Mit Hochspannung wurde aus deutschsprachiger Sicht der dritte Turniertag von Event #43, einem $2.500 NLHE-Turnier, erwartet, denn mit André Haneberg, Ismael Bojang und Andreas Klatt waren gleich drei unserer Spieler noch im Rennen um den Titel.
Leider jedoch musste sich Klatt schon früh verabschieden und mit Platz 29 begnügen.
Zwei heiße Eisen hatte Poker-Deutschland aber immer noch im Feuer, und als die beiden zeitweilig sogar das Feld anführten, kamen die kühnsten Träume auf.
Dann aber prallten die beiden direkt aufeinander und Bojang nahm seinen Landsmann mit Königen gegen Damen vom Tisch.
Als Trostpflaster erhielt Haneberg für Platz 8 knapp $50.000, während Bojang weiter im Rennen blieb.
Als auch noch Jeff Hakim ausschied, stand das sechsköpfige Finale fest.
Es führt Chris Ferguson, der im Verlauf des Tages mit KK ein dreihändiges All-In gegen Isi Bojang mit AK und Seth Davies mit Fünfen gewonnen hatte und nun Favorit auf sein siebtes Bracelet ist.
Bojang, für den ein Bracelet schon lange fällig ist, liegt aber wie der Israeli Margolin aussichtsreich in Lauerstellung und hat noch alle Chancen auf die Siegprämie von über $500.000.
WSOP Event #43, $2.500 No-Limit Hold’em, Stand vor dem Finale
Chris Ferguson (USA), 5.680.000
Timur Margolin (Israel), 3.520.000
Ismael Bojang (Deutschland), 2.610.000
Michael Marder (USA), 1.765.000
Dylan Linde (USA), 1.330.000
Ryan Laplante (USA), 700.000
Bisherige Payouts:
| Platz | Spieler | Preisgeld | |
| 1 | $507.274 | ||
| 2 | $313.444 | ||
| 3 | $223.564 | ||
| 4 | $161.371 | ||
| 5 | $117.894 | ||
| 6 | $87.189 | ||
| 7 | Jeff Hakim | United States | $65.284 |
| 8 | Andre Haneberg | Germany | $49.498 |
| 9 | Josh Bergman | United States | $38.009 |
| 10 | Seth Davies | United States | $29.563 |
| 11 | Frederik Jensen | Denmark | $29.563 |
| 12 | Zizheng Huang | China | $29.563 |
| 13 | Andrew Brokos | United States | $23.296 |
| 14 | Jacob Naumann | United States | $23.296 |
| 15 | Jeffrey Bonnett | United States | $23.296 |
| 16 | Samuel Gagnon | Canada | $18.600 |
| 17 | Terrence Byrnes | United States | $18.600 |
| 18 | Ang Lin Lin Chen An | Taiwan | $18.600 |
| 19 | Javier Fernandez | United Kingdom | $15.051 |
| 20 | David Peters | United States | $15.051 |
| 21 | Ira Friedman | United States | $15.051 |
| 22 | Chris Edwards | United States | $15.051 |
| 23 | James Rann | United Kingdom | $15.051 |
| 24 | Pavlo Veksler | United Kingdom | $15.051 |
| 25 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | $15.051 |
| 26 | Edan Sucov | United States | $15.051 |
| 27 | Jonathan Cohen | Canada | $15.051 |
| 28 | Ty Reiman | United States | $12.345 |
| 29 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | $12.345 |
| 30 | Paawan Bansal | India | $12.345 |
| 31 | Will Berry | United States | $12.345 |
| 32 | Paul Pires Trigo | France | $12.345 |
| 33 | Faraz Jaka | United States | $12.345 |
| 34 | Alex Keating | United States | $12.345 |
| 35 | Anatoly Filatov | Russian Federation | $12.345 |
| 36 | Nicholas Salimbene | United States | $12.345 |
| 37 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $10.266 |
| 38 | Taylor Paur | United States | $10.266 |
| 39 | Alexandre Mantovani | United States | $10.266 |
| 40 | Chance Kornuth | United States | $10.266 |
| 41 | Jasthi Kumar | United States | $10.266 |
| 42 | Ashwin Sarin | United States | $10.266 |
| 43 | John Schmidt | United States | $10.266 |
| 44 | Antal Mezei | Hungary | $10.266 |
| 45 | Jon Finton | United States | $10.266 |
| 46 | Glenn Miller | United States | $8.656 |
| 47 | Edward Hatzakortzian | Australia | $8.656 |
| 48 | Emin Babayev | Azerbaijan | $8.656 |
| 49 | Niel Mittelman | United States | $8.656 |
| 50 | Chino Rheem | United States | $8.656 |
| 51 | Mark Dube | United States | $8.656 |
| 52 | Michael Taylor | United States | $8.656 |
| 53 | Champie Douglas | United States | $8.656 |
| 54 | Michael Rossitto | United States | $8.656 |
| 55 | Markus Gonsalves | United States | $7.403 |
| 56 | Luiz Ferreira | Brazil | $7.403 |
| 57 | Jeff Rodriguez | United States | $7.403 |
| 58 | Jeremy Leavell | United States | $7.403 |
| 59 | Blair Hinkle | United States | $7.403 |
| 60 | Steven Hirsch | United States | $7.403 |
| 61 | Alexander Condon | United States | $7.403 |
| 62 | George Hassabis | United Kingdom | $7.403 |
| 63 | Chris Hunichen | United States | $7.403 |
| 64 | Peter Eichhardt | Sweden | $6.422 |
| 65 | Mark Soik | United States | $6.422 |
| 66 | Daniel Vampan | United States | $6.422 |
| 67 | Kyle Montgomery | United States | $6.422 |
| 68 | Tomas Kubaliak | Slovakia | $6.422 |
| 69 | Larry Serebryany | United States | $6.422 |
| 70 | Justin Adams | United States | $6.422 |
| 71 | Antti Tiainen | Finland | $6.422 |
| 72 | James Sileo | United States | $6.422 |
| 73 | Roman Rogovskyi | Ukraine | $5.653 |
| 74 | Ryan Goindoo | Trinidad And | $5.653 |
| 75 | Ian Steinman | United States | $5.653 |
| 76 | Dutch Boyd | United States | $5.653 |
| 77 | Michael Addamo | Australia | $5.653 |
| 78 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | $5.653 |
| 79 | Maurice Hawkins | United States | $5.653 |
| 80 | Kahle Burns | Australia | $5.653 |
| 81 | Aditya Agarwal | India | $5.653 |
| 82 | Janar Kokk | United States | $5.050 |
| 83 | Joshua Hillock | United States | $5.050 |
| 84 | Matthew Greenwald | United States | $5.050 |
| 85 | Jakob Miegel | Germany | $5.050 |
| 86 | Michael Hollenberg | United States | $5.050 |
| 87 | Jake Schwartz | United States | $5.050 |
| 88 | Jeff Gross | United States | $5.050 |
| 89 | Alexander Lakhov | Russian Federation | $5.050 |
| 90 | Jeffrey Gregg | United States | $5.050 |
| 91 | Phong Nguyen | United States | $4.579 |
| 92 | Russell Thomas | United States | $4.579 |
| 93 | Christopher Andler | Sweden | $4.579 |
| 94 | Asi Moshe | Israel | $4.579 |
| 95 | Ajay Chabra | United States | $4.579 |
| 96 | Travis Case | United States | $4.579 |
| 97 | Brett Shaffer | United States | $4.579 |
| 98 | Bobby Soutter | United States | $4.579 |
| 99 | Kainalu Mccue-Unciano | United States | $4.579 |
| 100 | Mitchell Towner | United States | $4.216 |
| 101 | Martin Stoller | Germany | $4.216 |
| 102 | Patrick Eskandar | United States | $4.216 |
| 103 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | $4.216 |
| 104 | Masayuki Nagata | Japan | $4.216 |
| 105 | Scott Palmer | United States | $4.216 |
| 106 | Alexander Farahi | United States | $4.216 |
| 107 | Steve Foutty | United States | $4.216 |
| 108 | Michel Abecassis | France | $4.216 |
| 109 | Marco Iodice | Italy | $4.216 |
| 110 | Philip Hannon | United States | $4.216 |
| 111 | Nick Palma | United States | $4.216 |
| 112 | Christopher Conrad | United States | $4.216 |
| 113 | Seth Fischer | United States | $4.216 |
| 114 | James Cerrotta | United States | $4.216 |
| 115 | Jordan Saccucci | Canada | $4.216 |
| 116 | Ori Stitelman | United States | $4.216 |
| 117 | Daniel Vogel | United States | $4.216 |
| 118 | Phil Kessel | United States | $4.216 |
| 119 | Alberto Sabogali | United States | $4.216 |
| 120 | Hon Cheong Lee | China | $4.216 |
| 121 | Harlan Schmadeke | United States | $4.216 |
| 122 | Tony Dunst | United States | $4.216 |
| 123 | Michael Horchoff | United States | $4.216 |
| 124 | Mirahmad Sharifrazi | Belgium | $4.216 |
| 125 | Rick Hollman | United States | $4.216 |
| 126 | Sixiao Li | China | $4.216 |
| 127 | Van Nguyen | Czech Republic | $3.942 |
| 128 | Seth Gilson | United States | $3.942 |
| 129 | Benoit Jean | Canada | $3.942 |
| 130 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russian Federation | $3.942 |
| 131 | Phachara Wongwichit | Australia | $3.942 |
| 132 | Justin Young | United States | $3.942 |
| 133 | Robert Heidorn | United Kingdom | $3.942 |
| 134 | Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | $3.942 |
| 135 | Joe Schulman | United States | $3.942 |
| 136 | Jeffrey Morzella | United States | $3.942 |
| 137 | Michael Jensen | United States | $3.942 |
| 138 | Paul Rogers | Canada | $3.942 |
| 139 | Robert Flowers | United States | $3.942 |
| 140 | Scott Vener | United States | $3.942 |
| 141 | Gary Hasson | Belgium | $3.942 |
| 142 | Michael Acevedo | Costa Rica | $3.942 |
| 143 | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria | $3.942 |
| 144 | Emrah Cakmak | France | $3.942 |
| 145 | Barry Hutter | United States | $3.942 |
| 146 | Vishal Marocha | United States | $3.942 |
| 147 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | $3.942 |
| 148 | Brian Horan | United States | $3.942 |
| 149 | Ryan Olsen | United States | $3.942 |
| 150 | Rex Clinkscales | United States | $3.942 |
| 151 | Sergio Olmos | United States | $3.942 |
| 152 | Andrew Hills | United Kingdom | $3.942 |
| 153 | Brent Francia | United States | $3.942 |
| 154 | David „Bakes“ Baker | United States | $3.743 |
| 155 | Zachary Mcdiarmid | United States | $3.743 |
| 156 | Eric Rabl | Switzerland | $3.743 |
| 157 | Sam Stein | United States | $3.743 |
| 158 | Sean Maher | United States | $3.743 |
| 159 | Christopher Roth | United States | $3.743 |
| 160 | Elizabeth Myers | United States | $3.743 |
| 161 | Ryan Hohner | United States | $3.743 |
| 162 | Norberto Santamaria | United States | $3.743 |
| 163 | Corey Hochman | United States | $3.743 |
| 164 | Renato Kaneoya | Brazil | $3.743 |
| 165 | Scott Haze | United States | $3.743 |
| 166 | Ba Dinh | United Kingdom | $3.743 |
| 167 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | $3.743 |
| 168 | Thiago Nishijima | Brazil | $3.743 |
| 169 | Luis Pinho | Portugal | $3.743 |
| 170 | Eduardo Della | Brazil | $3.743 |
| 171 | Roy Thung | United States | $3.743 |
| 172 | John Gravagna | United States | $3.743 |
| 173 | Sung Joo Hyun | South Korea | $3.743 |
| 174 | Joudat Daoud | United States | $3.743 |
| 175 | Matthew Mlsna | United States | $3.743 |
| 176 | Gene Harrill | United States | $3.743 |
| 177 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | Germany | $3.743 |
| 178 | Nick Schulman | United States | $3.743 |
| 179 | Martin Hanowski | Germany | $3.743 |
| 180 | Bruno Lopes | France | $3.743 |
| 181 | Jose Brito | Portugal | $3.743 |
| 182 | Bruce Nguyen | United States | $3.743 |
| 183 | Andy Spears | United States | $3.743 |
| 184 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | $3.743 |
| 185 | Mitchell Ames | United States | $3.743 |
| 186 | Alex Bilokur | Russian Federation | $3.743 |
| 187 | Norman Shapiro | Canada | $2.495 |
| 188 | Mahmoudreza Heshmati | United States | $2.495 |
| 189 | Steve McNally | United States | $2.495 |
