Day 3 of the WPT World Championship saw the return of 68 players. In the final level of the day, the money bubble burst when 27 player remained. The day eventually concluded with 23 players, all of whom are guaranted to take home at least $31,297 each.
Asher Conniff bagged up the chip lead (1,275,000) and is followed by Ray Qartomy (1,176,000) and defending WPT World Champion Kevin Stammen (915,000). Believe it not but Stammen is not the only player who still has the chance to win this event for the second time. Carlos Mortensen, who won the WPT World Championship in 2007 by overcoming a field of 639 players to win close to $4 million, will also be back today with 459k in chips. Two WPT World Championship winners left in the competition. Very exciting to say the least!
Day 4 chip counts:
TABLE 1
Seat 1. Brian Yoon - 603,000 (50 bb)
Seat 2. Brock Parker - 865,000 (72 bb)
Seat 3. David Tuthill - 625,000 (52 bb)
Seat 4. Michael Rocco - 161,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5. Hans Winzeler - 338,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6. Matt Berkey - 489,000 (40 bb)
Seat 7. Jake Schindler - 792,000 (66 bb)
Seat 8. Ian O'Hara - 401,000 (33 bb)
Seat 9.
TABLE 2
Seat 1. Asher Conniff - 1,275,000 (106 bb)
Seat 2. Simon Lam - 376,000 (31 bb)
Seat 3. Oleg Shnaider - 227,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4. Tony Dunst - 257,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5. Alexander Lakhov - 884,000 (73 bb)
Seat 6. Sang Kim - 110,000 (9 bb)
Seat 7. Sungwon Lee - 142,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8. Zo Karim - 386,000 (32 bb)
Seat 9.
TABLE 3
Seat 1. Ray Qartomy - 1,176,000 (98 bb)
Seat 2. Abe Aboukhalil - 348,000 (29 bb)
Seat 3. Carlos Mortensen - 459,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4. Dean Baranowski - 155,000 (12 bb)
Seat 5. Michael Lavoie - 789,000 (65 bb)
Seat 6. Nathan Bjerno - 169,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7. Keven Stammen - 915,000 (76 bb)
Seat 8.
Seat 9.
Day 4 kicks off today at 12:00 ET in the back corner of the Borgata Poker Room, and the blinds will increase to 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante. We will be back tomorrow morning with another update!
