Seth Berger started Day 3 as the chip leader, and almost finished in the same position, after a big hand, saw him take the lead nearing the end of the day. This will be the Californian’s seventh cash at the WSOP, and will be hoping to capture his first bracelet, after narrowly missing out at the start of the summer, when he finished runner up in Event #3 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em.
Antonio Buonanno is one of four international players making the final table today. From Marzano Appio, Italy, Buonanno is experiencing is first WSOP cash, and therefore, first final table.
Though not well known here, Buonanno has made several deep runs in EPT and IPT events, and has over $100,000 in live earnings.
After just five and a half hours of play yesterday, the remaining 31 players were cut down to just a final table of nine, and leading the way is World Series of Poker bracelet winner Matt Perrins. With just nine left, Perrins has 1,946,000 chips. Behind him though, are Matt Berkey (1,585,000) Seth Berger (1,698,000), and Arthur Pro (1,610,000), each of whom has a good a shot as any to take down the first place prize money and the bracelet.
Players flew off the rails very quickly yesterday but we expect play to slow down just a bit as tensions will be high when the final table starts. The plan is to play down to a winner today and it is very likely that the goal will be reached.
The shortest stacks at the final table are Kent Roed (482,000) and Randal Flowers (619,000). Flowers' tournament was at the brink of being over yesterday, but a miraculous run of cards allowed him to double up three hands in a row to remain in contention. We can expect to see the short stacks double up early or go home soon as blinds will begin at 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante.
Action is set to begin around 12:45 p.m. but players will first be briefed upon final table rules as well as procedures for the live stream. Fortunately, most of the players at the table have final table experience. We can expect to see cards hit the air around 1 p.m. Be sure to stick with us here at PokerNews.com and we'll bring you hand for hand updates from the entirety of the final table along with bios of each player. We're about an hour from the start of action so stay here with us so you don't miss a thing.
