Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 3 | 2021 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Cai	1,796,000 36,000	36,000

Phachara Wongwichit	1,773,000 483,000	483,000

Joshua Remitio	1,671,000 71,000	71,000

Ehsan Amiri	1,574,000
Roman Valerstein	1,560,000 1,085,100	1,085,100
Neel Choksi	1,552,000 1,164,300	1,164,300
Stephen Song	1,551,000 201,000	201,000

Dragana Lim	1,539,000 279,000	279,000
Jordan Jayne	1,525,000 400,000	400,000
Andreas Kniep	1,509,000 69,000	69,000
Chris Dowling	1,485,000 385,000	385,000
Chris Moneymaker	1,432,000 232,000	232,000

Daniel Lowery	1,415,000 215,000	215,000
Andrew Watson	1,401,000 961,000	961,000
Martin Pineiro	1,395,000 745,000	745,000

Fernando Rodriguez	1,390,000 1,144,900	1,144,900
Chris Vezzetti	1,390,000 1,283,700	1,283,700
Keith Lehr	1,379,000 189,000	189,000

Johan Martinet	1,365,000 675,000	675,000
Gianluca Speranza	1,347,000 639,000	639,000
Charbel Kanterjian	1,341,000 1,181,900	1,181,900
Jeremy Joseph	1,317,000 986,800	986,800
Rameez Shahid	1,299,000 26,000	26,000

Matthew Jewett	1,286,000 64,000	64,000
Jack Oliver	1,271,000 854,000	854,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Jessica Cai

1,796,000

36,000

Phachara Wongwichit

1,773,000

483,000

Joshua Remitio

1,671,000

71,000

Ehsan Amiri

1,574,000

Roman Valerstein

1,560,000

1,085,100

Neel Choksi

1,552,000

1,164,300

Stephen Song

1,551,000

201,000

Dragana Lim

1,539,000

279,000

Jordan Jayne

1,525,000

400,000

Andreas Kniep

1,509,000

69,000

Chris Dowling

1,485,000

385,000

Chris Moneymaker

1,432,000

232,000

Daniel Lowery

1,415,000

215,000

Andrew Watson

1,401,000

961,000

Martin Pineiro

1,395,000

745,000

Fernando Rodriguez

1,390,000

1,144,900

Chris Vezzetti

1,390,000

1,283,700

Keith Lehr

1,379,000

189,000

Johan Martinet

1,365,000

675,000

Gianluca Speranza

1,347,000

639,000

Charbel Kanterjian

1,341,000

1,181,900

Jeremy Joseph

1,317,000

986,800

Rameez Shahid

1,299,000

26,000

Matthew Jewett

1,286,000

64,000

Jack Oliver

1,271,000

854,000

The 2021 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event has concluded Day 3 by bursting the money bubble, sending all 1,000 survivors home with a guaranteed min-cash of $15,000. No portion of the $62,011,250 prize pool has been awarded yet in the pinnacle live poker event of the year at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, as all survivors bagged and tagged their chips for the night.

Jessica Cai claimed the Day 3 chip lead with a stack of 1,796,000 with Natural8 ambassador Phachara Wongwichit (1,773,000) hot on her heels. Several other contestants bagged up more than 1.5 million in chips such as Joshua Paige Remitio (1,671,000), Ehsan Amiri (1,574,000), Stephen Song (1,557,000), Neel Choksi (1,552,000), and Andreas Kniep (1,509,000).

The early spotlight on Day 3 belonged to the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, who was among the first players to run up a seven-figure stack. Moneymaker spent the last levels of the night on the feature table and advanced with one of the biggest stacks in the room as he bagged up 1,432,000. Among the victims of his early hot run was also Robert Kuhn, who ran into pocket aces. Fellow Main Event champions Qui Nguyen (659,000) and Martin Jacobson (142,000) survived the day as well.

Cai was spotted mid-way through the day with a big stack and she continued to rake in big pots to become a contender for the overnight lead. She knocked out several opponents, one of which ran with an overpair into her flopped full house, and she eventually claimed the top spot once the money bubble had burst. Dragana Lim chipped up throughout the day and bagged up a top ten stack as well after claiming 1,539,000 to her name. Other female contenders to advance with above average stacks were JJ Liu (765,000), Laura Desantis (686,000), Mimi Luu (682,000), and Kitty Kuo (528,000) while at least two dozen more will return for the money stages.

2021 WSOP Main Event Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jessica Cai	United States	1,796,000	225
2	Phachara Wongwichit	Thailand	1,773,000	222
3	Joshua Paige Remitio	United States	1,671,000	209
4	Ehsan Amiri	Australia	1,574,000	197
5	Roman Valerstein	United States	1,560,000	195
6	Neel Choksi	United States	1,552,000	194
7	Stephen Song	United States	1,551,000	194
8	Dragana Lim	United States	1,539,000	192
9	Jordan Jayne	United States	1,525,000	191
10	Andreas Kniep	Germany	1,509,000	189

Notables with big stacks outside of the top 10 include Chris Dowling, Gianluca Speranza, Day 2abd chip leader Rameez Shahid, Stephen Chidwick, Dillon Ott, Toby Lewis, Aristeidis Moschonas, Nick Petrangelo, Chance Kornuth and Tim Reilly.

Less fortunate were familiar names such as Anthony Zinno, Justin Bonomo, Ben Lamb, Ole Schemion, Greg Mueller, Faraz Jaka, Andy Black, Niall Farrell, the 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Pat Lyons, Joseph Hebert, and Chris Hunichen to name all but a few.

During hand-for-hand play which commenced with 1,005 hopefuls remaining, eight hands were completed to whittle down the field to the 1,000 survivors. The bubble burst in painful fashion when Kevin Campbell saw his aces cracked by the ace-nine of Chris Alafogiannis, triggering cheers from all corners of the Amazon room. While Campbell missed out on the $15,000 payday, he was given a seat for the 2022 WSOP Main Event as consolation prize.

Day 4 Seat Draws

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All players that bagged and tagged their chips will return at noon local time and play one hour and 50 minutes of level 16 along with another four levels of two hours each. The blinds will resume at 4,000 / 8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000 and the field will be reduced significantly en route to determine the new World Champion in the days to come. Stay tuned for more exclusive updates from the live poker event of the year as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish.

Tags: Andreas Kniep Chance Kornuth Chris Alafogiannis Chris Hunichen Chris Moneymaker Dillon Ott Ehsan Amiri Jerry Yang Jessica Cai Justin Bonomo Kevin Campbell Martin Jacobson Nick Petrangelo Rameez Shahid Robert Kuhn Stephen Song Toby Lewis