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Read about the WPT Choctaw Championship final table underway inside Hyper X Arena in Las Vegas featuring old school stars Eric Afriat and Erick Lindgren.

The final table is set at the $3,800 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw Championship, with six players still chasing that $350,000 first place prize.

Rankings Roundup takes a look at how things are stacking up in various poker ranking systems and tours including big names rising to the top.

Darren Elias’ quest for a fifth WPT title came up just short this week as Mark Davis and Chance Kornuth earned titles in Las Vegas.

*reflects final table deal The swell of entries allow the event to rocket past its $1 million guarantee to a laughable degree as more than $5 million went into the prize pool. Some of the players who cashed among the 197 paid places were Joseph Hebert, Aaron Mermelstein and Justin Liberto. One major storyline picking up steam late was Darren Elias' chase for an unprecedented fifth WPT title — he's already the record holder with four. However, he lost a monster flip to fellow WPT champ Andy Hwang when jacks didn't hold against ace-queen to bust in 10th, according to the venue's live u...