Fourteen Gladiators Remain Fighting for WSOP Bracelet
Event #20: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold’em Day 3 kicks off with the massive field of 20,647 entrants reduced to just 14. With all bracelet winners eliminated, the remaining14 players will enter the arena (aka Horseshoe Event Center feature tables) to fight for their first WSOP bracelet and $401,210 first-place prize.
Simon Britton starts the day as chip leader with 67,100,000 after an impressive Day 2 showing that included his tournament life being saved by pocket jacks holding to the river. He has Stephen Winters and Rami Hammoud close behind. Winters is proving to be a fierce gladiator indeed, having eliminated bracelet holders Men Nguyen and Tamas Lendvai during the final three tables.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Britton | United States | 67,100,000 | 27 |
| 2 | Stephen Winters | United States | 64,975,000 | 26 |
| 3 | Rami Hammoud | Canada | 64,950,000 | 26 |
| 4 | Brendon Herrick | United States | 63,500,000 | 25 |
| 5 | Quang Vu | United States | 61,825,000 | 25 |
| 6 | Steve Foutty | United States | 58,000,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Caleb Levesque | United States | 49,450,000 | 20 |
| 8 | Mario Lopez | Italy | 41,025,000 | 16 |
| 9 | James Morgan | Canada | 38,900,000 | 16 |
| 10 | Petri Nikkinen | Finland | 33,000,000 | 13 |
Alain Macabulos starts the day as the short stack with just 14,375,000 in chips, but he has shown great resilience throughout the tournament, especially when he was all in with Q♥J♥ and saved his tournament life with a flush on the turn.
Day 2 action moved pretty fast, with just 75 players remaining by dinner break, and Day 3 promises to be as exciting. The tournament will resume at 3 p.m. local time and will play down to a winner with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Blinds will start at 1,250,000/2,500,000 with a big blind ante of 2,500,000.
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