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The field has already got down to 131 from the original 534, Dario Sammartino is in the lead.
Players already went on a break after the first level of the day with only 131 of them returning to their tables, as 32 have already busted on Day3. The current average stack is 400,000, at the 3,000/6,000/6,000 blind level. The remaining field still has a lot to do before they reach the money, as only there are only 81 paid places, the min-cash is €15,074.
There are several well-known professionals in the field, all aiming at the €1,122,239 first prize. Italy's Dario Sammartino is leading the field, with a chip stack of 1,425,000. Daria is followed by the fellow Italian player, Liwei Sun, who accumulated 1.25 million, while third place belongs to Marco Slacanac, who stands with 1.20 million.
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Notable players to return from the break are Jack Salter (980,000), Rainer Kempe (818,000), Jan-Eric Schwippert (750,000), Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas (650,000), Mustapha Kanit (626,000), Timothy Adams (500,000), Adrian Mateos (495,000) or Ole Schemion (155,000).
There were several high-profile players amongst the 32 who were already eliminated, online legend Viktor "Isildur1" Blom put his final chips into the middle with King-queen against the pocket nines of Joel Ettedgi's and was unable to improve. Blom left empty-handed.
The live stream for the event will start today at 8:15 PM local time.
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