Money Bubble Bursts In 2016 World Series of Poker Main EventKenny Hallaert Leads The Remaining 800 Players At The End Of Day 3 |
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At around 12:15 AM local time the money bubble burst in the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in main event with the elimination of Adam Furgatch the remaining 1,011 players were all guaranteed to cash for at least $15,000 in this year’s world championship.
Furgatch was all-in in the final hand before hand-for-hand play was set to begin, moving in with his last 6,000 chips with Q-9. George Zisimopoulos called him with the A-7 and neither player improved, sending Furgatch to the rail as the last player outside of the money. As a result of his elimination there was no need for any hand-for-hand play, resulting in the shortest main event money bubble in recent memory.
Although Furgatch didn’t officially cash in this event, he didn’t actually walk away empty handed. The WSOP awarded Furgatch a free seat into the 2017 main event as a consolation prize.
Play continued for approximately an hour and 15 minutes after the bubble burst before the remaining 800 players bagged and tagged their chips for the night. At the end of play Kenny Hallaert was the chip leader with 1,709,000.
Hot on Hallaert’s heels are a number of huge names with plenty of chips of their own, including Jared Bleznick (1,607,000), Antonio Esfandiari (1,381,000), Shaun Deeb (1,266,000), Marc-Andre Ladouceur (1,302,000), 2016 WSOP bracelet winner Ray Dehkharghani (1,184,000), Jon Turner (1,124,000) and Steve O’Dwyer (1,172,000).
Melanie Weisner exploded up the leaderboard after the dinner break, ending the night with 1,083,000 to put her just outside the top ten in chip counts. Card Player TV caught up with her on a break for a quick video interview about her rise up the ranks.
“It’s nice to feel like you are executing the things that you want to and playing to your ability, which is how I feel right now, and I would love to keep it going,” said Weisner in the interview. Check out the video below:
Four former winners of the main event are still alive with a chance of becoming repeat champions. Johnny Chan (588,000) is the only player left with a shot at becoming a three-time champion in this event, having won back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1988. 2004 champ Greg Raymer (732,000), 2013 winner Ryan Riess (270,000) and 1983 world champion Tom McEvoy (202,000).
Other notables who made it through the day include 2016 WPT L.A. Poker Classic winner Dietrich Fast (1,089,000), Gavin Griffin (910,000), Dan Heimiller (878,000), Liv Boeree (554,000) and two-time bracelet winner Barry Shulman (500,000).
Notable pros to hit the rail on day 3 include defending champion Joseph McKeehen, 1989 champion Phil Hellmuth, Michael Mizrachi, Ted Forrest, David Williams, Vanessa Selbst, Olivier Busquet, Tony Dunst, former November Niner Matt Jarvis, Anthony Zinno, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and many others.
Here is a look at the top ten chip counts heading into day 4:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Kenny Hallaert | 1,709,000 |
| 2 | Jared Bleznick | 1,607,000 |
| 3 | Duy Ho | 1,480,000 |
| 4 | Kilian Kramer | 1,400,000 |
| 5 | Mark Zullo | 1,390,000 |
| 6 | Myung Mike Shin | 1,385,000 |
| 7 | Antonio Esfandiari | 1,381,000 |
| 8 | Nolan King | 1,355,000 |
| 9 | Jasthi Kumar | 1,351,000 |
| 10 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 1,302,000 |
Click here for a look at the full overnight chip counts.
For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with a full schedule, news, player interviews and event recaps.
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