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Monday, May 6, 2019 12:22 PM Local Time
Eighth Place Finisher Schuyler Thornton
Blake Whittington opens to 125,000 from late position, Schuyler Thornton moves all in for around 750,000 and Whittington calls, players turn over their hands.
Blake Whittington:
Schuyler Thornton:
The flop comes down and Whittington is still ahead with his cowboys. A falls as a turn card and Day 3 might lose the first player of the day.
The lands on the river, sealing the deal for Whittington and his kings as he sends home Thornton in eighth place for $17,699.
Blake Whittington - 2,925,000 (58 bb)
Schuyler Thornton - Eliminated
Monday, May 6, 2019 12:07 PM Local Time
The tournament director has now informed the dealer to shuffle up and start pitching the cards for the final table of the Tunica main event.
Monday, May 6, 2019 12:06 PM Local Time
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Monday, May 6, 2019 10:16 AM Local Time
Blake Whittington
The final day action is slated to kick off at Noon and just eight players will be returning to take a shot at that $151,789 first place prize. An eventual winner will also be pulling in an automatic ticket to the 2019 Global Casino Championship and of course a shiny new gold WSOP circuit ring.
Jesse Jones will be leading into the final day of the tournament with 5,260,000 in chips and a wide margin between him and any other player. If Jones finishes in the top two he will over double his WSOP lifetime earnings of $75,109 in just one tournament and his is surely looking in a prime position to do so with the chip lead he is bringing into Day 3.
The closest person behind Jones is Blake Whittington with 1,710,000 in chips, who is the most experienced player left and has been running well all week. Earlier this week he picked up his fourth ring right here in Tunica and might be adding a fifth by tournaments end.
A look at the final table seats and counts:
Seat 1 - Roger Foley - 1,450,000
Seat 2 - Jesse Jones - 5,260,000
Seat 3 - Tim Burt - 835,000
Seat 4 - Taylor Deane - 910,000
Seat 5 - Blake Whittington - 1,710,000
Seat 6 - Michael Rossitto - 1,405,000
Seat 7 - Asaf Shushan - 975,000
Seat 8 - Schuyler Thornton - 1,440,000
The day will begin on level 27 and the blinds will be at 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante. The blind levels will be 60-minutes in length and will not end until an eventual champion has been crowned.
Make sure to stay tuned to WSOP.com for all the live updates throughout the remainder of the main event.