A quick triple up graced his presence to start the day but then he lost a coin flip with pocket threes to Day 2 chip leader Bunch’s ten-nine when Bunch hit a queen-high straight on the turn.
He had entered the day with 125,000 after losing almost his entire stack on the last hand of Day 2 when he doubled up Katherine Offutt running ace-king into her pocket aces. Chuck Barker (10th place - $24,338) became the first elimination of the day just a few hands after play began. The day started with 10 players returning with their eyes on the $300,005 up top.
