Bubble day is a significant line of demarcation every year in the World Series of Poker main event. Day 3 of the 2018 edition was no exception, and though it took until just after midnight local time in Las Vegas, the field finally reach 1,182 players -- all of whom are guaranteed to walk away with at least $15,000 for their three days of play. There was quite a bit of intrigue during hand-for-hand play, including a few double-ups and a pocket aces vs. pocket aces hand, the bubble burst on one of the feature tables as Matthew Hopkins ran Ac-5h into Ad-Qs and could not improve. As a consolation prize, Hopkins received a seat to next year's main event. Twenty players cracked the 1 million chip mark by the end of play Saturday, including chip leader In Sun Geoum (1.696 million) and two-time bracelet winners Eric Froelich and Ben Yu. A few previous main event winners, including Johnny Chan, Jonathan Duhamel and Joe Cada, are also still in the running to repeat. Pictured: In Sun Geoum. Photo credit: WSOP / Melissa Haereiti
