Day 3 Of Event # 38, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Set To Begin!
The third and final day of Event #38, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em tournament, is upon us and 23 players remain in contention for the WSOP gold bracelet and first prize of $540,136. After wading through a field of 2,192 runners, the surviving competitors have been rewarded with an opportunity to etch their name in poker’s history books.
Our chip leader entering Day 3 is Perry Lin (1,054,000), of Hoboken, New Jersey. Lin is a budding amateur player with three previous cashes coming in various editions of the Borgota Poker Open. Among the notable players trying to chase Lin down is Melanie Weisner (549,000), a 25 year-old tournament professional who has earned five cashes in the 2011 WSOP. Weisner has been a mainstay on both the European and American circuit for just three years, and she is looking for her biggest score yet after finishing 12th in the 2010 EPT Prague Main Event.
A pair of Brits, and their raucous railbirds, will also put their stamp on Day 3, as Paul Nash (736,000) and Jonathan Spinks (688,000) try to continue the British Invasion of 2011. If both Spinks and Nash can reach the final table, the loud and lewd celebrations we witnessed yesterday will look like a dignified Sunday tea time.
Former bracelet winner Hoai Pham (208,000), who captured the $500 Casino Employees event last year, will also be seeking to secure his second gold bracelet. A win here today would elevate Pham from the ranks of one-time winners to the upper echelon of poker.
Check in with PokerNews throughout this Day 3 to follow all of the action, as our 23 remaining players battle to reach the final table, and then to ultimately crown the WSOP’s next champion.