WSOP 2009: First Three Days Recap and Notable Players

The first three days of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event have concluded, with 3686 players participating. Among them are Ivan Demidov and Lika Gerasimova from GipsyTeam, who are still in the running. Unfortunately, Sergey Rybachenko and Stas Alekhin, who chose days 1B and 1C to start, have been eliminated from the tournament.

Several Russian players have advanced to the second day. They include Vadim Gruzglin, Alexander Grischuk, Max Katz, Max Lykov, Vitaly Lunkin, Ilya Gorodetsky, Vladimir Kochelaevsky, Kirill Gerasimov, Kirill Rabtsov, and Alexander Kravchenko. Notable players who have been eliminated include Sergey Rybachenko, Stas Alekhin, Evgeny Serebryakov, Dmitry Boshenyatov, Dmitry Vitkind, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, David Pham, Chris Moneymaker, David "Chino" Rim, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, Marcel Luske, Brandon Cantu, David Singer, and Isaac Haxton.

Among the chip leaders are Jeff Lisandro, Justin Bonomo, and Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul. Other players who have advanced to the second day include Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Eric Seidel, Dan Harrington, Mike Matousov, Sean "shaundeeb" Deeb, Gus Hansen, Scotty Nguyen, Howard Lederer, John Juanda, and Joe Hachem.