Brandon Ageloff Leads Final 15 into Day 3 of Event #44
Out of the 1,914 total entries for the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event #44 of the 2014 World Series Of Poker, 212 remained and returned to the tables of the Amazon room. Only the top 198 spots would see a payday of at least $2,919 and 10 levels later only 15 players would bag chips at the end of Day 2.
Jason Johnson was leading the field, among those that left empty-handed were for example Erick Lindgren and Sean Prendiville. The Irishman ran with pocket queens into the pocket aces of Max Silver. On the bubble itself several players survived their all in situation before three players were at risk at the same time. Justin Bond would eventually bow out in 199th place after he could not improve with 
against the 
of Sebastian Saffari.
888poker pro Sofia Lövgren was among the first to bust in the money, Jeff Madsen, Tony Cousineau, Bruno Kawauti, Tristan Wade and Jackie Glazier followed in the second payout step. Artem Metalidi lost a chip leader pot with set under set and was accompanied by Jason Wheeler, Victor Ramdin, Ylon Schwartz, Connor Drinan, Joe Serock and Jake Balsiger, who all received $3,514 each.
Max Silver bowed out in 76th place after Vinicus Teixeira De Silva doubled through him, the Brazilian passed on the chips to Jordan Morgan in two big hands though and finished in 59th place for $6,718. Barry Greenstein received the same payout after his open ended straight flush draw didn't get there against Vinny Pahuja. Thomas Muehloecker was very active and had to settle for 50th place, Loni Harwood's roller coaster day ended in 39th place.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko (34th) and Harrison Gimbel (32nd) just missed out on the final four tables and earned themselves $11,420. Randal Flowers was eliminated in 22nd place after running into the 
of Michael Lehr. Aditya Agarwal bowed out in 16th place and would be the last player to not bag and tag chips for Day 3.
Ultimately it was a very close race between Brandon Ageloff (1,007,000) and Ray Foley (993,000) for the chip lead, start-of-the-day leader Jason Johnson claimed the third place with 779,000 in chips. Vinny Pahuja (572,000) is looking for a second final table at the 2014 WSOP after finishing 7th in Event #33, a $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em, only a few days ago.
Other notables to make it through to the final day include Ryan Spittles (453,000) and Welshman Roberto Romanello (458,000) who seeks his first golden bracelet and the entry into the exclusive Triple Crown club of players that won an EPT, WPT and WSOP title.
Make sure to tune back into the exclusive PokerNews live reporting as of 1 p.m. on Monday for the third and final day of the tournament when we will play down to a winner. All players already have $21,575 guaranteed and the first place-finish is rewarded with a payday of stunning $478,102.
Day 3 table constellations:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 446 | 1 | Alexander Zeligman | 243,000 |
| 446 | 2 | --Empty-- | |
| 446 | 3 | Vinny Pahuja | 572,000 |
| 446 | 4 | Ray Foley | 993,000 |
| 446 | 5 | Justin Conley | 302,000 |
| 446 | 6 | Mark Wilds | 700,000 |
| 446 | 7 | Evan McNiff | 294,000 |
| 446 | 8 | Jason Johnson | 779,000 |
| 446 | 9 | Ryan Spittles | 453,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 450 | 1 | empty | |
| 450 | 2 | Roberto Romanello | 458,000 |
| 450 | 3 | Joseph Iarussi | 764,000 |
| 450 | 4 | Bryan Dillon | 560,000 |
| 450 | 5 | Jordan Morgan | 773,000 |
| 450 | 6 | Brandon Ageloff | 1,007,000 |
| 450 | 7 | empty | |
| 450 | 8 | Robert Chorlian | 492,000 |
| 450 | 9 | Michael Anselm | 227,000 |