WPT Maryland Live! Down to Six; Elias Gunning for Third Title

World Poker Tour Maryland Live! has gone from 554 players down to a televised final table of six and Darren Elias is one of the remaining players. Elias is a two-time WPT champion with back-to-back wins in 2014 at WPT Borgata Championship ($843,744) and WPT St. Maarten ($127,680), so he’s seeking to join the exclusive club of three-time WPT winners that includes Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortensen and Anthony Zinno.

Also of note: Cate Hall has repeated a final table appearance here after placing fifth last year for $58,589. A victory by Hall would crown her the WPT’s first female champion.

Elias will be in second place when the final table kicks off this afternoon at Maryland Live!, just behind leader Ryan Belz. Hall is the shortest stack, basically even with Zachary Smiley. Here are the remaining counts in seat order.

Some of the players advancing into the payouts – which were awarded to the top 63 finishers – were Aaron Mermelstein, Brian Green, Kane Kalas, Ryan Riess, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Andjelko Andrejevic, Jake Schwartz, Brent Roberts and Brian Altman.

According to the live updates, Day 3 began with 40 players …

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