The final 17 players in Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship will return Friday at 2 p.m.to play down to a winner. The tournament got 355 entries which generated a prize pool of $3,337,000 with $814,179 and the WSOP gold bracelet going to the winner.
Paul Volpe is holding the chip lead with a stack of 2,190,000. With that, he's the only player starting with over two million in chips. He is however closely followed by Martin Zamani with a stack of 1,944,000 and the number two on the WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard Shaun Deeb with 1,610,000.
Other players who bagged a big stack and will be eyeing the first place prize and the gold bracelet are Matthijs Aerts (1,382,000), Mike Watson (1,291,000), Mark Teltscher (1,248,000), Jan-Eric Schwippert (1,172,000) and Scott Margereson (1,093,000).
All the 17 players who have made Day 3 are guaranteed to take home at least $32,700 while the top six players will go home with a six-figure score.
The PokerNews team will follow the tournament from start to finish and provide you with updates throughout the day.
Day 3 Draw and Counts
| Room | Table | Seat | Player Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| Brasilia | 15 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 1,610,000 | 81 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 3 | Scott Margereson | United Kingdom | 1,053,000 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 4 | Paul Volpe | United States | 2,190,000 | 110 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 5 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 238,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 6 | Martin Zamani | United States | 1,944,000 | 97 |
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| Brasilia | 45 | 1 | Romain Lewis | France | 1,017,000 | 51 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 2 | Jan-Eric Schwippert | Germany | 1,172,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 3 | Jason Mangold | United States | 625,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 4 | Mark Teltscher | United Kingdom | 1,248,000 | 62 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 5 | Matthijs Aerts | Belgium | 1,382,000 | 69 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 6 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 798,000 | 40 |
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| Brasilia | 60 | 1 | Ankush Mandavia | United States | 945,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 2 | John Andress | United States | 653,000 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 3 | Bin Duan | United States | 229,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 4 | Todd Ivens | United States | 1,003,000 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 5 | Mike Watson | Canada | 1,291,000 | 65 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 6 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 273,000 | 14 |
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