Jared Jaffee in Pole Position to Capture First World Series of Poker Bracelet
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of Event #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em.
The starting field of 1,475 entrants is down to just 10 players, each looking to capture a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as well as the first-place prize of $405,428.
On top of the chip counts entering Day 3 is Jared Jaffee with 1.583 million, the only player with a seven-figure stack. This marks the Brooklyn native's 12th career WSOP cash and all that stands between him and his first bracelet are nine opponents. Second in chips is Mark "dipthrong" Herm with 927,000 and he is followed by two-time bracelet winner Brandon Cantu with 918,000. For Cantu, this marks his seventh cash of the 2014 WSOP and despite his critics, Cantu has a chance to join an exclusive group by capturing a third bracelet.
Here are the Day 3 seating assignments and chip counts:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 446 | 1 | --empty-- | |
| 446 | 2 | Joseph Alban | 594,000 |
| 446 | 3 | Michael Coleman | 200,000 |
| 446 | 4 | Mike Watson | 388,000 |
| 449 | 1 | Brandon Cantu | 918,000 |
| 449 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 449 | 3 | Gustavo Kamei | 437,000 |
| 449 | 4 | Xiao Peng | 654,000 |
| 450 | 1 | Jeff Gross | 550,000 |
| 450 | 2 | Mark Herm | 927,000 |
| 450 | 3 | Jared Jaffee | 1,583,000 |
| 450 | 4 | Anton Smirnov | 381,000 |
Play is set to resume at 1 p.m. and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide you live updates of all of the exciting action!
against Coleman's 
and Coleman found no held from the board, ending his run in 10th place.
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by fourth street when Brandon Cantu checked from the small blind, eliciting a bet of 35,000 from Gustavo Kamei.
and he checked once again, with Kamei following through and firing nearly half his stack for a 120,000 wager.
hit the table, he revealed his 
triumphantly to outkick Kamei.
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to leave him with no pair — and no chips. With that, the eight remaining runners headed for the redraw before reassembling at the final two tables.
, prompting another tap of the table by Smirnov and another bet by Cantu, this time for 120,000.
, though, and Smirnov missed his multiple draws to go bust, while Cantu continued to roll through this third and final day of play.
, giving Gross a set of fives and a commanding lead.
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flop across the felt.
, but the anxious look on his face betrayed the intensity of the emotions he was no doubt experiencing. He stared straight at the board and waited to see how the deck would decide his destiny.
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) bricked off to send him to the rail just short of the unofficial final table of five.