Bellagio Cup III (WPT) Down to 40- Check out this lineup!

[BenTurpen]

Shaniac up to near 1mil with 21 left.

[FireStorm]

Nice lineup for those with the early busto routine from the ME. Interesting Schoenberg/Benyamine dynamic. GL Shaniac.

[J.C. Gloves]

Benyamine Busto! 20th ($41,310)

Erica, Matusow, Nam Le, Shane all still in, 18 left.

[Annulus]

gL shane! i read your blog always!!!!

[Ckrad]

all the way, shane.

[J.C. Gloves]

beL0WaB0Ve and Shane are 1 and 2 in chips respectfully with 18 still left. Blinds @ 6K/12K (2K)

Kevin Saul- 2.5million
Shane Schleger- 1.2million

[exec771]

I found this video funny, midway thru u see Shaniac sandwiched between David and Erica, must be awkward

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/videos/7810

[kerze]

Erica out in 18th. Beyond the notables named above, Bobby Hoff is still in but is the short stack and Richard Lee has a smaller stack.

[idrinkcoors]

What is the DaVinci room? Does the Bellagio schedule tourneys in bland conference rooms to keep the Fontana and Poker rooms open?

[J.C. Gloves]

Update on this- 14 left on dinner break til 10:30 PT will play down to WPT TV final table of 6 no matter how long it takes.

Richard Lee was the short stack but he has doubled thru Kevin Saul a few times now.

Bobby Hoff busted out in 23rd ($30,985)

Chip counts:

Kevin Saul 2,818,000
Shane Schleger 1,900,000
Danny Wong 1,050,000
Average 764,286
Justin Young 718,000
Konstantin Puchkov 701,000
Richard Lee 650,000
Christopher Bonita 645,000
Nam Le 600,000
Mike Matusow 550,000
Eric Panayiotou 530,000
Gordon Eng 470,000
Peter Neff 408,000
David Chiu 382,000
Gino G. Yonan 352,000