Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante

Players Remaining: 14 out of 4,345

Average Chip Count: 869,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Aadam Daya – 1,750,000
2. Dash Dudley – 1,600,000
3. Cory Brown – 1,450,000
4. Nick Mitchell – 1,300,000
5. Gabe Costner – 1,300,000
6. Irving Rice – 1,065,000
7. Rich Rice – 820,000
8. Bart Davis – 785,000
9. Samuel Paolini – 735,000
10. Dmitry Gromov – 650,000

Eliminations:

16. Jeremiah Degreef – $24,675
15. Eric Baldwin – $31,362

Big Hands:

Nick Mitchell Doubles up Gabe Costner

Gabe Costner moved all in for about 380,000 with the AK and Nick Mitchell made the call with pocket sixes. Costner hit a king on the turn and locked up the pot. Costner is up to 800,000 and Mitchell was at 550,000 after the hand.

Jeremiah Degreef Eliminated

In a standard blind vs. blind scenario, Dash Dudley moved all in against the short stack of Jeremiah Degreef, who woke up with queens in the big blind. Dudley exposed the A9 and was behind. However, the flop brought and ace and Degreef was eliminated.

Eric Baldwin Eliminated

Nick Mitchell bet 75,000 under the gun. Action folded to to Eric Baldwin in the big blind. Baldwin moved all in for 646,000. Mitchell made the call with the JJ and was racing against the KQ. The board ran out J337K and Baldwin was eliminated. Mitchell is now up to 1,300,000.

Irving Rice Moves In

With about 900,000 in his stack, Irving Rich open shipped with the KK and everyone folded.

Left in the Deck:

The players are on a short 20 minute break to color up the yellow 1,000 denomination chips.

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 18 out of 4,345

Average Chip Count: 724,166

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Samuel Paolini – 1,600,000
2. Cory Brown – 1,360,000
3. Dash Dudley – 1,345,000
4. Aadam Daya – 1,100,000
5. Nicholas Mitchell – 1,100,000
6. Eric Baldwin – 740,000
7. Dmitry Gromov – 680,000
8. Irving Rice – 650,000
9. Bart Davis – 580,000
10. Rich Rice – 560,000

Notable Eliminations:

23. Drew Crawford – $19,591

Big Hands:

Dash Dudley Doubles Up

On a flop of 1023, Dash Dudley bet 155,000 from the small blind. Gabe Costner raised all in, having Dudley covered. Dudley made the 366,000 chip call and exposed the AA. He was in great shape against the pocket sixes of Costner. The board ran safe for Dudley and he doubled to almost 800,000.

Ashira Lavine Doubles Up

Ashira Lavine open shipped for 251,000 and was called by Sam Paolini. Paolini tabled the 88 and Lavine flipped over the AQ. The turn gave Lavine a pair of queens and they held to double her up to over 500,000.

Drew Crawford Eliminated

Former chip leader Drew Crawford shoved from the button with 350,000 with the J8. He was called by Irving Rice’s A-Q. Crawford failed to beat the over cards and he was eliminated.

Sanjay Pandya Eliminated

Sam Paolini bet 50,000 preflop with pocket queens and Sanjay Pandya moved all in for about 150,000 total. Paolini made the quick call and Pandya tabled A10. The board failed to offer any help and he was eliminated.

Left in the Deck:

Players are now on a 60 minute dinner break.

Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 35 out of 4,345

Average Chip Count: 372,428

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Cory Brown — 780,000
2. Michael Michnik — 750,000
3. Bart Davis — 700,000
4. Nicholas Mitchell — 681,000
5. Dash Dudley — 665,000
6. Dmitry Gromov — 600,000
7. Horst Eilers — 600,000
8. Dana Kellstrom — 507,000
9. Terry Fleischer — 489,000
10. Aadam Daya — 476,000

Notable Eliminations:

35. Nancy Todd Tyner — $15,642

Big Hands:

Eric Baldwin Doubles Up Nancy Todd Tyner

Nancy Todd Tyner was short stacked in the big blind, while the aggressive Eric Baldwin was in the small blind. In a standard tournament scenario, Eric Baldwin put Tyner in with the 83 and Tyner made the easy call with A-Q. Her hand held and she doubled up to about 100,000.

Eric Baldwin Doubles Up

Baldwin had been bleeding some chips early on. In a cooler blind vs. blind scenerio, Baldwin held the AJ while his opponent held KK in the small blind. The small blind called the big blind and Baldwin raised 24,000 more. The small blind shoved and Baldwin tanked. He eventually made the call. An ace in the door gave Baldwin the huge advantage on the flop. The turn and river were safe and Baldwin doubled up to 500,000.

Nancy Todd Tyner Eliminated

Tyner raised with the JJ from the cutoff and the player on the button moved all in for 175,000 total, having Tyner barely covered. Tyner insta-called and was in great shape against the 10-10 of her opponent. The board kept getting scarier as it ran out 9846, before disaster struck with the 7 on the river. Tyner’s opponent made a straight on the end to send her packing.

Left in the Deck:

Players are now on a short 20 minute break.

Day 3 of Event No. 3 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em) will start today at 3 PST.

Just 41 players remain to begin level 20 with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a 1,000 ante. However, everyone still left after wading through a field of 4,345 entrants could be in store for a brutal final day at the Rio. Action will not conclude until someone walks away with the $625,872 first place prize.

The chip average to start the road to the final table is 317,926, after a day 2 that witnessed over 400 eliminations.

Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com for updates throughout this final day of event No.3 at the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Here’s the full list of chip counts for when day 3 begins: