Pursuit of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em continues today at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas at noon local time. Of the 351 players who reached the money in Day 2, just 127 remain, out of a field of 2,338 total entries, vying for the first-place prize of $830,685.
Kunal Patni, who has an extensive list of cashes at WSOP events in the past decade, is in prime position to claim his first bracelet. Patni, who finished 20th in this event a year ago, and eighth in a $3,000 Freezeout here two years ago, enters the day second in chips with 2,125,000.
Hamid Toghyan holds the chip lead (2,545,000) on an international leaderboard that has eight countries represented among the top ten players.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamid Toghyan | United Kingdom | 2,545,000 | 127 |
| 2 | Kunal Patni | India | 2,125,000 | 106 |
| 3 | Ilan Cukrowicz | France | 2,055,000 | 103 |
| 4 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 1,920,000 | 96 |
| 5 | Alexander Greenblatt | United States | 1,855,000 | 93 |
| 6 | Yuriy Boyko | Ireland | 1,815,000 | 91 |
| 7 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 1,695,000 | 85 |
| 8 | Jerry Yang | United States | 1,680,000 | 84 |
| 9 | Romain Lewis | France | 1,660,000 | 83 |
| 10 | [Removed:546] | Austria | 1,530,000 | 77 |
Bracelet winners Yuliyan Kolev, Jerry Yang, Romain Lewis, Daniel Sepiol, Diego Ventura and Martin Finger are all in the hunt with more than 1,000,000 in chips.
Day 3 will begin with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000. The schedule calls for the field to play down to five players, through 60-minute levels, with breaks after every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:30 p.m.).
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