Freund tops the chip count ahead of Day 3

Native player Alexander Freund leads from the front as we prepare for Day 3 of the ParadisePoker Tour Main Event here in Vienna.

The Austrian-born has over 10% of the total chips in play, compared to just 1% owned by the shortest stack in the room, David Klein, but is the only player from the host nation in the top six.

Having entered Day 2 second in chips, Vladislav Suravin repeats the trick after repeatedly getting involved at the heart of the action, while Pole Dawid Czatkowski and Germans Christoph Eske and Anton Ilsanker complete the top five.

There has been a strong Hungarian presence throughout the tournament, so seeing five players from across the nearby border is no great surprise, while Gøkmen Cetin is the only remaining Dane in the field.

CHIP COUNT
Alexander Freund, Austria - 581300
Vladislav Suravin, Russia - 434200
Christoph Eske, Germany - 416700
Anton Ilsanker, Germany - 416200
Dawid Czatkowski, Poland - 394900
Gøkmen Cetin, Denmark - 393000
Anthony Ghamrawi, Austria - 339400
Csaba Racz, Hungary - 268300
Sandor Levente, Hungary - 267600
Andras Stumpf, Hungary - 258200
Robert Haigh, Germany - 247100
Gabor Skrinyar, Hungary - 243000
Milan Zaric, Austria - 196100
Sasa Budak, Austria - 159600
Adam Szalai, Hungary - 146000
Martin Aigner, Austria - 143500
Erwin Hammer, Austria - 108600
David Klein, Germany – 59600

Prize money reminder - 1st €41,640 - 2nd €23,770 - 3rd €16,390 - 4th €13,110 - 5th €10,660 - 6th €8,200 - 7th €6,560 - 8th €4,920 - 9th €3,280 - 10th-12th €2,130 - 13th-15th €1,800 - 16th-18th €1,480