$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,162

After Patrick Serda was eliminated in 19th place, tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the last two tables. They grabbed their new seats, played a few hands, and were sent on their first break of the day.

Table 26
Seat 1: Paul Balzano – 5,200,000 (104 bb)
Seat 2: Rob Manjura – 1,850,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: Brad Sailor – 2,600,000 (52 bb)
Seat 4: Jason Klapman – 700,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Cohen – 1,200,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Fares Santana – 700,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Thomas Boyden – 870,000 (17 bb)
Seat 8: John Ott – 2,150,000 (43 bb)
Seat 9: David Jackson – 2,950,000 (59 bb)

Table 30
Seat 1: Ioannis Patsourakis – 2,690,000 (54 bb)
Seat 2: James Calderaro – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Francisco Gomez – 1,650,000 (33 bb)
Seat 4: Cameron Marshall – 650,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Isaac Kempton – 3,150,000 (63 bb)
Seat 6: David Berman – 950,000 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Brian Ray – 2,695,000 (54 bb)
Seat 8: Ron Rosenberg – 765,000 (15 bb)
Seat 9: Kevin Javier – 2,200,000 (44 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $290,974 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd: $179,833
3rd: $135,794
4th: $103,434
5th: $79,480
6th: $61,616
7th: $48,195
8th: $38,039
9th: $30,297
10th-12th: $24,353
13th-15th: $19,757
16th-18th: $16,179

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,162

Patrick Serda was down to 400,000 and moved all in from under the gun. Action folded all the back around to Paul Balzano and he called.

Balzano:
Serda:

Serda had two live cards to double up but the board gave aces up to Balzano, sending the former chip leader out in 19th place.

Paul Balzano – 5,200,000 (104 bb)
Patrick Serda – Eliminated in 19th Place ($13,374)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,162

There was a big three-way all in on Table 24 with John Ott having both Cameron Marshall and John O’Neal covered.

Marshall:
O’Neal:
Ott:

Marshall was ahead for the triple up and stayed that way on the board. O’Neal had the second-best hand but was left with only 45,000 after paying off Marshall. He was unable to spin it up and the 2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa final table member was sent out in 20th place.

Cameron Marshall – 740,000 (15 bb)
John Ott – 1,880,000 (38 bb)
John O’Neal – Eliminated in 20th Place ($13,374)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,162

Chris Hyden moved all in for about 450,000 and David Jackson called to put him at risk.

Jackson:
Hyden:

Hyden was in great shape to double up but Jackson paired his ace on the flop. Neither the turn nor the river help Hyden and he was eliminated in 21st place.

David Jackson – 3,500,000 (70 bb)
Chris Hyden – Eliminated in 21st Place ($13,374)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,162

Action folded to Mike Shin in the small blind and he moved all in. Ionnis Patsourakis called in the big blind for 550,000.

Patsourakis:
Shin:

Shin ran his jacks into a monster and could not come back on the run out. Patsourakis doubled up, Shin was left with a single big blind and eliminated shortly after.

Ioannis Patsourakis – 1,250,000 (31 bb)
Mike Shin – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($11,161)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,162

Brian Ray opened to 80,000 from the hijack and James Calderaro made a three-bet to 230,000 from the cutoff. Nathan Russler cold four-bet to 980,000 from the small blind, leaving 10K behind, to get a fold from Ray and call from Calderaro.

The flop came , Russler dropped in his 10K in the middle and Calderaro quickly called.

Calderaro:
Russler:

A bit of a cooler for Russler and he could not come back on the turn or river to exit the Main Event in 23rd place.

James Calderaro – 2,800,000 (70 bb)
Nathan Russler – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($11,161)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,162

After sending a double up early in the day, Serge Dergham was down to 560,000 and shipped his stack in the from the button. Paul Balzano looked him up from the big blind.

Balzano:
Dergham:

Dergham was dominated and could not find a save on the board to exit in 24th place, a nice followup to his runner-up result in the Monster Stack.

Paul Balzano – 1,880,000 (47 bb)
Serge Dergham – Eliminated in 24th Place ($11,161)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,162

John Dwyer opened for his entire stack, minus a single 5K chip sitting behind. Isaac Kempton put him all in and Dwyer took several minutes before he committed that last chip.

Kempton:
Dwyer:

Dwyer was in great shape to double but Kempton smashed the flop, taking the lead with his flopped set of treys. The board finished with the turn and for our first elimination of the day.

Isaac Kempton – 5,170,000 (129 bb)
John Dwyer – Eliminated in 25th Place ($9,405)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 1,162

Action was fast right out of the gates and there were three doubles in the first few hands.

First up, Fares Santana got his stack in the middle with against Paul Balzano’s and the pocket pair held up in the race.

Next, Michael Cohen was all in with after a flop against Isaac Kempton’s . The turn and river finished the board to give Cohen a double.

The third saw Ronald Rosenberg pick up and he found a double against Serge Dergham’s .

Fares Santana – 950,000 (24 bb)
Michael Cohen – 1,100,000 (28 bb)
Ron Rosenberg – 1,850,000 (46 bb)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 1,162

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the WSOP Circuit Main with 25 players remaining, all guaranteed at least $9,405, and the winner will take home $290,974 plus the WSOPC Main Event ring.

1st:  $290,974 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd:  $179,833
3rd:  $135,794
4th:  $103,434
5th:  $79,480
6th:  $61,616
7th:  $48,195
8th:  $38,039
9th:  $30,297
10th-12th:  $24,353
13th-15th:  $19,757
16th-18th:  $16,179
19th-21st:  $13,374
22nd-24th:  $11,161
25th:  $9,405