Among the 77 players returning for Day 3 of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Main Event at noon local time are eight who are freerolling their way through the tournament.
A total of 113 PokerStars Gold Pass winners earned a ticket into the Main Event but only these eight are still alive with a chance to exchange their free pass into the $765,200 first prize. Andrew Voor, who qualified on PokerStars Pennsylvania Path to NAPT, leads the group with 836,000 and is in second place overall heading into the day.
He’s looking up only at Japanese vlogging superstar Masato Yokosawa, who sits atop the leaderboard with 845,000. Andre Abreu (795,000), Brent Hart (735,000), and Manuel Fritz (732,000) round out the top five, while two other Gold Pass winners sit inside the top ten: Michael Bohmerwald (693,000) and Daniel Perrier (579,000).
Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masato Yokosawa | Japan | 845,000 | 106 |
| 2 | Andrew Voor | United States | 836,000 | 105 |
| 3 | Andre Abreu | Portugal | 795,000 | 99 |
| 4 | Brent Hart | United States | 735,000 | 92 |
| 5 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 732,000 | 92 |
| 6 | David “ODB” Baker | United States | 693,000 | 87 |
| 7 | Michael Bohmerwald | United States | 693,000 | 87 |
| 8 | Brock Wilson | United States | 686,000 | 86 |
| 9 | Casey Stewart | United States | 668,000 | 84 |
| 10 | Daniel Perrier | Canada | 579,000 | 72 |
Other qualifiers still in the hunt include Jordan Glazer (335,000), Nathan Wasson (249,000), Jonathan Newman (247,000), Brian Frasca (221,000), and Brent Burrows (162,000). They’ll have to contend with an elite crop of pros who have navigated through a starting field of 895 to make it this far. They include David “ODB” Baker (693,000), Brock Wilson (686,000), Brian Yoon (558,000), Terrance Reid (498,000), Jared Jaffee (495,000), Dan Sepiol (382,000), Jeremy Becker (337,000), Jeff Madsen (297,000), and Matthew Wantman (284,000)
Sami Bechahed won the first edition of this event last year, defeating Jonathan Borenstein heads-up, and both of them are back making another deep run, Bechahed with 240,000 and Borenstein with 385,000. PokerStars Ambassador Maria Konnikova (243,000), last year’s third-place finisher David Coleman (241,000), world champion Jonathan Tamayo (220,000), and David Peters (180,000) are also returning for Day 3.
The action on Day 3 resumes on Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante. Everyone left has locked up $11,300, with a spot at the final table worth $92,000.
Stay tuned as PokerNews returns to Resorts World Las Vegas to provide all the action as the race for the final table continues.