Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event began with 21 players remaining from the starting field of 778. After about four hours, the final table of nine was reached. One of the notables who fell short of the final table was Brian "Stinger 88" Hastings. Having bypassed Day 1 entirely, he opted to buy in on Day 2 with a 20-big-blind stack, and made an excellent run, but came up just short in 11th place. Here’s how the final table of nine stacked up:
Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Jim Harnden | 2,259,000 |
2 | Jamil Wakil | 3,417,000 |
3 | David Stefanski | 934,000 |
4 | Matthew O’Brien | 2,676,000 |
5 | Drazen Ilich | 3,200,000 |
6 | Rob Williamson | 855,000 |
7 | Roman Valerstein | 1,458,000 |
8 | Sterling Savill | 246,000 |
9 | Chris Parsons | 500,000 |
It was a fast and furious start as pocket aces were aplenty. Chris Parsons was the first to fall when he ran
On the following hand, Sterling Savill got his eight-big-blind stack into the middle with
David Stefenski bid adieu in seventh place, getting his chips into the middle holding
Six-handed play lasted for about two hours before Drazen Ilich met his end. A preflop raising war between Ilich and O’Brien culminated with Ilich all-in and at-risk holding
Jamil Wakil was the most aggressive player at the table and his aggression led to him building a sizable chip lead early on. However, two hands in quick succession did Wakil in. First, on an
Wakil was involved in another hand where his hijack raise was called by Jim Harnden in the big blind. Harnden then overbet the
The final four players departed for a dinner break and when they returned a half hour later, the chips were flying. Roman Valerstein lost a race with
Heads-up play began with Harnden holding about a 3.5:1 chip lead and in two hands he had all of the chips. It ended when he three-bet shoved
Final Table Payouts
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Jim Harnden | $226,395 |
2 | Rob Williamson | $139,574 |
3 | Matthew O’Brien | $102,898 |
4 | Roman Valerstein | $76,692 |
5 | Jamil Wakil | $57,294 |
6 | Drazen Ilich | $44,317 |
7 | David Stefanski | $34,333 |
8 | Sterling Savill | $26,930 |
9 | Chris Parsons | $21,383 |
The World Series of Poker Circuit’s next stop is at Caesars Atlantic City from March 1 through 12. For the remaining WSOPC schedule, and to find out when you can get in on the action, head over to WSOP.com.
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