Money Bubble Looms on Day 3 of Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon
There will be 188 players returning to the felt for Day 3 of Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon. When the cards get in the air, everyone will have one initial goal in mind...to make the money! It won't be much of an issue for chipleader David Coleman who bagged a whopping 651,200 chips, enough for over 250 big blinds.
Coleman will be looking to carry his Day 2 momentum into today and will likely be using his big stack to apply some money bubble pressure. It will be a great opportunity for some of the big stacks to increase their lead as the action will tighten up. Some other big stacks to keep an eye on include Timothy Miles (483,400), Morten Mortensen (524,500), and Yu Dong (407,500) as the only other players above 400,000 chips.
There are also plenty of WSOP gold bracelet winners in the field who will be looking to add some more jewelry to their collection. Christopher Frank, David Pham, Adrian Mateos, and Ryan Leng are just some of those who still remain in contention. Along with a WSOP bracelet for the winner, they will also be granted a payday of $477,401 for first place. However, the first order of business will be to dwindle the field down to 163 players in order to make the money. A min-cash will earn you $3,928 but the money bubble could be a long one with the average stack hovering around the 80 big blind mark.
The action will resume in the Miranda Room at 1 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming at level 13. The blinds will be 1,200/2,400 with a 2,400 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 100 minutes long with a 15-minute break after each level. A dinner break is scheduled to follow the fourth level which will take place at approximately 8:20 p.m. Another six levels are on the schedule for today at which point the remaining players will bag and tag to return for Day 4.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for full coverage of the day's action to see who will make it into the money today!
which kept Cheong ahead and got Sardella up from his seat.
which gave Sardella a glimmer of hope as he picked up a gutshot to a Broadway but he bricked the river as the 
completed the board. They shook hands before Sardella made his way out of the Miranda Room and the table broke to balance the other tables out.
which didn't change much, it just added more outs for Isla to stay alive if another deuce or trey would complete the board. 
which meant the end of Isla's run in the tournament and that the bubble has now burst. Isla made his way out of the Miranda Room while the rest of the field celebrated the fact that they were now in the money.
and Stefanski moved all in for around 75,000. Palmer snapped him off and the cards were tabled.
on the turn nor the 
on the river were of any help to him.
on the turn was no help to Schumacher and the 
on the river gave Fernandez a full house for good measure.
landed on the river and Obreshkov moved all in for 69,500. Busquet asked for a count and pondered for a moment before making the call. Obreshkov tabled 
for two pair to claim the pot.
. The 
on the river ensured Wongwichit of a double up.
for a flush to score a double up.
for Guilbert to hold with the rockets to double up. Lavrovsky got up from his chair but when the stacks were counted out, Guilbert had 295,000 in total, leaving him behind with around four big blinds.
