Aaron Katz Leads to Begin Day 3 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Welcome to Day 3 coverage of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
The starting field of 100 players is down to just 44, with each looking to capture the first-place prize of $1,395,767, the World Series of Poker bracelet, and the prestige of winning one of the premier events in the poker world.
Aaron Katz is in pole position to begin the day, leading the field with 1,642,000. Katz was second in chips entering Day 2 and rode a rush in the middle of the day to cross the million-chip mark. He continued to add to his stack in the final level on Monday, en route to his bagging the chip lead. Rounding out the five chip counts are Talal Shakerchi (1,480,500), two-time PPC champion Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (1,087,000), Elior Sion (1,033,500), and Andrey Zaichenko (962,000).
A plethora of big names remain, and it would do a disservice to only list a few of them. Below find the complete Day 3 table and seat draw — scroll down and see the many notables still in the hunt:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 17 | 1 | Joseph Couden | United States | 515,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 2 | Aaron Katz | United States | 1,642,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 3 | David Oppenheim | United States | 232,500 |
| Amazon | 17 | 4 | Mike Sexton | United States | 287,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 5 | Johannes Becker | Germany | 293,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 6 | David Bach | United States | 735,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 1 | Scott Seiver | United States | 369,500 |
| Amazon | 18 | 2 | Alex Kostritsyn | Russia | 284,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 3 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 397,500 |
| Amazon | 18 | 4 | Tommy Hang | United States | 580,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 5 | David Steicke | Hong Kong | 656,500 |
| Amazon | 18 | 6 | Ivo Donev | Austria | 460,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 1 | Brett Richey | United States | 683,500 |
| Amazon | 19 | 2 | Phil Hui | United States | 537,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 3 | Mike Matusow | United States | 673,500 |
| Amazon | 19 | 4 | Phil Galfond | United States | 719,500 |
| Amazon | 19 | 5 | Marco Johnson | United States | 281,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 730,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 1 | Jason Mercier | United States | 592,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 2 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 1,087,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 3 | Josh Arieh | United States | 592,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 4 | Matthew Ashton | United Kingdom | 910,500 |
| Amazon | 20 | 5 | Daniel Alaei | United States | 373,500 |
| Amazon | 20 | 6 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 382,500 |
| Amazon | 21 | 1 | Ian Johns | United States | 339,000 |
| Amazon | 21 | 2 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 263,500 |
| Amazon | 21 | 3 | Mike Wattel | United States | 473,000 |
| Amazon | 21 | 4 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 232,000 |
| Amazon | 21 | 6 | Ralph Perry | United States | 560,000 |
| Amazon | 22 | 1 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 127,000 |
| Amazon | 22 | 2 | Jake Abdalla | United States | 731,500 |
| Amazon | 22 | 3 | James Obst | Australia | 649,500 |
| Amazon | 22 | 4 | Elior Sion | United Kingdom | 1,033,500 |
| Amazon | 22 | 5 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 863,500 |
| Amazon | 23 | 2 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 171,000 |
| Amazon | 23 | 3 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | 94,500 |
| Amazon | 23 | 4 | Cary Katz | United States | 446,000 |
| Amazon | 23 | 5 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 541,000 |
| Amazon | 23 | 6 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 121,500 |
| Amazon | 24 | 1 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 1,480,500 |
| Amazon | 24 | 3 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 678,000 |
| Amazon | 24 | 4 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russia | 962,000 |
| Amazon | 24 | 5 | Gary Benson | Australia | 882,000 |
| Amazon | 24 | 6 | Paul Volpe | United States | 292,000 |
Only 15 players will cash, and Day 3 should end right around that 15-player mark. Six 100-level minutes will be played and the action will resume with limits of 12,000/24,000 in limit games and blinds of 3,000/6,000 in big-bet games.
Keep it here at PokerNews for live updates on all of the action as the Poker Players Championship approaches the money bubble!