Partypoker's Jason Koon Bags a Top Stack After Day 3 of the $5,300 MILLIONS Main Event

Another day has come to its conclusion in the $5,300 MILLIONS Main Event at the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival. With just 43 players remaining, one of partypoker's own, Jason Koon, has bagged a top stack with 71,975,000.

Koon has been playing poker all his life but has bombarded onto the high-stakes tournament scene within the last couple of years. He has amassed over $10.3 million in career live tournament earnings and has become a regular on the high-roller circuit. Recently signed by partypoker, Koon's poker career has taken off and he is one of the most recognizable and personable characters in the game.

The only players to hold a bigger stack at day's end is English poker pro, Michael Zhang. Zhang ran up a steady stack throughout the day and finished with 83,100,000. Rounding out the top three is Dan Dizenzo with an equally impressive 53,525,000. Some other familiar faces moving on to Day 4 include Felipe Ramos (41,775,000), Francois Billard (52,150,000), Charlie Godwin (39,850,000), and Ismael Bojang (19,950,000). Some of partypoker's own bagged chips alongside Koon such as partypoker Chairman, Mike Sexton (29,825,000), partypoker sponsored pro, Richard Dubini (12,850,000), and partypoker ambassador, Joao Simao (10,000,000).

The day began with 222 players returning and the field quickly dwindled. Just a few levels into the day, half of the field was sent to the rail and the money bubble approached. After three double ups, it was Kevin Eyster who found himself all in holding but was dominated by Graham Ivany's . Eyster was unable to come from behind and became the official bubble boy, leaving the remaining 111 players with at least a $10,000 payday.

Many notables were unable to reach the money including Phillip Gruissem, Benjamin Pollak, David Peters, Ema Zajmovic, and partypoker sponsored pros, Johnny Lodden and Roberto Romanello. Those that were able to make the money but not move on to Day 4 were Steffen Sontheimer (49th place - $22,500), Seth Davies (55th place - $22,500), Joseph Cheong (58th place - $20,000), Alex Foxen (65th place -$17,500), Brandon Cantu (74th place - $15,000), and Martin Jacobson (92nd place - $10,000).

The final 43 players will return on Friday at 12:00 P.M for Day 4 action with the blinds resuming at 250,000/500,000 and a button ante of 500,000. They will all be guaranteed at least $25,000 but will be looking to cement their place on the final table in search of the first-place prize of $1,000,000. The scheduled plan is to play down to a final table but that still remains to be unseen.

Day 4 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
12	1	Pavel Gonchakov	Russia	23,350,000	47
12	2	Dmitry Gromov	Russia	4,800,000	10
12	3	Oskar Prehm	Germany	6,800,000	14
12	4	Michael Malm	Canada	6,100,000	12
12	5	Mike Sexton	United States	29,825,000	60
12	6	Jean Sebastian Dubois	Canada	3,025,000	6
12	7	Shyngis Satubayev	Kazakhstan	19,250,000	39
12	8	Harri Hamalainen	Finland	10,100,000	20

13	1	Dan Dizenzo	United States	53,525,000	107
13	2	Vojtech Skalak	Czech Republic	13,575,000	27
13	4	Gilbert Diaz	France	3,250,000	7
13	5	Maduka Meragal	Canada	39,400,000	79
13	6	Graham Ivany	Canada	34,115,000	68
13	7	Michael Zhang	United Kingdom	83,100,000	166
13	8	Jonas Gjelstad	Norway	15,350,000	31

14	1	Lucas Blanco	Spain	13,575,000	27
14	2	Roberto Vahlis	Colombia	40,375,000	81
14	3	Maria Ho	United States	11,850,000	24
14	5	Preben Stokkan	Norway	47,800,000	96
14	6	Diego Gomez Gonzalez	Spain	14,450,000	29
14	7	Josef Snejberg	Czech Republic	41,325,000	83
14	8	Francois Billard	Canada	52,150,000	104

16	1	Richard Dubini	Argentina	12,850,000	26
16	2	Jan Bednar	Czech Republic	31,150,000	62
16	3	Ruben Perceval	Canada	25,400,000	51
16	4	Charlie Godwin	United Kingdom	39,850,000	80
16	5	Troy Quennevile	Canada	23,450,000	47
16	7	Ismael Bojang	Austria	19,950,000	40
16	8	Serhii Popovych	Ukraine	19,825,000	40

17	1	Jiri Horak	Czech Republic	10,400,000	21
17	2	Diego Zeiter	Switzerland	26,025,000	52
17	4	Damian Lomza	Poland	23,750,000	48
17	5	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	Canada	17,525,000	35
17	6	Luis Garla	Brazil	9,000,000	18
17	7	Joao Simao	Brazil	10,000,000	20
17	8	Sam Greenwood	Netherlands	23,025,000	46

18	1	Josafat Cruz	Mexico	35,250,000	71
18	2	Jorge Ellena	Chile	11,475,000	23
18	3	Felipe Ramos	Brazil	41,775,000	84
18	5	Andrei Shatilov	Russia	6,250,000	13
18	6	Udo Erlei	Germany	21,675,000	43
18	7	Michael Sklenicka	Czech Republic	10,750,000	22
18	8	Jason Koon	United States	71,975,000	144