Day 3 of the main event of the World Series of Poker

Monday, July 9, 2007 | 2:47 a.m.

DAY: 3 (Officially known as Day 1C)

BIG NEWS: The field increased to a total of 4,583 players on the third of four starting days at the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event Sunday. Organizers said Day 3 had 1,751 entrants, compared to 1,287 on Friday and 1,545 on Saturday. The field most likely will not reach the record 8,773 of last year.

STUD OF THE DAY: After roughly four hours of play, Chad Brown was the days chip leader at 58,200 after starting the day with 20,000. Brown said he won a key hand holding the queen and seven of diamonds with a flop of an ace, deuce, and eight with two diamonds. The turn card was a fifth diamond, giving him a flush. A second player moved all-in, which Brown called. "The other player had a 10-high flush, drawing dead, and I won a big pot," he said.

BUSTED OUT: Poker pros Greg Raymer, Phil Laak, Phil Ivey, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Andy Bloch and Men "The Master" Nguyen; actresses Shannon Elizabeth and Jennifer Tilly; slugger Jose Canseco, boxer Antonio Tarver and rap star Nelly.

POKER TALK: Set: Three of a kind, when a player's two hole cards have already made a pair. Jennifer Tilly made a set of kings when her pocket pair of kings was matched by another king on the flop. This is different from "trips," where one hole card matches a pair on the board. Tilly actually made a full house when a second ace came on the board, giving her three kings and two aces, but managed not to lose her whole stack when another person had "aces-full," or three aces and another pair. "My goal today is just to make it to the second day," Tilly said of her narrow escape.

UP NEXT: On Monday, the final of four starting groups will play 12 hours of poker to prepare for the second round, which starts Tuesday.

HE SAID WHAT?: "The best tip, the one I like the most, is one my buddy Phil gave to me, and it's 'Play the winners, fold the losers, don't get sucked down the river.' And you know what, when it comes down to it, that's pretty good advice." - Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza on "Seinfeld."