Is it too soon to start talking repeat?

Of course it is, but it's also a definite possibility. With 188 players left in this year's WSOP main event, last year's champion, Greg Raymer, has built a monster chip stack. He is in the lead, joined by yesterday's chip leader, Rod Pardey Jr., as the only two players with over $1 million in chips. Two others, Brad Kondracki and Johnny Howard, are the only others with over $900,000, and then the field falls to under $800,000. Raymer certainly isn't anything close to a commanding favorite, outchipping Pardey by a mere $23,000, but he has already shown that last year was no fluke.

I cannot overemphasize how big an accomplishment it would be for Raymer to actually win two in a row, or even to make it to the final table again. There's still a lot of cards to be played and a lot could happen to knock Raymer out, today even, but the Fossilman has given a resounding answer to his critics. The boy's got skills.

But it's still far too early to speculate on the outcome. For now, here is what we do know so far -- those still standing and those who finished in the money:

WSOP World Championship - Day 3