Big Names in Contention on Day 3 of Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship
After two exciting first-day flights that saw a record-setting 7,188 total entries and an action-packed Day 2, we are down to just 198 players that will play Day 3 of Event #47: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
The cards are scheduled to be back in the air at 10 a.m. local time at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
The lion's share of the $6,397,320 prize pool is still very much up for grabs, with each player already having secured themselves a fantastic prize of $4,703. However, everyone left in the field will be eyeing the $694,909 top prize and the prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.
Of the 198 remaining, there are a handful who have already done their best to break away from the pack. Ben Sarnoff is our Day 2 chip leader after bagging 3,155,000, with most of that being collected in the final hours of Day 1. Valerii Lubenets is not far behind with 2,810,000 with Jan Pettersson also lingering around the leaders with 2,600,000. Mike Landers (1,995,000) and Patricia Devine (1,935,000) complete the top five.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Ben Sarnoff | United States | 3,155,000 | 126 |
| 2 | Valerii Lubenets | Ukraine | 2,810,000 | 112 |
| 3 | Jan Pettersson | Australia | 2,600,000 | 104 |
| 4 | Mike Landers | United States | 1,995,000 | 80 |
| 5 | Patricia Devine | United States | 1,935,000 | 77 |
| 6 | James Clarke | United Kingdom | 1,920,000 | 77 |
| 7 | Keith Littlewood | United Kingdom | 1,802,500 | 72 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Sims | United States | 1,725,000 | 69 |
| 9 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 1,710,000 | 68 |
| 10 | Michael Campitelli | Canada | 1,650,000 | 66 |
Plenty of illustrious players remain in the field looking to add a piece of jewelry to their collection of poker highlights. 2012 Seniors Championship winner Allyn Shulman is still very much in the mix, sitting on a stack of 1,130,000.
The 2009 WSOP Player of the Year Jeffrey Lisandro could do some damage despite his below-average chip stack of 580,000. Bracelet winner Ken Aldridge (965,000), 2015 WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Neil Blumenfield (650,000), WSOP bracelet winner Carol Fuchs (640,000), and Women's Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert (635,000) all have some work to do but will be present for Day 3.
The players will play ten 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks taking place after every two levels. They will take their 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 29.
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