Friday, June 1, 2007

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Jared Hamby Mandalay Bay leader

Jared Hamby - chip leader at Mandalay Bay

By Erik Sylven

Jared Hamby tops the field at the Mandalay Bay Poker Championship after three days of play. Ten players remain in the tournament, all looking to grab a seat at the televised World Poker Tour (WPT) final table.

It's a tough and experienced group of poker players who will be fighting for the six spots at the WPT final table at Mandalay Bay.

Chip leader Jared Hamby will be hunted be the likes of J.C. Alvarado, Barry Greenstein, Chau Giang and David Levi.

A number of established pros have already been sent to the rails, including Thomas Wahlroos, Eugene Todd, Billy Baxter, Steve Sung, Alan Goehring, Michael Mizrachi, Chantel Mcnulty and John Juanda, who all busted out on Day 3.

These are the chip counts after day 3:

Jared Hamby $698,000
Thayer Rasmussen $685,000
Shawn Buchanon $658,000
J.C. Alvarado $541,000
Danny Wong $465,000
David Haddad $444,000
Barry Greenstein $375,000
Chau Giang $318,000
Ryan Daut $217,000
David Levi $158,000

Day 4 kicks of at 12 p.m. (PST). You find everything you need in the Live Tournaments Section here at PokerListings.com - the latest live updates, exclusive interview and blogs.

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