Fagg Leads the Final Nine in Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em

Day 3 of Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em begins at 1 p.m. local time Friday, July 14, at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The remaining nine players have already made the final table and will be looking to secure the top prize of $401,250 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet.

Leading the field to start the day is John Fagg, bagging an impressive 91,000,000. Fagg’s previous career-best cash of $156,041 comes from a circuit event win in 2022 where he successfully navigated through another massive field of over 2,000 entrants. A top three finish will be required for Fagg to top his previous career-best score.

Hot on his heels is Peyton Ethridge who managed to bag 70,000,000 to start the day, worth 35 big blinds. Ethridge, who is entering his first WSOP final table, has already surpassed his previous career best score of $8,069 from earlier this year when he cashed in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker, but his sights will undoubtedly be set on the top prize in this event.

Rounding out the top three is South Korean player Min Sung Lee, who bagged 59,000,000 chips at the end of Day 2. Lee shot up the chip counts late in the day and he secured the last elimination of the day when he sent Shane Rose to the rail with king-queen in a preflop confrontation.

Final Table Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	John Fagg	United States	91,000,000	46
2	Peyton Ethridge	United States	70,000,000	35
3	Min-Sung Lee	South Korea	59,000,000	30
4	William Fisher	United States	51,500,000	26
5	Lucas Tae	United States	42,000,000	21
6	Joseph Roh	United States	39,000,000	20
7	Schuyler Thornton	United States	28,500,000	14
8	Denny Lee	United States	28,000,000	14
9	Logan Moon	United States	24,000,000	12

Play is set to begin with the blinds at 1,000,000/2,000,000 with a 2,000,000 big blind ante. Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time with the intention of playing down to a winner. Levels will last 40 minutes and there will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with a dinner break TBD.

Remaining Payouts