Yesterday we whittled the field down from 131 to just 27, all of them in the money after the unfortunate Matthias Ruppert became our bubbler to rather unfeeling cheering from the remaining players.
Twenty-seven players doesn't sound like very many when you consider that we started this tournament off on Friday with 299, but once you realise that we are playing down to a single winner today, it suddenly seems rather daunting. It could be a long one. Nevertheless, none of us will be leaving this casino until we have crowned a single glorious champion, and awarded him €37,620 for his efforts.
Chip leader going into Day 3 is local boy Jörg Kleindienst, but there are several others hot on his heels. We saw the chip lead change hands repeatedly yesterday, and we fully expect the trend to continue today. It is literally anyone's game - with the possible exception of the luckless Gabor Dudas. His 5,400 chip count isn't a typo - he was all in for the ante at one point last night, and frankly he's done well to make it to the money. We fully expect him to be the first of many, many exits today.
The bags are right now being laid out on the tables, and play is due to resume in around 10 minutes. Please stand by.
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