Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (2,000 players max)

Hand #16: Under the gun, Max Steinberg raised to 18,000. All other players folded and he won the pot.

Hand #17: Action folded around and Steinberg got a walk.

Hand #18: David "Bakes" Baker opened to 15,000 from early position. Action folded around and Baker won the pot.

Hand #19: David "Bakes" Baker opened to 15,000 from under the gun and took down the pot.

Hand #11: Cliff Josephy raised to 14,000 from middle position. He was called by Max Steinberg in the hijack seat. Ryan Hughes also called from the button. Both blinds folded. The flop came the    . Josephy bet 22,000. Steinberg folded and Hughes called. The   came on the turn. Josephy bet 35,000 and Hughes folded. Josephy scooped the pot.

Hand #12: Under the gun Simeon Naydenov raised to 14,000. Josephy called from early position. The two players went heads up to the     flop. Naydenov bet 18,000. Josephy called. The turn was the  . Naydenov bet 34,000. Josephy made the call. The river was the  . Naydenov checked. Josephy bet 60,000. Naydenov calls. Jospehy showed    for a set of jacks, and Naydenov showed    for a rivered straight. Naydenov scooped the pot.

Hand #13: Tim West raised 15,000 under the gun and action folded around. West scooped the pot.

Hand #14: Cliff Josephy raised to 14,000 from under the gun. He was called by Chris Klodnicki in the cutoff. All other players folded. The flop was the    . Josephy checked. Klodnicki bet 20,000 which prompted a folded from Josephy. Klodnicki took the pot.

Hand #15: Action folded to Cliff Josephy who got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #6: Action folded to Simeon Naydenov who opened to 14,000 from the cutoff. Tim West put in a three bet to 47,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Naydenov folded as well. West picked up the pot.

Hand #7: For the third hand in a row Naydenov opened to 14,000, this time from the hijack. Action folded to Max Steinberg reraised to 56,000 from the big blind. Naydenov folded and Steinberg won the pot.

Hand #8: David "Bakes" Baker opened from early position to 15,000. Action folded to Tim West in the hijack seat who raised to 56,000. Action folded back to Baker who folded as well.

Hand #9: Max Steinberg raised to 15,000 from the button. Ryan Hughes reraised from the big blind to 43,000. Steinberg folded, and Hughes won the pot.

Hand #10: Tim West raised to 15,000 from middle position. All other players folded and West won the pot

Hand 1: Ryan Hughes wins the first pot with a raise on the button.

Hand 2: Longobardi raised to 13,000 from middle position, Silverstein called from the hijack, Hughes called from the cutoff. The flop came    . Action checked to Silverstein who bet 22,000. Hughes made the call. Longobardi also made the call. The turn was the  . Longobardi checked to Silverstein who bet 44,000. Hughes and Longobardi both folded and Silverstein scooped the pot.

Hand 3: Max Steinberg raised from middle position and he was called by Ryan Hughes in the hijack seat. The flop was    . Steinberg bet 25,000. Hughes called. The turn was  . Steinberg checked and Hughes checked back. The river was the  . Steinberg bet 13,000. Hughes called. Steinberg showed    while Hughes mucked. Steinberg won the pot.

Hand 4: Cliffy Josephy raised to 14,000 from under the gun and he was called by Evan Silverstein in middle position. The two players went heads up to the     flop where action checked around. The turn was the  . Cliff bet 35,000 and Evan folded.

Hand 5: Simeon Naydenov raised to 13,000 from the button and scooped the pot.

Welcome to our Day 3 coverage of Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. The starting field of 477 entrants is down to just 10 hopefuls, each looking to capture the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

Among the final 10 players are four who have won bracelets. David "Bakes" Baker and Ryan Hughes each have two, while Cliff Josephy and Max Steinberg each own one. For Chris Klodnicki and Tim West, this is a chance to finally break through and capture that elusive bracelet, as the two respected poker pros have a combined 37 cashes at the WSOP without one. Don't sleep on the rest of the table, though, as they have also navigated their way through the tough field to reach this point. Alessandro Longobardi, Steven Silverman, and Simeon Naydenov made deep runs last summer, and Evan Silverstein is a high-stakes grinder looking to make his first live score one a bracelet win.

Here is the seat draw for the final table:

Play is set to commence at 1pm, about an hour from now, so be sure to keep it here throughout the day as the latest WSOP champion is crowned.