19 Players, One Ring -- Day 3 Awaits
Welcome back to the third and final day of the 2012-13 WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Main Event. Just 19 players remain of the 540 total entries for this one, all battling for the greater part of the tourney's $810,000 prize pool including a cool $174,150 up top for the winner.
After enjoying a huge rush during the final levels late last night, Joseph McKeehen returns to unbag the most chips today as he managed to amass a whopping 1,904,000 before the conclusion of play on Day 2. Also in the millionaire-chip club to start today are Raymond Morgan (1,257,000), Dennis Thurman (1,157,000), and Dave Fox (1,033,000), with the lone woman remaining in the event Hend Matthews currently in fifth position (with 717,000).
Here's how the counts look from top to bottom with 19 left:
| Position | Player | Chips |
| 1 | Joseph McKeehen | 1,904,000 |
| 2 | Raymond Morgan | 1,257,000 |
| 3 | Dennis Thurman | 1,157,000 |
| 4 | Dave Fox | 1,033,000 |
| 5 | Hend Matthews | 717,000 |
| 6 | Gregory Masters | 547,000 |
| 7 | John Holley | 514,000 |
| 8 | Ido Ashkenazi | 504,000 |
| 9 | Leo Walker | 495,000 |
| 10 | Thomas Sheets | 466,000 |
| 11 | Robert Panitch | 453,000 |
| 12 | Gregory Burns | 378,000 |
| 13 | Sai Wang | 299,000 |
| 14 | Tony Sinishtaj | 226,000 |
| 15 | Jay Robinson | 210,000 |
| 16 | Allie Prescott | 186,000 |
| 17 | Joseph Steur | 179,000 |
| 18 | Scott Cosagrande | 146,000 |
| 19 | Tom Dobrilovic | 135,000 |
Play picks back up at noon today and will continue until one of these 19 players has managed to secure all 10.8 million chips to claim the gold ring and top prize. We'll be here throughout to let you know how they get there, with coverage starting a little over an hour from now.