With around five minutes left in the level, the ten remaining players have resumed play. The tournament director has just told the players that the day will end when the next elimination has taken place.
Just nine players remain in Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, with three former bracelet winners still in contention.
Leading the way is David Miscikowski, who won his first WSOP bracelet in 2014 and will be in pole position to add another when play resumes at 12 p.m. on Saturday, June 11.
Other bracelet winners still alive are Davide Suriano and Joey Weissman. Suriano won his bracelet the same year as Miscikowski, but for Weissman, it will be just under 10 years since he grabbed a bracelet back in 2012.
Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Chip Counts
Seat
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
Big Blinds
1
Nicholas Dolen
United States
6,125,000
31
2
Nathan Russler
United States
7,000,000
35
3
David Miscikowski
United States
9,800,000
49
4
Alex Foxen
United States
4,020,000
20
5
Joey Weissman
United States
4,980,000
25
6
Davide Suriano
Italy
2,725,000
14
7
Toby Boas
United States
2,075,000
10
8
Kevin Stevens
United States
5,690,000
28
9
Stefan Lehner
Austria
7,195,000
36
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout (USD)
1
$558,616
2
$345,244
3
$248,298
4
$180,795
5
$133,300
6
$99,535
7
$75,282
8
$57,683
9
$44,785
Day 3 Recap
A bumper field of 75 returned for Day 3 and they were led by Alex Foxen. Notables who hit the rail early included bracelet winners Stephen Song, Matthew Bode, Adrian Mateos along with GGPoker Ambassador Felipe Ramos and Women in Poker Hall of Famer JJ Liu.
Several players were vying for the position of big stack, with Alexandros Theologis moving ahead after the eliminations of Jeffrey Tomlinson and Kitty Kuo in the space of 30 minutes. Then it was Niall Farrell's turn to go on a tear, joining Theologis with a stack of over four million, and leading the way at the three table redraw.
The field continued to get smaller, with Theologis ultimately making his exit in 18th place and start-of-day chipleader Foxen winning a flip to stay alive before doubling back to a healthy stack.
Niall Farrell
Farrell had dominated at times, but a huge double for Miscikowski — kings versus queens — saw him take a stranglehold as the final table approached. That pushed Farrell towards the exit, and he was eliminated in 12th place — the same position he finished in 2021.
With the tables combining at ten players, there was time left for just one more elimination as Lander Lijo hit the rail, with Miscikowski bagging the chip lead ahead of the final day tomorrow.
, and Marder needed some help.
made the turn and gave Foxen two pair, players told Marder good game before the 
completed the board and Marder's elimination was official.
, and then Russler's top pair was better. 
