Other notables that were hanging around the top at the conclusion of Day 3 included Stephen Chidwick, Toby Lewis, Andy Black and Niall Farrell. S., Thailand, Australia and Germany – are represented, lending credence to WSOP officials for the expansion of the Championship Event to allow for international players to make the trek to Las Vegas. Of the Top Ten players four nations – the U. By no means was this a secure lead, however, as the Top Five were separated by less than 250K in chips: Cai never seemed to make a mistake through the Day 3 proceedings, ending up the day with the chip lead with her 1.796 million chip stack. The big story of the Day 3 action was the play of Jessica Cai. By the time Hellmuth got there, though, Hachem and Blumstein were there to greet him. Hellmuth’s departure was particularly cruel as he got his final chips in with his pocket Jacks leading against Jacob Thibodeau’s pocket eights, but an eight on the turn flipped the hand over to Thibodeau and sent the 16-time WSOP bracelet winner to the rail.

Conrad De Armas was at the helm of the ship to start the action, closely pursued by former World Champions Chris Moneymaker, Phil Hellmuth, Qui Nguyen, Martin Jacobson, Joe Hachem and Scott Blumstein all still alive to become a repeat World Champion.Ī few of the former winners of the Championship Event did not make it through the day. Day 3 had an audacious task – getting to the money – and the players set off on that course early on Thursday. Thursday saw the 2362 player field reunited for the first time inside the halls of the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino.

Friday night’s action took those 1000 souls down to 292, with a strong Top Ten list that includes the so-far only champion of the PokerStars Poker Players’ Championship. The money bubble popped on Thursday night, determining the 1000 players who would earn a new line on their Hendon Mob resume. The 2021 World Series of Poker seems as though it should be closer to the conclusion, but we have still got several days until a champion is eventually crowned.

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