Marton Czuczor Leads the Remaining 32 Players
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Welcome to Day 3 coverage of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
The starting field of 623 players is down to just 32 players, each looking to capture the first-place prize of $618,285 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
On top of the chip counts to start Day 3 is Marton Czuczor with 1,352,000. Rounding out the top five are Norberto Korn (1,098,000), Donis Agnelli (980,000), Ari Engel (977,000), and Simon Lam (785,000). Others still in the field include Dietrich Fast (672,000), Juha Helppi (658,000), Mike Sowers (652,000), Ravi Raghavan (467,000), Mike Watson (445,000), Matt Stout (389,000), two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman (361,000), Pierre Neuville (320,000), Matt Affleck (304,000), Andy Spears (197,000), and Darren Rabinowitz (174,000).
The plan for Day 3 is to play 10 levels, though it is possible that play is halted when the final table of nine players is reached. The cards will be in the air at noon, so be sure to keep it here for live updates on all of the action.
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 361,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 2 | Huihan Wu | United States | 117,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 4 | [Removed:14] | United States | 561,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Mike Vanier | United States | 709,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 6 | Julian Stuer | Germany | 289,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 7 | Sergio Cabrera | Granada, ES | 303,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 8 | Matt Affleck | United States | 304,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 9 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | 672,000 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 1 | Dong Zhao | China | 95,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 3 | Guy Pariente | France | 350,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 4 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 1,352,000 | 113 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 5 | Pascal Hartman | Germany | 361,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 6 | Ari Engel | United States | 977,000 | 81 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 7 | Andy Spears | United States | 197,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 8 | Damian Salas | Argentina | 486,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 9 | Mark Zullo | United States | 462,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Simon Lam | United States | 785,000 | 65 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 315,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Mike Sowers | United States | 652,000 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 651,000 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Mike Watson | Canada | 445,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 7 | Norberto Korn | Germany | 1,098,000 | 92 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 8 | James Hughes | United States | 108,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 9 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 320,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 1 | Matt Stout | United States | 389,000 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Ravi Raghavan | United States | 467,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 3 | Carlos Chang | Taiwan | 126,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 4 | Aditya Agarwal | India | 201,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 5 | Donis Agnelli | Italy | 980,000 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 7 | Darren Rabinowitz | United States | 174,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 8 | Yaron Zeev Malki | Israel | 681,000 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 9 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 658,000 | 55 |
and Helppi took the lead with a pair of jacks. The 
turn and 
river sealed Agarwal's fate. He took home $14,183 for his 31st-place finish.
, Mike Vanier checked from the small blind and Julian Stuer bet 30,000 from the big blind. Vanier check-raised all in with a covering stack and Stuer called all in for about 310,000.
turn and 
river completed the board, no help to Stuer, ending his tournament in 30th place.
, no help to Stout, ending his tournament in 28th place.
, no help to Zhao, ending his tournament in 26th place.
flop. Salas stood up from his chair and said some things in Spanish as the dealer burned and turned the 
.
, giving Rabinowitz jacks full of aces to eliminate Helppi in 23rd place.
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