Three women - Kitty Kuo, Kyna England and Daniela Rodriguez - remain in contention for the WPT Venetian title, with the tournament down to a final table of six.
Only two other women have won World Poker Tour titles, Van Nguyen in 2008 and Ema Zajmovic in 2017, and all three players are in with a shot of adding their name to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup and winning $910,370 prize money.
The chip leader is Mike Liang, who narrowly leads from Chad Eveslage before a significant gap down to Tim McDermott who is third in chips. The final table resumes at midday on Wednesday, July 7, with live updates available on the World Poker Tour website.
WPT Venetian Final Table
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Liang | United States | 18,225,000 | 146 |
| 2 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 17,725,000 | 142 |
| 3 | Tim McDermott | United States | 4,500,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Kitty Kuo | Taiwan | 2,700,000 | 22 |
| 5 | Kyna England | United States | 2,575,000 | 21 |
| 6 | Daniela Rodriguez | Colombia | 2,250,000 | 18 |
Day 3 Recap
A field of 39 players began Day 3, with Ari Oxman in the lead. Nine former champions were also part of the field, but Keven Stammen, Pat Lyons, Tony Tran, Harrison Gimbel and Ben Palmer were all among the first ten players eliminated.
John Hennigan then ran pocket sixes into the pocket tens of Michael Mizrachi to fall in 23rd place, and with the tournament down to two tables it was Kitty Kuo who sat in the lead with close to 200 big blinds.
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Tim McDermott wasn't far behind, and after starting the day second in chips, he eliminated WPT Commentator and Champions Club member Tony Dunst in 13th place to lead the final 11 players at the dinner break.
Each player was guaranteed $72,410 at this point, with Poker Hall of Famer Scotty Nguyen the first eliminated after dinner at the hands of Kyna England. This meant England lead the final nine players who were redrawn around a single table.
The last remaining WPT Champion was Michael Mizrachi, who fell in ninth place after being rivered by Mike Liang. 'The Grinder' was followed out the door by Nacho Barbero, eliminated by Chad Eveslage. The final elimination of the day was Oxman who was eliminated by Mike Liang, with both Eveslage and Liang vying for the chip lead with just four big blinds separating them.
WPT Venetian Remaining Payouts
| Rank | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $910,370 |
| 2 | $606,890 |
| 3 | $448,755 |
| 4 | $335,200 |
| 5 | $252,945 |
| 6 | $192,855 |
Recent World Poker Tour Results
WPT Venetian marks the third Main Event of the WPT Season 19 after the WPT Online Series on partypoker and WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa, won by Brian Altman.
It's been a busy few months for the World Poker Tour, so why not check out this list of event recaps right here on PokerNews!
- June 2021 - Reigning WPT POY Brian Altman Wins WPT Tampa for Third WPT Title
- June 2021 - Phil Ivey Wins WPT Heads-Up Poker Championship
- June 2021 - Christian Rudolph Wins WPT Online Series Main Event
- May 2021 - Brek Schutten Wins WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
- May 2021 - Balakrishna Patur Wins the WPT L.A. Poker Classic
- May 2021 - Veerab Zakarian Wins WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open
