Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 3 | 2010 World Series of Poker

He's won the WSOP Main Event twice already. Back-to-back, in fact, in 1987 and 1988. And darned near won it in again in 1989, finishing runner-up to Phil Hellmuth.

And now, more than 20 years later, he's back making another Main Event run, having enjoyed the chip lead for much of Day 3. The Orient Express, charging from the past into the WSOP headlines today. Johnny Friggin' Chan.

A number of different storylines wound their way through the Day 3 chapter of our ongoing chronicle of the 2010 WSOP Main Event. The 2,557 players who'd made it to today were swiftly narrowed to less than half that figure -- about 1,240 as the last hands were dealt -- with numerous notables hitting the rail while others began to build those gaudy, passers-by-stopping, eye-popping, jaw-dropping stacks of chips.

Among the first to go today were Scott Seiver, Phil Laak, Jennifer Harman, Chris Moneymaker, David Williams, and Erik Seidel. They were followed by Kara Scott, Bill Chen, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Joe Cada, Billy Kopp, Eugene Katchalov, John Hennigan, and Archie Karas.

Meanwhile, we saw Alexander Kostritsyn, Kevin Gates, Ricardo Fasanaro, Paul Kristofferson, Chris Tipper, Jeffrey Ross, Nicholas Rainey, Andrew Brown, and James Carroll all taking turns swapping the chip lead back and forth as stacks surged past the 500,000-chip mark.

There was one other interesting subplot from today that all will be watching when play resumes tomorrow. That of the four Mizrachi brothers -- Robert, Eric, Danny, and Michael -- all of whom made it through today. How far will they go?

It looks as though James Carroll will be returning to the biggest stack tomorrow, having snuck past the 800,000-chip mark late in the day, with Imari Love, Gerasimos Deres, Max Casal, Josh Brikis, and Johnny Lodden all not too far behind.

However, much of the talk will be about Chan -- also there near the leaders -- and whether or not he can sustain his performance of the first three days. Adding to the excitement will be the bursting of the cash bubble, which most anticipate will happen later in the day on Day 4.

Thanks for following our coverage of Day 3, and be sure to come back tomorrow at noon local time for the next chapter of the 2010 Main Event saga!

Player	Chips	Progress
James Carroll	803,000 803,000	803,000

Imari Love	741,100 661,900	661,900

Gerasimos Deres	733,700 733,700	733,700
Filippo Candio	727,300 545,900	545,900
Max Casal	687,200 442,200	442,200
Arie Kliper	666,200 666,200	666,200
Andrew Brown	657,700 530,600	530,600
Johnny Lodden	656,400 541,700	541,700

Johnny Chan	636,000 636,000	636,000

Josh Brikis	616,900 460,900	460,900
Ralph Michalowski	616,800 375,900	375,900

Martin Hanitz	599,800 599,800	599,800
Nicolas Babel	588,000 588,000	588,000

Paul Kristoffersson	583,700 451,800	451,800
Teemu Kangasvieri	576,000 392,500	392,500
David Anderson	574,700 521,500	521,500
Lou Barlow	554,400 554,400	554,400
Frank Jordan	554,300 554,300	554,300
Matthew Reed	539,400 201,600	201,600

Alexander Kostritsyn	534,100 312,000	312,000
Randy Dorfman	527,800 527,800	527,800

Gary Dishongh	520,900 365,000	365,000
Thomas Demaria	520,600 366,700	366,700
Mike (Musa) Mustafa	511,000 259,500	259,500
Pierre Canali	508,500 508,500	508,500

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