After ten more levels of play yesterday only 18 players remain from the original field of 522 in Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Among those who found a bag for Day 3 are former bracelet winners Benny Glaser, John Monnette, Patrick Leonard, Tom Schneider, Ryan Hughes and Carol Fuchs. Glaser won this event back in 2015 and will be aiming to do so again this year for a fifth career WSOP gold bracelet. Monnette and Schneider will also be vying for their 5th bracelet while Allen Kessler, who recently celebrated 100 cashes at the WSOP will be aiming for his first.
Glaser (1,185,000) and Monnette (1,150,000) bagged the two biggest stacks at the end of day two but others to end the day with over 1,000,000 chips include Ziyuan Wang, Michael Rodrigues Pires Santos, Patrick Leonard and Alexander Freund. Rostislav Tsodikov and Tom Schneider will be coming in as the short stacks with 70,000 and 250,000 chips respectively and will have their work cut out for them in terms of navigating this star-studded field to it's conclusion.
Action will continue at 1 p.m. local time at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas with the intention of playing until a winner is crowned. Stay tuned to Pokernews for all the live updates from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.
Seat Draw and Chip Counts for Day 3
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 1 | 1 | John Monnette | United States | 1,155,000 | 39 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 2 | Ziyuan Wang | China | 1,105,000 | 37 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 3 | James Williams | United States | 760,000 | 25 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 4 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 1,185,000 | 40 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 5 | Rostislav Tsodikov | United States | 70,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 6 | Christopher Chung | United States | 825,000 | 28 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 1 | Carol Fuchs | United States | 595,000 | 20 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 2 | Louis Hillman | United States | 300,000 | 10 | 5 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 3 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 1,100,000 | 37 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 4 | Charles Tucker | United States | 640,000 | 21 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 5 | Allen Kessler | United States | 900,000 | 30 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 6 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 1,090,000 | 36 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 1 | Alexander Freund | Austria | 1,035,000 | 35 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 2 | Tana Karnchanakphan | United States | 455,000 | 15 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 3 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 310,000 | 10 | 5 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 4 | Tom Schneider | United States | 250,000 | 8 | 4 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 5 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 275,000 | 9 | 5 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 6 | Josh Damm | United States | 995,000 | 33 | 17 |