Sunday, July 10, 2016 8:59 AM Local Time
Dan Smith Leads the Way Into Day 3 of One Drop High Roller
Welcome to Day 3 coverage of Event #67, $111,111 High Roller for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em. When late registration closed at the start of Day 2, 183 entries were on record. Today, just 13 players remain in the hunt to capture the bracelet and the first-place prize of $4,981,775. Leading the way into Day 3 is Dan Smith with 22,500,000.
Smith was the last person to register on Day 2 and immediately ran his 25-big-blind stack upward, scoring a few crucial late eliminations en route to his bagging a sizable chip lead.
At the other end of the spectrum is 2012 Big One for One Drop champion Antonio Esfandiari, entering play today as the short stack, When play was on the money bubble, Esfandiari looked destined to finish in 29th place when he ran jacks into aces. However, a jack on the river kept him alive.
Here are the Day 3 seating assignments:
Table 1
Seat 1: Dan Smith - 22,500,000 (140 bb)
Seat 2: Koray Aldemir - 7,140,000 (44 bb)
Seat 3: Jack Salter - 12,790,000 (80 bb)
Seat 4: Antonio Esfandiari - 1,650,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5: Joe McKeehen - 7,160,000 (44 bb)
Seat 6: --empty--
Seat 7: Fedor Holz - 5,365,000 (33 bb)
Seat 8: --empty--
Table 2
Seat 1: Niall Farrell - 5,100,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Brian Green - 14,865,000 (93 bb)
Seat 3: Brandon Steven - 1,985,000 (12 bb)
Seat 4: --empty--
Seat 5: Adrian Mateos - 3,830,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Scott Seiver - 2,685,000 (16 bb)
Seat 7: David Steicke - 4,375,000 (27 bb)
Seat 8: Nick Petrangelo - 2,400,000 (15 bb)
Play resumes at 2 p,m. and will continue until a winner emerges to claim this prestigious title. We'll have live updates on all of the action and be providing hand-for-hand coverage of the eight-handed final table.