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.
Remaining Payouts
| Position | Prize (USD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $175,578 | ||
| 2 | $117,046 | ||
| 3 | $86,820 | ||
| 4 | $64,920 | ||
| 5 | $48,938 | ||
| 6 | $37,194 | ||
| 7 | $28,501 | ||
| 8 | $22,022 |
As usual, live updates can be found here at PokerNews, so stay tuned to see who has what it takes to go all the way.