(By Steve Hopkins)
Day 3 at the 2018 Butterfly Cary Cup Championships
The signature event of the 4-day Cary Cup began on Saturday morning. This 2-day Giant Round Robin featured 160 players from across the US and Canada.
Hammed-Taiwo Adeyinka continues to play well. Hammed, who finished third in the Thursday Open event and second in the Friday 1800 and Over event, finished first in his group today and is the first name on the Division A Finals draw. In addition to Hammed, the top half of the draw features Yijun Feng, Jeremy Hazin and Jishan Liang – all who will be favored in their first matches. However, Jishan is matched against Jimmy Butler who upset him on Thursday. The lower half of the draw is headlined by Junham Wu (2709) and includes Jinxin Wang, Kaden Zu, and Kai Zhang. Only two of the 16 in the Division A Finals are rated under 2400: Wang Cheng (2383) and Michael Leshinsky (2174).
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Watch the full DAY 3 Featured Table Stream Here!
FRIDAY EVENTS:
Event | First Place | Second Place | Third Place | Fourth Place |
| Sen Nie | Benjamin Kang | Rishi Sankar | Chengpei Wu | |
| 1800 & Over Event | Jishan Liang | Hammed-Taiwo Adeyinka | Kai Zhang | Ange Cendric Oba |
Event | First Place | Second Place | Third Place | Fourth Place |
Jehziyh Rawlins | Kevin Sun | Raga Avanasi | Danny Wan | |
| Under 1500 RR | Madhav Arepalli | Rachel Wang | Aditya Jain | Paul Slubicki |
Roy Laronde | Ritika Rajamani | Oscar Galavis | Mitchel Andreas Macauley | |
Jimmy Butler | Jishan Liang | Hammed-Taiwo Adeyinka | Gabriel Skolnick |
