Day 3 completed
Ten levels of poker were not enough to finish Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship here on Day 3, so we will return tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. PDT for one final day.
Joe Ebanks and Chris Moorman are currently heads up for the bracelet and $1,158,481. Here's how the stacks look:
Ebanks 11,015,000
Moorman 3,215,000
We started this afternoon with 22 of the best short-handed poker players in the world, but as the hours passed, we lost great names like David Benefield, Chris Klodnicki, Greg Dyer, and the current 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year leader; Ben "Benba" Lamb.
Here's who finished where heading into the final table:
Early Day 3 Eliminations
Place Player Payout
22 Russell Carson $35,377
21 Thorsten Schafer $35,377
20 David Benefield $35,377
19 Chris Klodnicki $35,377
18 Daniel Reijmer $43,976
17 Greg Dyer $43,976
16 Lee Markholt $43,976
15 Tyler Smith $43,976
14 Gabe Patgorski $43,976
13 William Thorson $43,976
12 Ben Lamb $56,140
11 Chris DeMaci $56,140
10 Matthew Hyman $73,695
9 Nick Grippo $73,695
8 Jeremy Menard $99,493
7 Ben Tollerene $99,493
We reached our official final table around 9:45 PDT, and it was stacked with young, talented players. We said goodbye to Mike Sowers, Taylor Paur, Tristan Wade and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in that order, leaving us with Moorman and Ebanks heads up for the cash and the bracelet.
Final Table Payouts
Place Player Payout
1
$1,158,4812
$716,2823 Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier $447,074
4 Tristan Wade $292,866
5 Taylor Paur $198,140
6 Mike Sowers $138,301
Join us tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. PDT when we resume heads-up play and finally crown a champion!