Russler, 31, may have the least amount of experience of any player at the final table with just $128,000 in live tournament winnings. Russler has now secured his first WPT cash and looking to make it a big one with this final table appearance.
He vaulted up among the top stacks late on Day 4 after his set of 10s cracked Brandon Hall’s Aces. This player is originally from Jackson, Michigan, and now calls San Antonio, Texas, home. Here’s a look at the players looking to join the Champions Club when play picks back up in Sin City. The remaining six players will battle it out for $674,840 on April 1 at HyperX Esports Arena at Luxor.Īlong with the first-place cash and adding his name to the WPT Champions Cup, the winner earns 1,400 points in the Hublot WPT Player of the Year race as well as an entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions presented by Baccarat Crystal. After four days battling it out in Atlantic City, the final table of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open now shifts to that other American gambling mecca – Las Vegas.