Day 3 Set to Begin

Day 3 of the Season XII WPT World Championship is set to begin in a few minutes, and the players are starting to file into the Poker Room at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. The overall chip leader is Eric Afriat, who enters the day with 1,003,000, which is nearly double that of the player sitting in second, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, who sits with 592,500. Rounding out the top five are Anthony Gregg (567,000), Scott Seiver (539,500), and Ryan D'Angelo (519,500).

In addition to those five there are still plenty that return looking to etch their name on the WPT Champions Cup including Jason Koon, Jonathan Tamayo, Justin Young, Byron Kaverman, Eugene Todd, Jeff Maddsen, Matt Stout, Jordan Cristos, Loni Harwood, Jeff Gross, Erich Buchman, Matt Waxman, Jesse Sylvia, and Phil Hellmuth who will come in with the 3rd smallest stack of the day at 54,000.

The cards are about to be in the air, so be sure to stay tuned for all of your live updates straight from the tournament floor here on PokerNews!