Photo Recap For Day 3 of the WPT Legends of Poker

Aug 24, 2010

Day 3 of WPT Legends of Poker started with 60 players, played two levels, broke through the money bubble, played four more levels, and finished with 15 players remaining.

1. Andrew Frankenberger – 1,958,000 (163 bb)
2. Jonathan Little – 1,314,000 (109 bb)
3. Steve Reitzfeld – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
4. John Smith – 1,005,000 (83 bb)
5. Tom Braband – 936,000 (78 bb)
6. Adam Schiffer – 868,000 (72 bb)
7. Franco Brunetti – 795,000 (66 bb)
8. Kyle McCammond – 615,000 (51 bb)
9. Tyler Cornell – 581,000 (48 bb)
10. Hoan Ly – 523,000 (43 bb)
11. Jared Jaffee – 492,000 (41 bb)
12. Tom Lee – 396,000 (33 bb)
13. Florentino Ornelas – 351,000 (29 bb)
14. Ben Keiley – 321,000 (26 bb)
15. Wade Woelfel – 279,000 (23 bb)

Official seating assignments won’t be released by the casino until an hour or two before play tomorrow.

The unfortunate bubble boy was Brian Patrick, who earned $0 for 46th place. Notables who finished in the money include Amit Makhija (45th), Jonathan Aguiar (44th), Joe Hachem (43rd), Ali Eslami (42nd), J.C. Alvarado (38th), November Niner Soi Nguyen (34th), Marco Johnson (33rd), Joe Sebok (32nd), Erica Schoenberg (30th), Phil Collins (29th), Allen Kessler (20th), Darryll Fish (19th), and David Sands (17th).

Here’s a photographic look back at some highlights from Day 3. (Photos by BJ Nemeth)

Erica Schoenberg
Erica Schoenberg is the last woman standing, and the only woman who survived to Day 3 of the WPT Legends of Poker.

First Three Bustouts
Joe Hachem, Ali Eslami, and Amit Makhija are among the first few bustouts after the money bubble burst. Of course, IDs must be shown and paperwork must be filled out before they can collect their earnings.

Erica Schoenberg Doubles Up
Erica Schoenberg doubled through Ben Keiley after flopping an ace with her A-K. The money bubble had just burst, and Schoenberg was sitting pretty (and prettily) with 790,000 in chips (158 big blinds). Unfortunately, Schoenberg would bust out in 30th place, earning $11,500.

Final Two Tables
The final two tables, during the last level of Day 3.

Jonathan Little
Season VI WPT Player of the Year Jonathan Little was chipleader for a while late in the day, and finished second in chips with 1,314,000 (109 big blinds). With 15 players remaining, Little is attempting to win his third WPT title, which would tie him for the career record with Gus Hansen and Carlos Mortensen.

Andrew Frankenberger 2
Andrew Frankenberger finished Day 3 as the chipleader with 1,958,000 (163 big blinds).

Bagging Chips
When play ended shortly after 11:00 pm PT, it was time for the final 15 players to bag and tag their chips. Play resumes tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Bicycle Casino at 1:00 pm PT, and will continue until there are six players left for Wednesday’s televised WPT final table.

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