Klodnicki Leads The Final 16
Chris Klodnicki
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of the 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza Main Event. Our starting field of 188 is down to just 16 players, each with hopes of capturing the $135,000 first-place prize.
Leading the way with 1,123,000 is Chris Klodnicki, followed by William Tonking with 713,000. Day 2 was the Klodnicki show as he relentlessly pounded the bubble, adding about 500,000 to his stack from the time 20 players remained to when the money was made at 18.
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | Coury Mascagni | 463,000 |
| 29 | 2 | Edward Pham | 216,000 |
| 29 | 3 | Micah Raskin | 285,000 |
| 29 | 4 | Michael Schoultz | 373,000 |
| 29 | 5 | Joseph Tracy | 449,000 |
| 29 | 6 | William Tonking | 713,000 |
| 29 | 7 | Vince Baldassano | 87,000 |
| 29 | 8 | John Chapman | 106,000 |
| 29 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |
| 30 | 1 | Drew Heller | 114,000 |
| 30 | 2 | Richard Allen | 269,000 |
| 30 | 3 | Ian Searing | 314,000 |
| 30 | 4 | Daniel Wach | 513,000 |
| 30 | 5 | Timothy Chang | 194,000 |
| 30 | 6 | Denis Gnidash | 212,000 |
| 30 | 7 | Chris Klodnicki | 1,123,000 |
| 30 | 8 | Michael Ryan | 216,000 |
| 30 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |
Play is set to resume at 2pm local time, about 25 minutes from now, so keep it here throughout the day as we play down to a champion!