Hellmuth Hunting Bracelet 15 In 2017 WSOP $10,000 Stud Eight-or-Better ChampionshipThe 'Poker Brat' Among A Stacked Final 11 Set To Return For Day 3 |
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Phil Hellmuth is looking to make his first official final table of the 2017 World Series of Poker. The poker hall of fame member is the all-time WSOP title leader with 14 bracelets won and is within striking distance of increasing his total to 15. Hellmuth will enter the third and final day of the $10,000 seven card stud eight-or-better championship event in seventh chip position with 11 players remaining.
The chip leader going into day 3 is Andrew Kelsall with 965,000. There are several WSOP bracelet winners remaining in the field including 2016 runner-up in this event Randy Ohel, 2016 mixed triple draw event winner Chris Vitch, two-time bracelet winner Abe Mosseri and three-time bracelet winners Jonathan Duhamel, Brock Parker and Benny Glasser.
The tournament drew a field of 125 entries to build a $1,175,000 prize pool. Only the top 19 finishers cashed in this event. Plenty of big names hit the rail inside of the money, including Daniel Negreanu (18th – $15,182), John Monnette (17th – $15,182), Richard Ashby (15th – $16,800), Todd Brunson (14th – $19,130) and Chris Ferguson (12th – $22,396).
The final 11 players are all now guaranteed at least a $22,396 payday, with the gold bracelet and the $320,103 first-place prize set to go to the eventual champion. Play will resume at 2:00 p.m. local time and continue until a champion is decided.
Here is a look at the chip counts heading into day 3:
| Rank | Player | Chips |
| 1 | Andrew Kelsall | 965,000 |
| 2 | Christopher Vitch | 925,000 |
| 3 | Jameson Painter | 919,000 |
| 4 | Abe Mosseri | 767,000 |
| 5 | Brock Parker | 609,000 |
| 6 | Benny Glaser | 477,000 |
| 7 | Phil Hellmuth | 420,000 |
| 8 | Dan Shak | 406,000 |
| 9 | Alex Luneau | 331,000 |
| 10 | Jonathan Duhamel | 228,000 |
| 11 | Randy Ohel | 203,000 |
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