Day 3 and the Money Awaits!
After 14 levels of 75 minutes each, the tournament is down to 218 players from the 1,044 that entered. In half an hour time those 218 players will recommence their tournament, looking to take the bubble hurdle first. A total of 151 players will take home a minimum of €8,910. That means only 67 unfortunate souls will leave this tournament empty handed today.
Russian high roller Mikhail Rudoy only has 23,600 and his country man Chinese Poker expert Maxim Panyak even has less with 23,400. The absolute short stack is Frenchman Mounim Kaddouri who brings 22,500 today. Those are the shortest stacks, on the other end of the spectrum we find Master Classics of Poker side event champion Gleb Tremzin (610,500) and EPT Malta champion Niall Farrell (541,000). Simon Persson from Sweden won a huge hand against Chris Moneymaker late last night with ace-five in a five bet pot. He's in third spot with 468,300 in chips.
Moneymaker lost a huge chunk of chips, but he won the last two hands of the night and is still in with 93,700. His colleagues from the PokerStars Team Pro roster still in are Matthias De Meulder (185,500), Ivan Demidov (151,800) and Johnny Lodden (148,500). Defending PokerStars Team Online's honors is Mickey Petersen (76,700).
The first level to be played is 1,500/3,000 with a 400 ante. Levels will be 90 minutes long and there will be 5 of them played, with a 20 minute break after each level. Play is done around 8:45 tonight as there won't be a dinner break.