Phil Ivey Drops, Daniel Negreanu Tops at WPT Doyle Brunson Classic

Poker pro Daniel Negreanu is sitting near the top of the leaderboard after Day 3 of the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic. (Bodog Beat Image)

Well, unlike Day 2, which started and finished with the top spot unchanged, Day 3 saw a lot of movement up and down the leaderboard at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic's WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship (BFDWPCWPTDBCC).

Poker pro Phil Ivey, who had dominated play for the better part of the first two days, would see the poker gods turn on him and send him to the rail just three spots short of the money, while Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen worked their way into the top ten to finish the day.

One-hundred fifty two players began play yesterday with the money bubble bursting upon elimination of player No. 101 and there are now only 44 remaining. That means that 56 players have cashed so far in this event and they include Joe Sebok, Nenad Medic, Shannon Shorr, Erik Seidel and Chau Giang.

Notable names among the 44 left to battle it out for the two millionaire top spots include Erick Lindgren, Hoyt Corkins, Todd Brunson, Marcel Luske, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Huck Seed and Max "The Italian Pirate" Pescatori. The field will be narrowed down to the World Poker Tour televised final table, which consists of only six players remember, by the end of play today.

CardPlayer.com and PokerListings.com have all of your live updates and chip counts, and the Beat will have an update for your asses tomorrow. Don't forget that later today in the Bodog Poker room is the Sunday $100k Guaranteed online poker tournament, so make sure to head over and play some last minute qualifiers for your chance to win the $25,000 first-place prize.