Day 3 Almost Ready

We're back inside the comfy Bordeaux Room here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Rincon.

Today is Day 3, the second-to-last day of the West Regional Championship. From our starting field of 98 players, just 18 are left here to duke it out for a spot at the final table.

It's Kwinsee Tran with the big stack, but his lead is by no means secure. There are sharks in the water below him, including the second-place stack of Dwyte Pilgrim. Day 1 chip leader Ali Eslami is in third place, followed by recent tourney winner Tim "Tmay420" West. Also in the mix is Daniel Negreanu's middling stack, trailed by Kyle Bowker, Steve Brecher, Todd Terry, and Scott Montgomery.

Jesse Martin made it to this Day 3 as well, but he's got some work to do. Martin begins this penultimate day with the short stack of 18,500.

Here's the way the field stacks up:

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
14	1	Kyle Bowker	168,100
14	2	Scott Montgomery	103,100
14	3	Steve Brecher	157,900
14	4	Dana Kellstrom	164,600
14	5	Joe Parker	200,000
14	6	Dwyte Pilgrim	236,500
14	7	D.J. Blanchard	140,700
14	8	David Peters	200,500
14	9	Jesse Martin	18,500

15	1	Ali Eslami	227,500
15	2	Tim West	216,900
15	3	Miller Dao	186,600
15	4	Romik Vartzar	139,000
15	5	Daniel Negreanu	173,800
15	6	Kwinsee Tran	269,100
15	7	Dylan Wilkerson	166,000
15	8	Todd Terry	108,600
15	9	Alejandro Garcia	59,000