Day 3 Ends with Steven Greenberg (3.75M) and Chase Bianchi (3.7M) Leading the Final 27 Players

Photo:  Chipleader Steven Greenberg

Level 23 comes to an end with 27 players remaining, and the chipleader is Steven Greenberg with 3,753,000, closely followed by Chase Bianchi with 3,698,000. Here are the official chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:

1.  Steven Greenberg  –  3,753,000  (156 bb)
2.  Chase Bianchi  –  3,698,000  (154 bb)
3.  Stephen Song  –  2,613,000  (109 bb)
4.  Raghuram Jonnalagedda  –  2,503,000  (104 bb)
5.  Kane Kalas  –  2,281,000  (95 bb)
6.  Daniel Aharoni  –  1,994,000  (83 bb)
7.  Damjan Radanov  –  1,974,000  (82 bb)
8.  David Paredes  –  1,500,000  (63 bb)
9.  Spencer Champlin  –  1,330,000  (55 bb)
10.  Ioannis Patsourakis  –  1,309,000  (55 bb)
11.  Joe McKeehen  –  1,185,000  (49 bb)
12.  Adam Hendrix  –  1,159,000  (48 bb)
13.  Eric Afriat  –  1,123,000  (47 bb)
14.  Shankar Pillai  –  1,116,000  (47 bb)
15.  Jonathan Little  –  1,100,000  (46 bb)
16.  Christopher Thompson  –  1,001,000  (42 bb)
17.  Dennis Zollo  –  1,000,000  (42 bb)
18.  Kevin Saul  –  940,000  (39 bb)
19.  Zach Gruneberg  –  937,000  (39 bb)
20.  Justin Zaki  –  906,000  (38 bb)
21.  Jason Wade  –  671,000  (28 bb)
22.  John Sill  –  639,000  (27 bb)
23.  Sean Remz  –  633,000  (26 bb)
24.  Casey Yontz  –  495,000  (21 bb)
25.  Michael Marder  –  493,000  (21 bb)
26.  Mathew Solitro  –  492,000  (21 bb)
27.  Amnon Filippi  –  484,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $651,928*
2nd:  $434,614
3rd:  $321,533
4th:  $240,251
5th:  $181,329
6th:  $138,254
7th:  $106,497
8th:  $82,888
9th-10th:  $65,192
11th-12th:  $51,819
13th-14th:  $41,632
15th-16th:  $33,811
17th-20th:  $27,760
21st-24th:  $23,046
25th-27th:  $19,347

The seat draw for Day 4 will be released tomorrow morning, and posted here in the WPT Live Updates as soon as it’s available. Day 4 begins at 12:00 noon EST, and the field will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for Friday afternoon’s WPT Final Table.

Photo:  Chase Bianchi finished Day 3 just two big blinds behind the chipleader.

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com