Day 3 of The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship is in the books, and leading the remaining 26 players is Don Nguyen. Nguyen was the only player to bag over two million chips, and is one of only eight players who will enter the penultimate day with a seven-figure stack. Joining him in the millionaire club are Mike Gorodinsky, Minh Ly, Michael Glick, John Hennigan, David Benyamine, Troy Burkholder, and Jonathan Duhamel.
Also surviving the day were notables Matthew Ashton, George Danzer, Bryn Kenney, Huck Seed, Greg Mueller, Joe Hachem, Gary Benson, and a host of others. You can find full chip counts below, along with the Day 4 table and seat draw.
Seventy-eight players started the day, which means exactly two-thirds of the players hit the rail today. Doyle Brunson's elimination may have been the biggest, since he had several side bets that could've netted him up to $800,000. Unfortunately for Texas Dolly, he was eliminated in a hand of seven-card stud against Ofir Mor, where Mor made aces up. Brunson had two pair and a gut-shot straight draw heading into seventh street, but was unable to make trips or a straight.
Jared Bleznick and Jason Mercier, two of the players with bets against Dolly, also hit the rail, along with Jean "Prince" Gaspard, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, David Oppenheim, Scott Bohlman, Jason Gray, Roman Yitzhaki, Paul Volpe, Tom Koral, and Justin Bonomo.
Play will resume on Wednesday at 2 p.m. PDT. Be sure to join us then as the tournament plays down to an official final table of eight players. Until then, good night from Sin City!
Bryn Kenney raised from early position and David Chiu called off from the hijack. The rest of the players folded and both players proceeded to take one on each draw. Before they looked at the last one, they tabled their cards.
Chiu:
Kenney:
It was anyone's pot, but Chiu asked that Kenney show first so he knew what he had to beat. Kenney obliged and flipped over the . It was bad news for Chiu, who was drawing dead. He tabled the to complete his hand and then took his leave from the tournament with less than ten minutes left in the night.
Max Pescatori brought it in with a six, Smith completed, and Kenney raised. Chiu cold-called, and the action folded back to Smith, who called as well. On fourth street, Smith and Kenney checked, Chiu bet, Smith called, and Kenney check-raised. Only Chiu called.
Chiu check-called bets on fifth and sixth, then checked again on seventh. Kenney fired out a final bet, and Chiu went deep into the tank.
"You got rolled up queens?" Chiu asked, before finally calling.
"I got rolled up queens," Kenney responded, showing .
Chiu tabled for trip sevens, then mucked his other card.
We're not sure when the money went in the middle, but when we arrived at the table, Adam Friedman was all in and at risk against Mike Leah. The board was completed, and the hands looked like this:
Board:
Friedman:
Leah:
Leah won with a set of aces, chipping up to 845,000, while Friedman hit the rail.
John Hennigan, Justin Smith, and Minh Ly were three handed on a board of . Hennigan checked, Smith fired out 90,000 into a pot of around 120,000, and only Hennigan called.
The completed the board, Henningan checked again, and Smith slid out a massive bet of 180,000. Hennigan called, showing , and Smith shook his head before mucking.
Joe Hachem moved all in for his last 123,000, and was called immediately by Jonathan Duhamel on his left. The rest of the table got out of the way, as both players tabled their cards.
Hachem:
Duhamel:
The board ran out to see Hachem dodge and ace, as he doubled to stay alive.
Don Nguyen opened the pot from under the gun, before being met with a raise from Roman Yitzhaki in the cut-off. Nguyen the quickly raised back, as Yitzhaki committed the last of his chips.
Nguyen:
Yitzhaki:
The board ran out , to see Nguyen slightly extend his chip lead, as Yitzhaki hit the rail.
We picked up the action of fourth when Barry Greenstein, who has cashed in this event four times, check-called all in after Minh Ly bet.
Ly was ahead with a pair of jacks, and while Greenstein didn't make a better high by sixth, he was eyeing up half the pot if he could catch the right low card. Unfortunately for him, he received the useless and Ly's jacks held to take down the pot.
David Oppenheim open-shoved for 50,500 from early position, Troy Burkholder and Jonathan Duhamel both called, and Greg Mueller three-bet to 200,000 or so. Burkhold and Duhamel both folded.
Oppenheim:
Mueller:
Oppenheim won the race as the board ran out , quadrupling to over 200,000 chips. Mueller fell to 425,000.
George Danzer: / /
Adam Friedman: / (FOLD)
Michael Glick: / /
We caught up with the action on fifth street, where Danzer bet and only Glick called. Glick called two more bets on sixth and seventh, then mucked when Danzer showed for trip fours.
"We'll never know what you got on seventh," David Benyamine said to Danzer, who either started with four to a flush and made trip fours on seventh, or made trip fours on fifth.
"It doen't matter," the German replied. "I had a good hand no matter what."
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. It was bad news for Chiu, who was drawing dead. He tabled the 
to complete his hand and then took his leave from the tournament with less than ten minutes left in the night.
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for trip sevens, then mucked his other card.
. Hennigan checked, Smith fired out 90,000 into a pot of around 120,000, and only Hennigan called.
to see Hachem dodge and ace, as he doubled to stay alive.
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