Day 3 of Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Kicks Off at 2 p.m.
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Welcome back to Day 3 of Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. The 31 remaining players will return at 2 p.m. local time, with the plan being to play to a winner some time tonight.
Jonathan Abdellatif starts this final day of the tournament with a massive chip lead with 2,725,000, while number two on the leaderboards Barry Hutter will begin with 953,000. Other hopefuls still in the running for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $522,715 are David "MissOracle" Yan (714,000), Kevin Song (675,000), and Kristen Bicknell (298,000). Scroll down for a look at everyone's start-of-day stacks and seat assignments.
Last year's eighth-place finisher Kris Homerding also found a bag at the end of Day 2, and he'll return seventh in the counts as he hopes to improve on his $63,457 score in this event a year ago. To do that he'll need to finish in sixth place or higher. Right now the players who return are all guaranteed to win at least $12,399.
Players will return at Level 21, with 6,000/12,000 blinds and a big blind ante of 12,000. As noted, play kicks off at 2 p.m., so come back then and stay tuned to PokerNews for updates throughout the day and night as we find out together who will be the Event #54 champion.
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| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 430 | 1 | Diogo Veiga | Portugal | 393,000 |
| Amazon | 430 | 2 | Nikita Luther | India | 392,000 |
| Amazon | 430 | 3 | [Removed:17] | New-Zealand | 714,000 |
| Amazon | 430 | 4 | Michael Ciaravino | United States | 141,000 |
| Amazon | 430 | 5 | Steve Yea | South Korea | 414,000 |
| Amazon | 430 | 6 | empty | ||
| Amazon | 430 | 7 | Tony Sinishtaj | United States | 176,000 |
| Amazon | 430 | 8 | empty | ||
| Amazon | 430 | 9 | Rayan Chamas | Canada | 396,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 1 | Luke Bancroft | United States | 493,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 2 | Kevin Song | United States | 675,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 3 | Tom McCormick | United States | 533,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 4 | Cathal Shine | Ireland | 207,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 5 | Paul Fontan | United Kingdom | 125,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 6 | David Kelly | Ireland | 294,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 7 | Radoslav Soyanov | Bulgaria | 583,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 8 | Kris Homerding | United States | 628,000 |
| Amazon | 431 | 9 | empty | ||
| Amazon | 439 | 1 | Zachary Smiley | United States | 603,000 |
| Amazon | 439 | 2 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 298,000 |
| Amazon | 439 | 3 | Ryan Hall | United States | 603,000 |
| Amazon | 439 | 4 | empty | ||
| Amazon | 439 | 5 | David Butkus | United States | 184,000 |
| Amazon | 439 | 6 | Quang Ngo | United States | 440,000 |
| Amazon | 439 | 7 | Julien Polge | France | 311,000 |
| Amazon | 439 | 8 | Alexander Queen | United States | 269,000 |
| Amazon | 439 | 9 | Luciano Hollanda | Brazil | 116,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 1 | Marciano Cruz | United States | 807,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 2 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 2.723,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 3 | Todd Ivens | United States | 780,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 4 | Barry Hutter | United States | 953,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 5 | Ian Steinman | United States | 296,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 6 | empty | ||
| Amazon | 447 | 7 | Julian Mehardt | Germany | 393,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 8 | Bret Oliverio | United States | 168,000 |
| Amazon | 447 | 9 | Anna Antimony | United States | 200,000 |
flop.
turn and Bicknell fired out a bet of 95,000. Hall called and the river was the 
. Bicknell moved all in for about 200,000 and Hall instantly threw his cards away.
flop improving Antimony to top set and givng Abdellatif both straight and flush draws. The turn 
and river 
sealed the deal for Antimony and she doubled for her second time today.
flop. The turn 
and river 
were no help to Butkus and he is our 21st place finisher earning $15,029.
but was dominated by the 
and Stoyanov scored his second knockout in a row. Oliverio is our 20th place finisher and earned $15,029 for his efforts.
but was dominated by the 
of Stoyanov.
and Stoyanov's pocket kings held up to earn him another knockout. Steinman is our 18th place finisher earning $18,495 and Stoyanov is now near the top of the chip counts after eliminating three of the last four players.
and Abdellatif raked in the pot as Luther said goodbye to the table and walked to the payout desk. McCormick told the table he folded 
flop and Homerding's kings were best but Hutter picked up a gutshot straight draw. The 
river was no help to Homerding.
of Cruz.
