Let's Burst This Bubble!
Welcome back to PokerNews' live coverage of the 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun $5,000 Main Event. With just 74 players left in the field, today's going to be exciting day of action highlighted by the bursting of the money bubble. Only 56 players out of the remaining field will be paid, making today a make-it-or-break-it day on the felt.
Leading the pack into Day 3 is Aaron Overton with a whopping 598,700 in chips. To start the day, he'll have just about 150 big blinds and over 200,000 more than his closest competitor, Aaron Mermelstein with 383,500. Rounding out the top five are Corey Hochman with 363,500, Ruben Costa with 356,900 and Team PokerStars Pro and defending champion Vanessa Selbst with 339,200.
Speaking of Team PokerStars, of few of their stars have made it through along with Selbst. Victor Ramdin and Greg DeBora are here representing Team Pro USA and Team Pro Canada, respectively, while Andrew Brokos is still alive sporting the Team Online patch.
Local East Coast grinders Bernard Lee, Ronnie Bardah and Chris Tryba are all still in the mix as well and will be looking to make a big splash close to home.
Play kicks off at 12:00 PM EST, so we're just about an half an hour away from that. Be sure to stick right here for all the live coverage from floor!