One Chance Left
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Everyone who returned for Day 3 of the PokerStars.com EPT London was guaranteed a payday upon their eliminations, and 104 of them took that walk to the cashier's desk by the time the clock struck midnight.
It was a flurry of action that kicked off this moving day when play recommenced, a pro-heavy field returning to battle it out for a spot in the final three tables. EPT stud Jeff Sarwer was one of the first men to pick up his winnings today, lasting just a couple short hands before cashing in his chips. Team PokerStars Pros Noah Boeken, JP Kelly, Juan Maceiras, Daniel Negreanu, and Arnaud Mattern followed him out a short time later, a couple of them heading across the room to play the High Roller event. There were still a few EPT winners in the hunt for a double dip, but Jake Cody, Christophe Benzimra, Salvatore Bonavena, and Kevin Stani were all sent packing by night's end.
Former world champion Greg Raymer hung around for half the day, but he too was out with only a small cash to show for his efforts. John Dolan is looking to become the world champ himself this year, but the November Niner will have to wait for another event to snag an EPT title; he was out just before Raymer.
Speaking of world champions, we still have one man left with a shot at poker's elusive Triple Crown (a WSOP, WPT, and EPT title). Joe Hachem picked his spots well today, and he finds himself just a bit below average with 855,000 chips to end the night. 2008 WSOPE Main Event champion John Juanda also saved off elimination today, and after an up-and-down seven levels, he's bagged up 1.272 million chips with which to make a run at his first EPT title.
Everyone's looking up at Chance Kornuth, though, the young American who won his first bracelet in 2010 in a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event. He's got a great shot at EPT glory here this week too, bagging up the big stack of 2.302 million to give him a lead of more than a half million chips over his nearest rival.
Kyle Bowker finished 29th in that same WSOP event, and "kwob20" is still alive with an average stack at the end of the day. Also still alive are NAPT title holder Tom Marchese, Allen Bari, Masa Kagawa, and Team PokerStars Pros Chad Brown (very short-stacked) and Thomas Bichon (1.5 million).
It's going to be a fun ride to the final table tomorrow as we play from three tables of eight down to just one. We'll be right back here inside the King's Ballroom for the next two days to finish this fairy tale and crown a champion in the largest tournament the UK has ever seen.
Until tomorrow at noon, then, all that's left is goodnight!