Day 3 is usually handed over to the bubble, that pivotal moment when the tournament changes and we begin to cast our eyes towards the main stage and the final table. And that was the case today, with a lengthy bubble that divided the field into the haves and have-nots.
But arguably the main story is that of tonight’s chip leader, a familiar name given he appeared in this position 24 hours ago. Leonardo Pires leads once more, ending another demanding day with 2,095,000 chips.
That puts him in pole position among the 73 remaining players tonight from a starting field of 928, some 195 of whom came back to play five levels today.
Phillip McAllister seemed always to have chips and bags up 1,379,000 tonight. The same goes for Matthew Waxman (949,000), David Eldridge (859,000), Paul-Francois Tedeschi (824,000), Fabian Ortiz (804,000) and also Vasken Demlakian (339,000), whose last minute flight or fight all-in (we mean that literally, given he was supposed to fly home tomorrow), resulted in his quadrupling up. He’s cancelling the flight.
Leonardo Pires 2,095,000
Phillip McAllister 1,379,000
Matthew Waxman 949,000
David Eldridge 859,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi 824,000
Fabian Ortiz 804,000
Paul Gooley 776,000
Ivan Barbuto 743,000
Jason Mercier 704,000
Ami Barer 604,000
Anthony Gregg 590,000
Jason Koon 493,000
Fabian Rabah 426,000
Davidi Kitai 389,000
Fedor Holz 378,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy 356,000
Jono Crute 348,000
Vasken Demlakian 339,000
Luke Guest 325,000
Taylor Paur 300,000
Shawn Buchanen 268,000
Jared Jaffe 240,000
Stephen Chidwick 193,000
Mike Watson 184,000
Felipe Ramos 135,000
Toby Lewis 134,000
John Racener 127,000
Click HERE for the full Day 3 chip counts.
In all we lost 122 players today, including:
Andrey Zaichenko, Benjamin Pollak, Calvin Anderson, Dov Markowich, Eddy Sabat, Elie Saad, Jeremy Ausmus, Joao Ribeiro, Marius Pospiech, Martins Adeniya, Michael Newman, Olivier Busquet, Samuel Phillips, Stanley Blaby, Tam Nguyen, Tamer Kamel, and Timothey Miles – all before the bubble.
Once the bubble burst the list continued with the following eliminations:
Jonathan Little (128th), Chris Oliver (25th), Siarhei Melianiuk (120th), Sam Greenwood (116th), Thiago Nishijima (114th), Jeff Rossiter (111th), Allan Kessler (107th), Kevin MacPhee (99th), William Foxen (97th), Sam Chartier (95th), JC Alvarado (91st), Single Day High Roller winner Steve O’Dwyer (89th), Sean Winter (86th) and Joao Veira (85th).
The remaining players return at noon tomorrow to play five more levels and inch close to a spot at the final table on Thursday. Also starting tomorrow is the $25,000 High Roller single re-entry which will race the Main Event to the festival finish line. It will likely boast the usual all-star line-up, with coverage starting on the PokerStars Blog tomorrow, also at noon.
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Until then you can catch up on all the action from today: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Until tomorrow.
Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.
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