The plan is to play down to four players Sunday and crown the champion Monday. He will have a commanding chip lead over Steven Jones (90.3 million), a real estate broker from Scottsdale, Arizona, when the final table begins at 1:30 p.m. The professional poker player residing in Henderson made a late surge during Day 8 of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship on Friday at Horseshoe Las Vegas and bagged 143.8 million chips when action was halted. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Īdam Walton leads the final nine players in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Adam Walton intently watches a competitor at his table during the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold-em World Championship on Friday, July 14, 2023, at Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas.