Three handed play with three talented players is what the Legends of Poker is down to. Amit “Amak316″ Makhija has been holding the top spot since early in the day yesterday, and there has been no let up from him so far. John Phan has been on more of an up and down ride, but he is up when it counts, recently flopping a set to take a large pot off of Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark and gain ground on Makhija. Clark finds himself the short stack three handed, but still has enough chips that one double up or big pot levels the playing field.

Phan had opened for 185k from the small blind and Clark (right) raised to 375k. An ever deliberate Phan made the call and the flop came J32. John checked over to Clark and he put out a bet of 150k. John called and both players checked the A turn. The 9 was the river card and Phan led out for 500k which Clark called. Once Zach made the call John showed his pocket deuces for a flopped set and Clark mucked his hand.

After the pot the players took a short break. Here are the chip counts from the announcer:

Amit “Amak316″ Makhija - 5,130,000
John Phan - 4,125,000
Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark - 1,455,000

• August 29, 2008 -- Zachary Out Third, Amit Back in Control
• August 29, 2008 -- Makhija Loses Lead to Phan
• August 29, 2008 -- Three Way Play
• August 28, 2008 -- Phan Sends Smith Home 4th