Welcome to Day 3 of Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack
Day 3 of Event #48: $,1500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack starts at 11 a.m. That's when 257 runners will return to battle it out for the massive first-place prize worth $1,037,451. They have all secured a payout of at least $5,140 already, but all will be focused on pocketing that seven-figure score and taking home the WSOP gold bracelet.
The chip leader coming into the day is two-time bracelet winner Steve Billirakis presently sitting on a stack of 1,399,000. Close behind him is Tommy Nguyen with 1,264,000. Other notables still in contention include bracelet winner Gaurav Raina (357,000), Jackie Glazier (275,000), and Nipun Java (101,000).
Day 3 will play out with 10 levels of 60 minutes. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute diner break after the day's sixth level, coming at approximately 5:30 p.m.
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| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 400 | 1 | Jeremy Fendelet | United States | 125,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 400 | 2 | Carlos Lucero | United States | 457,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 400 | 3 | Robert Cosway | United States | 569,000 | 57 |
| Amazon | 400 | 4 | Kurt Jewell | United States | 768,000 | 77 |
| Amazon | 400 | 5 | James Salmon | United States | 246,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 400 | 6 | Steve Billirakis | United States | 1,399,000 | 140 |
| Amazon | 400 | 7 | Danny Nguyen | United States | 374,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 400 | 8 | Gene Raman | United States | 179,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 400 | 9 | Hang Li | China | 476,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 401 | 1 | Vladislav Donchev | Bulgaria | 353,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 401 | 2 | Andy Frankenberger | United States | 455,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 401 | 3 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 507,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 401 | 4 | Daniel Jordan | United States | 467,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 401 | 5 | Vilasack Phothisan | United States | 80,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 401 | 6 | Almedin Imsirovic | United States | 720,000 | 72 |
| Amazon | 401 | 7 | Michael Benko | Canada | 326,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 401 | 8 | Michael Hardenburg | United States | 259,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 401 | 9 | Aleksandr Faynshtiyn | United States | 117,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 402 | 1 | Jaspal Brar | Canada | 326,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 402 | 2 | Aaron Gustavson | United States | 32,000 | 3 |
| Amazon | 402 | 3 | Andrew Park | United States | 260,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 402 | 4 | Josafat Cruz | Mexico | 623,000 | 62 |
| Amazon | 402 | 5 | Diego Garcia | United States | 125,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 402 | 6 | Jackie Glazier | Australia | 275,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 402 | 7 | Elie Nakache | Mexico | 43,000 | 4 |
| Amazon | 402 | 8 | Hunter Frey | United States | 245,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 402 | 9 | Royce Matheson | United States | 199,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 597,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 403 | 2 | Fernando Cornejo | Chile | 202,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Justin Quincannon | United States | 304,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Jason Caulk | United States | 371,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 403 | 5 | Chia Yu Hsu | China | 248,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 403 | 6 | Anne Bui | United States | 323,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 403 | 7 | Ryan Miller | United States | 159,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 403 | 8 | Vincent Li | China | 27,000 | 3 |
| Amazon | 403 | 9 | James Carroll | United States | 641,000 | 64 |
| Amazon | 404 | 1 | Artem Babakhanyan | Russia | 444,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 404 | 2 | Ahmed Amin | United States | 419,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 404 | 3 | Joe Trepanier Faucher | Canada | 177,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 404 | 4 | Darryl Woodruff | United States | 454,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 404 | 5 | Dean Hutchison | United Kingdom | 88,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 404 | 6 | [Removed:30] | France | 97,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 404 | 7 | Randall Brooks | United States | 521,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 404 | 8 | Nipun Java | United States | 101,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 404 | 9 | Andre Haneberg | Austria | 555,000 | 56 |
| Amazon | 405 | 1 | Shyam Srinivasan | Canada | 550,000 | 55 |
| Amazon | 405 | 2 | Jose Auslander | United Kingdom | 201,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 405 | 3 | Tuan Mai | United States | 101,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 405 | 4 | Clayton Jiang | United States | 123,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 405 | 5 | Lisa Meredith | United States | 375,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 405 | 6 | Mstr Lynch | United States | 480,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 405 | 7 | Alberto Rodriguez | United States | 185,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 405 | 8 | Abdullatif Attia | France | 694,000 | 69 |
| Amazon | 405 | 9 | Siagzar Payvar | United States | 353,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 406 | 1 | Glenn Lafaye | United States | 313,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 406 | 2 | Julius Malzanini | Germany | 700,000 | 70 |
| Amazon | 406 | 3 | Sohale Khalili | United States | 151,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 406 | 4 | Christian Bernard | France | 165,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 406 | 5 | Robert Heidorn | United Kingdom | 245,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 406 | 6 | Francis Rusnak | United States | 1,021,000 | 102 |
| Amazon | 406 | 7 | Fred Goff III | United States | 334,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 406 | 8 | Jeremiah Keeney | United States | 147,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 406 | 9 | Micah Smith | United States | 460,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 407 | 1 | Dmitrijs Kornevs | Latvia | 628,000 | 63 |
| Amazon | 407 | 2 | Win Meng Tan | Australia | 407,000 | 41 |
| Amazon | 407 | 3 | Joseph Mckittrick | United States | 458,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 407 | 4 | Matthew Shepsky | United States | 57,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 407 | 5 | Darren Parsons | Canada | 306,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 407 | 6 | Joshua Oneal | United States | 316,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 407 | 7 | Lance Harlan | United States | 157,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 407 | 8 | Bernardo Goncalves | Brazil | 120,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 407 | 9 | Nicholas Lagos | United States | 62,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 408 | 1 | Jeremiah Timmons | United States | 369,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 408 | 2 | Johnathan Major | United States | 778,000 | 78 |
| Amazon | 408 | 3 | James Dorrance | United States | 619,000 | 62 |
| Amazon | 408 | 4 | Alex Bolotin | United States | 134,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 408 | 5 | Jang Lee | United States | 410,000 | 41 |
| Amazon | 408 | 6 | Jordan Henegar | United States | 97,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 408 | 7 | Richard Block | United States | 584,000 | 58 |
| Amazon | 408 | 8 | Jason Herron | United States | 345,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 408 | 9 | Tyler Payne | United States | 312,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 409 | 1 | Sean Thompson | Canada | 489,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 409 | 2 | Harald Sammer | Austria | 149,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 409 | 3 | Kyle Chang | Canada | 906,000 | 91 |
| Amazon | 409 | 4 | Antu Oscar | United States | 295,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 409 | 6 | Kelvin Crawford | United States | 366,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 409 | 7 | Matthew Newcombe | United States | 587,000 | 59 |
| Amazon | 409 | 8 | Tom McCormick | United States | 129,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 409 | 9 | Ryan Van Sanford | United States | 644,000 | 64 |
| Amazon | 410 | 1 | Ted Chang | United States | 451,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 410 | 2 | Vadim Shlez | United States | 339,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 410 | 3 | Shane Howeth | United States | 691,000 | 69 |
| Amazon | 410 | 4 | Michael Torres | United States | 82,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 410 | 5 | Tyler Patterson | United States | 857,000 | 86 |
| Amazon | 410 | 6 | Andrew Stout | United States | 208,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 410 | 7 | David Rich | United States | 238,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 410 | 8 | Chris Brand | United States | 736,000 | 74 |
| Amazon | 410 | 9 | Marc Rangel | United States | 100,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 411 | 1 | Ernst Aschacher | United States | 371,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 411 | 2 | Herb Montalbano | United States | 158,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 411 | 3 | Mike Phu | United States | 136,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 411 | 4 | Sam Stein | United States | 159,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 411 | 5 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 533,000 | 53 |
| Amazon | 411 | 6 | Kelly Kim | United States | 277,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 411 | 7 | Nicholas Luban | United States | 158,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 411 | 8 | Alexander Greenblatt | United States | 522,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 411 | 9 | Cary Moomjian | United States | 102,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 412 | 1 | John Templeton | United States | 566,000 | 57 |
| Amazon | 412 | 2 | Vladimir Geshkenbein | Russia | 350,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 412 | 3 | Nicholas Petitti | United States | 204,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 412 | 4 | Ricky Crandell | United States | 279,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 412 | 5 | Manoel Filho | Brazil | 71,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 412 | 6 | Keith Ferrera | United States | 159,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 412 | 7 | Colin Mchugh | United States | 774,000 | 77 |
| Amazon | 412 | 8 | Dustin Stewart | United States | 424,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 412 | 9 | Arthur Wu | United States | 195,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 413 | 1 | Thomas Fuller | United States | 172,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 413 | 2 | Dean Zohar | Israel | 839,000 | 84 |
| Amazon | 413 | 3 | Dien Le | United States | 213,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 413 | 4 | Vivian Im | South Korea | 316,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 413 | 6 | Dante Goya | Brazil | 410,000 | 41 |
| Amazon | 413 | 7 | Steven Tabb | United States | 326,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 413 | 8 | Seungbeom Seo | United States | 311,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 413 | 9 | Kevin Chan | United States | 73,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 414 | 1 | Ryan Moss | Canada | 543,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 414 | 2 | Martinez Aranzadi | Spain | 268,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 414 | 3 | Nikolai Markov | United States | 190,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 414 | 4 | Joshua McSwiney | Australia | 203,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 414 | 5 | Daniel Sprung | United States | 540,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 414 | 6 | Sheryl Nurenberg | United States | 295,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 414 | 7 | Sebastian Kos | Slovenia | 162,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 414 | 8 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 770,000 | 77 |
| Amazon | 414 | 9 | Pradeep Rajasekaran | United States | 241,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 415 | 1 | Aditya Agarwal | India | 1 | 0 |
| Amazon | 415 | 2 | Justin Lou | United States | 507,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 415 | 3 | Vitor Rangel | United States | 267,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 415 | 4 | Jose Nadal | Mexico | 132,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 415 | 5 | Christophe Larquemin | France | 260,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 415 | 6 | Jack Eisen-Markowitz | United States | 341,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 415 | 7 | Andres Jeckeln | Argentina | 378,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 415 | 8 | Nick Shkolnik | United States | 88,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 415 | 9 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 940,000 | 94 |
| Amazon | 416 | 1 | Kent Miller | United States | 453,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 416 | 2 | Ryan Phan | United States | 122,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 416 | 3 | Levi Espeseth | United States | 538,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 416 | 4 | David Cabrera Polop | Mexico | 616,000 | 62 |
| Amazon | 416 | 5 | Ruslan Gazaev | Russia | 289,000 | 29 |
| Amazon | 416 | 6 | Jason Pardy | United States | 239,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 416 | 7 | Paul Watzlawick | United States | 227,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 416 | 8 | Jeffery Trudeau | United States | 304,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 416 | 9 | Anthony Diotte | Canada | 364,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 417 | 1 | Monika Zukowicz | Portugal | 337,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 417 | 2 | Jason Eisele | United States | 128,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 417 | 3 | Brandon Bergin | United States | 288,000 | 29 |
| Amazon | 417 | 4 | DID NOT REPORT 3 | United States | 418,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 417 | 5 | John Daulton | United States | 186,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 417 | 6 | Tony Toscano | United States | 270,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 417 | 7 | Saya Ono | United States | 571,000 | 57 |
| Amazon | 417 | 8 | Bryan Norris | United States | 242,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 417 | 9 | Gordon Eng | United States | 265,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 418 | 1 | Chris Chong | Singapore | 191,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 418 | 2 | Minh Nguyen | United States | 171,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 418 | 3 | Nam Le | United States | 221,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 418 | 4 | Jimmy Tran | United States | 520,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 418 | 5 | Jonathan Concepcion | Spain | 272,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 418 | 6 | Patrick Arena | United States | 75,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 418 | 7 | Christopher Holden | United States | 80,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 418 | 8 | Marc Lome | United States | 175,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 418 | 9 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 272,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 419 | 1 | Baitai Li | United States | 481,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 419 | 3 | Alan Snow | United States | 129,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 419 | 4 | Matthew Vaughan | United States | 659,000 | 66 |
| Amazon | 419 | 5 | Gaurav Raina | United States | 357,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 419 | 6 | Derek Schroeder | United States | 575,000 | 58 |
| Amazon | 419 | 7 | Glenn Thompson | United States | 345,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 419 | 8 | James Gilbert | United States | 110,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 419 | 9 | Shi Chen | United States | 111,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 420 | 1 | Bryant Miller | United States | 232,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 420 | 2 | Ryan Lee | United States | 983,000 | 98 |
| Amazon | 420 | 3 | Diosdado Bisco | United States | 460,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 420 | 4 | Allen Wiseman | United States | 359,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 420 | 5 | Mukul Pahuja | United States | 787,000 | 79 |
| Amazon | 420 | 6 | Ramiro Araujo | Brazil | 323,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 420 | 7 | Yanki Koppel | United States | 201,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 420 | 9 | Andres Gonzalez | Spain | 336,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 421 | 1 | Robert Sanchez | United States | 269,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 421 | 2 | Jimmy Chen | United States | 212,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 421 | 3 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 552,000 | 55 |
| Amazon | 421 | 4 | Fabio Issa Gomes | Brazil | 202,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 421 | 5 | Edmond Barna | United States | 78,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 421 | 6 | Shaun Hegarty | Ireland | 595,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 421 | 7 | Daniel Wojcik | United States | 479,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 421 | 8 | Daniel Wojcik | Canada | 156000.00 | 16 |
| Amazon | 421 | 9 | Mohamed Bech Kahia | United States | 177,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 422 | 1 | Stephen Tandarich | United States | 665,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 422 | 2 | Rittie Chuaprasert | United States | 941,000 | 94 |
| Amazon | 422 | 3 | Dylan Honeyman | Australia | 472,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 422 | 4 | Christopher Ma | United States | 229,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 422 | 5 | Jonathan Mcparlan | United States | 188,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 422 | 6 | Steven Jenkins | United States | 98,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 422 | 7 | Mariano Molino | Argentina | 145,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 422 | 8 | Daniel Corbett | United Kingdom | 672,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 422 | 9 | Nicholas Stowell | United States | 191,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 423 | 1 | Jeremy Ansher | United States | 570,000 | 57 |
| Amazon | 423 | 2 | Cliff Goldkind | United States | 170,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 423 | 3 | Nicholas Manganaro | United States | 173,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 423 | 4 | David Neiman | United States | 1,160,000 | 116 |
| Amazon | 423 | 5 | Yordan Petrov | Bulgaria | 662,000 | 66 |
| Amazon | 423 | 6 | Sam Jozani | United States | 171,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 423 | 7 | Nadar Kakhmazov | Russia | 388,000 | 39 |
| Amazon | 423 | 8 | James Kousouros | United States | 170,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 423 | 9 | Matt O'Donnell | United States | 22,100 | 2 |
| Amazon | 448 | 1 | Joshua Ohlmeier | United States | 316,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 448 | 2 | Guillaume Diaz | France | 514,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 448 | 3 | Gregory Caubet | France | 298,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 448 | 4 | David Urban | Slovakia | 278,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 448 | 5 | Wojciech Barzantny | Germany | 362,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 448 | 6 | James Stewart | United States | 1,200,000 | 120 |
| Amazon | 448 | 7 | James Chen | Taiwan | 595,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 448 | 8 | Stefan Huber | Switzerland | 213,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 448 | 9 | Michael Shan | United States | 245,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 449 | 1 | Raymond Robison | United States | 829,000 | 83 |
| Amazon | 449 | 2 | Frank Flowers | United States | 185,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 449 | 3 | Raul Manzanares Lozano | United Kingdom | 1,176,000 | 118 |
| Amazon | 449 | 4 | Nathan Quigley | United States | 54,000 | 5 |
| Amazon | 449 | 5 | Ahmed Taler | United States | 160,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 449 | 6 | Tommy Nguyen | Canada | 1,264,000 | 126 |
| Amazon | 449 | 7 | Raj Singh | United States | 1,141,000 | 114 |
| Amazon | 449 | 8 | Chad Wassmuth | United States | 345,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 449 | 9 | Sihao Zhang | Luxembourg | 1,106,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 455 | 1 | Shea Jones | United States | 106,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 455 | 2 | Jordan Joeckel | United States | 156,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 455 | 3 | Mike Linster | United States | 489,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 455 | 4 | Christopher Smith | United States | 62,000 | 6 |
| Amazon | 455 | 5 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 697,000 | 70 |
| Amazon | 455 | 6 | Fausto Valdez | United States | 195,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 455 | 7 | Jonathan Roux | United States | 601,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 455 | 8 | Christopher Canan | United States | 355,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 455 | 9 | Alexis Fleur | France | 876,000 | 88 |
| Amazon | 456 | 1 | Nicholas Miller | United States | 227,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 456 | 2 | Paul Dhaliwal | Canada | 469,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 456 | 3 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | 195,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 456 | 4 | Mario Rodriguez | United States | 247,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 456 | 5 | Derek Wakamiya | United States | 183,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 456 | 6 | Duy Tran | United States | 398,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 456 | 7 | Jason Smith | United States | 336,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 456 | 8 | Anthony Magallon | United States | 503,000 | 50 |
| Amazon | 456 | 9 | Erick Lee | United States | 563,000 | 56 |
| Amazon | 462 | 1 | Joey Spanne | United States | 1 | 0 |
| Amazon | 462 | 2 | Steven Watts | United Kingdom | 187,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 462 | 3 | Stanley Lee | United States | 187,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 462 | 4 | Mathew Moore | United States | 256,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 462 | 5 | Mark Babekov | United States | 131,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 462 | 6 | Richard Pearson | United Kingdom | 93,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 462 | 7 | Kevin Jungmann | United States | 477,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 462 | 8 | Frank Lin | United States | 277,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 462 | 9 | Raphael Wieczorek | United States | 221,000 | 22 |