Roland Israelashvili Hunts Bracelet in $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed as Ten Players Return at 1PM
A starting field of 248 hopefuls has been reduced to just ten going into Day 3 of Event #25: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. They will all be chasing the top prize of $148,635 resulting from a $662,160 prize pool. Daniel Vampan leads the pack after bagging up 2,470,000 last night, which is nearly a million more than his next-closest competitor Frank Yakubson, who ended with 1,840,000.
Also still in contention is Roland Israelashvili, who has the record for the most WSOP cashes ever with an incredible 500 cashes (after this event comes to a close) for a total of $3,937,284 earnings (plus whatever he wins today). Israelashvili, who has 11 Circuit gold rings, has had several close calls to winning a gold bracelet and looks to capture his first today.
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Vampan | United States | 2,470,000 | 31 |
| 2 | Frank Yakubson | United States | 1,650,000 | 21 |
| 3 | Daniel Maczuga | United States | 1,500,000 | 19 |
| 4 | Lucas Wagner | United States | 940,000 | 12 |
| 5 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 875,000 | 11 |
| 6 | Robert Wells | United Kingdom | 675,000 | 8 |
| 7 | Daniel Budovsky | United States | 590,000 | 7 |
| 8 | Nick Caltabiano | United States | 565,000 | 7 |
| 9 | Yi Klassen | United States | 545,000 | 7 |
| 10 | Daniel Idema | Canada | 130,000 | 2 |
Day 3 resumes in the Horseshoe Event Center at 1 p.m. local time on June 10, with the final ten players having $11,157 locked up, but all eyes on the $148,635 first-place prize, along with the WSOP gold bracelet. Play will begin at Level 22, with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and limits of 30,000/60,000. Play will continue until a champion has been crowned.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $148,635 |
| 2 | $99,578 |
| 3 | $67,919 |
| 4 | $47,179 |
| 5 | $33,387 |
| 6 | $24,078 |
| 7 | $17,704 |
| 8-9 | $13,276 |
| 10 | $11,157 |
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