$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Erik Cajelais joked during his bustout hand about his opponent tanking so long he might make the pay jump. He didn’t but everybody after Igo Skochilo made a ladder move north.

73rd: Igor Skochilo (Aventura, FL) – $7,559
74th: David White (Boca Raton, FL) – $7,559
75th: Erik Cajelais (Terrebonne, QC) – $7,559
76th: Noah Schwartz (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) – $7,559
77th: Tim “TK” Miles (Miami, FL) – $7,559
78th: Ramon Watson (Hollywood, FL) – $7,559

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Mark Dube began the day near the top of the chip counts and added another big chunk against Kelly Minkin.

Minkin opened to 27,000 and Dube three-bet to 61,000 to get folds from the rest of the table. Minkin called to see the flop and they both checked. Minkin checked again after the turn but Dube put out 65,000 this time. Another call from Minkin before the dealer put out the turn.

This time is was a 120,000 check-call by Minkin but her hand was no good when Dube tabled .

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

David Levi doubled up at Table 11 and they just played another big hand. Erik Cajelais open-shoved for 44,000 and Vlad Mezheretsky called on the button. Sanjay Gehi decided to boost the pot with a raise to 175,000 from the small blind.

Mezheretsky took a while to make his decision, long enough that Gehi called the clock on his opponent. Mezheretsky waited the full 60 seconds before letting his hand go.

Gehi was ahead with against and nothing on the board changed the situation to send Cajelais out.

Noah Schwartz and former chip leader David Farbert were also an early elimination on Day 3.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

It took just one hand on Day 3 for David Levi to get back in the game. He three-bet shoved for 99,000 after Purvis Blakely opened to 25,000. Blakely took a 60 second to make a decision and called with .

Levi was racing with and fell behind on the before he spot in the Championship was saved with the turn to move up to 240,000.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Day 2 saw 361 players return from the starting 1,027 entrants and that number was whittled down to just 78 by the end of ten levels. It wasn’t until the final level of the day when they reached the money bubble with 101 in the field, before Josh Arieh’s elimination took care of hand-for-hand action.

Brian Altman leads the field into Day 3 along with Joelle Guarino and Mark Dube as the only three players in the seven-digit stack club. Plenty of big names are trying to chase them down like Nenad Medic, Vinny Pahuja, Zo Karim, Jason Koon, Michael Laake, and November Niner Amir Lehavot.

Play is about set to get underway without a specific end time. The schedule has the field playing down to the final two tables before bagging up for the night.

Day 3 returning chip counts
Day 3 table/seat assignments

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Day 2 saw 361 players return with 78 moving on to Day 3 tomorrow at noon.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Day 2 has come to a close in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open and 78 players remain from the 361 that returned from the three starting flights. The chip leader at the end of play is Brian Altman with 1,282,000.

Here is a look at the other top stacks at the end of play.

Joelle Guarino – 1,149,000
Mark Dube – 1,112,000
Nenad Medic – 839,000
Nathan Tuthill – 826,000
Amir Babakhani – 720,000
Joshua Kay – 712,000
Vinny Pahuja – 702,000
Yaron Wasserman – 697,000
Rob Wazwaz – 682,000
Zo Karim – 642,000

The notables that fell before the money bubble burst included Marvin Rettenmaier, Matt Waxman, Jordan Cristos, Keven Stammen, Tony Ruberto, Will Failla, Tony Dunst, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Cornel Cimpan, Eric Afriat, Darren Elias, and last year’s winner James Calderaro.

The money bubbled burst late today when 100 players remained. Josh Arieh was the unlucky bubble boy. Notable cashes included Shawn Cunix (99th – $6,573), Patrick Eskanbdar (94th – $6,573), Blair Hinkle (84th – $6,901), and Tyler Patterson (82nd – $6,901).

The field will return at noon ET on Monday to continue the march down to the final table. Tune back in at that time for more live coverage of this championship event.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Two more players were eliminated during the final hands of the night in the WPT Championship event. They are Benjamin Eilers (80th – $7,559) and Yue Wang (79th – $7,559).

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

It looks like the last player to bust in the money on Day 2 is Gregory Anda, who exited the tournament in 81st place and took home $7,559 in prize money.