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39th Annual World Series of Poker Main EventDay 3 completed
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Fri Jul 11 2008 07:57 PST | Posted by hintze
Complete Chip Counts Posted
Complete chip counts for all 474 Day 3 survivors have now been posted.
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Fri Jul 11 2008 07:54 PST | Posted by hintze
Day 3 chip leader Jeremy JosephDay 3 Official Chip Counts
The chips have been tallied and recorded following Day 3 in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. 474 players and the official end-of-day leader is Jeremy Joseph, who surpassed Jeremiah Smith late in the session and finished with 1,458,000 in chips. The overnight top ten:
Jeremy Joseph 1,458,000
Jeremiah Smith 1,079,500
Mark Ketteringham 950,000
Kyle Carlston 932,500
Dag Martin Mikkelsen 931,000
Alan Jaffray 908,500
Owen Crowe 900,000
Alexander Kostritsyn 887,000
James McManus 875,000
Chris Barrile 873,500
Play will resume at 1pm on Friday from a roomy Amazon Room. -
Fri Jul 11 2008 02:31 PST | Posted by compncards
Jeremy Joseph - Day 3 Chip LeaderDay 3 Concludes
1,307 players started Day 3 of this year's Main Event. Brian Schaedlich started the day in the chip lead, but as fate would have it he would finish the day with only 22,000. The money bubble burst with Steve Chung being the unfortunate bubble boy. On a brighter note for Chung, he will not leave totally empty-handed. His seat for next year's Main Event is locked in, courtesy of Harrah's.
A new chip leader emerged in Jeremy Joseph, who enters Day 4 with 1,470,000 in chips. Jeremiah Smith, Owen Crowe, Alexander Kostritsyn, and Dag Martin Mikkelsen round out the top five in chips. Many pros were eliminated today including Jennifer Harman, Vanessa Rousso, Phil Gordon, and Thor Hansen. Two prior Main Event champions remain in the field. Phil Hellmuth will enter Day 4 looking for his 12th bracelet, while Johnny Chan will seek his 11th bracelet and third Main Event Championship.
Due to an extended bubble period, Day 4 will start Friday at 1 p.m. PDT. As always, PokerNews will be here to bring you all the exciting action. Please join us next time as we march towards a new World Champion. -
Fri Jul 11 2008 02:27 PST | Posted by MarcC
Bad Day at the OfficeThe Bigger they are the Harder they Fall
Brian Schaedlich started today as the big chip leader. How a day spent around the baize can change things. He leaves today with just 22,000 in his bag. The final damage was done in a hand versus Jens Klaning. Chips were already in the middle and the rest went in once the turn had been dealt, giving us a
board.
Schaedlich flipped over
for top pair and second-nut flush draw. Klaning tabled 
for two pair. The river 
changed not a thing, meaning the 665,000 goes the way of Klaning.
After the hand a philosophical Schaedlich blamed Mike Matusow for drawing an eight rather than a five earlier. -
Fri Jul 11 2008 02:22 PST | Posted by compncards
Slotboom EliminatedRolf Slotboom Eliminated
Rolf Slotboom called an all-in bet from Marc Podell. Podell had Slotboom covered.
Podell: 
Slotboom:
Board:
After the hand, Podell moved up to 558,000 in chips -
Fri Jul 11 2008 02:19 PST | Posted by compncards
George Wedemeyer Eliminated
George Wedemeyer was all in preflop and received a call. Wedemeyer held
and his opponent held 
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Board:
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Fri Jul 11 2008 02:14 PST | Posted by shorton
The Next Group
These players receive $25,090:
518: Chau Giang
519: William Douglas Smith
520: Hamid Jahangard
521: Serj Markarian
522: Derei Asher
523: David Sacks
524: Michael Perez
525: Brian Montag
526: Bob Slezak
527: -
528: Wendell Olsen
529: Vlad Teposu
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Fri Jul 11 2008 02:11 PST | Posted by shorton
Quoth Gus Hansen: Sick
Gus Hansen is still in the event, but that's not stopping him from coming over to sweat Dag Martin Mikkelsen's table. He says he's the big stack at his table with 330,000 -- but at Dag's table, he'd be the short stack, as the stacks are massive. "Sick!" he says.
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Fri Jul 11 2008 02:09 PST | Posted by compncards
Eight More Hands
A draw was just held to determine the number of hand left to play for the night. Mike Matusow drew and we will play eight more hands, and then call it a night.
It was also announced that play will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. PCT, instead of the customary noon start time.
Started 3rd Jul, 2008
