The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event began with 6,420 players – which created a prize pool of $60,348,000 – but on Friday just 1,796 returned for Day 3 action. Of those, just 1,000 would get paid, meaning 796 were destined to leave disappointed and empty handed. Amar Anand, who began the day as the chip leader, was not one of them; in fact, he once again managed to finish five levels of play as the chip leader, this time among the 661 surviving players with a hefty stack of 1,139,500.
Others who bagged big stacks included Joseph McKeehen (1,052,000), Brian Hastings (1,034,500), and the wunderkind Fedor Holz (994,000), who is playing in his first-ever WSOP Main Event.