Veteran poker pro Victor Ramdin remained the chip leader after Day 3 of The Big Event at the Bicycle casino in Los Angeles, California. He leads with 1,600,000 chips with 22 players left.
WSOP Main Event Champion 2005 Joe Hachem is in 8th, with noted poker players Alex Kamberis and David Paredes also in the top 10 in chips.
Wednesday, players will play down to the final table of eight. All of the remaining players have guaranteed at least $11,500
Top 10 Chip Counts
1. Victor Ramdin - 1,600,000
2. Taylor von Kriegenbergh - 1,213,000
3. James Dowdy - 1,132,000
4. Wade Townsend - 1,108,000
5. Fab Gonzalez - 907,000
6. Alex Kamberis - 814,000
7. David Paredes - 745,000
8. Joe Hachem - 610,000
9. Jaime Kaplan - 603,000
10. Romik Vartzar - 569,000
Notables to bust on Day 3 included Vladimir Shchemelev (54th- $7,500), Anh Van Nguyen (47th- 48,000), Pat Pezzin (42nd- $8,000), Dusty Schmidt (40th- $9,000), Daniel Negreanu (37th- $9,000), Ali Eslami (35h- $9,000), and Jeff Williams (33rd- $9,000)
The 417 entrants created a $1,921,327 prize pool with $500,000 reserved for first.
The numbers were down for the $5,000 buy-in main event this year, 417 instead of over 700, with the departure of PokerStars as a title sponsor for the former NAPT event due to a conflict with the California gaming commission.
WSOP Main Event Champion 2005 Joe Hachem is in 8th, with noted poker players Alex Kamberis and David Paredes also in the top 10 in chips.
Wednesday, players will play down to the final table of eight. All of the remaining players have guaranteed at least $11,500
Top 10 Chip Counts
1. Victor Ramdin - 1,600,000
2. Taylor von Kriegenbergh - 1,213,000
3. James Dowdy - 1,132,000
4. Wade Townsend - 1,108,000
5. Fab Gonzalez - 907,000
6. Alex Kamberis - 814,000
7. David Paredes - 745,000
8. Joe Hachem - 610,000
9. Jaime Kaplan - 603,000
10. Romik Vartzar - 569,000
Notables to bust on Day 3 included Vladimir Shchemelev (54th- $7,500), Anh Van Nguyen (47th- 48,000), Pat Pezzin (42nd- $8,000), Dusty Schmidt (40th- $9,000), Daniel Negreanu (37th- $9,000), Ali Eslami (35h- $9,000), and Jeff Williams (33rd- $9,000)
The 417 entrants created a $1,921,327 prize pool with $500,000 reserved for first.
The numbers were down for the $5,000 buy-in main event this year, 417 instead of over 700, with the departure of PokerStars as a title sponsor for the former NAPT event due to a conflict with the California gaming commission.
