With just nine players still in the hunt to become the Caribbean Poker Party’s Main Event, Peruvian poker pro Diego Ventura is in pole position to close out what would be famous victory.

With just nine players from the total of 1,037 entries, each of which cost $5,300 to enter, it is Ventura, who led Day 1b, who has the advantage heading into the final furlong of a terrific tournament. He’s gone wire to wire before and Ventura is on the brink of doing so again.

Ventura has the chip lead with over 307 million chips, which is an astonishing lead, all things considered. Second in chips is Grayson Ramage with 193 million, while coming in third is British player Jonathan Proudfoot with 142,411,766 – less than half the stack of the runaway leader.

Ventura has put in an incredible few days at the virtual felt during this CPP Main Event and will be fighting hard for the top prize of $879,894, while the person who is unlucky enough to bust in 9th place will cash for only $65,331.