Day 3 and the first casualty has just left the table.

Richard Yong was knocked out in eighth place by Brian Rast. After Yong reraising all in Rast shows KsJh to Yong's Ac2h. The flop came down 7d 5c 3c the turn was 2s and Yong was in the lead until Kd came on the river. Yong's prize is $1,237,333.

Chip Count:

Antonio Esfandiari 40,600,000
Sam Trickett 37,850,000
Guy Laliberté 19,375,000
David Einhorn 14,925,000
Brian Rast 13,125,000
Phil Hellmuth 12,775,000
Bobby Baldwin 5,350,000

This WSOP special bracelet fact: The bracelet, which is made of platinum, is worth a cool $350,000.

A few hands on, Antonio Esfandiari raises pre flop to 1.1m and Bobby Baldwin calls. Trickett re-raises to 2.8m. The pot is 5.85 million. Esfandiari folds. Baldwin folded and showed pocket 6s. Trickett had K3. A nice pot for no action!

Another few hands on and Laliberté raises to 1m. Helmuth and Baldwin call. The flop comes down A75. Baldwin bets 1.1m and Helmuth re-raises to 3.5million. Laliberté folded. Bobby Baldwin folds and Helmuth wins the hand bringing him up to almost 18million.

As it's almost midnight, I'm going to have to give up watching the game and get some sleep. Before I leave, here is the current chip count.

Sam Trickett 41,900,000
Antonio Esfandiari 38,425,000
Phil Hellmuth 17,875,000
Brian Rast 12,650,000
David Einhorn 11,775,000
Guy Laliberté 11,225,000
Bobby Baldwin 10,150,000
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