WSOPC Event #16: $1,700 MAIN EVENT

Final Table

Brian Patterson

The first WSOPC main event of the 2025 season saw the crown jewel of Choctaw come back into full force. A total of 1,070 entrants tried for what would eventually be a $1,621,050 prize pool. From all of those entrants, down to just 8 that are returning to play today at 12:00 PM. 

Final Table Payouts

• 1st Place: $259,721
• 2nd Place: $173,145
• 3rd Place: $120,563
• 4th Place: $85,387
• 5th Place: $61,527
• 6th Place: $45,120
• 7th Place: $33,686
• 8th Place: $25,611

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Last woman standing, Sung "Debbie" Lee sits with 10,575,000 and is making her second final table of the week. With $517,908 in lifetime earnings, she is far from a stranger to deep runs in massive tournaments. This final table will also mark her 100th live cash according to Hendon Mob, and she looks to make her newest cash the best yet in the quest for her first WSOPC ring. A win here would make her the first woman to hang up a banner out here at Choctaw Casino. She looks to utilize her massive chip stack to make a memorable final table run. 

Thomas Romeo

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Up next in the chip counts is Thomas "Tommy" Romeo (8,105,000), hunting his second WSOPC ring and look to top off what has already been an impressive showing at this Choctaw Series. Romeo played eight events, cashed all eight of them, and final tabled three. Securing his best ever live score, Romeo looks to bring another piece of jewelry back with him to New York. 

Chiangleng Deng

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Sitting in third place is ChanLiang Deng (4,945,000). Deng has just 4 live cashes to his name over the past 4 years, already more than doubling his lifetime earnings from this final table. Steadily acquiring chips throughout yesterday, he made his presence known as he raked in several large pots to put him on the podium with his cohorts. 

Kannon McCavit

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Kannon McCavit's (4,760,000) trip down from Michigan is proving to be worth it as he to makes his second final table of the week. For the past year, nearly every single one of McCavit's cashes have come from the Choctaw casino and his slew of WSOPC cashes continues here. Also securing a lifetime best score at this table, McCavit has spun up a shorter stack into one of the final tablist and looks to continue to deepen his run here, chasing his first WSOPC ring. 

Eric Taylor

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Just barely behind him in the chip counts is Eric Taylor (4,630,000) who also has collected most of his lifetime cashes at Choctaw. Securing a career best score with this final table, Taylor spent much of the yesterday under the radar while acquiring chips. He lost a massive one with three tables left when his aces got cracked by a pair of eights, but he has rebounded since and added on since the start of the final table. He also will be chasing his first WSOPC ring. 

Alan Radd

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Alain Raad (4,295,000) is the fourth player of the final table to be in the 4 million range as he also secures his best lifetime score. The french player acquired many of his chips yesterday at the expense of John Land and he looks to utilize his momentum here today. This is his first Hendon Mob cash in seven years and he looks to make it even bigger than it already is. 

Cody Bartlett

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The name of Cody Bartlett (3,725,000) is familiar to many of the grinders on the midwestern circuit. Bartlett has ran deep and won in massive fields from Council Bluffs to St. Louis, but this one is his WSOPC coming out party. He had finished second in an online ring event just over a year ago and he spent much of yesterday holding one of the biggest stacks in the field. Despite his numerous trophies a WSOPC has yet to reach his possession, but all of that could change today.

Arthur Morris

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Last but certainly not least is WSOPC Tulsa champion Arthur Morris (1,715,000). His accolades are known throughout the poker world as his $3,125,802 in lifetime earnings can attest to. Morris has final tabled this particular circuit event before as he finished in 5th place just over a year and a half ago. He looks to put a banner here to match his plaque just a couple of hours away in Tulsa and possesses the knowledge and experience to do so. 

Time will tell to see which one of these eight players take down the title!

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Sung Lee - 10,515,000 (87 bb)
2. Thomas Romero - 8,105,000 (67 bb)
3. Chiangliang Deng - 4,945,000 (41 bb)
4. Kannon McCavit - 4,760,000 (39 bb)
5. Eric Taylor - 4,630,000 (38 bb)
6. Alain Raad - 4,295,000 (35 bb)
7. Cody Bartlett - 3,725,000 (31 bb)
8. Arthur Morris - 1,715,000 (14 bb)

Players will return at 12:00 PM in the poker room to begin play at Level 28 with blinds at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante. Levels will last an hour each and play will continue until a new banner can be hung up. 

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