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WSOP Main Event Advances to Day 3 With Kravchuk at the Top of 9,737-Player Field

Tuesday’s Day 3 action will see chip leaders parlay their stacks into deep Main Event runs as Shaun Deeb extends his Player of the Year margin

The WSOP Main Event has drawn a field of 9,143 entrants – with only Day 2D late registrants left to enter the fray.
Joshua Remitio
Cary Katz
Zdenek Zizka

Overview

  • The $10,000 Main Event closed registration with 9,737 entries, creating a $92,598,870 prize pool—the third largest in WSOP history.
  • From 2,946 survivors of Day 2ABC, 1,320 have progressed to Day 3 alongside late registrants, led by Oleksii Kravchuk’s 937,500-chip haul.
  • Shaun Deeb’s runner-up finish in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event earned him 532 Player of the Year points, widening his lead over Martin Kabrhel and Benny Glaser.
  • Cary Katz and Zdenek Zizka each claimed their first WSOP bracelets in Events #83 and #84, taking home $449,245 and $232,498 respectively.
  • Phil Hellmuth flopped quads on the PokerGO livestream and bagged 187,000 chips for Day 3, delivering one of the tournament’s most memorable highlights.