Day 3 of World Poker Tour Legends of Poker update

The third day of the WPT Legends of Poker tournament finished up yesterday. Just 60 of the original players who bought in for $5,000 started the day and play continued until only 15 were left standing.

On the top of the leader board is Andrew Frankenberger with almost 2 Million chips. The last big name professional left in the field is Jonathan Little, a two time WPT champ, with a bit more than 1.3 Million in chips and 2nd in the chip count.

The money bubble burst yesterday as Brian Patrick was eliminated in 46th place, with the top 45 players earning at least $10,200 each. Some of the more notable players that have cashed so far are:

45: Amit Makhija — $10,200
44: Jonathan Aguiar — $10,200
43: Joe Hachem — $10,200
42: Ali Eslami — $10,200
38: J.C. Alvarado — $10,200
35: Elliot Smith — $11,500
34: Soi Nguyen — $11,500
33: Marco Johnson — $11,500
32: Joe Sebok — $11,500
30: Erica Schoenberg — $11,500
29: Phil Collins — $11,500
26: Peter Rho — $13,000
21: Charlie Hook — $13,000
20: Allen Kessler — $13,000
19: Darryll Fish — $13,000
17: David Sands — $15,500

The chip counts for the remaining 16 players are as follows:

1. Andrew Frankenberger — 1,958,000
2. Jonathan Little — 1,314,000
3. Steve Reitzfeld — 1,200,000
4. John Smith — 1,005,000
5. Tom Braband — 936,000
6. Adam Schiffer — 868,000
7. Franco Brunetti — 795,000
8. Kyle McCammond — 615,000
9. Tyler Cornell — 581,000
10. Hoan Ly — 523,000
11. Jared Jaffee — 492,000
12. Tom Lee — 396,000
13. Florentino Ornelas — 351,000
14. Ben Keiley — 321,000
15. Wade Woelfel — 279,000

The 4th day of play will begin tomorrow at the Bicycle Casino and play will continue until the table is down to 6 players. That final table is scheduled to be televised.

The remaining prize pool for those 16 players to be paid out is:

1st: $750,000
2nd: $370,000
3rd: $174,772
4th: $109,000
5th: $86,000
6th: $63,000
7th: $45,000
8th: $35,000
9th: $29,000
10th-12th: $24,000
13th-15th: $19,500

News Added: 24 August, 2010

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