Doyle Brunson Makes it to Day 3 of 2013 Poker Players Championship

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The Texas Dolly, Doyle Brunson, is back and better than ever!  He is one of 78 people to advance in the Poker Players Championship (2013), not to mention he was right up in the top 40.

Son Todd Brunson also made it to Day 3.

David Benyamine and Jonathan Duhamel enter the day as the top two chip leaders, respectively. Duhamel was the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event winner. 

With a $50,000 buy-in, this event features a prize pool of more than $6.5 million.

The top 16 finishers will cash out with $1,774,089 going to 1st place and $1,096,254 going to 2nd.  132 players entered this event.

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Here's a look at the top ten chip counts from the end of Day 2:

1.  David Benyamine    729,000    

2.  Jonathan Duhamel    666,100    

3.  Matthew Ashton    635,500    

4.  Troy Burkholder        623,000    

5.  Jean Gaspard        611,000

6.  Don Nguyen        528,000    

7.  Brian Rast        489,500    

8.  Justin Smith        456,000    

9.  Shaun Deeb        453,600    

10. Adam Friedman    436,600

-Ace King, Gambling911.com

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