Play Resumes With 18 Players at 12:00 noon Eastern on Thursday, Nov. 1st

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|:img:4274,R:|Tomorrow (Wednesday) will be a day off for both the players and the media, and it also happens to be October 31st -- Halloween. Based on the video interviews with the WPT's Kimberly Lansing, most of these poker players will be dressing up as poker players. |:img:4271,L:|Jonathan Little, who currently leads the Season VI WPT Player of the Year race, leads the pack with a little more than 1.5 million in chips. The most notable player left in the field is two-time WPT champion Barry Greenstein, who is sixth in chips with a better-than-average 612,000. Action resumes on Thursday with the final 18 players battling it out for six seats at the WPT Final Table, which will be taped Friday evening at 4:00 pm Eastern. WPT Photographer BJ Nemeth has uploaded 68 pictures into the |:ll:41:|/photo gallery/ today, including the 18 players still in the hunt for the $1.3 million first prize. There are a total of 289 photos in the gallery from the first three days of this tournament, so you can browse through photos of your favorite players even if they didn't make it this far. |:img:4245,R:|Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments: TABLE #1 Seat 1 - Harry Tsoukalos - 1,079,000 Seat 2 - Ryan Aiken - 129,000 Seat 3 - Wei Kai Chang - 485,000 Seat 4 - Kofi Farkye - 1,212,000 Seat 5 - Cheryl Lynn Deleon - 486,000 Seat 6 - Jeff Garza - 225,000 Seat 7 - William Hames - 351,000 Seat 8 - Dan Shak - 261,000 Seat 9 - Barry Greenstein - 612,000 TABLE #2 |:img:4272,R:|Seat 1 - Giuseppe Galluzzo - 239,000 Seat 2 - Scott Clements - 190,000 Seat 3 - David Cloutier - 1,340,000 Seat 4 - Arun Jamasi - 98,000 Seat 5 - Steven Silverman - 857,000 Seat 6 - Dale Pinchot - 263,000 Seat 7 - Narinder Khasria - 124,000 Seat 8 - Adam Levy - 557,000 Seat 9 - Jonathan Little - 1,576,000 Wednesday is a day off, but return to WorldPokerTour.com on Thursday, November 1st at 12:00 noon Eastern for continuing live coverage of all the action, including hand updates, chip counts, photos, and video interviews with Kimberly Lansing.

Mucking Aces with Adam Levy

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The Excitable Chipleader

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Day 3 of the North American Poker Championship

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With 79 players still in contention for the title at the North American Poker Championship, the $1,387,224 first place prize seemed light years away. But the day started with a flourish of bustouts and players dropped from the race at an extraordinary rate. It didn’t take long to lose several well-known professionals. In the span of an hour we lost Jordan Morgan, Kathy Liebert, JC Tran, Joe Cassidy and Jeff Madsen among others. Matt “Ch0ppy” Kay, who currently leads the Card Player Online Player of the Year race, was eliminated close to the bubble when his pocket sixes ran into Brent Tucker’s pocket kings. Kay had been touring the last few WPT stops but will be out of commission for awhile because he is too young to play in the United States. Peter Feldman was also eliminated just before the bubble when his top two pair was two-outed by an opponent’s underpair. Feldman quickly exited the room and then hand for hand play began. Hand for hand play can either be excruciatingly long or pleasantly short. Thankfully for the rest of the field, this tournament was an example of the latter. Nick Schulman was tournament’s bubble boy when he fell into the trap set by Kofi Farkye. Farkye raised to 12,000 and Schulman made the call in the big blind. The flop came J74 and Farkye bet 16,000 after Schulman checked. Schulman made the call and the turn was the Q. Both players checked and the river was the 7. Schulman bet 35,000 and Farkye instantly announced a raise to 210,000. Schulman moved all in and Farkye quickly called showing 44. Schulman took a quick look at his hand and then tapped the table. According to Barry Greenstein, Schulman held A-7 and made trips on the river. The bubble burst in only one hand and the remaining 45 players celebrated their new found fortune. Once the players made the money the action didn’t bother to slow down and a number of players quickly hit the rail. Farkye continued to dominate his table and became the first player to reach the one-million mark when he eliminated Allen Cunningham in 40th place. Lee Markholt raised to 18,000 and Sean Burstein made the call. Farkye reraised to 62,000 and Allen Cunningham pushed all in for 169,000. Markholt and Burstein folded, while Farkye made the call. Farkye showed AJ and Cunningham showed 1010. The board came A9886 and Cunningham was out the door. Jean-Robert Bellande, who dominated day one to build an overwhelmingly large stack couldn’t keep up his momentum was eventually eliminated in 39th place. Despite the rumors that Bellande was voted out of the tournament, in reality his pocket queens ran into the pocket aces of Marc Karam. The longest bubble of the day turned out to be the pay jump from 37th to 36th place. For awhile, it seemed like the short stacks would never be eliminated as they doubled up time and time again. Eventually, Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman got involved in a pot with Marc Karam. Freeman raised to 16,500 and Karam raised to 55,000. Freeman pushed all in and Karam reluctantly called. Freeman flipped up KK and Karam showed down A8. The board came Q10524 and Freeman was eliminated allowing the rest of the field to go to dinner. After the hour-long break, the short stacks didn’t waste any time getting their chips in the middle and as a result, we lost 15 players in rapid succession. Among the fallen was Marc Karam, who finished in sixth place in this event last year. Karam’s pocket jacks couldn’t outrace Jonathan Little’s A-K, and he was eliminated in 25th place. Lee Markholt has been one of the most consistent players on the World Poker Tour. Markholt couldn't survive the day, but added his eighth WPT cash of the calendar year. This is a remarkable accomplishment considering he's played in only 19 events during that span, putting his cash rate at 42 percent. His final hand came when he pushed all in with K-6 against Dan Shak’s pocket jacks. The board offered no help and Markholt was eliminated in 23rd place. After Catherine Caterini was eliminated in 19th place, the final 18 players bagged and tagged their chips. The players will have Halloween off and they will return on Friday to play down to the final TV table of 6. Here are the final 18 players and their chip counts. Jonathan "fieryjustice" Little - 1,576,000 David Cloutier - 1,340,000 Kofi Farkye - 1,212,000 Harry Tsoukalos - 1,079,000 Steve "zugwat" Silverman - 857,000 Barry Greenstein - 612,000 Adam "Roothlus" Levy - 557,000 Chery Lynn Deleon - 486,000 Wei Kai Chang - 485,000 William Hames - 351,000 Dale Pinchot - 263,000 Dan Shak - 261,000 Giuseppe Galuzzo - 239,000 Jeff "ActionJeff" Garza - 225,000 Scott "BigRiskky" Clements - 190,000 Ryan "southside1" Aiken - 129,000 Narinder Khasria - 124,000 Arun Jamasi - 98,000

Cheryl Deleon Last Woman Standing

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Day Three Ends; Day Off Tomorrow

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There is more information coming soon from the Day 2 action, including photos of everyone still alive and the official chip counts for the final 18 players. Tomorrow (Wednesday) will be a day off, and action will resume on Thursday at 12:00 noon Eastern time. At that point, the field will play all the down to the final six for the WPT Final Table. Stay tuned for official chip counts and a summary of the entire day.

Catherine Caterini Eliminated 19th ($48,633 CAD)

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Catherine Caterini moves all in with AK and as Adam Levy calls, and exposes his hand, one of his two aces flies into the muck face up. According to Tournament Director Jason March, "The reason for the ruling was, tabled cards that are face up after a called all in bet, remain in play." Luckily for Levy, the correct ruling was made, the ace was easily retrieved and the hand played out as it should have been. Levys AA held when the board ran QJ394, giving him the flush and the pot. Caterini was sent to the rail in 19th place for $48,633.

David Tucker Eliminated in 20th place ($48,633 CAD)

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David Tucker has been eliminated in 20th place good for ($48,633 CAD).

Bill Edler Eliminated in 21st Place ($48,633 CAD)

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David Cloutier bets 30,000, Bill Edler raises to 60,000, and Cloutier reraises all in. Edler thinks for a moment and then makes the call. Cloutier flips up QQ and Edler shows down Q8. The board rolls out 652K2 and Edler is eliminated in 21st place. He will take home $48,633.

Shawn Wieferig Eliminated in 22nd Place ($48,633 CAD)

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Shawn Wieferig has been eliminated by Barry Greenstein. He will take down $48,633 USD.