The third day of the World Poker Challenge at the Reno Hilton began with 27 players fighting for only six spots at the televised World Poker Tour final table. The three tables that started the day were whittled down to one ten-handed table after only five hours of play.
Chau Giang was the first victim of the day. He was eliminated on the very first hand of play by Fabrice Soulier. Carlos Mortensen also was knocked out early when his pocket jacks ran into the pocket aces of Barry Greenstein. The last woman standing, Liz Lieu, was knocked out in 19th place when her pocket sevens were unable to improve against pocket eights. One of the hottest players on the tournament circuit, Fabrice Soulier, was able to make it to day three. However, he had to settle for a 13th place finish.
Barry Greenstein entered the day in 11th chip position. He quickly took over the chip lead and held it for a majority of the day. At one point, Greenstein had a lead of nearly one million chips over the second place player. Greenstein continued his strong play through the end of the day and enters tomorrow’s final table with $1,085,000 in chips. The chip leader going into play tomorrow is Mike Simon with $1,195,000.
The final six players enter tomorrow’s final table looking to take down the first prize of $1,052,890 plus a $25,000 entry into the WPT Championship at the Bellagio.
The chip counts going into the final table are:
1. Mike Simon $1,195,0002. Barry Greenstein $1,085,0003. Tom Schneider $1,020,0004. Jonas Norrman $905,0005. Jason Stern $880,0006. Greg Mueller $835,000
The final televised table of the World Poker Challenge is set to begin at 3pm PST. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com for all of the live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos from the action. Source: www.cardplayer.com
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