Level 3 (100/200 blinds ante 25) is underway and a number of players are having some trouble getting anything going.  One such player is Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti (pictured left).  Benvenuti raised preflop with pocket sevens and got one caller.  He thought he hit a dream flop when the board came K-7-2 rainbow.  He bet the flop, the other player called.  He bet the turn, the other player called.  He bet the river, the other player then raised, and Benvenuti called only to discover his opponent held K-K for a bigger  set and Michael’s stack dropped to 10K after the hand.  He still has plenty of room to maneuver in the early stages of this deep stacked event.

Scott “r_a_y” Montgomery also took a big hit to his stack when his opponent moved all-in on the river with the board reading K92K9 and Montogmery was forced to fold leaving himself with 11K.  Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul has also dipped below the starting stack of 30K because he, “keeps missing every flop.”  Matt “mattg1983″ Graham is also having trouble taking down pots and he is down to 8K in chips.   While these players are struggling to get anything going, other players like Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little couldn’t get anything going at all and busted during Level 3.

Some other notable chip counts during Level 3 include:

Bryan “badbeatninja” Devonshire - 57,000
Steve “mrsmokey1″ Billirakis - 44,000
Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein - 44,000
Jamie “TheCronic420″ Rosen - 41,000
Jordan “scarface_79″ Smith - 31,000
Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania - 23,000

• January 14, 2009 -- Recent Eliminations and Chip Counts
• June 4, 2009 -- “DPeters Owns My Soul”
• January 14, 2009 -- Notable Tables
• June 18, 2008 -- Slow Day