Bodog Beat

The chip bags are awaiting their owners as Day 3 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event gets ready to kick off. (Bodog Beat Image)

Well, this is it. The first "real" day of the 2009 WSOP Main Event. For the first time so far, Day 3 will see all 2,044 hopefuls left in the tournament sit down to play at the same time. Among those players will be nine Team Bodog members looking to make moves up the leaderboard.

Here they are with their starting chip counts:

Justin Bonomo – 223,300
Jean Robert Bellande – 137,700
Ryan Julius – 103,700
Alper Sar – 98,800
Jean Yves Desmoort – 66,500
Robert Mobley – 63,900
Brandy Savage – 28,400
Robert Voss – 27,500
Ben Nathanson – 12,600

The overall chip leader from Day 2B – Amir Lehavot – is also the chip leader as we get things started with 610,500 in chips. Due to the sheer volume of chips in play on Day 2B because of the massive field, the chip leader from Day 2A – Eric Cloutier – will actually enter the combined field down in eighth place.

Stay tuned for more 2009 WSOP Main Event live updates throughout the day as we track Team Bodog and everyone else on their march to the November Nine.