Wang Looks to Become Three-Time Bracelet Winner on Final Day of Event #3: $500 Kickoff No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout

The third and final day of Event #3: $500 Kickoff No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout will play out today with eight players returning to the Horseshoe Event Center at 1 p.m. in pursuit of a bracelet and the top prize of $175,578 out of the $1,463,700 prize pool.

Daniel Willis leads the remaining players after he bagged the biggest stack of 23,725,000 chips at the culmination of Day 2. Shawn Smith occupies second place on the leaderboard with 16,150,000 chips and Michael Wang comes into play today with the third biggest stack sitting at 12,625,000. Wang is the sole remaining bracelet winner at the final table and will be looking add a third bracelet to his collection.

Final Table Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Daniel Willis	United Kingdom	23,725,000	47
2	Shawn Smith	United States	16,150,000	32
3	Michael Wang	United States	12,625,000	25
4	Steven Borella	United States	10,425,000	21
5	Yoshinori Funayama	Japan	7,700,000	15
6	John Marino	United States	7,000,000	14
7	Daniel Sherer	United States	6,275,000	13
8	David Niedringhaus	United States	3,350,000	7

The United States is well represented at this final table, as six of the eight players hail from the United States.

Each remaining player is guaranteed a payout of $22,022, but all have their eyes on the $175,578 for first place. Players will return to blinds of 250,000-500,000 with a 500,000 big blind ante as action will resume with 11:30 remaining in Level 35.

You can catch the action on stream via PokerGO which will begin at 3 p.m. PDT with coverage only concluding once a champion has been crowned.