Day 3 of Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship begins in just a while with 15 players returning to play down to a winner. JC Tran (1,150,000) leads the final 15 players in a very tough field. Tran joins defending champion Ian Johns (59,000) and limit pro Terrance Chan who isn't far behind with 831,000.
Recent bracelet winner Ben Yu (446,000) is still in the field seeking his third bracelet and second of the 2017 WSOP. Yu's first bracelet was in this very event in 2015. Meanwhile Daniel Negreanu (425,000) is looking to get his first bracelet of the summer after making three final tables already this series.
Here is the seat draw for Day 3:
| Table 700 | Seat | Player | Table 704 | Seat | Player |
| 1 | Sorel Mizzi | 1 | Empty | ||
| 2 | Tom McCormick | 2 | Ian Johns | ||
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | 3 | Jon Turner | ||
| 4 | Ray Henson | 4 | Empty | ||
| 5 | Empty | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | ||
| 6 | Jared Talarico | 6 | Terrence Chen | ||
| 7 | Aaron Sacks | 7 | Ben Yu | ||
| 8 | Empty | 8 | Robert Campbell | ||
| 9 | Joe McKeehen | 9 | JC Tran |
Right now everyone is guaranteed $17,894 but by the end of the day we will have a new champion who will be $311,817 richer and a proud owner of a WSOP gold bracelet. Action starts today at 2 p.m. and you can track it all on PokerNews throughout the event and the entire 2017 World Series of Poker.