The field has been whittled down to 29 players in the $5k WPT Venetian Fall Championship event at The Venetian Las Vegas. Matt Affleck is the chip leader in this star-studded field, and Phil Hellmuth is still in the running.
Yesterday, 176 of the 510 entries returned for Day 2, with the first goal being the 64 money spots that guaranteed a $9,200 min-cash. Many big names—such as Chris Moorman, Dylan Linde, Jeremy Ausmus, Darren Elias, Alex Foxen, as well as Justin Saliba and many others—were eliminated before reaching the money. Phil Hellmuth started with a shorter stack than his son Nicholas, but managed to survive the bubble and ultimately advance to Day 3. However, with 455,000 chips, Phil remains among the short stacks.
Matt Affleck secured the chip lead among the final 29, amassing 2,235,000. Also in the top 10 are Shannon Shorr (1,580,000) and Sam Soverel (1,250,000), among others. Cherish Andrews, who held the chip lead on Day 1A, is also still in the running; she is in 17th place with 625,000 chips.
Everyone has already secured $16,900, and play continues with blinds at 10k/25k/25k. As always, updates are available at wpt.com.
$5,000 WPT Venetian Las Vegas
Entries: 510
Prize Pool: $2,346,000
Day 3 Redraw
| Rank | Name | Chip Count | BBs | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Matt Affleck | 2,235,000 | 89 | 47 | 8 |
| 2 | Andrew Ostapchenko | 2,005,000 | 80 | 50 | 5 |
| 3 | Nick Pupillo | 1,650,000 | 66 | 49 | 6 |
| 4 | Shannon Shorr | 1,580,000 | 63 | 49 | 5 |
| 5 | Craig Mason | 1,385,000 | 55 | 49 | 3 |
| 6 | Aaron Massey | 1,380,000 | 55 | 47 | 2 |
| 7 | Mohammad Pourmandi | 1,350,000 | 54 | 49 | 2 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | 1,320,000 | 53 | 50 | 7 |
| 9 | Sam Soverel | 1,250,000 | 50 | 49 | 4 |
| 10 | Derek Gregory | 1,135,000 | 45 | 48 | 1 |
| 11 | Daniyal Gheba | 1,095,000 | 44 | 50 | 8 |
| 12 | Raman Afanasenka | 960,000 | 38 | 47 | 7 |
| 13 | Joe McKeehen | 875,000 | 35 | 47 | 1 |
| 14 | Eddie Pak | 685,000 | 27 | 47 | 3 |
| 15 | Anthony Piacquadio | 665,000 | 27 | 49 | 1 |
| 16 | Austin McCullers | 655,000 | 26 | 50 | 6 |
| 17 | Cherish Andrews | 625,000 | 25 | 48 | 2 |
| 18 | Nick Yunis | 605,000 | 24 | 48 | 5 |
| 19 | Brandt Atkins | 600,000 | 24 | 47 | 5 |
| 19 | Jason Hickey | 600,000 | 24 | 50 | 3 |
| 21 | Keith Lehr | 585,000 | 23 | 50 | 4 |
| 22 | Daniel Chan | 415,000 | 17 | 48 | 6 |
| 22 | Sonny Lee | 415,000 | 17 | 48 | 8 |
| 24 | Phil Hellmuth | 355,000 | 14 | 49 | 8 |
| 25 | Anthony Marqiez | 310,000 | 12 | 48 | 7 |
| 26 | Jesse Lonis | 235,000 | 9 | 47 | 4 |
| 27 | Chahn Jung | 230,000 | 9 | 48 | 4 |
| 28 | Colin Robinson | 145,000 | 6 | 50 | 1 |
| 29 | Landon Tice | 40,000 | 2 | 49 | 7 |
Payouts:
| Rank | Name | Payout |
| 1 | $446,800* | |
| 2 | $280,000 | |
| 3 | $209,000 | |
| 4 | $155,000 | |
| 5 | $117,000 | |
| 6 | $88,000 | |
| 7 | $67,000 | |
| 8 | $52,500 | |
| 9 | $45,000 | |
| 10 | $38,500 | |
| 11 | $38,500 | |
| 12 | $32,500 | |
| 13 | $32,500 | |
| 14 | $28,500 | |
| 15 | $28,500 | |
| 16 | $25,000 | |
| 17 | $25,000 | |
| 18 | $22,200 | |
| 19 | $22,200 | |
| 20 | $22,200 | |
| 21 | $19,500 | |
| 22 | $19,500 | |
| 23 | $19,500 | |
| 24 | $16,900 | |
| 25 | $16,900 | |
| 26 | $16,900 | |
| 27 | $16,900 | |
| 28 | $16,900 | |
| 29 | $16,900 | |
| 30 | Paul Lozano Martin | $16,900 |
| 31 | Darren Rabinowitz | $16,900 |
| 32 | Joel Micka | $14,400 |
| 33 | Byung Eun Shin | $14,400 |
| 34 | Barry Shulman | $14,400 |
| 35 | Spencer Simpson | $14,400 |
| 36 | Casey Coughlan | $14,400 |
| 37 | Jeremy Felicetti | $14,400 |
| 38 | Bill Klein | $14,400 |
| 39 | Dennis Naroditsky | $14,400 |
| 40 | Asher Conniff | $12,100 |
| 41 | Danny Qutami | $12,100 |
| 42 | Jim Collopy | $12,100 |
| 43 | Kelly Becker | $12,100 |
| 44 | David Pelosi | $12,100 |
| 45 | William Kerkaert | $12,100 |
| 46 | John Phan | $12,100 |
| 47 | Francis Anderson | $12,100 |
| 48 | Mike Meskin | $10,200 |
| 49 | Justin Sternberg | $10,200 |
| 50 | Daniel Maor | $10,200 |
| 51 | Anthony Zinno | $10,200 |
| 52 | Jeremy Wien | $10,200 |
| 53 | Gladys Landegger | $10,200 |
| 54 | Zhijiang Bi | $10,200 |
| 55 | Victor Chu | $10,200 |
| 56 | Ziao Guo | $9,200 |
| 57 | Gregor Sverko | $9,200 |
| 58 | Mike Souchak | $9,200 |
| 59 | Steven Frew | $9,200 |
| 60 | Tomas Szwarcberg | $9,200 |
| 61 | Taylor Paur | $9,200 |
| 62 | John Riordan | $9,200 |
| 63 | Mearl Wisehart | $9,200 |
| 64 | Elvyn Bello | $9,200 |
World Poker Tour Venetian Las Vegas Fall Championship 2026
Date: October 28–November 15
Location: The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas
Events: 36 + Satellites
Buy-Ins: $400 to $5,000
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