Money Bubble Looms on Day 3 of Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon
There will be 188 players returning to the felt for Day 3 of Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon. When the cards get in the air, everyone will have one initial goal in mind...to make the money! It won't be much of an issue for chipleader David Coleman who bagged a whopping 651,200 chips, enough for over 250 big blinds.
Coleman will be looking to carry his Day 2 momentum into today and will likely be using his big stack to apply some money bubble pressure. It will be a great opportunity for some of the big stacks to increase their lead as the action will tighten up. Some other big stacks to keep an eye on include Timothy Miles (483,400), Morten Mortensen (524,500), and Yu Dong (407,500) as the only other players above 400,000 chips.
There are also plenty of WSOP gold bracelet winners in the field who will be looking to add some more jewelry to their collection. Christopher Frank, David Pham, Adrian Mateos, and Ryan Leng are just some of those who still remain in contention. Along with a WSOP bracelet for the winner, they will also be granted a payday of $477,401 for first place. However, the first order of business will be to dwindle the field down to 163 players in order to make the money. A min-cash will earn you $3,928 but the money bubble could be a long one with the average stack hovering around the 80 big blind mark.
The action will resume in the Miranda Room at 1 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming at level 13. The blinds will be 1,200/2,400 with a 2,400 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 100 minutes long with a 15-minute break after each level. A dinner break is scheduled to follow the fourth level which will take place at approximately 8:20 p.m. Another six levels are on the schedule for today at which point the remaining players will bag and tag to return for Day 4.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for full coverage of the day's action to see who will make it into the money today!