Day 3 is complete at the Seven Casino; 19 players have their eyes set on the final table at WPT Amnéville.
Leading the pack is Scott Baumstein. Baumstein has had success this season earning cashes at the PCA in the Bahamas and over the summer at the WSOP. Baumstein's lead is close to 700K in chips - he has 1.82M chips in front of him as Day 4 Saturday looms.
Joseph Cheong remains a top dog. Cheong had a bit of a up and down day but, in the end, the 2010 November Niner is still in great shape, sitting fourth in chips - he is right near 1M.
The curious case of Nesrine Kourdourli is becoming more and more interesting. Kourdourli (pictured) finished fourth in this very event in 2010 and Seven Casino is starting to look like her home field. She is fifth on the leaderboard at the moment, eliminating the final player before we broke for the day. Kourdourli also placed tenth at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris (won by Matthew Waxman) earlier this year.
THE FINAL 19 CHIP STACKS:
Scott Baumstein 1,820,000
Bisgaard Rasmussen 1,167,000
Thibaud Guenegou 980,000
Joseph Cheong 957,000
Nesrine Kourdourli 916,000
Guillaume Marechal 858,000
Tony Blanchandin 705,000
Adrien Allain 610,000
Arnaud Mattern 596,000
Arnaud Trouer 462,000
Michel Konieczny 408,000
Jerome Brion 377,000
Arnaud Morel 279,000
Rony Halimi 242,000
Nicolas Dervaux 235,000
Sandiep Khosa 227,000
Ovidiu Balaj 148,000
Jean Phillipe Rohr 113,000
Jordane Ouin 27,300
It was a tough day for Marvin Rettenmaier. His stock was rising all week but, Mad Marvin hit a roadblock today and was eliminated.
NOTABLE DAY 3 ELIMINATIONS:
Steven Van Zadelhoff, Marvin Rettenmaier and Bruno Fitoussi.
RELATED:
RETTENMAIER, CHEONG MAKING WAVES IN FRANCE
NO REST FOR WPT WICKED - NEXT STOP, AMNEVILLE
EL SAYED WINS WPT AMNEVILLE (NOV. 2010)
PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Amnéville
WPT Amnéville NLH Main Event
November 1-6, 2011
Seven Casino D'Amnéville | France
Buy-in: $4,815 | Prizepool : $1,602,293 | Entries: 379
PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 128
2nd position 78
3rd position 48
4th position 38
5th position 33
6-7th position 28
8-11th position 13
12-15th position 11
16-18th position 8
