Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Agustin Mendez
Bobby Poe was under the gun and moved all in for his remaining 16,000,000 stack. Agustin Mendez was next to act in the cutoff and rejammed for 17,800,000. Ramaswamy Pyloore was in the big blind and pondered before saying "why not" and moved a stack full of chips into the middle to make the call.
Bobby Poe: A♣Q♦
Agustin Mendez: 8♦8♠
Ramaswamy Pyloore: 3♦4♦
Mendez was initially ahead preflop but Poe picked up a pair of queens on the 6♥J♦Q♣ flop.
The 7♣ was turned, which gave Pyloore a gutshot straight draw. He was calling for a "five, five" before the dealer peeled the last card.
A 5♦ came on the river, and Pyloore stole yet another pot and secured a double elimination in the last hand of the day.
Pyloore goes into the unscheduled Day 4 tomorrow as the clear chip lead, returning with around a quarter of the total chips in play.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
With the last double elimination, the official final table of nine has been set. They will return tomorrow, June 10, to play out the rest of the final table.
The official end-of-day counts are listed below; a recap of the day will follow shortly.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Ramaswamy Pyloore
Play has ended for Day 3 of the Event #19: $500 The COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. The day started with 103 players, and just nine remain to battle it out for the bracelet and the top payout of $542,540 during the final table, which will require an extra day.
Pyloore returns with around a quarter of the total chips in play heading into Day 4. He is not shy of WSOP final tables, as he made two of them during the 2024 WSOP online bracelet events.
Courtenay Williams is the only remaining player who started the day in the top ten. He stayed consistent throughout the day's play, but a key point came when he woke up with pocket Aces and held to bust Danny Olenjiczak, nearly doubling his stack with just 17 players remaining. Williams climbed further up the ranks after knocking out Tam Nguyen, as kings were good enough to see him through.
Courtenay Williams
Bobby Poe fell just short of making it to the final table when he was caught up in a double elimination in the last hand of the day, which also saw Agustin Mendez bust in 10th place. Ramaswamy Pyloore ran away with this pot as well as many others during Day 3 as he was top of the counts for the majority of the afternoon.
Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ramaswamy Pyloore
United States
224,700,000
45
2
Sigrid Dencker
Austria
101,300,000
20
3
Kaiwen Wei
United States
90,000,000
18
4
Jason Blodgett
United States
82,000,000
16
5
Justin Gutierrez
United States
74,400,000
15
6
Antonio Trocoli Filho
Brazil
61,000,000
12
7
Matt Glantz
United States
60,900,000
12
8
Courtenay Williams
United States
60,600,000
12
9
Ryan Leng
United States
60,400,000
12
Courtenay Williams is the only remaining player who started the day in the top ten. He stayed consistent throughout the day's play, but a key point came when he woke up with pocket Aces and held to bust Danny Olenjiczak, nearly doubling his stack with just 17 players remaining. Williams climbed up further in the ranks after also knocking out Tam Nguyen, as kings were good enough to see him through.
Courtenay Williams
Bobby Poe fell just short of making it to the final table when he was caught up in a double elimination in the last hand of the day, which also saw Agustin Mendez bust in 10th place. Pyloore ran away with this pot as well as many others during Day 3 as he was at the top of the leaderboard for the majority of the afternoon.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$542,540
2
$361,690
3
$273,260
4
$207,740
5
$158,910
6
$122,330
7
$94,760
8
$73,880
9
$57,970
Ryan Leng
Two 25K Fantasy Draft picks remain in the tournament, Matt Glantz and Ryan Leng. Leng came back from a near bust-out situation early in the day when he was left with less than one big blind, but managed to double his way out of it and find a place at the final table. Glantz also had a good run throughout the day and consistently found himself climbing in the counts; A particularly pivotal spot came later in the day when Jason Blodgett doubled him up.
Day 4 will begin on Tuesday, June 10, at 1.p.m. Play will resume in Level 44 with 19 minutes left on the clock with blinds of 2,500,000/5,000,000 and a 5,000,000 big blind ante. A 15-minute break will take place after every three levels, while details regarding a dinner break have yet to be confirmed. Play will continue until a winner is crowned.
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