Daniel Alaei leads the top class field of 35 players after day three in WPT Doyle Brunson Classic. The end-of-year highlight played in Bellagio attracted many notables, and day three marked the end of the road for many of them. Yesterday Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Todd Brunson, Yevgenyi Timoshenko, Barry Greenstein and Chris Fergusion hit the rail.

WPT Doyle Brunson Classic - TOP10 - day three:

Daniel Alaei 1,664,000
Steven Landfish 1,172,500
Josh Arieh 1,112,000
Scotty Nguyen 981,500
Matt Waxman 951,500
Joseph Elpayaa 921,000
Jamie Rosen 803,000
Mike Sowers 801,000
Matt Stout 705,000
Joe Cassidy 689,500

Well-known pros John Juanda and Antonio Esfandiari also proceed to day four, both with chipstacks below the 548,333 average. Play continues tomorrow with blinds at 5K/10K (1K).

Source: WPT

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