- You didn't choose to tighten up your game and slipping into the money?
- No no, I'm here to win! I just keep playing my best game.
- Who wins?
- Ha ha, I have no idea. But if I had to take a bet, I'd go for Harry Thomas.
- The chip leader.
- Exactly. That's rational, right?

Originally, 36 players were supposed to enter Day 3, but it so happened that two players were eliminated in the same hand. They split the 36th place and won $20,000 each. A decent payout, and they saved one day at work.

 
 

 
  Standings Day 2  
 
 

Place
Player
Prize / Chips

1
Harry Thomas
395,500 Chips

2
Chad Brown
377,500 Chips

3
Stewart Fahmy
310,500 Chips

4
Robert Mizrachi
286,500 Chips

5
Jeff Kimber
272,000 Chips

6
Ravi Udayakumar
237,500 Chips

7
Sovann "Tony" Sin
236,000 Chips

8
Brian Hua
233,500 Chips

9
Fabrice Soulier
211,000 Chips

10
Farzad Bonyadi
204,500 Chips

11
An-Nan Chen
185,500 Chips

12
Randy Gil
168,000 Chips

13
Kent Lin
152,500 Chips

14
Nam Le
148,500 Chips

15
Bob Slezak
143,000 Chips

16
Bruce Feldman
140,000 Chips

17
Dan Smith
140,000 Chips

18
Kyle Tapp
123,000 Chips

19
Dan Harrington
121,500 Chips

20
David Stamm
118,500 Chips

21
David 'Chip' Reese
112,000 Chips

22
Mickey Seagle
107,500 Chips

23
Salim Batshon
97,500 Chips

24
David Williams
81,000 Chips

25
Stephan Ovepyan
81,000 Chips

26
Larry Elliott
64,500 Chips

27
Allen Kessler
61,500 Chips

28
Joe Sebok
57,500 Chips

29
Steve Kwak
55,500 Chips

30
Bill Gustafik
52,500 Chips

31
Ralph Macri
52,500 Chips

32
Ben Sarnoff
47,000 Chips

33
Brad Booth
40,000 Chips

34
Bill DeRego
35,000 Chips

35
Amnon Filippi
32,000 Chips

36
Kirk Morrison
$20,000

36
Chris Grigorian
$20,000

38
Gabriel Thaler
$15,000

39
Jefferson Stone
$15,000

40
Christian Kruel
$15,000