On the span of a couple minutes there was a flurry of payout calls heard as the short stacks began to drop quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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There was a pot of about 100,000 in the middle with the flop showing the 
. Patrick Quinn bet 85,000 from the button and Jeffery Hobrecker called in the big blind.
The turn came the 
. Hobrecker led out this time for 80,000. Quinn folded quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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955,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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575,000
-90,000
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-90,000 |
From the cutoff, Xiaofend Hu raised, James O'Connor jammed from the small blind and Hu called.
James O'Connor: 
Xiaofeng Hu: 
The board ran out 
and O'Connor became the first elimination of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,140,000
510,000
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510,000 |
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Busted |
The cards are now in the air on Day 3.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Day 3 of $5,300 The Return here in Atlantic City gets underway today at 12 noon local time. Just 53 players remain out of an original 1,142 field. The remaining players are battling to take their share of the $5,538,700 prizepool with their eyes set on the ultimate grand prize of $1,206,097.
Leading the way to start Day 3 is Bin Weng (2,395,000) who took control of the field late in Day 2. Weng has close to $2 million in career tournament earnings and will be aiming to cross that threshold with a big result here.
In second place is Lanny Vaysman with 2,050,000 in chips. He has less than $100,000 in career earnings and has a great chance to lock up his career-best score.
Christopher Ng (1,785,000), Blake Bohn (1,500,000) and Sam Laskowitz (1,425,000) who won the $2,200 Mystery Bounty event earlier in the series, round out the top five counts.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bin Weng | 2,395,000 | 120 |
| 2 | Lanny Vaysman | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 3 | Christopher Ng | 1,785,000 | 89 |
| 4 | Blake Bohn | 1,500,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Sam Laskowitz | 1,425,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Ryan Dodd | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| 7 | John Pannucci | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| 8 | Andrew Fegan | 1,195,000 | 60 |
| 9 | Sundiata Devore | 1,195,000 | 60 |
| 10 | Quan Quach | 1,150,000 | 58 |
There are many big-name players who will hit the felt today; including Joe McKeehen (950,000), Justin Saliba (630,000) Frank Funaro (605,000), and Anthony Zinno (475,000).
Play starts at 12 noon and will continue all the way until there is a final table set. Levels lengthen to 90 minutes today and will remain that long throughout the rest of the event.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand throughout Day 3 for all of the updates and keep you up to date on chip counts and the eliminations as they occur.
| TABLE | SEAT | Player | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds | |||
| 1 | 1 | DANIEL | ZACK | 135,000 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 2 | CHRISTOPHER | NG | 1,785,000 | 89 | ||
| 1 | 3 | ANDREW | FEGAN | 1,195,000 | 60 | ||
| 1 | 4 | BIN | WENG | 2,395,000 | 120 | ||
| 1 | 5 | CHINMAY | PATEL | 335,000 | 17 | ||
| 1 | 6 | JOE | MCKEEHEN | 950,000 | 48 | ||
| 1 | 7 | CHRISTOPHER | FRANK | 210,000 | 11 | ||
| 1 | 8 | JONATHAN | BORENSTEIN | 585,000 | 29 | ||
| 1 | 9 | MICHAEL | VELA | 710,000 | 36 | ||
| 2 | 1 | AUBREY | WILLIAMS | 975,000 | 49 | ||
| 2 | 2 | GRANT | LANG | 745,000 | 37 | ||
| 2 | 3 | JOHN | PANNUCCI | 1,385,000 | 69 | ||
| 2 | 4 | JIANG | QIAN | 630,000 | 32 | ||
| 2 | 5 | DEMETRIUS | CAMPBELL | 455,000 | 23 | ||
| 2 | 6 | BLAKE | BOHN | 1,500,000 | 75 | ||
| 2 | 7 | NICHOLAS | BOND | 605,000 | 30 | ||
| 2 | 8 | LAWRENCE | ABRAMS | 345,000 | 17 | ||
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| 3 | 1 | THOMAS | CARROLL | 460,000 | 23 | ||
| 3 | 2 | STANTON | TENTNOWSKI | 165,000 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | FREDERIC | NORMAND | 615,000 | 31 | ||
| 3 | 4 | FRANK | FUNARO | 605,000 | 30 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Jarrett | Mullins | 990,000 | 50 | ||
| 3 | 6 | LANNY | VAYSMAN | 2,050,000 | 103 | ||
| 3 | 7 | HOWARD | FEINGOLD | 325,000 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 8 | QUAN | QUACH | 1,150,000 | 58 | ||
| 3 | 9 | JAMES | MENDOZA | 965,000 | 48 | ||
| 4 | 1 | SUNDIATA | DEVORE | 1,195,000 | 60 | ||
| 4 | 2 | JEFFERY | HOBRECKER | 865,000 | 43 | ||
| 4 | 3 | MUKUL | PAHUJA | 760,000 | 38 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Richard | Alsup | 490,000 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 5 | FRANK | PASQUALE | 535,000 | 27 | ||
| 4 | 6 | SON | HO | 715,000 | 36 | ||
| 4 | 7 | JUSTIN | SALIBA | 630,000 | 32 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Michael | Jukich | 275,000 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 9 | PATRICK | QUINN | 665,000 | 33 | ||
| 5 | 1 | JOHN | DESIMONE | 875,000 | 44 | ||
| 5 | 2 | RYAN | DODD | 1,385,000 | 69 | ||
| 5 | 3 | LEONARD | SANDE | 225,000 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | JESSE | LONIS | 290,000 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 5 | SAMUEL | LASKOWITZ | 1,425,000 | 71 | ||
| 5 | 6 | GREGORY | NERENBERG | 240,000 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 7 | OSMAN | IHLAMUR | 525,000 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 8 | SEAD | DURAKU | 1,000,000 | 50 | ||
| 5 | 9 | BRIAN | LUO | 290,000 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 1 | JEREMY | MEACHAM | 530,000 | 27 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ANTHONY | ZINNO | 475,000 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 3 | JOHN | COX | 835,000 | 42 | ||
| 6 | 4 | DAVID | DIBERNARDI | 510,000 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 5 | DREW | OCONNELL | 575,000 | 29 | ||
| 6 | 6 | ORSON | YOUNG | 500,000 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 7 | XIAOFENG | HU | 630,000 | 32 | ||
| 6 | 8 | DAVID | MANIKOS | 810,000 | 41 | ||
| 6 | 9 | JAMES | OCONNOR | 510,000 | 26 |
$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 3 Started
