Somerville in the Mix for Bracelet #2 on Day 3 of the Tournament of Champions
Welcome to Day 3 of Event: #4 Tournament of Champions at the 2023 World Series of Poker. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. for the finale of this three-day event.
A field of 31 players will return after 747 entries turned out at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for the invitation-only gathering of WSOP winners from throughout the last year. They’re all guaranteed $5,400 from the $1,000,000 prize pool and the winner will take home the top prize of $200,000 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Michigan’s Scott Wilson leads the way with 2,885,000 chips and Brent Gregory sits in second as the only other player over the two million mark. Wilson won his way into the tournament with a victory in the opening event of WSOP.com’s May online Circuit in his home state.
Dakota Britton and Vincent Moscati sit above one million in third and fourth, while New York’s Katelin Koper rounds out the top five. Britton won back-to-back events on WSOP MI during a February Circuit series to claim his spot in the TOC and Moscati joined the field with his eighth ring in a victory at the Harrah’s Cherokee stop in February. Koper qualified for the tournament in the Ladies Event at the WSOP Circuit stop at Turning Stone Resort in March.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Wilson | United States | 2,885,000 | 144 |
| 2 | Brent Gregory | United States | 2,000,040 | 100 |
| 3 | Dakota Britton | United States | 1,400,000 | 70 |
| 4 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 1,120,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Katelin Koper | United States | 990,000 | 50 |
| 6 | Dustin Wills | United States | 905,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Justin Hotte-Mckinnon | Canada | 880,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Patrick White | Ireland | 870,000 | 44 |
| 9 | Barry Schultz | United States | 795,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Wissam Gahshan | United States | 780,000 | 39 |
Also among the returning players is Jason Somerville. The former streamer and permanent gold bracelet winner will come back with 405,000 to chase his second title. Somerville last triumphed in 2011 in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament.
Players will return in Level 21 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante. Play is scheduled to continue until a winner is declared, but that is subject to change with the timing of a live-streamed final table on PokerGO.
Stay tuned for live updates and scheduling changes from PokerNews throughout the day from the floor of the Tournament of Champions at the 2023 WSOP.
