Dan DaConti got his last ~12,000 (10 big blinds) in holding 
only to run into a player holding 
.
The board fell 
and despite flopping a gutshot for more outs, DaConti whiffed and was busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Table 57 started out as a tough draw, with Ryan Olisar (third in chips) and other heavy hitters like Greg Himmelbrand, Arian Stolt, Corbin Avery, and Jamie Sequeira.
They were joined by Day 2 entrant Adam Reese, who won two events here during the Summer Poker Open. Reese is facing an uphill battle with this crew on his table.
Luckily for him, their table will be breaking soon, as the breaking order is high to low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | |
|
185,000 | |
|
115,000 | |
|
63,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
17,000 |
On the river with the board reading 
, Giuliano Lentini (cutoff) net 27,000 after Patrick Eskandar (bb) checked. Eskandar called, only to see the bad news. Lentini tabled 
for the rivered flush and Eskandar mucked.
Sharing the felt on Table 51 with these two are Ryan D'Angelo, who is chipping up nicely today, Paul Snead, who's stack has slipped a bit since the start of play, and Aaron Overton, who's holding steady.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
67,600
|
67,600 |
|
||
|
190,000
81,900
|
81,900 |
|
135,000
22,800
|
22,800 |
|
132,000
32,600
|
32,600 |
|
90,000
-66,100
|
-66,100 |
It's break time and time to color up the black 100 chips, so the break has been extended to 20 minutes.
Play will resume at about 2:25, at which time registration will close.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Play has resumed following the break and that means registration is finally closed!
All numbers are unofficial until confirmed and released by the house, but the current entry count is 1,156, making a prize pool of more than $3.7 million!
Bruce Kramer was in the top 10 at the start of the day and he continues to climb, already up to 305,000, and still among the leaders.
He was sharing the felt on Table 45 with Mike Meskin, Michael Stashin, Friman Villalona, and Nick Pupillo, then Sam Taylor arrived from his recently broken table, bringing his short stack into the mix.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
93,400
|
93,400 |
|
240,000
95,400
|
95,400 |
|
||
|
170,000
141,600
|
141,600 |
|
120,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
48,000 | |
Anthony Zinno's stack is moving in the right direction. He's up to ~80,000 from his start of Day 2 count of 32,400. He's proven he's got staying power since winning his first World Poker Tour event, which was this WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship, back in 2013. Since then, he's won two more WPT titles and claimed the Season XIII Player of the Year honor.
As for the rest of the players on Table 49, he's got some tough customers including Kevin Calenzo, Sang Kim, Anthony Garofalo, Orson Young, and Mukul Pahuja to deal with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
182,000
35,300
|
35,300 |
|
125,000
-2,800
|
-2,800 |
|
105,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
100,000
20,200
|
20,200 |
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
80,000
1,900
|
1,900 |
WPT Season XIII Player of the Year runner-up Darren Elias just missed out on the honor, running hot in the same season as Anthony Zinno. He's still got four World Poker Tour titles to his credit and more than $7.2 million in tournament earnings on his record.
He seems to be struggling a bit today, down to 75,000 from the 115,000 with which he started the day. Until his table is broken, which should be soon, he's got to deal with Jonas Wexler, who won more than $300,000 back in April when he claimed the WSOP Circuit Championship at Harrah's Cherokee.
Also on Table 49 are Stanley Lee, and James Gilbert.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
25,700
|
25,700 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
95,000
-75,300
|
-75,300 |
|
75,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000