The Money Bubble Looms on Day 3 of the $3,500 Main Event
There will be 157 players returning to their seats for Day 3 of the $3,500 Main Event at the 2023 Wynn Millions. This will also be the first time that the entire field will be playing together as the survivors from each of the Day 2s will join forces. with just 134 places paid, everyone will have their sights set on reaching the money and locking up at least $8,386.
Leading the way after an impressive Day 2c is Jacob Powers who bagged up a stack of 1,082,000 chips, the only player to surpass the seven-figure mark. Powers has been near the top of the leaderboard throughout the event and is showing no signs of slowing down, coming off his career-high score of $500,000 just two months ago. Powers will be looking to apply pressure to the smaller stacks when the opportunity arises, but for now he will have to deal with some of the bigger stacks at his new table.
Other big stacks joining him on Day 3 include Lenard Adams who was battling him for the chip lead throughout most of the day yesterday. Adams continued to put his unorthodox play style to full use and finished Day 2c with a stack of 977,000 chips. The Day 2ab chip leader, Michael Rossitto, will come into the day in third place with a stack of 966,000 and looking to do some more damage. Alex Foxen, Lawrence Berg, Michael Dyer, and Jake Schwartz all sit in the top 10 on the leaderboard and have a big list of accomplishments as well.
The cards are slated to go in the air at 12 p.m. noon local time with the blinds resuming on level 15 at 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 90 minutes in length throughout the tournament with a 15-minute break after each level. There will be five levels on the schedule for today with no dinner break, meaning play could end around 9 p.m. tonight.
Prizepool & Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $654,637 | 10-11 | $57,702 | 45-53 | $17,262 |
| 2 | $430,752 | 12-13 | $49,615 | 54-62 | $15,509 |
| 3 | $294,540 | 14-15 | $42,994 | 63-71 | $14,306 |
| 4 | $208,598 | 16-17 | $37,321 | 72-80 | $12,760 |
| 5 | $154,279 | 18-20 | $32,510 | 81-89 | $11,600 |
| 6 | $120,361 | 21-23 | $28,393 | 90-98 | $10,642 |
| 7 | $96,706 | 24-27 | $24,906 | 99-107 | $9,808 |
| 8 | $80,310 | 28-35 | $21,886 | 108-116 | $9,506 |
| 9 | $67,765 | 36-44 | $19,368 | 117-134 | $8,386 |
The action may be slow to start with the money bubble on the horizon and the short stacks treading water. The field is just over 20 eliminations away from locking up some cash, upon which we should see the action heat up after that. The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the live updates throughout the day including the hand-for-hand process on the money bubble.
, three players were still in the hand with around 45,000 in the middle. Faraz Jaka was the first to throw in a bet of 13,000 and Kevin Javier just called. Pierre De Almeida check-raised to 42,000 which got Jaka out but Javier shoved all in for 127,000. De Almeida quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
peeled off on the river and Javier made quad sevens. A loud eruption came out of De Almeida as he was left with just a few big blinds and was eliminated shortly after.
on the turn provided some chop outs but it was the 
on the river that gave Kornuth a full double-up.
and action checked over to Foxen who continued for 15,000. Adams quickly called and the big blind got out of the way. 
turn Adams checked again to Foxen who sized up to 55,000. Adams elected on a check-raise to 155,000 and Foxen came along. The 
hit the river and both players checked to a showdown. Adams rolled over 
for ace-high and Foxen scooped the large pot with 
for two pair. 
on the river. Schwartz finally threw in a bet of 22,000 and Ralston let her hand go.
to eliminate Kornuth.
and the action checked around to the 
and Rossitto secured the check mark on the hand and sent Lunn to the payout desk.
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