Championship Day 3: Mark Dube (4.32 Million) Leads Final 18

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Chip Leader Mark Dube
Chip Leader Mark Dube

Day 3 of the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open has come to a close and 18 players remain at two final tables in the tournament. Leading the way at the end of play tonight is Mark Dube with 4,320,000. Here is a look at the seating chart and chip counts when they return on Tuesday at noon ET for the penultimate day of the event.

Table 9
Seat 1: Jon Graham – 1,470,000
Seat 2: David Nowling – 1,100,000
Seat 3: Walter Fisher – 2,300,000
Seat 4: Bruce Kramer – 1,585,000
Seat 5: Jared Jaffee – 2,265,000
Seat 6: Sebastian Ruiz – 555,000
Seat 7: Justin Zaki – 1,335,000
Seat 8: Mark Dube – 4,320,000
Seat 9: Dean Baranowski – 1,345,000

Table 10
Seat 1: Alexander Denisov – 570,000
Seat 2: Sergii Baranov – 2,980,000
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi – 535,000
Seat 4: Brian Altman – 4,020,000
Seat 5: Panagiotis Nifakos – 1,090,000
Seat 6: Nathan Tuthill – 1,700,000
Seat 7: Kareem Marshall – 305,000
Seat 8: Kelly Minkin – 2,010,000
Seat 9: Greg Rosen – 1,300,000

Play was unusually fast today and the day came to a close just after 9 p.m. as a result, despite the fact that the returning field was 78 players. Notable cashes were scored by Noah Schwartz (76th), Erik Cajelais (75th), Andy Frankenberger (71st), Carter Gill (67th), Allen Kessler (60th), Vlad Mezheritsky (59th), Vinny Pahuja (58th), Raj Vohra (47th), Joe Serock (43rd), Zo Karim (39th), Jason Koon (38th), Shannon Shorr (35th), Steve Gross (34th), Amir Babakhani (31st), Tony Cousineau (28th), Nenad Medic (26th), Anthony Zinno (23rd), David Levi (22nd), and Andy Philachack (19th).

Tune back at noon tomorrow to see who makes the final table of this championship event.