Euan Mcnicholas bet 400,000 from middle position, then Jeffrey Hart in the big blind shoved for 565,000. It didn't take long for Mcnicholas to call with the 15,000 he had left.
Euan Mcnicholas: A♥4♥
Jeffrey Hart: A♦Q♠
Mcnicholas was lucky enough to flop trips on 10♠4♦4♣K♠Q♥ to double up.
Day 3 of Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em gets underway at 11 a.m. at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. There will be 416 competitors returning to contend for the coveted World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet and of course the first-place prize of $1,098,220 for the eventual winner.
United States’ own Vinicius Lima will begin the day as the chip leader, with 3,700,000 chips. He sits slightly ahead of Catalin Pop with 3,510,000. A first place score for either would be the biggest career win of their tournament lives.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Vinicius Lima
United States
3,700,000
123
2
Catalin Pop
United States
3,510,000
117
3
Bart Crego
United States
3,400,000
113
4
Alexandros Dranovitsas
Greece
3,345,000
112
5
Long Ma
United States
3,265,000
109
6
Michael Murphy
United States
2,900,000
97
7
Lukas Guenzel
Germany
2,825,000
94
8
Joshua Payne
United States
2,790,000
93
9
Tony Huang
United States
2,730,000
91
10
Gregory Jensen
United States
2,670,000
89
A tough field awaits those returning with crushers such as Joao Simao looking to continue their recent final table runs of the summer. Other notables still remaining include Alex Foxen, Kristen Foxen, Martin Kabrhel, and recent three-time bracelet winner Timur Margolin.
Alex Foxen
Play will resume in the Bronze, Silver, and Gold sections of the Horseshoe Event Center at 11 a.m. local time with the blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a big blind ante of 30,000. Ten 60-minute levels will be played today with the remaining players continuing to play in Day 4.
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