In total, 1,655 players will advance from Day 2c. There were 3,480 survivors in Day 1c of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, but at the end of Day 2c, around half of them were still standing. Five more 120-minute levels will be played, and 1,507 players will get paid, which means it is extremely likely that the money bubble will burst during the first level of play.īe sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as its live reporting team continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship.Day 3 Looms in the Main Event as Sanchez Bags the Chip Lead on Day 2c Ivey Near the Top of the Counts Nicholas Rigby found himself near the top of the leaderboard for the third-day straight, putting a total of 1,719,000 chips in the bag at the end of Level 15.

Tom Dwan started Day 3 with 426,500 chips but fell short as he shoved his pair and a flush draw against the aces of Brian Atchison and couldn't catch up shortly before the dinner break.Īll-time leading WSOP Circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins has had an impressive Main Event thus far, bagging the overall chip lead on Day 2d with 941,000, and has managed to keep the momentum going, closing out Day 3 with 1,028,000. Foxen continued to battle throughout the day and finished with a total of 638,000 in chips. Many notables took their seat at the start of the day, including poker crusher Alex Foxen, who had a great start, busting Giyeon Han near the beginning of the day to put him over 500,000 chips. That puts Duek in seventh place with a staggering 210 big blinds for the upcoming bubble. Mallol Heredia has cashed twice at the 2023 WSOP, and is all but guaranteed to at least min-cash in the 2023 WSOP Main Event.Īnother name in the overall top ten to look out for is Florida-based Michael Duek, who claimed 1,678,000 to his name. The Spaniard has a shade more than $75,000 in live tournament winnings, with the bulk of that sum stemming from a $49,610 score in 2018. Only Antonio Mallol Heredia (1,899,000) bagged up more chips than Kornuth, and only just.

Kornuth continued building to end Day 3 with 1,887,000 chips, enough for second place on the leaderboard. Kornuth crossed the 1,500,000 chip mark as he sent a player home with his pocket fours near the end of the night. Chance Kornuth found himself at the top of the leaderboard after slowly climbing throughout the day.

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