Sunday, July 17, 2016 2:10 AM Local Time
Thai Tran Leads Final 12 Heading Into Day 4
Calvin Anderson Top 3 in Chips Heading Into Day 4
Play has concluded on Day 3 of Event 69: $1,111 No-Limit Hold’em Little One For One Drop, with 12 players moving on to Day 4. There were 104 players to begin the day, fighting for a first place prize of $525,520 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
The chip leader going into Day 4 is Thai Tran with 6,700,000 in chips, followed by Calvin Anderson (5,870,000) and Ryan D'Angelo rounding out third (5,350,000). The remaining 12 players bagging for the night are guaranteed a payout of $35,269.
Guillaume Diaz, Samer Al-Shurieki, Thai Tran, and Ryan D’Angelo all finished with top ten stacks on Day 2, and are still in the hunt for gold moving on to Day 4.
Some familiar faces to cash in this tournament today included Bryden Baxter (21st place - $17,546), Jimmy Lee (30th place - $14,138), Mike Sowers (31st place - $14,138), Marvin Rettenmaier (38th place - $11,490), Tobias Peters (42nd place - $11,490), Chris Ferguson (58th place - $7,788), Brian Altman ($59th place - $7,788), Jeff Madsen (63rd place - $7,788), Jens Lakemeier (84th place – $4,641), Jared Jaffee (88th place - $4,641), John Racener (89th place - $4,641), and Dylan Linde (94th place - $3,976).
Heading into Day 4, players will start the day at 2 p.m. at Level 31, where blinds will be at 60,000/120,000 with a 15,000 ante. Play will conclude when a winner is crowned.
Results can be found under the Results Tab, and Live Updates will continue to be available on WSOP.com on the way to crowning a winner.
Here are the seating assignments and chip counts for Day 4:
Table 1
1. Samer Al-Shurieki - 3,030,000 (25 bb)
2. Mohammad Abediarani - 2,160,000 (18 bb)
3. Michael Tureniec - 3,105,000 (25 bb)
4. Johnny Ngo - 1,735,000 (14 bb)
5. Guillaume Diaz - 2,685,000 (22 bb)
6. Sam Ho - 3,400,000 (28 bb)
Table 2
1. Calvin Anderson - 5,870,000 (48 bb)
2. Carl Martel - 3,685,000 (30 bb)
3. Ryan D'Angelo - 5,350,000 (44 bb)
4. Thai Tran - 6,700,000 (55 bb)
5. Shai Zurr - 3,580,000 (29 bb)
6. Lucas Blanco - 2,275,000 (18 bb)