Day 3 Ends with 14 Players; James Rann Leads with 5.8M

Nov 26, 2018

James Rann
Photo:  Chipleader James Rann

After five 90-minute levels, Day 3 comes to an end with 14 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to James Rand, who bagged up 5,815,000 (116 big blinds).

Two of the notables still in the hunt for this title are WPT Champions Club member Ravi Raghavan, and Major League Soccer player Brent Kallman of the Minnesota United FC.

Here are the official chip counts and seating positions, with the average stack around 2.57 million (51 big blinds):

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Brent Kallman  –  1,530,000  (31 bb)
Seat 2.  Marius Gierse  –  3,455,000  (69 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Ravi Raghavan  –  1,095,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  Tom Burandt  –  850,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6.  John DuBois  –  1,130,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7.  Brett Apter  –  835,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeff Yarchever  –  965,000  (19 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Christopher Kennedy  –  2,000,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2.  James Gilbert  –  5,240,000  (105 bb)
Seat 3.  Alan Schein  –  4,135,000  (83 bb)
Seat 4.  Roberto Bendeck  –  1,590,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeremy Joseph  –  3,515,000  (70 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  James Rann  –  5,815,000  (116 bb)
Seat 8.  Pavel Plesuv  –  3,760,000  (75 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $504,820*
2nd:  $326,565
3rd:  $240,945
4th:  $179,710
5th:  $135,505
6th:  $103,310
7th:  $79,650
8th:  $62,110
9th-10th:  $48,985
11th-12th:  $39,085
13th-14th:  $31,550

Day 4 begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 noon EST, when they will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for Wednesday’s live-streamed WPT Final Table. Stay tuned to WPT.com for a recap of today’s action.

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com

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