The penultimate day of Event #47: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK is on deck at 11:00 a.m. That's when 234 runners will return for 10 levels of poker as they battle for a massive first-place prize worth $1,094,349.
The chip leader coming into the day is Scott Baumstein, sitting on a mountain of chips totaling 1,592,000. Close behind him is Adrian Allain with a round 1,500,000-chip stack, and Claas Segebrecht finishes off the top three with 1,337,000.
Those 234 players are the survivors of a huge field of 6,717 unique entries. Day 2 started with 1,944 players on Monday morning, and of those remaining, 1,008 players made it into the money for a min-cash worth $2,249. The remaining players coming back today are guaranteed a payout of $5,415, but all are solely focused on pocketing over a million dollars along with the elusive gold WSOP bracelet.
As noted, Day 3 will play out much like Day 2 with 10 levels of 60 minutes apiece. There will be a 15-minute break every two hours, plus a scheduled 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level at approximately 5:30 p.m. Those left will then bag and tag their chips to come back for the final day on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.
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Seven-time WSOP bracelet winner Men Nguyen was all in on a board reading , and was called by Phuoc Nguyen.
Nguyen was at risk with for top set, and Phuoc held for a flush draw. The turn was the , giving Phuoc his flush, and he was able to dodge a paired board when the hit the river.
Nguyen was eliminated and Phuoc celebrated with his rail.
Maurice Hawkins was under the gun and Steven Morris was in early position. Both players had a bet of 157,000 in front of them being brought into the middle.
The flop was and Hawkins check-called Morris's bet of 130,000 very quickly.
The turn was the and Hawkins checked again. Morris bet 215,000 and Hawkins snap-called and almost beat him into the pot.
The river was the and Hawkins checked for a third time. Morris elected to give up at this point and checked as well. Hawkins tabled and Morris's cards quickly hit the muck.