Matt Woodward Leads 19 Players Into Day 3 of Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
The final 19 players in Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold’em are set and heading back on Friday, June 22 at 12 p.m. for a chance at the first place prize of $173,568 and a prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.
174 hopefuls came back for Day 2 and the bubble burst in level 14. Phil Goatz shared the money for $1,123 after another opponent was eliminated at the same time. Many eliminations followed and amongst them two bracelets winners with Svetlana Gromenkova (30th - $3,974) and Philip Tom (46th - $3,010). However, multiple bracelet winners such as Mark Radoja, Brandon Cantu, and David Bach didn't make it into the money.
Matt Woodward is leading the way with 438,000 chips and with already $2,400,859 in total live earnings and five WSOP final tables in his record, he will be a serious competitor in the hunt of a gold bracelet. He’s closely followed by Robert Nehorayan (427,000) and Matt Russell (361,000).
Matt Grapenthien also bagged tonight for 238,000. The winner of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship in 2014 will try to catch the second WSOP title of his career.
Brian Vollick (286,000) started Day 2 as the chipleader and managed to stay among the biggest stacks most of the day, is cashing here his first WSOP event ever. All the remaining players are already guaranteed of $4,711 for their efforts in this event but all have their eyes on the six-figure first place prize.
The action resumes at 12 p.m. on Friday as Event #41 plays down to a champion, with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after six levels (≈ 6:30 p.m.)
Continue to follow the updates with the PokerNews team to find who will become the new champion.
and got calls from both Matt Grapenthien and Oleg Chebotarev. There was side action as Grapenthien and Chebotarev traded bets before finally revealing their hands at showdown. 
and Falk called Vollick's bet, as well as on the 
on the turn. The river came 
and Falk called for his last chips a last bet from Vollick. 
, Falk's hand was dominated by 
for Vollick and headed to the cashier to collect his $4,711 prize.
and Tolkachov made a bet. Scholl called and the dealer revealed a 
on the turn. Tolkachov put his last chips in the middle and Scholl called. 
, was dominated by Jeffrey Scheibner's hand with 
who managed to find a 
on the board. 
and found a 
on the board.
when Daniel Needleman had all his chip in the middle, except one 500 chip. Jeremy Heartberg was his opponent and bet the 
flop. Vollick called a bet from Lazer, and the latter continued to bet on the 
turn. Vollick raised and was met by a call before Lazer checked to Vollick on the 
river. 
for trip sevens, and Lazer mucked, to be left with a 21,000 short stack. 
