The final six finalists in the $5k WPT Venetian Fall Championship event at The Venetian Las Vegas have been determined. Nick Pupillo leads the final table; among others, Phil Hellmuth was eliminated on Day 3.
Only 29 of the 510 entries made it to Day 3. Phil Hellmuth had made it through Day 2 as the short stack, while Matt Affleck was the chip leader. Joe McKeehen was eliminated with 
against Matt Affleck’s 
, while Shannon Shorr ran into Anthony Piacquadio’s aces with 
. For Phil Hellmuth, who still has no WPT title to his name, the run ended in 20th place this time. Holding 
, he went up against Nock Pupillo’s jacks. The board came 
, and the record-holding bracelet winner was eliminated.
Sam Soverel was eliminated with 
against Derek Gregory’s 
, and Cherish Andrews was defeated with 
by Anthony Piacquadio’s jacks. Aaron Massey was eliminated with 
to Nick Yunis with on the board 
, before Daniyal Gheba sent Keith Lehr packing with 
against Keith Lehr’s 
.
The final nine took their seats at the final table. Nick Pupillo eliminated Raman Afanasenka with against , and Daniyal Gheba then sent Sonny Lee packing with against . The last seat to go at the final table, in Hand #50, was held by Mohammad Pourmandi, who was outdrawn with 
against Nick Pupillo’s 
on a board of 
.
Nick Pupillo is now the chip leader with 8,525,000 chips, well ahead of Daniyal Gheba with 5,725,000. Everyone has $88,000 guaranteed, and the winner can look forward to $446,800, including a $10k ticket to the WPT World Championship. As always, updates are available at wpt.com.
$5,000 WPT Venetian Las Vegas
Entries: 510
Prize Pool: $2,346,000
Final Table
Seat 1. Nick Yunis – 4,600,000 (46 bb)
Seat 2. Nick Pupillo – 8,525,000 (85 bb)
Seat 3. Daniyal Gheba – 5,725,000 (57 bb)
Seat 4. Matt Affleck – 3,250,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5. Craig Mason – 1,775,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6. Anthony Piacquadio – 1,625,000 (16 bb)
Payouts:
| Rank | Name | Payout |
| 1 | $446,800 | |
| 2 | $280,000 | |
| 3 | $209,000 | |
| 4 | $155,000 | |
| 5 | $117,000 | |
| 6 | $88,000 | |
| 7 | Mohammad Pourmandi | $67,000 |
| 8 | Sonny Lee | $52,500 |
| 9 | Raman Afanasenka | $45,000 |
| 10 | Keith Lehr | $38,500 |
| 11 | Aaron Massey | $38,500 |
| 12 | Colin Robinson | $32,500 |
| 13 | Cherish Andrews | $32,500 |
| 14 | Jason Hickey | $28,500 |
| 15 | Eddie Pak | $28,500 |
| 16 | Derek Gregory | $25,000 |
| 17 | Sam Soverel | $25,000 |
| 18 | Andrew Ostapchenko | $22,200 |
| 19 | Brandt Atkins | $22,200 |
| 20 | Phil Hellmuth | $22,200 |
| 21 | Shannon Shorr | $19,500 |
| 22 | Joe McKeehen | $19,500 |
| 23 | Chahn Jung | $19,500 |
| 24 | Austin McCullers | $16,900 |
| 25 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | $16,900 |
| 26 | Anthony Marquez | $16,900 |
| 27 | Jesse Lonis | $16,900 |
| 28 | Landon Tice | $16,900 |
| 29 | Daniel Chan | $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–$5,000
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