It's the penultimate day of Event #53: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller at the 2021 World Series of Poker, and only 25 players remain from a starting field of 212 entries that created a prize pool totaling $5,008,500. Each of the remaining contestants has locked up $44,807, with the eventual champion claiming a high stakes gold bracelet and top prize of $1,251,860.
The field is led by Ben Lamb in search of his second WSOP gold bracelet. Lamb was among the group of late registrants but managed to build up a stack of 3,885,000 entering Day three, ahead of Nathan Zimnik (2,535,000) and David Benyamine (2,340,000).
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Ben Lamb | United States | 3,885,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Nathan Zimnik | United States | 2,535,000 | 85 |
| 3 | David Benyamine | France | 2,340,000 | 78 |
| 4 | LaDarren Banks | United States | 2,000,000 | 67 |
| 5 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 1,975,000 | 66 |
| 6 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 1,805,000 | 60 |
| 7 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 1,480,000 | 49 |
| 8 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 1,445,000 | 48 |
| 9 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 1,420,000 | 47 |
| 10 | Charles Sinn | United States | 1,335,000 | 45 |
Other notable names among the remaining field include Shaun Deeb, a former winner of this event back in 2018. He's joined by Joao Vieira, Bryce Yockey, Jeremy Ausmus and Tommy Le. Ausmus and Le battled just a few days ago at the final table of Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, where Le claimed his second career gold bracelet.
Players will return to the Amazon Room at 2 p.m. local time on Friday, where the tournament day is scheduled to play down to the final five. The action resumes on Level 21 at blinds of 15,000/30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000.
Keep it here as our PokerNews live blog will have full coverage of Day three.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| Amazon | 427 | 2 | Charles Sinn | United States | 1,335,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 427 | 3 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,280,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 427 | 4 | Nathan Zimnik | United States | 2,535,000 | 85 |
| Amazon | 427 | 5 | Robert Paddock | United States | 505,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 427 | 7 | LaDarren Banks | United States | 2,000,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 427 | 8 | Simon Lofberg | Sweden | 885,000 | 30 |
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| Amazon | 428 | 1 | Jerry Wong | United States | 705,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 428 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 1,975,000 | 66 |
| Amazon | 428 | 3 | John Beauprez | United States | 905,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 428 | 4 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 985,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 428 | 5 | Ka Kwan Lau | Hong Kong | 525,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 428 | 6 | Michael Kamran | United States | 725,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 428 | 8 | Tommy Le | United States | 1,035,000 | 35 |
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| Amazon | 429 | 1 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 1,480,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 429 | 3 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 340,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 429 | 5 | Gabriel Andrade | Ecuador | 300,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 429 | 6 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | 605,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 429 | 7 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 1,420,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 429 | 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 1,805,000 | 60 |
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| Amazon | 430 | 1 | [Removed:321] Arani | United States | 600,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 430 | 3 | David Benyamine | France | 2,340,000 | 78 |
| Amazon | 430 | 4 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 1,445,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 430 | 6 | Joseph Sanders | United States | 1,140,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 430 | 7 | Martin Dam | Denmark | 1,045,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 430 | 8 | Ben Lamb | United States | 3,885,000 | 130 |
flop, and Yockey raised the pot. Coleman slid his remaining stack into the middle instantly, while Mirrasouli folded.
for top pair, but was trailing Yockey's two pair with 
changed nothing, but the river 
gave Coleman the best hand to double up.
and Wantman checked to Lau who shoved all in for just over 200,000. Wantman instantly mucked and Lau scooped the first pot.
