Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day 3 Completed
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,568,000
Entries
116
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
30,000
Official Day 3 Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,483,000 | |
|
1,432,000 | |
|
1,340,000 | |
|
1,338,000 | |
|
1,227,000 | -30,000 |
|
1,032,000 | |
|
952,000 | |
|
940,000 | |
|
845,000 | |
|
788,000 | |
|
754,000 | |
|
713,000 | |
|
696,000 | |
|
638,000 | |
|
611,000 | |
|
602,000 | |
|
518,000 | |
|
418,000 | |
|
373,000 | |
|
364,000 | |
|
336,000 |
That's A Wrap, Grinder Out In Front!
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We started the day with 54 of the world's finest mixed game players and after 12 hours of game time, the field has been reduced to just 21. Some of today's casualties included Barry Greenstein, Noah Boeken, Scotty Nguyen, Jeff Lisandro, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson and the defending champion David Bach.
The early story was the rise through the pack of Alexander Kostritsyn who at one stage had more than double the chips of second place with just 31 players remaining. But like a good cycling peloton, the pack reeled in the runaway leader and by the day's end had surpassed the young Russian.
Michael Mizrachi, Vladimir Schmelev and David Oppenheim all had a very solid day on the felt, with Grinder bagging up the chip lead with 1.483 million in chips. Check out our chip counts page shortly for the official end-of-day counts.
Join us once again from 3pm tomorrow as we do it all again with Day 4 of this $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. We'll have some tense moments as we burst the money bubble and then surge towards our final table lineup. We look forward to your company then!
Chip leader photos from Day 3
Chip leader photos from Day 3 of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship.
Six More Hands
The clock has been paused and the players will play only six more hands on each table before we call it a night.
Hasan Habib Eliminated
Stud 8/b
Hasan Habib was all in on fifth street against Kirk Morrison, holding a pair of deuces and a low draw while Morrison held a pair of queens. Morrison made aces up on sixth street and neither player made a low, Habib heading to the rail in the final minutes of Day 3.
Morrison is up to 610,000.
Oppenheim Trips Over Van Alstyne
No Limit Holdem
Four players limped in to see a cheap flop of 
. Action checked through to James Van Alstyne on the button who tossed out 35,000. John Juanda and Alexander Kostritsyn got out of the way but David Oppenheim made the call.
The turn brought the 
and play checked to Van Alstyne who fired a second barrel worth 60,000. Again Oppenheim made the call.
The river was the 
and again it was checked to Van Alstyne who bet once again for 100,000. Oppenheim made the call but mucked when Van Alstyne showed 
for trip sevens.
Schulman A Non-Believer
Stud
Nick Schulman has just caught Lyle Berman's hand firmly in the cookie jar. The game was Stud and Berman raised fourth street, before firing bets on fifth, sixth and seventh streets, with Schulman calling him down the whole way.
Berman: (X-X) 
(X)
Schulman: (
) 
()
Schulman could only muster a pair of sixes but it was enough as Berman mucked. Schulman is up to 665,000 with Berman down to 330,000.
Tight Is Right
Play has definitely tightened up over this last level. This usually happens when one enters the twelfth hour of play for the day as fatigue starts to set in. Of course, the fact that we are inching our way towards the biggest money bubble at the World Series of Poker would also have a little something to do with it!
Schulman Catches Singer
Razz
David Singer completed with the 
and Nick Schulman made the call with his 
. Singer led the betting on every street with Schulman happy to call him down.
Singer: (
) 
Schulman: (
) 
Singer's 8-7-6 wasn't quite enough as Schulman tabled an 8-7-5 to take it down. Singer slips to 350,000 as Schulman moves up to 420,000.