Yong Choe raised from the button to 85,000 and was three-bet by Patrick Plott in the small blind to 300,000. Choe then went all in for 940,000 and was called by Plott.
Yong Choe: Q♣Q♥
Patrick Plott: K♥Q♦
The board came out A♥5♦3♦5♥6♠ and Choe found another double up in the early stages of Day 3.
Matthew Perez raised from late position to 80,000 only for Zi Long Zhang to three-bet to 250,000 from the button. Perez called.
The flop came 3♦J♣6♦, and Perez check-called Zhang's 165,000 continuation bet. Both players checked the 5♦ turn, and when the 5♣ came on the river, Perez went into the tank for two to three minutes before he announced all in.
This sent Zhang into the tank for some time, and he asked for the count, which was 460,000. He thought some more and made the call, tabling A♣Q♦ for ace-high. Perez turned over Q♣K♣ for king-high, and Zhang was shipped the pot and sent Perez to the rail.
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
John Gonzalez
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!
