Tuesday, October 20, 2015 4:56 PM Local Time
Nine Remain; Sachin Bhargava and Wendy Freedman Neck-and-Neck
Less than two hours of play have passed and today's 16-player restart in the $580 HORSE event is down to the final nine. Sachin Bhargava (pictured), who had a six-figure score in last year's Chicago Poker Classic, currently sits with the chip lead of 249,000. Ring winner Wendy Freedman is right on his heels with 247,000 while other notables Josh Turner (213,000), Hussain Sajwani (120,000), Michael Sanders (42,000) and Josh Reichard (25,500) trail the duo at the top.
Nine-handed final table seating assignments and chip counts:
Seat 1: Sachin Bhargava - 249,000
Seat 2: Peter Fricano - 100,000
Seat 3: Michael Sanders - 42,000
Seat 4: Joshua Turner - 213,000
Seat 5: Nick Podkowirow - 156,500
Seat 6: Hussain Sajwani - 120,000
Seat 7: Wendy Freedman - 247,000
Seat 8: Jim Juvancic - 57,500
Seat 9: Josh Reichard - 25,500
Cards are in the air for the final playing session now with each player having locked up $1,301. The tournament's winner is set to pocket $15,149, a Circuit gold ring, 50 points toward the Casino Championship and a $1,675 Main Event seat courtesy of the Horseshoe.
We will provide another update when the field is down to two or three players.