105 Players on Day 3 of Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
A new day starts in the quest for the WSOP gold bracelet of Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. After Day 2, where 266 players reached the money, only 105 players remain out of a field of 1,773 entrants and will try to make their way to the last five on Day 3.
Among the remaining players, Tzur Levy bagged the chip lead with 2,500,000, while Jonathan Fhima is second in chips with 2,180,000. Jong Kim (1,600,000) and Noel Rodriguez (1,490,000) took third and fourth place after Day 2.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| *Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds* | ||
| 1 | Tzur Levy | Israel | 2,450,000 | 123 | ||
| 2 | Jonathan Fhima | France | 2,180,000 | 109 | ||
| 3 | Jong Kim | United States | 1,600,000 | 80 | ||
| 4 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | 1,490,000 | 75 | ||
| 5 | Yiannis Liperis | United Kingdom | 1,445,000 | 72 | ||
| 6 | Carson Richards | United States | 1,410,000 | 71 | ||
| 7 | Nicholas Seward | United States | 1,395,000 | 70 | ||
| 8 | Daniel Hachem | Australia | 1,315,000 | 66 | ||
| 9 | Simon Higgins | United Kingdom | 1,285,000 | 64 | ||
| 10 | Bryan Chen | United States | 1,260,000 | 63 |
Kristen Foxen and her 1,245,000 chip-stack is still in the race for the $676,900 first-place prize, as well as Nicholas Seward (1,395,000), Paolo Boi (1,000,000), WSOP online Main Event champions Stoyan Madanzhiev (980,000) and Hossein Ensan (290,000), Anthony Zinno (760,000), Kyle Julius (680,000), Andre Akkari (555,000), Wing Liu (355,000) Benjamin Spragg (370,000), Tobias Peters (350,000), Aliaksandr Hirs (325,000) or Klemens Roiter (225,000). They have all secured at least $7,146.
Day 3 restarts at 12 p.m. local time with blinds starting at 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000. The plan is to play down to the final five players, and all levels today will be 60 minutes.
Stay tuned for all the excitement as the PokerNews live reporting team covers Day 3, along with our comprehensive summer-long coverage of the 2024 WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.