Day 3 Awaits, and a Lamb Shall Lead Them
Welcome to Day 3 of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship! Of the starting field of 128 there are 74 players still with chips, including many of the game's best known and talented pros. Only the top 16 will realize a profit in this one, meaning there's still a lot of work to be done between now and then for those returning today.
Ben "Benba" Lamb will be sitting down to the largest stack in our corner of the Amazon Room today with over 700,000. But he'll have Gus Hansen and Sebastian Ruthenberg close on his heels, as well as dozens more of poker's most feared and respected pros behind them. Take a peek at the seating draw below and see just how many names you recognize among the final 74.
The "eight-game mix" format will continue today and through to Wednesday's final table when the game will switch to no-limit hold'em only. Thus not only will players continue to have to compete in all eight of the games, but they'll also have keep managing their tourney strategies to accommodate the combination of fixed limit games (H.O.R.S.E. plus 2-7 triple draw) and "big bet" games (PLO, NLH).
Today's schedule says they'll play five or six 100-minute levels, depending on how close they come to reaching the money. Cards are scheduled to go in the air at 3 p.m. local time, so come back then for coverage of all the action.