Phil Hellmuth Chases Bracelet 15 in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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Just 41 players remain in Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em and 14-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is in the top ten in chips. Heading into the event's third day a host of recognizable names also dot the top half of the leader board, including Brazilian Andre Akkari, Simon Deadman, Nam Le, Jeff Gross, Barry Shulman, Andy Black and 2000 WSOP Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen.
Israeli Timur Margolin will come in with the chip lead when play resumes at 1 p.m. Thursday with plans to play down to a winner or through ten 60-minute levels. Here's how the top ten stack up:
| Place | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timur Margolin | 1,426,000 |
| 2 | Raghav Bansal | 1,208,000 |
| 3 | Andre Akkari | 709,000 |
| 4 | Matt O'Donnell | 705,000 |
| 5 | Simon Deadman | 650,000 |
| 6 | Rick Alvarado | 634,000 |
| 7 | Phil Hellmuth | 622,000 |
| 8 | Nam Le | 589,000 |
| 9 | Alexander Barlow | 541,000 |
| 10 | Jeff Gross | 502,000 |