threat of busting and going house with nothing.

Can Johnny World Win His Second WPT Title?

Hennigan, a legendary gambler, will begin Day 4 with 4,015,000 chips, or round 65 large blinds. He is nicely behind the chip chief, Konstantin Held (10,060,000), who has a commanding lead over your complete discipline. However that would all change inside just a few palms.

Johnny World was the 2007 WPT Borgata Winter Open champion, and that $1,606,223 payday continues to be the largest of his Corridor of Fame profession. He defeated Charles Kelley Jr. heads-up to win that occasion practically 19 years in the past.

Profitable this $10,400 buy-in event, which ends on Sunday, would require beating a tricky remaining discipline that features 5 different WPT Champions Membership members, together with the 2 greatest stacks — Held and Soheb Porbandarwala (6,360,000). Not solely that, there are two previous WPT Prime champions left (Zak VanKeuren and Nicholas Teeuwen), a former WSOP Participant of the 12 months (Ian Matakis), and Wynn crusher Jeremy Becker.

The remaining 64 gamers are all assured to go away with not less than $42,000. Hennigan has already ensured he’ll, on the very least, crack the $10 million mark lifetime in reside event cashes, based on The Hendon Mob.

*Pictures courtesy of the World Poker Tour.