Gus Hansen ended day three strong, with a good call against Tim Phan on the very last hand of the day and a good turn card a little earlier to eliminate Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby. When all was said and done Gus walked away as the chip leader of the final 55 with 2,246,000 chips.
Jared [...]

Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin (right) is up to 575k as Day 3 play works into the last level of the day. There was an accidental clock buzzer that caused the clock to stop 15 minutes early on the fourth level of play, but since some players were already out of the room the decision was [...]

The first hand of hand for hand play was uneventful and took about 3 minutes for all the tables to finish up. The next hand put an end to the money bubble and hand for hand play. Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich (left) was all in preflop with pocket aces against the pocket eights of [...]

After three levels on play on day 3 there are exactly 101 remaining players. The top 100 make the money meaning all but one of the people still in on the break are going to go home with at least the bottom payout of $39,570.
After the break the 500 chips will be raced off [...]

The century mark of remaining players gets closer and closer as the field has dropped to only 113 after an hour of play into the 3rd level of the day. Here are some chip counts from a quick scan of the room:
Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll - 625k (right)
Joe Sebok - 425k
Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach - [...]