World Poker Tour -- Legends of Poker Day 3

Day 3 at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 23. A total of 60 players began the day and at the end of the night just 15 remained.

Andrew Frankenberger leads the way with 1,958,000 but all eyes will be on the last big-name professional standing tomorrow, Jonathan Little (pictured right). The two-time WPT champion will be looking to make another WPT final table tomorrow and he is in a strong position to do so with the second largest stack in play (1,314,000).

The money bubble burst when Brian Patrick exited the tournament in 46th place earlier in the day and ensured that the top 45 players in the tournament walked away with at least $10,200 in prize money. Notable players that missed the money on day 3 include Chris Moore, Tim Phan, and Ted Lawson. Here is a look at the notable cashes booked on day 3:

45: Amit Makhija — $10,200
44: Jonathan Aguiar — $10,200
43: Joe Hachem — $10,200
42: Ali Eslami — $10,200
38: J.C. Alvarado — $10,200
35: Elliot Smith — $11,500
34: Soi Nguyen — $11,500
33: Marco Johnson — $11,500
32: Joe Sebok — $11,500
30: Erica Schoenberg — $11,500
29: Phil Collins — $11,500
26: Peter Rho — $13,000
21: Charlie Hook — $13,000
20: Allen Kessler — $13,000
19: Darryll Fish — $13,000
17: David Sands — $15,500

Day 3 was a tough day for the professionals as you can see from the above list. Many entered the day hoping to make a deep run in the event, but the day was cruel to most of them. Phil Collins experienced the largest downfall during day 3. His stack peaked at 1.1 million and he was the chip leader for the first half of the day before his fall from grace was complete and he exited in 29th place.

Here is a look at the chip counts heading into tomorrow:

1. Andrew Frankenberger — 1,958,000
2. Jonathan Little — 1,314,000
3. Steve Reitzfeld — 1,200,000
4. John Smith — 1,005,000
5. Tom Braband — 936,000
6. Adam Schiffer — 868,000
7. Franco Brunetti — 795,000
8. Kyle McCammond — 615,000
9. Tyler Cornell — 581,000
10. Hoan Ly — 523,000
11. Jared Jaffee — 492,000
12. Tom Lee — 396,000
13. Florentino Ornelas — 351,000
14. Ben Keiley — 321,000
15. Wade Woelfel — 279,000

You can check out the big hands from the day on the live reporting page for the WPT Legends tournament on CardPlayer.com.

Day 4 will begin at 1 p.m. tomorrow when 15 players will return to the Bicycle Casino. The plan is to play down to the final television table of six players tomorrow. Stay tuned to Card Player for live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos from this WPT championship event.

Here is a look at the remaining prize pool:

1st: $750,000
2nd: $370,000
3rd: $174,772
4th: $109,000
5th: $86,000
6th: $63,000
7th: $45,000
8th: $35,000
9th: $29,000
10th-12th: $24,000
13th-15th: $19,500

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