Early on there were a lot of ammunition, but no fireworks on one table, as in the first six hands there were five all-ins, including two shoves by Zachary Gruneberg in the first three hands.
Jose Latorre raised to 120,000 under the gun. Action folded to Gruneberg, who moved all-in from the hijack.
Latorre made the call.
Zachary Gruneberg: A♦K♠
Jose Latorre: A♠K♦
As would typically happen with two Big Slicks, the runout of J♠J♣Q♥7♥10♦ lead to a split pot.
Josh Reichard raised from middle position and Gianluca Cedolia defended the big blind. Cedolia check-called 110,000 from Reichard on a K♥8♣2♣ flop before both players checked the J♣ on the turn.
Cedolia bet 440,000 on the 3♠ river and Reichard called after three minutes of thought. Cedolia showed Q♣4♣ for a flush and Reichard mucked.
Day 3 of Event #62: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em gets underway today at 12 p.m. in the Paris Gold section. A total of 1,736 entries generated a prize pool of $3,864,825, and while the remaining 34 players have earned at least $11,702, all eyes are fixed on the top prize of $555,198 and the coveted 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet.
Sitting atop the chip counts is Maher Achour with 6,435,000. Having a sizable advantage over second place Corentin Soulier (4,975,000), he is well positioned to reach the final table and take the event down. Robbie Bull rounds out the top three with 4,755,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Maher Achour
Tunisia
6,435,000
2
Corentin Soulier
France
4,975,000
3
Robbie Bull
United Kingdom
4,755,000
4
Jose Latorre
Spain
4,090,000
5
Spyridon Apartoglou
Greece
3,380,000
6
Myles Mullaly
United States
3,225,000
7
Mauro Ferreira
Portugal
2,275,000
8
Cameron Widergren
United States
2,250,000
9
Hang Xu
China
1,750,000
10
Daniel Smiljkovic
Germany
1,725,000
WSOP bracelet owner Daniel Smiljkovic (1,725,000) sits at the bottom of the top ten. His stack received a late boost thanks to a key pot against Denys Chufarin, who paid him off as the day drew to a close.
Josh Reichard is also still in contention just outside the top ten. Reichard, who’s had numerous accomplishments throughout his career, is now well-positioned to grab his very first bracelet to add to his already prestigious resume.
The field is still full of formidable opponents, namely, Zachary Gruneberg (1,050,000), Eoghan O'Dea (975,000), Orson Young (945,000), Aaron Kupin (880,000) and two-time WSOP bracelet winner and 25k Fantasy player Blaz Zerjav (720,000).
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$555,198
2
$370,037
3
$267,938
4
$196,225
5
$145,365
6
$108,946
7
$82,616
8
$63,399
9
$49,241
10-11
$38,713
12-13
$30,814
14-17
$24,835
18-26
$20,271
27-34
$16,758
With the finish line so close, action is expected to be relentless as the remaining contenders battle for poker glory.
Play will start at Level 26 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and 60,000 ante, and will continue until a champion is crowned.
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