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Published: 14th July 2015 Written by WSOP 2015
Updated: 11th December 2023

2015 wsop main event day 3The 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 3 – 5 took place over the weekend and saw the field of 1,796 players filtered down to just 69 players by the end of Day 5.

Chipleader going it to Day 6 is Pierre Neuville, the most notable players still active in the Main Event include: Brian Hastings & Daniel Negreanu.

The bubble burst on Day 3 and that position belonged to Roy Daoud who received free entry into the 2016 WSOP Main Event.

The WSOP Main Event Payout Structure 2015 has changed slightly with the top 1000 places receiving at least $15,000 for a minimum cash.

2015 WSOP Main Event Day 3 – 5

2015 WSOP Main Event Day 3 – 5
Buy-in: $10,000
Prize Pool: $60,348,000
Total Entries: 6,420
Remaining Players: 69

2015 WSOP Main Event Day 3

The 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 3 took place on Friday July 10 with 1,796 players at the start of the day and ended with just 661 players remaining. During this time the bubble burst and the top 1,000 places were in-the-money for at least $15,000.

The chipleader for the end of Day 3 was Amar Anand with a clear lead of over a million chips.888 poker free $88

Day 3 Chipleaders

  1. Amar Anand – 1,139,500
  2. Joseph McKeehen – 1,052,000
  3. Brian Hastings – 1,034,500
  4. Fedor Holz – 994,000
  5. Jason Roberts – 948,000

Notables Chip Stacks

  • Joe Hachem – 414,500
  • Phil Hellmuth – 170,500
  • Ryan Riess – 143,500
  • Jonathan Duhamel – 53,000

2015 WSOP Main Event Day 4

The remaining 661 players returned for Day 4 on Saturday July 11 at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. There were just 237 player remaining by the end of Day 4 and Joe McKeehen being the new official chipleader with over 3 million chips.

Chipleaders Day 4

  1. Joseph McKeehen – 3,122,000
  2. Upeshka De Silva – 3,067,000
  3. Erasmus Morfe – 2,502,000
  4. Brian Hastings – 2,464,000
  5. Thomas Cannuli – 2,271,000

Brian Hastings was in the top 5 chip counts for the end of Day 4 with 2.464 million chips.

Notable Players – Day 4

  • Chad Power (1,961,000)
  • Mark Kroon (1,901,000)
  • Danny Fuhs (1,517,000)
  • Toby Lewis (1,436,000)
  • Matt Jarvis (1,406,000)
  • Justin Bonomo (1,350,000)
  • Daniel Negreanu (1,335,000)
  • Max Steinberg (1,234,000)
  • Christian Harder (648,000)
  • Antonio Esfandiari (190,000)

Eliminations – Day 4

  • Phil Hellmuth eliminated by Daniel Negreanu
  • Ryan Riess
  • Joe Hachem
  • Phil Laak
  • William Watcher
  • David Sands
  • JC Tran
  • Andre Akkari
  • George Danzer

2015 WSOP Main Event Day 5

2015 WSOP Main Event Day 5 took place on Sunday July 12 with 237 players just a few positions away from the November Nine. Amongst these players are Brian Hastings and Daniel Negreanu looking to score another WSOP bracelet for their collection.

By the end of Day 5 only 69 players are in the running for the most prestigious title in poker, chipleader for the day was Pierre Neuville.bovada poker bonus

Chipleaders Day 5

  1. Pierre Neuville – 7,105,000
  2. David Stefanski – 6,480,000
  3. Thomas Paul – 6,140,000
  4. David Peters – 6,130,000
  5. Mozheng Guan – 6,030,000

Notable Players – Day 5

  • Andrew Moreno (5,320,000)
  • Brian Hastings (4,740,000)
  • Anton Morgenstern (4,200,000)
  • Daniel Negreanu (3,620,000)
  • Justin Schwartz (3,495,000)
  • Mark Kroon (3,250,000)
  • Toby Lewis (2,645,000)
  • Fedor Holz (1,975,000)
  • Blake Bohn (1,410,000)

Eliminations – Day 5

  • Tommy Hang
  • Men Nguyen
  • Vivek Rajkumar
  • Ryan D’Angelo
  • Dan O’Brien
  • Nathan Bjerno
  • Matthias De Meulder
  • Elio Fox
  • John Racener
  • Jake Cody

The Main Event is getting close to the November Nine final table with just two days left, Day 6 & 7, and then a break until the final table return in November.