Day 3 Ends with Rafael Rodriguez Leading the Final 16 Players

Photo:  Chipleader Rafael Rodriguez has 13,700,000 in chips (110 big blinds).

After the elimination of Scott Heiligman in 17th place, the final 16 players bag up their chips for Day 4, which begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 noon EDT.

There is 75:13 remaining in Level 28, with blinds at 75,000-125,000 with a 125,000 ante. Here is the lineup with official chip counts:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Mitchell Hynam  –  4,350,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Alain Medesan  –  6,150,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3.  Jared Hemingway  –  6,275,000  (50 bb)
Seat 4.  Johnny Bromberg  –  2,500,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Nathan Thrush  –  3,400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6.  Sri Sangannagari  –  7,500,000  (60 bb)
Seat 7.  Dung Nguyen  –  2,175,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeffery Fritz  –  7,275,000  (58 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Rafael Rodriguez  –  13,700,000  (110 bb)
Seat 2.  Alfie Poetra  –  4,850,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  Frank Funaro  –  5,800,000  (46 bb)
Seat 4.  Daniel Marcus  –  2,575,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.  Art Peacock  –  13,300,000  (106 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Yoon  –  2,650,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Kharlin Sued  –  1,400,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8.  Mihai Niste  –  3,325,000  (27 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $776,000*
2nd:  $515,000
3rd:  $380,000
4th:  $285,000
5th:  $215,000
6th:  $164,000
7th:  $126,000
8th:  $98,000
9th-10th:  $77,000
11th-12th:  $65,000
13th-15th:  $54,000
16th:  $45,500

Day 4 begins tomorrow at 12:00 noon, and they will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final six players for the televised WPT Final Table, which will be filmed in Las Vegas next month on May 29th.

Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

Photo:  Art Peacock is second in chips with 13,300,000 (106 big blinds).

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.