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Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Day 3 of Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. A total of 3,217 survivors from the four starting flights took their seats at the start of Day 2, where the action was fast and furious as players exchanged jabs and built up million-chip stacks throughout the day. The money bubble burst during level 17 in brutal fashion when Lucas Martin's Kings ran into Diego Aro's Aces. When the dust settled, 464 players advanced to Day 3, where they will battle for a first-place prize of $1,204,457 and a coveted gold bracelet.
Jessie Bryant enters Day 3 as the chip leader with 3,815,000 chips. Bryant finished 17th in the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event and won a circuit ring in Tunica this past January. Myles Mullaly (3,815,000) and Jason Maeroff (3,450,000) round out the top three stacks entering the day, with all three players in search of their first gold bracelet
Top Chip Counts Start of Day 3
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessie Bryant | United States | 3,815,000 | 127 |
| 2 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 3,625,000 | 121 |
| 3 | Jason Maeroff | United States | 3,450,000 | 115 |
| 4 | Santiago Montes | United States | 3,125,000 | 104 |
| 5 | Ryan Law | United States | 3,100,050 | 103 |
| 6 | Zi Long Zhang | United States | 3,060,000 | 122 |
| 7 | Ryan Rivers | Canada | 3,025,000 | 101 |
| 8 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 2,950,000 | 98 |
| 9 | Vaughn Steeves | United States | 2,885,000 | 96 |
| 10 | Danny Grogan | Great Britain | 2,880,000 | 96 |
Well-known players Drew Gonzalez (2,235,000), Jason Wheeler (2,950,000), Stephen Foutty (2,200,000), Daniyal Gheba (2,035,000), Tommy Nguyen (1,900,000), Rainer Kempe (1,535,000), Michael Acevedo (1,475,000), Stoyan Madanzhiev (1,075,000), and Gershon Distenfeld (925,000) enter Day 3 with healthy stacks. They hope to build on the momentum gained during Day 2 and propel themselves to the final table and beyond.
25K Fantasy Sweats
The 25K Fantasy players still in the mix include Thomas Taylor (1,970,000), Andrew Moreno (1,770,000), Punnat Punsri (1,600,000), Esther Taylor (698,000), Brock Wilson (695,000), Chris Brewer (675,000), Dylan Linde (655,000), [Removed:548] (410,000), Ryan Laplante (370,000), and David "Bakes" Baker (195,000).
Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time, with plans to play ten levels, each lasting 60 minutes. Stay tuned to PokerNews for live and exclusive coverage of the 2025 World Series of Poker!
