Thanks to an enormous Day 1C, the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event is the third-biggest in the WSOP's 48-year history.

4,262 players bought into the third and final starting flight, combining with Days 1A and 1B to put the total tally of entries at 7,221.

That number means a total prize pool of over $67 million and a first-place prize of $8.15 million.

1,084 players will get paid with the prizes starting at an even $15,000. Each player who makes the final table will be guaranteed at least $1 million.

The WSOP Main Event hasn't seen bigger numbers since 2010 when Jon Duhamel became the first Canadian world champion. That was second only to the historic 2006 Main Event won by Jamie Gold.

By the end of Day 1C French player Jerome Brion had amassed the largest stack at almost a quarter of a million chips. Here are the unofficial top 10 chip counts, courtesy of WSOP.com:

Jerome Brion – 248,000 Tyson Mao – 242,800 Michael Pedley – 240,900 Rudy Sawa – 238,600 Carl Carodenuto – 237,800 Jason Mann – 236,000 Eric Nathan – 228,500 Daniel Barry – 224,500 David Toneman – 221,300 Adam Levy – 220,700

A number of former Main Event champs played today including Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson and Joe Cada. 1998 world champion Scotty Nguyen was also in the field.

He was reportedly playing a drinking game where the person sitting in a the seat corresponding to the first card on the flop would have to buy the next round of drinks when it arrived.

Nguyen is infamous for drinking at the table, behavior highlighted at the final table of the 2008 $50k Poker Players Championship that he won.

All four players advanced to Day 2 as did Daniel Negreanu, but he moved on with just 26,000.

Quads Win, But Not Always

Actor and perennial Main Event competitor James Woods went broke with the nut full house, losing to quads.

But, as we saw today, quads aren't always guaranteed to be the winning hand.

WSOP bracelet winner and 2009 Cardplayer Player of the year Eric Baldwin was in a hand holding pocket deuces and flopped a set. He ended up rivering quads and faced an all-in raise from Laurence Grondin.

Baldwin called and his opponent tabled a royal flush to take a big bite out of Baldwin's stack.

A long list of other big names also failed to make it through the day including Ari Engel, Johnny Lodden, John Racener, Mark Newhouse, John Duthie, Dan Heimiller, Blair Hinkle and John Juanda.

Tomorrow will see the first of two Day 2s, combining the fields from Days 1A and 1B. On Wednesday the survivors of today's starting flight will return to fight for a spot on Day 3.

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The game is on.

Poker's 'unofficial' World Championship has begun in Las Vegas with three Day 1 flights now in the books.

At 7,221 players the field is the 3rd-biggest in WSOP history and the prize pool set at an eye-popping $67m.

Just over 1,000 players will be paid with the 2017 winner pocketing $8.15m - unless, of course, that player qualified via 888poker.

$10m Top Up, 8 Teams Battle for Glory

Among the players battling for that top prize?

888poker's elite 3-player 8 Teams made up of a team captain, wingman and qualifier from 888poker.

The five teams represent Brazil, Canada, Germany, Sweden and the UK with the captains and wingmen there to carry and support the amateur qualifiers.

To be eligible for one of the spots on the teams you had to make your way through the 888poker steps system and claim a Main Event prize package.

Five players completed that challenge and joined their illustrious team leaders in taking on the game's most prized tournament.

If any of the qualifiers finds an unlikely run all the way to the championship 888 will add enough money to give the winner a full $10 million payout.

That's a boost of almost $2 million!

Who are the 8-Teams? Check the lineups below. Follow the 8-Teams and the WSOP Main Event on PokerListings.com. Alongside, get your own 888poker account and you can get your chance to prove yourself in future live events.

Team Brazil

Captain – Bruno “Foster” Politano; WSOP November Nine 2014, Live earnings $1.4 million, National money list: 5th

Wingman – Denilson; former world class football player, temporarily the most expensive player in the world

Qualifier – Joao Sousa; steps satellite winner, 10 live cashes in four different countries, live earnings $75,250

Chances: This is a decent team with a captain who’s already been at the biggest table of the poker world. However, a lack of average experience among the team members will make it difficult for them to go very deep.

Team Canada

Captain – Parker Talbot; Twitch celebrity, live earnings $250k, National money list: 310th

Wingman – Griffin Benger; WSOP November Nine 2016, live earnings $3.9 million, National rank 17th

Qualifier – Timothy Cavalin; $160 steps satellite winner, plays because living in Barbados can be boring; no official cashes, but a main event winner in St. Maartens

Chances – If you have a November Nine player from last year, and he’s only the wingman, and you are the second most successful nation at the WSOP, that means you have a strong team on your hand. Unfortunately in modern poker, nobody makes it to the final table twice in a row. Ask Mark Newhouse.

Team Germany

Captain – Dominik Nitsche; three bracelets, live earnings $6.6 million, national rank 10th

Wingman – Mario Basler; former player of the German national football team and Bayern Munich

Qualifier – Sebastian Bachmann; $30 steps satellite winner, live earnings $568

Chances – Dominik Nitsche is obviously a good bet in any poker tournament, but both his wingman and qualifier lack any sort of experience. He’ll be the one to look out for.

Team Sweden

Captain – Sofia Lövgren; cash game specialist; live earnings $300k, national rank 117th

Wingman – Martin Jacobson; WSOP Main Event champion 2014, live earnings $16 million, national rank 1st

Qualifier – Anton Bertilsson; EPT runner up, live earnings $1.3 million, national rank 23rd

Chances – By far the strongest team in the competition and a favourite in the last longer bet. The captain is the lowest ranking player in the team and a cash game specialist, the wingman a world champion, and the qualifier has over a million of tournament winnings.  

Team UK

Captain – Chris Moorman; live earnings $5 million, online earnings $14 million, WSOPE runner-up

Wingman – William Kassouf; Irish Open finalist, took the term 'speech play' to a completely new level at last year’s WSOP

Qualifier - Ky Maciejewski – Freeroll satellite winner, no entries for any live cashes

Chances – With Chris Moorman at the helm and Will Kassouf beside him, we’re bound to see a lot of the UK team. They’re strong enough to pull Maciejewski with them deep into the event.

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In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Phil Ivey taking a pass on the WSOP, some incredible Main Event numbers and a potential boost of female participation in the Main Event.

Phil Ivey Skips 2017 WSOP

Registration for the 2017 Main Event is complete and we can officially say that 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey has skipped the entire WSOP this time around.

It’s kind of astounding that a player who has as many WSOP bracelets as Ivey continues to pass on the venerable series. Perhaps the cash games in Macau/Manila are just that good?

Ivey’s absence is especially conspicuous considering nominations for this year’s Poker Hall of Fame were just announced and Ivey, having just turned 40, is now eligible. Could his disappearing act potentially delay his inclusion?

That seems unlikely considering just how much Ivey has achieved in this game but it’s tough to say.

In the meantime poker fans looking for some fresh Ivey news might want to check out the upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 podcast "Queen of Sorts".

The podcast explores how Ivey was able to win tens of millions playing baccarat with partner “Kelly” Cheung Yin Sun using that infamous edge-sorting technique.

The episode debuts next Tuesday, July 18. We’ll be listening.

2017 Main Event Ascends All-Time Charts

You just can’t keep the Main Event down.

Despite some plateauing of poker over the last few years the Main Event continues to be a phenomenon in the poker world.

Registration came to a close yesterday and the final numbers are good. Really, really good, in fact.

The 2017 WSOP Main Event attracted a total of 7,221 players, which makes it the third biggest tournament in history trailing only the insane Jamie Gold year in 2006 and the Jonathan Duhamel win in 2010.

It’s a tremendous feat no matter how you slice it with $8.15m up top for first place.

Here’s a look at the 10 biggest Main Events in history to give you an idea of where this year’s edition ranks:

1. 2006 Main Event — 8,773 entries
2. 2010 Main Event — 7,319 entries
3. 2017 Main Event — 7,221 entries
4. 2011 Main Event — 6,865 entries
5. 2008 Main Event — 6,844 entries
6. 2016 Main Event — 6,737 entries
7. 2014 Main Event — 6,683 entries
8. 2012 Main Event — 6,598 entries
9. 2009 Main Event — 6,494 entries
10. 2015 Main Event — 6,420 entries

3) Female WSOP Participation Poised for a Bump?

One Main Event stat that we still don’t know is how many female players took part this year.

Usually that number hovers around 5% but just from an eye test we’ve seen quite a few female players on the tournament floor over the course of the summer.

Female poker pro Xuan Liu Tweeted over the weekend that she saw a notable uptick in female players in the Main Event.

Of course that immediately brought out a detractor who said that even approaching 15% female players in the Main Event would never happen.

Liu had an insightful response:

It will happen in my lifetime. 10-25% of online poker players are female, & we make up ~half of PC gamers. Smaller gap already in Asia. https://t.co/FmpeGUavIx

— Xuan Liu (@xxl23) July 11, 2017

The 50% of PC gamers is a particularly interesting stat as there is obviously a ton of crossover between video games and online poker.

So will the Main Event hit 15% female participation in the next 50 years or so? Seems like a good bet.

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Darts world champion Michael van Gerwen is in Las Vegas for the US Dart Masters and he's relaxing by playing cash games at the World Series of Poker.

van Gerwen said he would have loved to play the WSOP Main Event but that the darts tournament on Friday would have interfered.

The Dutch darts pro is ranked #1 in the world but plays poker as a hobby. Earlier this year he competed in the Unibet Open in London.

“I grew up loving card games,” van Gerwen told PokerListings.com. “For me the most important thing is having fun and enjoying myself. Poker pros have to make a living playing but for me it's for fun.

“I don't really put a lot time and effort into poker. I know my strength and it's darts. These guys put so much time into playing poker and studying. But it's a big hobby for me and I like it.”

From Shanghai to Vegas

van Gerwen first came to Las Vegas when he was 17 and has been back regularly to compete in darts tournaments.

This week's US Darts Masters event is part of the World Series of Darts hosted by the Professional Darts Corporation. It has lots of international stops and van Gerwen says darts is gaining popularity fast.

“Darts are getting big in America and also all over the world; Australia, Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, Dubai. I've just come from Shanghai to Las Vegas,” he said.

This week's event in Vegas is an open event, giving all darts players who enter a chance at competing against van Gerwen and other elite pros.

“I'll Definitely Play WSOP Main Event One Day”

van Gerwen said he would have loved to play the WSOP Main Event but his heavy darts schedule makes long poker tournaments tough.

That didn't stop him from getting in some time at the tables at the World Series of Poker.

PokerListings.com found him in a cash game with Dutch poker pro Steven Van Zadelhoff in the Kings Casino Poker Room at the Rio and Van Gerwen said he was also playing sit and go satellites.

van Gerwen says he's friends with lots of Dutch poker players, both from playing live and online.

“I know Noah Boeken of course and I know Steven Van Zadelhoff very well. I know Fatima De Melo. I know most of them to be fair because we all play online and have a bit of fun,” he said.

van Gerwen said he has a lot in common with poker players but that there are important differences between poker and darts.

“Coming up in the darts world is a lot like what people do in poker,” said van Gerwen. “You start with low stakes, small tournaments, small events, and as you get better you can move up and play bigger tournaments.

"And if you get to the high level you get invited to the best tournaments in the world and that's why you do it. You need to put in a lot of time and effort but the thing with poker is you have to have a bit of luck.

“In darts it's not luck. No one wins the World Series of Poker three times in a row, you know what I mean? As a dart player you can do that.”

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Poker players always seem to come up short on reality shows despite their natural proclivity for game theory and psychology.

That was not the case for Kevin Martin who got a second shot on Big Brother Canada this spring and ended up winning it all for $100,000 in a stunning sweep in the final episode.

In addition to his reality-TV success, Martin's Twitch channel has rapidly risen to the top of the poker charts and even helped secure him a sponsorship deal with PokerStars.

PokerListings caught up with Martin on a break from the Main Event to get his thoughts on winning Big Brother Canada, the future of Twitch and how streaming has elevated poker to a community-driven pursuit.

PokerListings: Can you talk a little bit about winning Big Brother? I heard you describe it as “the best day of your life.” What did the experience mean to you?

Kevin Martin: I’m a super competitive person and when Big Brother came to Canada I was instantly like, “I want to be on this show.” I was so obsessed with it.

When I got a chance in season three and I failed — I didn’t even come close — it really devastated me.

I thought that was my shot. I was so confident. Probably overconfident.

To get the call two years later… I wanted to come back and finish my story and get the job done.

It wasn’t pretty. I didn’t play the sexiest game ever but we grinded it out and got the win.

It’s May 18, 2017, and after the host read the final votes I swept it. To win it unanimously, get the $100k, get the car and most of all the title… it was just such a blessing. Even just to be on that show.

PL: How much more of meaningful experience, and sort of a learning experience, do you think it was having to go back, persevere, try again and actually come out on top?

You just nailed it. Experience is super key… just like in poker where you have to put in your time and play enough hands to get good.

Having that experience was just massive. A bunch of my house mates were playing for the first time and I had this huge edge. I knew what competitions were coming up. What way the show was going and how I could anticipate the next move.

It was a pure grind and I’m so glad they brought me back. There were tons of characters they could have chosen.

PL: What do you think it is about you that’s allowed you to succeed in things like poker, streaming and Big Brother? It seems like there are large number of transferable skills there…

First of all, it’s a lot of run-good.

I’ve been super blessed to meet a lot of good people in poker when I first started playing. I knew a lot of players that were much better than me. They helped get me going.

I mean a lot of it is just luck but I have worked super hard. I’ve had a drive to succeed. It’s pretty cool what we’ve done. Sponsored by PokerStars, done well on Twitch, grown a YouTube channel… but there is much to achieve.

We’re not done.

PL: When you say ‘We’ what do you mean?

I just use the word to refer to myself and the people that care about me. That watch the YouTube videos, Twitch stream and have an active interest in my life.

I always use the word “We” because I feel like I’m playing for the community that supports me.

PL: Poker can be a very independent thing but the way you talk about it, it doesn’t sound that way at all. How important is to have your “team” supporting you?

It’s massive. A lot of what I’ve done I owe to the people who follow me… I mean there are individuals I could name but the community as a whole has been huge.

When you play poker on Twitch and show your cards — I mean poker is an individual game — but it definitely feels like there is a team vibe behind it.

If you run deep in a tournament there are 2,000 or maybe 5,000 people watching. It gives me this feeling that I have to pull through because all these people are spending their time watching me play a card game.

That team mentality comes from all my years of streaming.

PL: Streaming is something that a lot of people would be afraid to try in the first place considering you are really putting yourself out there and the Internet can be an unkind place. Were you afraid when you first started your streaming career and how did you get over that?

There have been a lot of highs and lows. There have been some tough moments. All streamers will tell you. All content creators and all personalities who put themselves out there will tell you this: If you put yourself on the Internet you’re going to get praised and judged.

There is going to be a lot from both sides. I have a lot of respect for other people in the poker industry who put stuff out there.

It just goes back to the people who helped me out in the beginning. Jaime Staples started Twitch streaming and I was like, “What is this? Jaime you are wasting your time. Let’s go play live poker.”

I always thought live poker was the way and he convinced me Twitch was going to be huge and that I had to do it.

I’ve always been a pretty outgoing guy though. I lack that chemical in your brain that causes embarrassment [laughs]

It allows me to put myself out there and succeed and fail and be OK with it.

PL: Do you see a big upside to taking risks and putting yourself out there like that?

Oh yeah. I mean we’re getting pretty deep into this stuff but a lot of that is what life is about. Putting yourself out there and taking risks.

It comes from going out there and finding struggles. If you’re just sitting around and not doing anything that can become very boring and lackadaisical.

You gotta put yourself out there using whatever means you have — whether it’s poker or fitness or reality television. Go try. Just try.

PL: Is it important realize that “success” isn’t just succeeding all the time and that there are going to be failures?

Ask any person you know — say Daniel Negreanu right now as he’s walking by — he could give you a laundry list of failures. I don’t know him that well but I guarantee you that all the people who climb that mountain have a laundry list of failures.

That’s not something to be ashamed of. I think you just have to embrace it because we’re all humans. It’s not going to be easy the entire way.

You’re not going to scoop every single pot.

PL: It seems like you got some good advice from Jaime Staples. Streaming is just blowing up, not just in poker but in many different areas. I’m curious what you see as the future of streaming?

It’s awesome because it brings a lot of new people to the game. A lot of people followed me from Big Brother.

All the people who are streaming — I’m talking Jcarver and TonkaaaaP — they are bringing new people to poker and that’s what the game needs.

It’s just really, really exciting because it’s very intimate.

Poker is usually taped on television and you miss moments. On Twitch it’s live and vulnerable. It’s a three minute delay and if you punt it off on a triple-barrel bluff, lose all my equity in a tournament, I just put it out there. Every single play you make. Everything you do is on there.

PL: So it’s honest?

It’s very, very, very honest. And I think that’s people like about it.

PL: Is that also what you like about Big Brother?

Yes! The cameras are on 24/7. The lack of privacy is staggering. I can’t even think of another situation like that. You’re just stripped to the bone.

Poker is way easier than Big Brother. Big Brother was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It’s not even close.

PL: So you can relax now that you are playing a $10,000 buy-in poker tournament?

Well it is the Main Event! There is a little extra spice there. We’re definitely planning on running deep in this thing.

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In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Qui Nguyen title defense coming to an end, another WSOP bracelet on eBay and a surprisingly Phil Ivey appearance.

1) Qui Nguyen Falls on Day 2ab

The Main Event will decide a new champion this year.

Qui Nguyen’s title defense ended midway through Day 2ab of the Main Event yesterday when his top pair failed against James Akenhead’s flash draw.

Nguyen has been an exceptionally quiet world champion (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and his $8m score in the 2016 Main Event remains his last recorded cash.

Meanwhile the U.K.’s Lawrence Bayley, who is playing the Main Event for the first time, ascended the chip counts and ended with a field-leading 618,000 chips on Day 2ab. American Mickey Craft is a close second with 608,100.

Some of the other notable stacks include Marvin Rettenmaier (359,100), Charlie Carrel (343,000), Melanie Weisner (319,400), Mike Matusow (228,000) and Joe Hachem (134,000).

Of course Day 2c kicks off at 12 p.m. today, which means tomorrow we’ll have everyone under the same roof for the first time. In other words: Things are about to get real.

Here’s a look at the top 10 chip counts at the end of Day 2ab:

1. Lawrence Bayley - 618,000
2. Mickey Craft - 608,100
3. Richard Gryko - 564,000
4. Scott Anderson - 560,000
5. Sergio Castelluccio - 548,500
6. Michael Sklenicka - 540,600
7. Joseph Conor - 511,100
8. Koen Breed - 480,000
9. Grayson Ramage - 471,000
10. Larry SMalley - 469,000

2) Bid on Team Liv/Igor’s Bracelet

Need a WSOP bracelet but don’t necessarily have the skills to win one? You’re in luck.

Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov have put one of the bracelets they won in the tag-team event that opened the 2017 WSOP up for grabs.

That is not exactly an uncommon practice because many, many poker players including Jerry Yang, Jamie Gold and Tom McEvoy have all put their bracelets on eBay.

This time around Boeree and Kurganov aren’t offering the bracelet to pay for a buy-in or pocket some cash, however, as the proceeds will benefit REG charity.

It’s especially interesting because this is actually an extra bracelet. It turns out the WSOP always orders four bracelets for the tag-team event just in case a four-player team wins.

Boeree and Kurganov, who already donated half their $273k first-place prize to REG, simply asked the WSOP if they could auction off the unused bracelet for charity and the WSOP agreed.

At the time this article was published the bidding had reached $4,000 with 18 individual bids so you better get going if you want to secure that piece of poker history.

You can view the eBay page here.

3) Phil Ivey Spotted in Bellagio Cash Game

It seemed like the exact moment we posted Phil Ivey had skipped the entire 2017 WSOP yesterday he popped up in Bobby’s Room wearing sunglasses.

What the deuce?

The sunglasses are especially odd considering Ivey never wears them at the table.

Trying to keep things low-profile?

Regardless it looks like a fun game with Lyle Berman, Doyle Brunson, Scott Seiver and Gus Hansen at the table.

Of course there is one major reason Ivey may be staying out of the limelight at the WSOP. He's scheduled to appear in court tomorrow in the UK for a final hearing on whether he has to give up on ever getting the £7.8m he was able to win playing Punta Banco at Crockford’s using that edge-sorting technique.

Thanks to Instagrammer giligirl85 for snapping the shot of Ivey.

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Griffin Benger and Will Kassouf had very different experiences following the hand that became the most talked about moment of the 2016 WSOP Main Event.

"I knew right when it happened it was going to be a big thing,” said Benger nearly one year later.

Both Benger and Kassouf are back in Las Vegas playing the $10,000 buy-in WSOP Main Event again and hoping to repeat their huge runs from 2016.

Last year Benger ended up finishing 7th and Kassouf 17th, earning $1.25 million and $338k respectively. But it was the hand that eliminated Kassouf that caught the attention of sports media all over North America and the world.

Long story short, Kassouf had been getting under all of his opponents' skin with his trademark deluge of chatter.

Benger picked up pocket aces and Kassouf looked down at pocket kings. After a raise, re-raise and four-bet Kassouf was contemplating his options and continuing his rapid-fire speech.

That's when Benger lost his cool. You've probably seen the clip but check it out here if you haven't.

Did Benger Cross a Line?

The hand got a lot of attention right away but things hit a fever pitch when it was televised the following October in the weeks leading up the November Nine final table.

A lot of the discussion revolved around who was in the wrong and whether Benger crossed a line when he told Kassouf he was a bad person and that Kassouf was abusing him with speech play.

"People either really passionately hated me or really passionately supported me,” Benger told PokerListings.

“But to be perfectly honest I got far more negative than positive and probably rightfully so.”

Benger said there was nothing calculated about what he said. He wasn't trying to goad Kassouf into playing the hand. He had simply reached the end of his rope after hours of listening to him.

Benger said he knew he was going to take a lot of heat but that he was surprised by how much people's opinions affected him.

"I think people really make assumptions about what kind of person you are based on one outburst they see on TV,” he said.

"I was just laughing at it at first because I thought it was so ridiculous and I didn't think it could really affect me. But after a while you just realize you're ingesting all this negative stuff about yourself and it just sucks. It's not a fun feeling.”

Benger said that although he would probably do things differently if he had the chance, it's in the past and he can accept it for what it was -- someone in a high-pressure situation who lost his head.

The Will Kassouf Brand is Born

Kassouf had a different experience following the hand and its airing on television months later. He says he received enormous support from people all over the world on social media.

And although Kassouf was eliminated in 17th it's arguable that he got more media coverage and recognition from the WSOP last year than anyone -- maybe even more than eventual champion Qui Nguyen.

Even before the clash with Benger, Kassouf had gotten a ton of TV time for the penalty he received during a hand against Stacy Matuson.

"It's been sick since going deep last year,” Kassouf told PokerListings. “I still reminisce about it.”

As a result of his time on TV Kassouf has enjoyed lots of opportunities in the last year.

He was invited to play in a special grudge match against Stacy Matuson and landed a sponsorship deal with 888poker. He's also developed a large social media following and is guaranteed tons of attention at every tournament he plays.

“Whether you like me or don't like me, it made for good TV and people were talking about it,” said Kassouf.

"I've had marvelous support from people back home, friends and family, and people all over the world on social media.

"It's been through the roof and I deal with it all myself. I respond to every single message. I feel as if they were there for me so I want to be there for them even in a small way.”

Kassouf Defends EPT High Roller Deal

In addition to the big scores by Benger and Kassouf in the 2016 Main Event, both players had success in the months following the November Nine.

Benger won the Irish Open in March of 2017 for over $215,000 while Kassouf took down the last-ever EPT High Roller event which played out in Prague.

Kassouf satellited into the €10,000 buy-in tournament and made a deal with Canadian pro Patrick Serda when the two got heads-up.

Kassouf was criticized for the deal which saw Serda take more money in exchange for Kassouf taking the trophy and the official win in the record books.

He caught heat for it since the two didn't play out the heads-up match to determine the winner.

"He was more interested in the cash and for me and the Will Kassouf brand it was way more important for me to cement it and get that trophy,” said Kassouf.

"And it wasn't any old trophy. It was the last ever EPT High Roller. It was a good deal for both of us so who's got the right to step in and say it's a bad deal?"

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After settling a case with the Italian tax system and a short-lived move from Italy to Malta, Dario Minieri is back at the WSOP for the first time since 2013.

For years Minieri was the hottest poker player to come out of Italy.

His first WSOP cash was in the 2006 Main Event when he finished 543rd. The following year he returned and ran up a huge stack, ultimately finishing in 96th place for almost $70,000.

He went on to make multiple final tables on the European Poker Tour, won a WSOP bracelet in 2008 and famously earned enough player-points on PokerStars to trade in for a real-life Porsche.

Now Minieri is back in Las Vegas competing in the $10,000 WSOP Main Event. He made Day 2 and spent the day playing on the ESPN feature table alongside leading all-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth.

4-Year Break from Bracelet Hunting

Minieri told PokerListings.com he hadn't been to the WSOP in recent years for financial reasons.

“I've not been in Vegas because I changed my bankroll management,” said Minieri. “I didn't have the money I wanted to have to come to Vegas.”

Minieri's conservative approach to his bankroll might have something to do with the case being brought against him for back-taxes in Italy.

Minieri was reportedly handed a roughly half-million-Euro tax bill by the Italian government.

It was later reported that the case had been thrown out since it was based on Minieri's live tournament results as posted on websites like Hendon Mob.

According to Minieri that problem has mostly been resolved.

“I won for most of it and I'm still fighting for a part of the money they were asking,” he said.

Minieri declined to comment further on the specifics of the case, the amount of money involved or the likely outcome.

More Poker in Minieri's Future

Overall Minieri was tight-lipped during the interview. He declined to comment on the amount of poker he's playing, the stakes or details of his playing schedule.

He also wouldn't go into detail about the circumstances that led to him not having enough money to make the trip to Las Vegas for the last few years.

“I didn't have the money I've had in the past,” he said simply. “I've had some swings.”

In 2013 Minieri told PokerListings he was trying to make a comeback after a dry spell lasting from 2011 to that point.

It was around that time he moved to Malta but says he quickly realized it wasn't where he wanted to live and quickly moved back to Italy.

“In the last four or five years I played less than in the first eight years of my career but I'm starting to play more now,” he said.

“I don't plan a lot. I just see how I feel and then decide. But I will be playing more poker in my future, that's for sure.”

To date Minieri has earned $1.9 million playing live tournaments but, as the Italian revenue service likely discovered, that number doesn't take into account the cost of the buy-in to enter each event.

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Day 2C at the 2017 WSOP Main Event saw a frustrated Phil Hellmuth blow up after being shown a bluff and then bust shortly after.

Hellmuth, the leading all-time WSOP bracelet winner, had about 30k in the pot on a flop of 9♣ 8♦ 2♣ and was facing an all-in bet from Alan Cutler that had him covered.

Hellmuth folded and Cutler showed him A♣ 6♣ for the nut flush draw. The Poker Brat jumped out of his seat.

“Oh my f***ing god!” ranted Hellmuth. “Are you f***ing kidding me? This is the f***ing Main Event bro!”

Hellmuth got all-in not long after as a roughly 2.8 to 1 dog on the flop and couldn't catch anything to stay alive.

Meanwhile, poker's leading all-time money winner Daniel Negreanu was shortstacked for much of the evening before finding a great spot to double up.

All in before the flop with pocket sevens against pocket sixes, he watched helplessly as the board ran out with a four-flush for his opponent to send Negreanu out the door.

Four former Main Event champs exited today, including Chris Ferguson. His Main Event came to an end when he flopped top pair, top kicker with ace-king against a set of deuces.

Ferguson set a new record for most cashes in a single WSOP this year with 16. Ferguson is currently third in the Player of the Year race behind John Monnette and John Racener.

Other big names to bust today included Maria Ho, Paul Volpe, Roberto Romanello, Gus Hansen, William Kassouf, ElkY, Antonio Esfandiari, Joe McKeehen, Griffin Benger and Michael Mizrachi.

Dedusha Leads, Money Approaches

1,084 players get paid in this year's Main Event and the money bubble is expected to burst late on Day 3.

Tomorrow will be the first time the entire field plays together on the same day.

Leading at the end of Day 2C is the UK's Artan Dedusha who bagged roughly 680,000. That puts him ahead of Day 2AB's chip leader Lawrence Bayley as the fields combine for Day 3.

Dedusha capped off the night by taking a big pot worth more than 150k from Canadian multi-bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell.

Dedusha had ace-jack and Bicknell ace-ten on a double-paired turn. The river came a jack and Dedusha took over the chip lead as the final hands of the evening played out.

Here's the unofficial top 10 chip counts from Day 2C, courtesy of WSOP.com:

Artan Dedusha – 680,000 Marcin Chmielewski – 564,000 Michael Krasienko – 561,300 Sonny Franco – 546,700 Ryah Hughes – 510,100 Tyson Mao – 506,500 Dennis Timofeev – 498,000 Alexander Yen – 490,000 Nick Petrangelo – 480,300 Natasha Mercier – 476,800

A long list of other well-known pros made it through well-stacked, including Jared Jaffee, JP Kelly, Joe Serock, Kathy Liebert, Adam Levy, JJ Liu, Ashton Griffin, Brian Rast, Gavin Smith, Chino Rheem and many more.

Day 3 begins at 11am when the 1,023 players who advanced from Day 2AB will join today's survivors to play down to the money.

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You might be too young to know this but there was a time in America when you could hitch-hike a ride to virtually anywhere.

In fact, that’s how some of the wild and free went on vacation. And the one thing you could guarantee about hitchhiking was that you’d always meet interesting people on the road.

At 888poker they seem to remember those times (and have seen Carpool Karaoke) so they've sent poker commentator David Tuchman in a car to pick-up some of the game's best players around Las Vegas.

So far Doug “What’s up, guys” Polk, WSOP host Kara Scott and Justin Bonomo have caught a ride with Tuchman and it's surely been ... interesting.

Polk Gets Weed, Butchers Teddy KGB

In the first episode Tuchman meets Doug Polk in front of a marijuana dispensary.

As you probably know, Nevada recently legalized cannabis and the 47 dispensaries ran out of it in less than 10 days.

Makes you wonder if the WSOP has anything to do with it. David Tuchman and Doug Polk sure do.

Polk muses on how great the Main Event is with its huge field and soft play and how much he loves it.

Then, he says, he typically gets stacked by a Brazilian tourist.

What's the stupidest way Polk has ever injured himself? Let’s just say it involves breaking up with a girlfriend. 

Also: there's a Teddy KGB impression.

Check it out below:

Scott Chases Busted Player, Regrets It

In Episode 2 Kara Scott hops into the 888 ride and gets a lift to her hotel. She’s in Vegas to work, not to play, and reflects on how different things and times were when she was a serious poker player.

Don’t forget she once finished second in Europe’s oldest poker tournament, the Irish Open. Scott then recounts her worst interview experience at the WSOP.

At 1:38 you can see the famous “Deuce” bus appearing behind the 888 Ride. It goes up and down the Strip and is the only bus with a poker term name rather than just a number like 2. Only in Vegas.

Bonomo: "My Toe for a Vancouver Summer"

There seems to be something with poker players and toes – see Doug Polk above. ZeeJustin describes life in Vancouver summer as something so stunning and beautiful that he's ready to lose a small limb just to move the WSOP to November.

It's doubtful Jack Effel is open to the suggestion but as Bonomo drives with Tuchman to the Rio to play the Main he also tells the story of how he once forgot $10,000 in a tissue box in a hotel room.

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The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a refreshing series of showers to help cool the blistering heat of the summer mid-afternoon poker news world.

You can contribute to the 3-Bet by making suggestions for future pieces in the comments section below.

In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Daniel Negreanu bowing out of the WSOP, an extraordinarily big prize pool and the dream of a winter WSOP.

1) Negreanu Ends Incredible WSOP

The Main Event loses a little luster once Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth bust. This year not one of them made it to Day 3.

It makes sense Ivey didn't go far considering he didn't even play the Main Event but many were hoping for a deep run from either Negreanu or Hellmuth.

Hellmuth has had a decidedly cold WSOP with no bracelets and just one final table but Negreanu was coming in hot with 11 cashes and a mind-boggling eight top 18 finishes.

His journey in the 2017 Main Event came to an end when he put his short stack in the middle with pocket sevens and got one caller.

Negreanu was actually ahead as his opponent had a pair of sixes but a rivered flush spelled doom for the Canadian.

Not one to linger on defeat, Negreanu quickly Tweeted that the 2017 WSOP was his best ever — with the exception of not winning any bracelets.

Negreanu ends the Vegas-portion of the 2017 WSOP POY race in seventh place thanks to the controversial ranking system. John Monnette currently leads with 14 cashes and one bracelet victory.

So where do we go from here? Well we still got plenty of old-school stars in the field including Johnny Chan, Scotty Nguyen and Mike Matusow.

Hellmuth, as you might expect, busted in a traditional Poker Brat way.

2) Dota 2 Tournament Offers $20m Prize Pool, Biggest Ever

The 2017 Main Event has been an amazing success with the third biggest prize pool ever but there’s another big prize pool event that sets a new record every year.

We’re talking about the International Dota 2 Championship, which will award $20.8m when it plays out next month.

Last year Chinese team Wings Gaming chopped up $9.1m for winning the event, so first place should be even bigger this year.

eSports have been on the rise for years but the International is drawing prize pools that would make some of the biggest traditional sports blush.

It’s interesting because Dota 2 publisher Valve essentially crowd-sources the prize pool for The International by offering a special battle pass, which offers added in-game content for players. A quarter of the proceeds from the battle pass go towards the prize pool.

Now the International still has a ways to go before it reaches the gargantuan $60+ million prize pools of recent WSOP Main Events but it certainly seems like it’s going that direction.

3) Seiver Working on World Series of Cash Games for 2018

We’ve been covering the WSOP for over a decade now and we’ve always wondered why the WSOP doesn’t branch out with a winter festival.

Considering the WSOP has no problem piling on 70+ events for the summer series it’s always seemed a little strange the entire thing goes dormant for a year (outside of WSOPE events).

They could even start with something small like 10-20 events and move on from there. It also might be a decent way for Caesars to experiment running the series at different venues.

Regardless it appears that something is in the works for Las Vegas in the winter but it won't necessarily involve tournaments. Instead noted high-stakes pro Scott Seiver said he’s working on a World Series of Cash Games (WSOCG?) for February 2018.

I'm working on making the World Series of Cash Games, it will be February '18. More details to come.

— Scott Seiver (@scott_seiver) July 13, 2017

There’s very little information available but color us intrigued. Maybe it might be enough to get the attention of cash game wizards like Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan out of Asia for a bit.

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This isn't the first time former NBA player Bob Sura has competed in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event but it is his deepest run so far.

Sura told PokerListings it's been a few years since he played this event last but that his friends talked him into entering.

“It's good to be in Day 3 with a bit of chips,” said Sura. “I've played it five or six times.”

Sura entered Day 3 with 107,000, not far behind the average and still plenty of chips to work with compared to the size of the blinds at this point in the tournament.

Day 3 is money day in the Main Event and will likely wrap up when the field is cut down to the 1,084 who get paid.

Bob Sura is hoping he'll be among them. He has a tough road ahead, however, with two very strong players on his table.

“I never made it past Day 2 so this is my best result after five or six attempts. It's already been fun to make it this deep and I've really enjoyed the process.”

Sura started the day sitting across the table from Kathy Liebert, a WSOP bracelet winner who finished 17th in the Main Event in both 1998 and 2000.

Shortly after, former WSOP Main Event champion and living poker legend Scotty Nguyen joined the table. Nguyen filled a seat that became vacant thanks to Sura busting its original occupant.

Sura opened two consecutive hands during the first orbit of play. The first won him the blinds and antes but during the second he ran into some opposition.

Sura opened to 4,400 with blinds at 1k/2k and Liebert flat-called in position. The player in the big blind moved all-in for about 21k and after a bit of thought Sura re-raised to 50,000.

Liebert let it go and Sura tabled A♦ 7♦ which was out in front of the all-in player's K♦ Q♣. Sura flopped an ace and it held up to take his stack up to around 135,000.

Sura Likes High-Stakes Cash and Tourneys

Sura said he picked up poker in 2005 when he retired from the NBA due to injuries but it was only in the last few years that he really started working on his game.

“I normally like to play high-stakes cash as well as tournaments. I play in Houston and LA and some of the big games here in Vegas,” said Sura.

“In the last few years I've started working more on my game, got some coaching and gotten a lot better so I actually enjoy playing a lot more now.”

Sura also said he's become friends with lots of poker pros including Antonio Esfandiari and Tom Marchese.

“I get some tips from them and take everything they say to heart and try to apply it,” he said.

According to Sura poker was getting big in the NBA right around the time he retired. 2005 was right in the middle of the poker boom and Sura said it caught on among ball players fast. He said it's a perfect game to have fun and kill time on plane rides and in hotel rooms when teams are on the road.

With the NBA Summer League playing in Vegas right now, Sura said he's running into tons of people from his days as a pro ball player.

“I haven't watched too many games but I'm running into lots of old teammates, friends and coaches all over the place down here,” he said.

“The athletes are crazy in today's NBA. When I watch it now I wonder how I was ever able to compete with that. Who knows where it's going to be in five or ten years from now.”

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Pro gamer Alan “Hotted89” Widmann made it to Day 3 of poker's world championship event and he says his friend and coach Viktor Blom has been a huge help.

Widmann is originally from Venezuela and he gained a huge following playing World of Warcraft and streaming it live online.

Lately Widmann has started taking poker seriously and after playing a few events in Europe, he's now competing in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas.

Widmann has a secret weapon that no one knows about, until now.

His friend and ultra high-stakes poker legend Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has been coaching him. Blom and Widmann even had a coaching session via Skype yesterday to prepare Widmann for Day 3 of the Main Event.

Widmann and Blom met at a Unibet event in Europe and became friends, even though Widmann says he had no idea who Blom was in the poker world.

After they had gotten to know each other, Widmann said he Googled Blom and was blown away by the stories he read online.

Widmann spoke with PokerListings.com on a break from the Main Event to explain why he loves games and how he ended up being coached by one of poker's greatest players.

PokerListings.com: We just saw you in a huge hand a moment ago but how's the WSOP experience been for you in general so far?

Alan Widmann: The World Series of Poker is a totally new experience. The amount of pressure that is on you sometimes in certain hands is pretty crazy. But at the same time it's an amazing feeling to be here.

PL: Definitely a lot of pressure. Can you tell us about that last hand when you doubled up?

What's it like when you're watching the cards come down and you might double up or you might be out?

AW: At the beginning of the day I started with 142k and I lost a lot in a hand where I had two pair on the river against a flush. I thought he was making a play so I called a big bet on the river.

I dropped all the way down to 50k. Then through mostly three-betting I went back up to about 75k.

That last hand I get ace-king in the big blind which is a great spot because people probably think I'm bluffing. The button raises, I re-raised and then the button put me all-in.

So even though ace-king is a big hand, you don't know what the other guy has. But I decided to gamble and go for the flip and he had queen-eight.

PL: It's scary though because ace-king isn't a big favorite against two lower cards.

AW: No not at all it's like 60/40 to win before the flop. But when two kings showed up on the flop that was a great feeling.

PL: What led to you coming here to play the $10k Main Event?

AW: I've been playing poker for about a year and a half on a pretty serious level. I've been studying a lot and practicing and I've had the luck of having Viktor Blom as my coach.

PL: That's not a bad person to have as a coach.

AW: He's pretty much the best person to have as a coach. He's been sharing so much knowledge with me.

PL: How did that relationship with Viktor Blom come about?

AW: Funny story. I had no idea who he was when I first met him. He was invited to the Unibet London event and we met and became friends. After he sort of started telling me his story and I still didn't know the crazy background he has.

The second I put Viktor Blom into Google, let's just say those moments are insane. He's an amazing person and I'm really happy to have him as a friend.

PL: Is the coaching relationship something that was set up by Unibet?

AW: No we just met and started hanging out and became friends. He actually coached me yesterday through Skype for this event. It's been really helpful.

PL: How did you get started playing poker?

AW: I've always been interested in poker. I played some home games and small things with friends and I used to watch the World Series on TV when I was 15 and thought it was such a sick event.

Then Unibet hosted a sit and go for eSports streamers and Youtubers to play against each other and I was invited.

I did terrible in the first event but I've always been a really competitive person so it drove me to study and get better and learn and then I went to another Unibet event in London and won the streamers sit and go.

PL: Is there a big overlap in skills from eSports and gaming to poker?

AW: I think gamers have to be able to adapt to a lot of changes and different situations really quickly so I definitely see a correlation between being able to learn fast and developing skills in different games.

I actually know a lot of professional gamers who play poker. They might not be playing at the WSOP but they're really good and have good online poker results.

PL: Are you getting lots of support from your friends and fans while you're here playing at the WSOP

AW: Yeah the whole gaming community has had my back through this whole experience which feels amazing to be honest. It doesn't even feel like this is just me playing. I feel like I'm representing the gaming community and I want to do well.

PL: eSports events are starting to get massive prize pools these days so where do you see it going?

AW: Gaming is growing on an exponential level and the prize pools at the top levels for games like Counter Strike, Dota and League of Legends are surpassing prize pools of major events even like the Super Bowl.

This year broke tons of records and there's a lot of opportunities. The demographic is great for advertisers so I think more and more big brands will get involved.

Right now there are a lot of big sports people and brands investing in eSports and believing that gaming is the next step.

PL: Even with all the opportunities, eSports and poker are both pretty tough to make a living at. What's your advice for people thinking about trying to be a pro gamer?

AW: While there are a lot of opportunities around, making it into gaming is quite difficult. I always recommend that people do it as a hobby and if the hobby turns into something greater, go for it. But always have a plan B.

PL: Would you ever give up eSports for poker if you were successful?

AW: Well, I am taking poker pretty seriously and I would like to play more but I will always keep gaming.

Even if I made the final table in this event I would still come and stream every day.

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Day 3 at the 2017 WSOP Main Event ended with two players going out on the money bubble and a creative solution to decide who would win a seat to the 2018 Main Event.

Hand for hand play began after midnight and with 1,086 players left, two off the money, there were four separate all-ins.

The first two ended with the short stacks doubling up, but the second two weren't so lucky.

Roger Campbell defended his big blind with A♥ K♣ and watched the flop roll out all hearts. He had about 225k left and moved all-in after his opponent led out for 65k on the flop.

Campbell was snapped off and shown Q♥ T♥ for the flopped flush. He missed his nut flush redraw.

Quan Zhou was the fourth player all-in and he got into trouble raising a T♦ T♥ J♣ 7♥ turn when three-time WSOP bracelet winner Davidi Kiati led out.

The K♥ came on the river and after Kitai checked, Zhou insta-shoved for his remaining 376k.

Kitai snap-called and tabled pocket kings for the rivered full house. All Zhou could muster was A♦ 9♦.

It's a tradition for the last person busted before the money to receive a buy-in to next year's Main Event. 

Since Campbell and Zhou both busted on the same hand, the question remained as to who would receive the seat and who would walk away empty-handed.

They ran what was effectively a flip for $10,000 by dealing out two hands. Zhou came out on top to take the 2018 Main Event seat.

Campbell had to get up and leave with nothing to show for three long days of poker and a $10k buy-in.

Four Players Above 1.5 Million

Two Americans, one Polish and one French poker player managed to amass more than one and half million going into Day 4.

Patrick Lavecchia from Sellersville, Pennsylvania leads with 1,552,000 but he's followed closely by Poland's Pawel Brzeski and former November Niner Antoine Saout from France.

Here's the unofficial top 10 courtesy of WSOP.com.

Patrick Lavecchia – 1,552,000
Pawel Brzeski – 1,546,000
Antoine Saout – 1,529,000
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick – 1,523,000
Derek Bowers – 1,376,000
Ibrahim Nasief – 1,350,000
Mickey Craft – 1,345,000
Scott Blumstein – 1,340,000
Artan Dedusha – 1,288,000
Greg Dyer – 1,276,000

A long list of other well-known players made it into the money with big stacks including Kenny Hallaert, Sofia Lovgren, Tom Cannuli, Charlie Carrel, Jared Jaffe, Tony Gregg, Max Silver, David Peters, Chino Rheem, Greg Mueller and Jared Hamby.

Before the money was reached, nearly 1,500 players busted on Day 4.

That group included Eddy Sabat, Kitty Kuo, Brian Rast, Fatima de Melo, Matt Salsberg, Pierre Neuville, Joe Hachem, Noah Schwartz, Naoya Kihara, Johnny Chan and Rainer Kempe.

Tomorrow at 11am all 1,084 players will return to fight further into the money. Waiting at the end is an $8.15 million first-place prize and the title of world champion.

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Day 3 at the 2017 WSOP Main Event ended with two players going out on the money bubble and a creative solution to decide who would win a seat to the 2018 Main Event.

Hand for hand play began after midnight and with 1,086 players left, two off the money, there were four separate all-ins.

The first two ended with the short stacks doubling up, but the second two weren't so lucky.

Roger Campbell defended his big blind with A♥ K♣ and watched the flop roll out all hearts. He had about 225k left and moved all-in after his opponent led out for 65k on the flop.

Campbell was snapped off and shown Q♥ T♥ for the flopped flush. He missed his nut flush redraw.

Death By Kitai

Quan Zhou was the fourth player all-in and he got into trouble raising a T♦ T♥ J♣ 7♥ turn when three-time WSOP bracelet winner Davidi Kiati led out.

The K♥ came on the river and after Kitai checked, Zhou insta-shoved for his remaining 376k.

Kitai snap-called and tabled pocket kings for the rivered full house. All Zhou could muster was A♦ 9♦.

It's a tradition for the last person busted before the money to receive a buy-in to next year's Main Event. 

Since Campbell and Zhou both busted on the same hand, the question remained as to who would receive the seat and who would walk away empty-handed.

They ran what was effectively a flip for $10,000 by dealing out two hands. Zhou came out on top to take the 2018 Main Event seat.

Campbell had to get up and leave with nothing to show for three long days of poker and a $10k buy-in.

Four Players Above 1.5 Million

Two Americans, one Polish and one French poker player managed to amass more than 1.5 million going into Day 4.

Patrick Lavecchia from Sellersville, Pennsylvania leads with 1,552,000 but he's followed closely by Poland's Pawel Brzeski and former November Niner Antoine Saout from France.

Here's the unofficial top 10 courtesy of WSOP.com.

Patrick Lavecchia – 1,552,000
Pawel Brzeski – 1,546,000
Antoine Saout – 1,529,000
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick – 1,523,000
Derek Bowers – 1,376,000
Ibrahim Nasief – 1,350,000
Mickey Craft – 1,345,000
Scott Blumstein – 1,340,000
Artan Dedusha – 1,288,000
Greg Dyer – 1,276,000

A long list of other well-known players made it into the money with big stacks including Kenny Hallaert, Sofia Lovgren, Tom Cannuli, Charlie Carrel, Jared Jaffee, Tony Gregg, Max Silver, David Peters, Chino Rheem, Greg Mueller and Jared Hamby.

Before the money was reached, nearly 1,500 players busted on Day 4. That group included Eddy Sabat, Kitty Kuo, Brian Rast, Fatima de Melo, Matt Salsberg, Pierre Neuville, Joe Hachem, Noah Schwartz, Naoya Kihara, Johnny Chan and Rainer Kempe.

Tomorrow at 11am all 1,084 players will return to fight further into the money. Waiting at the end is an $8.15 million first-place prize and the title of world champion. Full chip counts below:

Rank Player Country Chips 1 Patrick Lavecchia United States 1,552,000 2 Pawel Brzeski Portugal 1,546,000 3 Antoine Saout France 1,529,000 4 Jeremiah Fitzpatrick United States 1,523,000 5 Derek Bowers United States 1,376,000 6 Mickey Craft United States 1,345,000 7 Edward Nassif United States 1,345,000 8 Scott Blumstein United States 1,340,000 9 Artan Dedusha United Kingdom 1,288,000 10 Greg Dyer United States 1,276,000 11 Kenny Hallaert Belgium 1,258,000 12 Michael Krasienko United States 1,246,000 13 Brandon Meyers United States 1,229,000 14 David Ormsby Canada 1,206,000 15 Patrick Clarke Ireland 1,200,000 16 Michael Sassen Netherlands 1,193,000 17 Yo-Seb Rhee Japan 1,149,000 18 Michael Sklenicka Czech Republic 1,139,000 19 Sebastien Comel France 1,129,000 20 Rudolphk Sawa United States 1,127,000 21 Cosmin Joldis Romania 1,124,000 22 Davidi Kitai Belgium 1,116,000 23 Filippo Gandini Italy 1,103,000 24 Gustavo Lopes Brazil 1,076,000 25 Paul Vas Nunes United Kingdom 1,073,000 26 Shyam Ravindran United States 1,071,000 27 Andrew Yip Canada 1,051,000 28 Hiren Patel United States 1,041,000 29 Paul Chakoian United States 1,039,000 30 Le Tieu United States 1,031,000 31 Damian Salas Argentina 1,028,000 32 Ben Lamb United States 1,016,000 33 Jon Maclellan United States 1,010,000 34 Andrey Pateychuk Russia 1,000,700 35 Javier Perez Estevez United States 997,000 36 Sofia Lovgren Sweden 996,000 37 Ze Chen United States 994,000 38 Kenny Shih United States 994,000 39 Tom Cannuli United States 990,000 40 Eugene Kotlyarevskiy United States 971,000 41 Alexander Greenblatt United States 968,000 42 Brian O'Donoghue United States 968,000 43 David Patterson United States 968,000 44 Roger Teska United States 967,000 45 Charlie Carrel United Kingdom 964,000 46 Jonathan Dwek Canada 958,000 47 Benjamin Jacobs United States 956,000 48 Jonathan Hilton United States 948,000 49 Matthias De Meulder Belgium 945,000 50 Kevin Calenzo United States 928,000 51 Austin Buchanan United States 927,000 52 David Woo United States 927,000 53 Richard Tuhrim United States 922,000 54 Sixiao Li China 891,000 55 Jamie Flynn United States 886,000 56 Carl Carodenuto United States 885,000 57 Stefan Huber Switzerland 885,000 58 Aaron Gustavson United States 883,000 59 Wouter Van Der Peijl Netherlands 873,000 60 Matthew Moss United Kingdom 872,000 61 Scott Anderson United States 850,000 62 Igor Ioffe United States 850,000 63 Grayson Ramage United States 848,000 64 Kevin Song United States 848,000 65 Joseph Dipascale United States 846,000 66 Rachid Ben Cherif Netherlands 843,000 67 Markus Gonsalves United States 840,000 68 Pandilica Florin Romania 836,000 69 Joel Ettedgi United Kingdom 833,000 70 Nick Maimone United States 832,000 71 Dominik Nitsche Germany 829,000 72 Rodrigo Portaleoni Brazil 828,000 73 Adam Bonham United Kingdom 827,000 74 Ivan Emanuely France 825,000 75 Hamza Firdawcy Canada 825,000 76 Alistair Hill United Kingdom 823,000 77 Richard Gryko United Kingdom 819,000 78 Michael 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United States 138,000 786 Joseph Migliore United States 137,000 787 Richard Wierzba Canada 137,000 788 Ryan Leng United States 136,000 789 Chris Convery South Africa 135,000 790 Karel Havelka Czech Republic 135,000 791 Vitaly Lunkin Russia 135,000 792 Andrey Zaichenko Russia 135,000 793 David Mock United States 134,000 794 Arman Kilavuz United States 133,000 795 Arthur Scheiner United States 133,000 796 Steven Miller United States 132,000 797 Colin Moffatt Canada 131,000 798 Waikiat Lee United Kingdom 130,000 799 Mike Linster United States 130,000 800 Freddy Caisson French Polynesia 129,000 801 Frederic Hwang   129,000 802 Robert Zlatkiss United States 129,000 803 Andy Frankenberger United States 127,000 804 Garry Gates United States 127,000 805 John Grue United States 127,000 806 Knute Lentz United States 127,000 807 Walter Rodriguez Mexico 127,000 808 Mark Schoenberg United States 127,000 809 Shawn Wilson Canada 127,000 810 Jinghan Yan China 127,000 811 Kenneth Cleeton United States 126,000 812 Chris Wiemers United States 125,000 813 Edmund Mokrzycki United States 124,000 814 Joseph Skinner United States 124,000 815 Aneris Adomkevicius Lithuania 123,000 816 Bernard Lee United States 123,000 817 Timothy Nuter United States 123,000 818 Sy Pham United States 123,000 819 Tomas Soderstrom Sweden 123,000 820 Bradley Golomb United States 122,200 821 David Olshan United States 122,000 822 Geremi Wicinski United States 122,000 823 Michael Pempin United States 121,100 824 Hung Le United States 121,000 825 Ryan Arguello United States 120,000 826 Paul Fehlig United States 120,000 827 Jonathan Gaviao United States 120,000 828 Kenneth Ray United States 120,000 829 N/A Turner United States 120,000 830 Brian Horwitz United States 119,000 831 Kory Kilpatrick United States 119,000 832 Jacob Stearley United States 119,000 833 John Dobson United States 118,000 834 Jeffrey Lennon United States 118,000 835 Michael Rangel United States 118,000 836 Maxim Semisoshenko Russia 118,000 837 Nick Abou Risk Ireland 117,000 838 Julie Cornelius United States 117,000 839 Robert Geith United States 117,000 840 Gjorgji Chuchuk Macedonia 116,000 841 Rafael Gonzalez United States 116,000 842 Rodrigo Semeghini Brazil 116,000 843 David Stewart United States 116,000 844 Jose Galindo United States 115,000 845 Andrew Watson United States 115,000 846 Jonathan Cohen (SD) United States 114,000 847 James Dempsey United Kingdom 114,000 848 Daniel Eichhorn United States 114,000 849 Jason James (ON) Canada 114,000 850 Jonathan Kyriakides Canada 114,000 851 Kenneth Daciolas United States 113,000 852 Jon Hoellein United States 113,000 853 Adam Levy United States 113,000 854 Eric Wasylenko Canada 113,000 855 Hoflehner Helmut Austria 112,000 856 Alexandria Janikova Slovenia 112,000 857 Chi Zhang United Kingdom 112,000 858 Joe Cada United States 111,000 859 Paul Degiulio Bermuda 109,000 860 John Eckerd United States 108,000 861 Daniel Hindin United States 108,000 862 Michael Walsh United States 108,000 863 Abdulrahim Amer United States 107,000 864 John Simon United States 107,000 865 Harrison Beach United States 106,000 866 Georgios Zisimopoulos Greece 106,000 867 James Cappucci United States 105,000 868 Darryll Fish United States 105,000 869 Steven Kelly United States 105,000 870 Mark Evangelista United States 104,000 871 Kevin Noblat France 104,000 872 Alan Percal United States 104,000 873 Chris Wooden United States 104,000 874 Dutch Boyd United States 101,000 875 Zhang Liping United States 101,000 876 Ronan Monfort France 101,000 877 Mark Arum United States 100,000 878 Enio Bozzano Brazil 100,000 879 Carl Brewington United States 100,000 880 Perry Friedman United States 100,000 881 Greg Ostrander United States 100,000 882 Jean Benoit Canada 99,000 883 Angelo Cusinato Canada 98,000 884 Amir Isaiah United States 98,000 885 Jesse Vilchez United States 98,000 886 Robert Fulop United States 97,000 887 John Strzemp United States 97,000 888 Kevin Williams United Kingdom 97,000 889 Brandon Cashwell United States 96,000 890 Isidoro Diaz   96,000 891 Chanracy Khun Canada 96,000 892 Mark Amabile United States 94,000 893 Yuriy Boyko Ireland 92,000 894 Wesley Cutshall United States 92,000 895 Thiago Nishijima Brazil 92,000 896 Reagan Silber United States 92,000 897 Brennan Benglis United States 91,000 898 Jesse Decker United States 91,000 899 Morten Mortensen Denmark 91,000 900 Hans Joaquim Hein Germany 90,000 901 Kathy Liebert United States 90,000 902 Kevin Tohivsky Canada 90,000 903 Mark Weil United States 90,000 904 Mikhail Fabro Belgium 89,000 905 Rory Rees-Brennan Ireland 89,000 906 Zheng Yu China 89,000 907 Artem Zverkhovskyy United States 89,000 908 Cindy Kerslake Canada 88,000 909 James Oconnor United States 88,000 910 Ismael Bojang Austria 87,000 911 David Berman United States 86,000 912 John Mariano United States 86,000 913 Natasha Mercier United States 86,000 914 Serge Chechin France 85,000 915 Troy Hagen United States 85,000 916 Matthew Wakeman Australia 85,000 917 Blaise Hom United States 84,000 918 Brent Thompson United States 83,000 919 Demetrios Arvanetes United States 82,000 920 Daniel Choi United States 82,000 921 Zachary Donovan United States 82,000 922 Andrew Magbual United States 82,000 923 Jules Dickerson United Kingdom 81,000 924 Jeffery Dorr United States 81,000 925 Rich Rice United States 81,000 926 Mike Schneider (MN) United States 81,000 927 Jake Toole United States 81,000 928 John Song United States 80,100 929 Cherish Andrews United States 80,000 930 Jason Bigelow Canada 80,000 931 Hai Le United States 80,000 932 Richard Meza United States 80,000 933 Abraham Faroni United States 79,000 934 Nir Levy Israel 78,000 935 Benjamin Ane France 77,000 936 Noah Bronstein United States 77,000 937 Victor Choupeaux France 77,000 938 Ronald Gesmundo Canada 77,000 939 Joshua Hillock United States 75,000 940 Kimberley Kilroy Canada 75,000 941 Daniel Blum United States 74,000 942 Elio Fox United States 74,000 943 Marc Rivera Philippines 74,000 944 Donald Blum United States 73,000 945 Jerry Burgess United States 73,000 946 Daiva Byrne United Kingdom 73,000 947 Sean Loring United States 73,000 948 Christopher Vitch United States 73,000 949 Dren Ukella Georgia 72,400 950 Ilkin Amirov Azerbaijan 72,000 951 Mario Basler Germany 72,000 952 Konstantin Puchkov Russia 72,000 953 Scott Stewart United States 72,000 954 Philip Yan United States 72,000 955 Daniel Ades Argentina 71,000 956 James Hodges United States 71,000 957 Manh Nguyen United States 71,000 958 Scott Mckernan United States 70,300 959 James James United States 70,000 960 Rami Mornel United States 70,000 961 Deepinder Singh United States 68,000 962 David Wilhoit United States 68,000 963 Darin Feinstein United States 67,000 964 Joshua Greenberg United States 67,000 965 Morgan Machina United States 67,000 966 Craig Mason United States 67,000 967 Candelaria Vaca United States 67,000 968 Daniel Ferszt United States 66,000 969 Ryan Martin United States 66,000 970 Richard Murnick United States 66,000 971 Zi Li United States 65,800 972 Yong An United States 65,000 973 Jost Beifuhs United Kingdom 65,000 974 David Fuss United States 65,000 975 Pete Males United States 65,000 976 Richard Tinsley United States 65,000 977 Tex Barch United States 64,000 978 David Kalet United States 64,000 979 Jeremy Saderne France 64,000 980 Chaz Curtiss United States 63,000 981 John Delrossi United States 63,000 982 Jarod Einsohn United States 62,000 983 Walter Fisher United States 62,000 984 Christian Iacobellis United States 61,000 985 Dean Potashner United States 61,000 986 Michael Arage Canada 60,000 987 Luke Marsh United Kingdom 60,000 988 Travis Ormond United States 60,000 989 James Sparacio United States 60,000 990 David Hipperson United States 59,000 991 Garrett Jones United States 59,000 992 Michael Newman United States 59,000 993 Darrell Shock United States 59,000 994 Robert Brown United States 58,000 995 William Dempsey United States 58,000 996 Alexander Deutsch United States 58,000 997 Edward Fritts United States 58,000 998 Douglas Hartwick Canada 58,000 999 David Hatchett United States 57,000 1000 DJ Buckley United States 56,000 1001 Nick DiVella United States 56,000 1002 Breandain Keating United States 56,000 1003 Diego Sanchez Mexico 56,000 1004 John Bilello United States 55,000 1005 Tony Cousineau United States 55,000 1006 Srinivasa Godavarthy United States 55,000 1007 Russ Head United States 55,000 1008 Mario Lopez (CA) United States 55,000 1009 Quang Ngo United States 55,000 1010 Taylor Paur United States 54,000 1011 George Tomasevich United States 54,000 1012 Joseph Trezzo United States 53,000 1013 Mario Vojvoda Croatia 53,000 1014 Robert Georato United States 52,000 1015 Phillip Hui United States 52,000 1016 Ori Hasson Iceland 51,000 1017 John Hulett United States 51,000 1018 Yulius Sepman Russia 51,000 1019 William Gibbons United States 50,100 1020 Arthur Flangas United States 50,000 1021 Jason Ramos United States 50,000 1022 Di Zhang China 50,000 1023 Ryan Breslin United States 48,000 1024 Ronald Giles Canada 47,000 1025 Stuart Lieblein United States 47,000 1026 Ben Palmer United States 47,000 1027 Joseph Cappello United States 45,000 1028 Kyle Hartree Canada 45,000 1029 Tyler Ming United States 45,000 1030 Mark Owens United States 43,000 1031 Thai Ha United States 42,000 1032 Richard Carlson United States 41,000 1033 Mel Elpusan United States 40,000 1034 Jarred Graham Australia 39,000 1035 Jonathan Mohl United States 39,000 1036 Maximilian Schindler United States 39,000 1037 Ronald Surenkamp United States 39,000 1038 Daniel DiPasquale United States 38,000 1039 Bryan Baird United States 37,000 1040 William Brock United States 37,000 1041 Aleksejs Ponakovs Latvia 37,000 1042 Jose Alastuetaisa   36,000 1043 Alex Kamberis United States 36,000 1044 Mitch Garshofsky United States 34,000 1045 Richard Monroe United States 34,000 1046 Joshua Palmer United States 34,000 1047 Stephen Pavlickek United States 34,000 1048 Matthew Silberzweig United States 34,000 1049 John Dwyer United States 32,200 1050 Rene Charland United States 32,000 1051 David Mowery United States 32,000 1052 Darin Utley United States 32,000 1053 Yorane Kerignard France 31,000 1054 Raad Farida United States 30,000 1055 Jason Kim (LA) United States 30,000 1056 Barry Greenstein   28,000 1057 Matthew Niner United States 28,000 1058 David Fong United States 27,000 1059 Benjamin Chalot France 25,000 1060 Jack King United States 24,500 1061 Carlos Mortensen United States 23,000 1062 Ryan Phan United States 23,000 1063 Zachery Schneider United States 23,000 1064 Brandon West United States 23,000 1065 Chong Cheng United States 21,900 1066 Thomas Brownlee United States 19,000 1067 Dean Murphy Canada 19,000 1068 Paul Baksi United States 18,000 1069 Ronald Sullivan United States 18,000 1070 Rick Marting United States 17,000 1071 Jameson Painter United States 17,000 1072 Todd Hansen United States 13,000 1073 Jesse Rodriguez United States 7,800 1074 Rudolph Dirubbo United States 7,000 1075 Jeffrey Castilho United States 2,000 1076 Danielle Andersen United States DNR 1077 Jody Evans Canada DNR 1078 Reed Hensel United States DNR 1079 Chino Rheem United States DNR 1080 Michael Sanders United States DNR 1081 Ren Xingrong China DNR 1082 DNR   DNR 1083 DNR   DNR 1084 DNR   DNR

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It might be hard to believe right now as we're in the midst of Day 4 of the greatest poker tournament on Earth, but there is life after the WSOP Main Event.

For those of us who play at the micro-stakes, that might be all there is anyway.

At 888poker you can finish off July with an awesome new micro-stakes series of low buy-in, well-structured online tournaments. There’ll be 18 events over 8 days with $150,000 guaranteed.

Dubbed the 888poker ChampionChips it'll run from July 23-30 and offer buy-ins ranging from $1 to the $30 Main Event to a $55 High Roller.

Every single event has a guaranteed prize pool with the largest naturally being the $30k GTD High Roller and the $50k GTD Main Event.

Cash Prize and Tournament Tickets

Following the highly successful revamped XL series 888poker is now gaining ground on low buy-in tournament series, too.

ChampionChips tournaments start at 8 PM and 9:30 PM, with exceptions of the opening event at 6 PM and the closing event at 11 PM CET.

Buy-ins will be $1, $3, $5, $12, $30 and $55.

As an additional incentive 888poker will reward the best players of the series with cash prizes and tournament tickets.

200 players will get extra value starting at $1 tourney tickets and going all the way up to a $1,000 prize for the leaderboard winner.

Freeroll into Events Daily

From July 15-22 there will be a range of freeroll tournaments in the 888poker lobby that allow you to play into the official events for free!

Watch the lobby for the satellites to appear. Every day there will be satellites at 2:05 PM, 8:35 PM and 1:35 AM.

Every freeroll satellite grants 50 seats to the respective MCC event. In case this doesn’t work out for you, you can also always go through the steps system and qualify for just 1 cent.

Now all you need is an account at 888poker. Click through to our review page and get started within a few minutes with an $888 sign-up bonus.

Check the full schedule below:

888poker ChampionChips Micro Series

Date

Time

Event Name

Buy-in

Game

Guarantee

July 23

6.30 PM

Opener

$5

6-max

$5000

July 23

8 PM

Half Marathon

$12

Regular

$25,000

July 23

9.30 PM

Race Track

$1

Turbo

$1500

July 24

8 PM

Long Jump

$12

Regular

$10,000

July 24

9.30 PM

Sync Swimming

$5

Omaha

$1500

July 25

8 PM

Weightlifting

$55

High Roller

$30,000

July 25

9.30 PM

Wrestling

$1

4-max

$1000

July 26

8 PM

Boxing

$12

Knockout

$3000

July 26

9.30 PM

Hurdles

$1

Extended R&A

$3000

July 27

8 PM

Rugby

$5

Quarterback

$3000

July 27

9.30 PM

Pole Vault

$3

Regular

$2000

July 28

8 PM

Triple Jump

$3

1R1A

$2000

July 28

9.30 PM

Judo

$3

SNAP

$2000

July 29

8 PM

Long Distance Race

$12

8-max

$10,000

July 29

9.30 PM

Trampoline

$1

R&A

$2000

July 30

8 PM

Marathon

$30

Main Event

$50,000

July 30

9.30 PM

Swimming

$3

Turbo

$2000

July 30

11 PM

Sprint

$5

Super Turbo

$2000

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Being chip leader when the World Series of Poker Main Event reaches the money is something only one player a year gets to experience.

This year it's 29-year-old Patrick Lavecchia from Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

“It's a little surreal,” Lavecchia told PokerListings.com on a break as the Main Event played deeper into the money. “I've never been in this position before.”

Lavecchia graduated from Temple University with a degree in Finance but says he's been playing poker professionally online for the better part of a decade.

He played on PokerStars before Black Friday, switched to live after online poker was shutdown and then jumped back on the internet to play on PokerStars when it opened up again in New Jersey.

This isn't the first time he's played the Main Event. He's entered five times before and never cashed. In fact he's never had a result in any WSOP tournament.

But with the a top stack deep in the Main Event, he's poised to make his first WSOP cash count.

It won't be an easy road to the final table. On Day 4 Lavecchia is at a table with former WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb and Team PokerStars Online's Randy Lew.

Lavecchia said he doesn't mind the stiff competition.

"My table's pretty tough but honestly it's been so much fun that playing against good players just makes it more fun,” he said.

“Whatever happens, happens. The whole tournament's been a great experience, if I get a tough table draw it's just a new challenge.”

Guaranteed Cash, Hunting Big Money

Lavecchia and the other 1,083 players who made the money in this year's Main Event were guarnateed at least $15,000 just for making Day 4.

That number quickly went up as a big group of people who had squeaked into the money with small stacks went broke in the first levels of the day.

Lavecchia said that even though the money up top is a big opportunity, he's more interested in enjoying the experience and playing as well as he can.

“Other than the lights and everything, it's still just a tournament and honestly any tournament you go deep in and get a stack is so much fun,” he said.

“I've had quite a few texts already. I suppose when you're chip leader in the Main Event and you get on the front page of WSOP.com people notice.

“It's been pretty cool but honestly I'm here to play poker. The interviews and everything are fine but I just love playing deep-stacked tournament poker.

“To me I feel like I'm freerolling at this point. I don't mind if I bust. I've done it many times in the past.

"It's a fun tournament and I know that I'm a decent enough player that I have a chance if I run really good.

“I feel like I have nothing to lose.”

The 2017 Main Event will play down to the final nine players the night of July 17th and the final table will play out over three days, concluding on July 22.

 

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Last year Kenny Hallaert was part of the November Nine final table and he says getting rid of it is a mixed bag for the World Series of Poker.

Hallaert is from Belgium and finished sixth in last year's WSOP Main Event, earning almost $1.5 million.

This year he's going deep in the Main Event once again and thinks that the decision to get rid of the delayed final table will have an impact on both the player and fan experience.

"If it was my decision I would keep the November Nine,” said Hallaert.

“The atmosphere will definitely be different this year. With the break we had more possibility of bringing lots of friends and family and you could organize everything really well.”

Last year Hallaert brought a crowd to the final table, complete with Euro-style football chants, and he actually attended the final table the previous two years to cheer on friends who had made the November Nine.

November Nine Unique Spectacle in Poker

Hallaert liked the spectacle of playing the final table in the Penn and Teller Theater and having big cheering sections for every player. He said it was fitting for the world's biggest event to have something special like the November Nine.

As a player he also liked the opportunity to seek coaching and to prepare for such a big opportunity.

But just because he sees some downsides doesn't mean he thinks the decision is without advantages.

"For the players this year it's going to be a lot different. There's going to be a lot more history between the final table players.

“Last year there wasn't any real history since everybody had so much preparation and we basically started like it was a brand new sit and go.

"We might see more street poker, more stuff like the Philip Hilm blow-up.

“It will be more pure poker I think so for the game itself and the viewers watching at home it might be better but for the atmosphere in the room, not so much."

Hallaert Coached by Holz for N9

One reason Hallaert might favor the chance to get coaching during the November Nine break is that last year he received teaching from Fedor Holz.

Holz has racked up almost $23 million in live tournament earnings, most of it in the last two years, and is arguably the most successful poker player in the game right now.

After making the Main Event final table in 2016 Hallaert got poker strategy coaching from Holz and mental game coaching from Jared Tendler. Judging by his results this summer, it paid off.

"I learned so much in those months. It was really eye-opening for me,” said Hallaert. “Now I have the chance to put all that new knowledge into practice.

"When you hear Fedor talk about poker you see really quickly that he's a really smart kid and he thinks about the game in a really special way.

“I'm not surprised at the success he's had honestly and I think he'll have a lot more in the future.”

Big 2017 WSOP for Hallaert

This summer at the WSOP Hallaert made two final tables and four other cashes, totaling more than $364,000.

Now Hallaert is deep in the Main Event again with a big stack and guaranteed another solid payday.

He says the experience he got last year is worth a lot this time around.

"I definitely learned a lot last year. Making deep runs in big field events like this is a big advantage compared to someone who's doing it for the first time."

“Being at the feature table yesterday was a big advantage for me. I was a lot less nervous with all the cameras and all the attention since I've done it before.

This year's WSOP Main Event reaches a final table on July 17th and will crown a winner July 22nd.

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Ohio poker player Mickey Craft showed up for Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event an hour late, still drunk from the night before and proceeded to run up a massive stack.

Danielle “Dmoongirl” Andersen was at the table and tweeted updates on Craft's erratic play through the day.

Her first tweet said Craft showed up to claim his 1.2 million stack, announced to the table he was still drunk and had slept for 45 minutes and then pulled off a big bluff with nine-deuce off-suit to take down his first pot of the day.

Later, Craft was moved to the feature table broadcast live on ESPN and PokerGO.

He went on to have a rollercoaster day, finishing the night by winning a massive 1.6 million chip pot against Travis Lutes to jump up to 3 million but dropping down to 2,389,000 by the time the chips went in the bag.

Craft made the final table in the $3k Limit Hold'em event earlier this summer, finishing 3rd for almost $70,000. It was by far his biggest cash, accounting for most of his $78,099 lifetime winnings.

For making Day 5 of the Main Event he's guaranteed at least $35,267 and has a shot at up to $8.15 million should he make the final table.

Salas Leads, Comel and Hallaert Trailing

Damian Salas from Argentina finished the day with the biggest stack, bagging 4,678,000, and he's trailed by France's Sebastian Comel with 4,198,000.

Salas is an accomplished player with over $900k in live earnings and over $3 million in online cashes where he plays under the screen-name pampa27.

2016 November Niner Kenny Hallaert also finished with more than 4 million and he spoke to PokerListings.com earlier in the day about his third consecutive deep Main Event run.

Here's the unofficial top ten chip counts courtesy of WSOP.com:

Damian Salas - 4,678,000 Sebastian Comel - 4,198,000 Kenny Hallaert - 4,145,000 JP Kelly - 3,923,000 Richard Gryko - 3,559,000 Cosmin Joldis - 3,518,000 Colin Moffat - 3,086,000 Jonas Mackoff - 3,076,000 Eyal Maaravi - 3,030,000 Valentin Messina - 2,979,000

A long list of other well-known players built big stacks on Day 4, including former November Niner Antoine Saout, Brit Charlie Carrel and Kathy Liebert, the first woman to ever win a $1 million prize in poker.

Everyone who played today had already earned a spot in the money but, unfortunately for 787 players, a lot of them busted short of the big prizes waiting higher up the payout ladder.

Among those busted were Barry Greenstein, Barny Boatman, Dutch Boyd, Scott Seiver, Anatoly Filatov, Nam Le, Michael Tureniec, Nick Schulman, Gavin Smith, Matt Glantz, Jeff Lisandro and Sofia Lovgren.

Tomorrow the remaining 297 players will return at 11am to play deeper into the money.

The final nine players will be decided on July 17 and the final table will play out over three days July 20-22.

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