Another day, another session in the WPT Championship at the Bellagio. Well, on this particular day only 17 players out of the original 545 get to come back and unpack chips out of a sealed up plastic bag in preparation for a day of play. Over the last four days of play the field has been cut to the sweet sixteen +1 and after today it will just be the final 6.

Here are the chip counts going into today’s play:
Final 17 Chip Counts:
Amir Vahedi - 3,907,000
Gus Hansen - 2,929,000
Tom “durrrr” Dwan - 2,874,000
David Tran - 2,543,000
Nhan Le - 1,950,000
Jeff King - 1,903,000
David Chiu - 1,742,000
Mike Gracz - 1,674,000
Karga Holt - 1,500,000
Kenny Tran - 1,442,000
Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll - 1,346,000
Robert Mizrachi - 1,079,000
Bryan Devonshire - 984,000
Nick Binger - 701,000
John Roveto - 556,000
Jeff Shulman - 473,000
Andy Black - 411,000

• April 24, 2008 -- Down to 10
• April 23, 2008 -- Stalled at 19
• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5 Gallery
• April 23, 2008 -- Billirakis Busted