68 Asians and 12 Aussies remaining at the 2023 WSOP Main Event; ITM ten spots away, Cezar Quiambao leads Survivor promo final 3

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07/10/2023

The Asian force has trimmed further with the 148 returning players down to just 68 at the end of Day 3 of the 54th Annual World Series of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship aka WSOP Main Event ongoing at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas ballrooms.

Day 3 closed with 1,517 players. Money flows starting at 1,507 places which means the bubble will burst early in Day 4. Head to the bottom of the page for the prize pool breakdown.

Asia performance at Day 3

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Nikita Luther – Photo by Pokernews

Despite the cut in Asian numbers, fifteen players bagged up over 100 bb, among them were Japan’s Shota Nakanishi (180 bb), India’s Nikita Luther (162 bb), Hong Kong’s Lok Ming Chan (143 bb), Korean-American Jinwoo Kim (133 bb), and superstar Thai pro Punnat Punsri (111 bb).

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Punnat Punsri – Photo by Pokernews

Bracelet holders Nakanishi and Luther impressed the most. Both players building on their already heavy stacks to close with over a million in chips. That places them in the top 30 out of 1,517.

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Pete Yen Han Chen – Photo by Pokernews

Other notable players down the rung were Korean bracelet holder Jinho Hong (40 bb), Malaysian bracelet holder Chin Wei Lim (24 bb), and Taiwanese 2x bracelet winner Pete Yen Han Chen (18 bb). Looking for his first WSOP bling is China’s Quan Zhou who continued his strong run. Zhou is headed for his 10th cash in this series with 90 bb bagged.

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Quan Zhou – Photo by Pokernews

Here are the Top 10 from Asia, click the link provided for the full list.

Top 10 players from Asia – end of Day 3

Player Flag Stack BB
1 Shota Nakanishi Japan 1,437,000 180
2 Nikita Luther India 1,294,000 162
3 Linglin Zeng China 1,232,000 154
4 Kojiro Mizukami Japan 1,229,000 154
5 Pakinai Lisawad Thailand 1,219,000 152
6 Lok Ming Chan Hong Kong 1,146,000 143
7 Kwanghan Park Korea 1,131,000 141
8 Jinwoo Kim Korea-USA 1,067,000 133
9 Sebastin Kolman India 1,028,000 129
10 Nai Hu Taiwan 994,000 124

Complete Asia player Chip Counts

Pacific region down to 12 players

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James Obst – Photo by Pokernews

Only 12 players remained from the Pacific region at the end of Day 3 with Minh Nguyen the only player with over 100 bb. A few bracelet winners also stayed strong – Gary Benson, James Obst, and 2005 Main Event champion Joe Hachem.

# Player Flag Stack BB
1 Minh Nguyen Australia 914,000 114
2 David Sebesfi Australia 585,000 73
3 Gary Benson Australia 561,000 70
4 Daniel Nielson Australia 543,000 68
5 James Obst Australia 536,000 67
6 Yita Choong Australia 394,000 49
7 Joe Hachem Australia 373,000 47
8 Jesse Mason Australia 262,000 33
9 Adrian Salter Australia 227,000 28
10 Andrew Batey Australia 206,000 26
11 Joel Cohen Australia 203,000 25
12 William Jia Australia 60,000 8

Somuchpoker Survivor Promo – who will win $10,000!

It has been an exciting race at the Somucpoker Survivor Promo with only 3 players remaining out of the 26 that took part. Day 3 proved the toughest day with eight players dusted, several in brutal fashion. Here are the finalists. Who will win $10,000?

Cezar Quiambao – 466,000 (58 bb)

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Cezar Quiambao is on his first Las Vegas trip and has already found success with a career first victory at the Aria Poker Classic $600 NLH event. He topped a field of 532 entries to win the $53,200 first prize and his first-ever trophy. To date, Quiambao has $81,000 in Hendon Mob tracked live earnings.

Career cashes: 19
First cash: 2022
Career wins: 1

William Ysmael – 452,000 (57 bb)

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The most decorated player of the three is William Ysmael, a very well known pro in the Philippine circuit. His stats are littered with numerous deep runs and titles. The past two years, Ysmael has been on fire. At the end of May, he won the Manila Super Series for $33K however the sweeter moment was his career high takedown of $96,170 at the Metro’s Asia Poker Championship in August last year. To date, Ysmael has $270,750 in Hendon Mob tracked live tournament earnings.

Career cashes: 62
First cash: 2016
Career wins: 5

Abhishek Paul – 119,000 (15 bb)

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Las Vegas has been good to Abhshek Paul who scored his career high payout 2023 WSOP Daily Deepstacks $400 NLH event. He finished 2nd for $17,670 to bump up his Hendon Mob stats to $53,00. Though Paul missed glory at that event, he does have a title under his belt for winning the 2018 Asia Poker League Vietnam Hyper Turbo event for a light $1,500.

Career cashes: 17
First cash: 2017
Career wins: 1

Record breaking Main Event numbers

Record breaking WSOP Main Event, 10,043 entries, $93M+ prize pool; 678 tables strong; drama erupts over payout distribution

Buy in: $10,000
Players: 10,043
Prize pool: $93,399,900
ITM: 1,507 places

Place
Payouts in USD
1 12,100,000
2 6,500,000
3 4,000,000
4 3,000,000
5 2,400,000
6 1,850,000
7 1,425,000
8 1,125,000
10-11 700,000
12-13 535,000
14-17 430,200
18-26 345,000
27-35 280,100
36-44 229,000
45-53 188,400
54-62 156,100
63-71 130,300
72-80 109,400
81-89 92,600
90-98 78,900
99-161 67,700
162-224 58,500
225-287 50,900
288-350 44,700
351-413 40,000
414-475 37,500
476-539 35,000
540-602 32,500
603-665 30,000
666-764 27,500
765-863 25,000
864-962 22,500
963-1004 20,000
1005-1249 17,500
1250-1507 15,000
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