Day 3 Ends with Brian Kim Leading the Final 30 Players

Photo:  Chipleader Brian Kim

Day 3 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic began with 95 players, and start-of-day chipleader Brian Kim was at or near the top of the leaderboard all day long, finishing with 2,330,000 to claim the top spot once again.

There are 30 players who survived to Day 3, and the full list of official chip counts can be found by clicking here. Here’s a look at the top five:

1.  Brian Kim  –  2,330,000  (155 bb)
2.  Mike Vanier  –  2,290,000  (153 bb)
3.  Ren Lin  –  2,195,000  (146 bb)
4.  Chad Eveslage  –  2,020,000  (135 bb)
5.  Dan Colpoys  –  1,550,000  (103 bb)

The field reached the Money Bubble during the second level of play today, and it was a very long bubble, taking 17 hands to eliminate two players — Cary Katz busted in 74th place in Hand #15, and Brian Rast busted in 73rd place in Hand #17.

Photo:  Robbi Jade Lew finished in 49th place, earning $22,400.

The final 72 players made it to the money, guaranteed at least $19,050 each. The most notable players who cashed but didn’t survive were WPT Ambassadors Brad Owen (54th place) and Andrew Neeme (43rd place), along with talk-of-the-poker-world Robbi Jade Lew, who finished 49th.

Here is the seat draw for the final 30 players returning for Day 4, along with their official chip counts:

TABLE A
Seat 1.  Anthony Hu  –  855,000  (57 bb)
Seat 2.  David Polop  –  235,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Francis Anderson  –  650,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4.  David Kim  –  480,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5.  Matthew Su  –  1,215,000  (81 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Kim  –  2,330,000  (155 bb)
Seat 7.  Garrett Greer  –  395,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8.  Amir Lehavot  –  920,000  (61 bb)

TABLE B
Seat 1.  Peter Okin  –  575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Ian Matakis  –  710,000  (47 bb)
Seat 3.  Dan Colpoys  –  1,550,000  (103 bb)
Seat 4.  Justin Zaki  –  760,000  (51 bb)
Seat 5.  Zach Donovan  –  665,000  (44 bb)
Seat 6.  Daniel Maor  –  765,000  (51 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Ren Lin  –  2,195,000  (146 bb)

TABLE C
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Pete Chen  –  585,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  Oddie Dardon  –  816,000  (54 bb)
Seat 4.  Yong Wang  –  780,000  (52 bb)
Seat 5.  Ralph Perry  –  1,420,000  (95 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeff Yarchever  –  690,000  (46 bb)
Seat 7.  Steve Buckner  –  710,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Albert Calderon  –  630,000  (42 bb)

TABLE D
Seat 1.  Jordan Spurlin  –  595,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2.  Joe Kuether  –  435,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Bonomo  –  985,000  (66 bb)
Seat 4.  Long Tran  –  895,000  (60 bb)
Seat 5.  Chad Eveslage  –  2,020,000  (135 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Gathy  –  670,000  (45 bb)
Seat 7.  Eric Cloutier  –  615,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.  Mike Vanier  –  2,290,000  (153 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $1,042,300*
2nd:  $690,000
3rd:  $505,000
4th:  $377,000
5th:  $283,000
6th:  $216,000
7th:  $166,000
8th:  $129,000
9th-10th:  $101,000
11th-12th:  $80,500
13th-14th:  $65,200
15th-16th:  $53,600
17th-20th:  $44,700
21st-24th:  $37,800
25th-30th:  $32,400

Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing live coverage of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

* First-place prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com