Phil Ivey Leads To Start Day 3; Multiple Main Event Champions Still Alive
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Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2014 World Series of Poker for Day 3 of the Main Event!
Five days ago the final event of the series kicked off with players partaking in three different Day 1 flights before an additional two Day 2 flights were played. Today, however, the entire field will be combined for the first time. They'll begin spread throughout the Amazon, Brasilia, and Pavilion rooms, but by day's end it is likely that everyone will finally be located in one room as eyes will be locked on reaching the money-paying top 693.
The 6,683-player field has now been trimmed down to just 1,864, and although losing two-thirds of the field may be a tough ask, it will be in the mindsets of many as being able to head home with $18,406 locked up will make tonight's sleep a bit easier.
One of those players with goals much loftier then a min-cash is chip leader and 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey who ended Day 1c second in chips before using that momentum �� and a handy double elimination with a full house �� to motor up the chip counts to be the overall chip leader with 505,000. Timothy Stansifer (481,500), Paul Mestre (477,900), and Thomas Cannuli (407,800) also return to big stacks while notables Joe Kuether (401,200), Isaac Baron (387,200), Brian Townsend (361,700), John Hennigan (342,700), and Martin Jacobson (342,700) are likewise perched high on the leaderboard.
Previous World Champions such as Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Joe Cada, Jonathan Duhamel, Jamie Gold and Jerry Yang may have already been eliminated, but reigning champion Ryan Riess (84,900), back-to-back champion Johnny Chan (46,600), Robert Varkonyi (33,8000) and Huck Seed (96,500) all still remain while 2003 Champion Chris Moneymaker leads all the former title-holders with an impressive 222,000 in chips.
Day 3 Seating Draw (via WSOP.com)
Bracelet winners, first time players, and seasoned veterans all still remain in this 1,864-player field, but by the time they are done today dreams will be broken, bad beats will be endured, and players' goals will have shifted. Day 3 is always a big day in the Main Event as the pressure with every decision now gets greater and greater as the tournament progresses.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand once play kicks off at 12:00 p.m. (PDT) to provide extensive live updates from Day 3 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event as we continue to write the story of the next World Champion!
While we wait for play to begin, check out what Phil Ivey had to say on a break during his strong Day 2c yesterday: